Is Arkane Studios still "hard at work" on it?

Why wouldn't they be?
As far as we know it's the only project the studio is working on at the moment.
There are other opportunities for it to be shown off. Gamescom, The Game Awards or maybe in a Developers Direct.

Looks super cool, but I’m good with my launch Series X.

I think this is a bad decision.

An A from me.
Fable looks Godly tier, same with Clockwork Revolution. Add Senua, Halo, Plague Tale, Spyro, Bad Magpie, Vivarium, Crazy Taxi plus the Persona reveals. I was cheekily expecting a teaser for Blade too😁. Fantastic showing.

@johnedwin

Please stop pretending you give a s#it. We can all see your comments on PS.

What in the actual f@k Microsoft? I really hope the people pestering Microsoft for exclusivity are pleased. I miss Phil Spencer 😢.

Right decision to delay to February. Can't wait to play it.

Unless I'm missing something in your post, we have come full circle.
Microsoft tried exclusivity before and with the exception of the 360 generation they've gone nowhere. Indeed they have massively bled their user base since. So now they have a different strategy, a multiplatform one.
They have the studios to cover those bases and are going in different direction to the likes of Sony and Nintendo and I can't wait to see where Helix will take them.
Long live our ability to play games where we want or where are.

@ZeD

Amen, my fellow gamer.

@Fiendish-Beaver

Honestly, having the game as an exclusive could be the worst thing to happen as a Gears of War fan...

Finally! You have seen the light. 😅.

No game should be exclusive, of course I'm very aware of the games gatekeeping populace that take my stance as anathema to their position 😁.

I didn't think STH could get any cooler, than they introduce Tupac.😁

@Fiendish-Beaver

Glad to see another Andromeda fan😁. You're right, once a game draws the ire of the Internet for whatever reason, there's no turning back. Andromeda, GOW4&5, DA Veilguard and many others had the similarly sealed fates.

@Skinny-Pete

I've always been a Liara guy in them games.

You and probably 95% of people interested in a romance subplot. Can’t go wrong with Liara😃. In fairness they’re all great romance characters. I love all the ME games, and yes that’s including Andromeda. But nothing surpassed the felling of playing ME1 on the 360 all those years ago.

I’m to focused on tomorrow’s showcase to play anything😁. I’ll be playing DS Remaster, Absolum, Hades 2 and the Onimusha demo which is excellent.
Great weekend to all.

An A from me. Awesome games announced, some of which I didn’t really hope to see. Cough, Code Veronica, Gen Atlas and others. Excellent showing.

I have to echo the other comments here -the legend that is Ueda working on something new that looks absolutely epic. He made 3 of my all time favourite PS games, and this will be on Xbox too.
Can.Not.Wait.

Finally after 26 years . This was pure cinematography, Capcom are in danger of becoming one of my fav developers ever.

if Moon Studios needs more time to optimise for the Series S and Switch 2, we're happy to wait for a polished product

That's the way to do it. It's just a shame that he felt the need to make the Series S look like the sole challenge.

@Titntin

Fable will be the 9th game with the title

At first I thought I’ve missed out on 5 Fable games but after doing some searching for it, turns out those have virtually nothing in common with the Fable main line games. Pheww😅.

It took AW2 15 months to break even for Remedy. So for them to go and pull a stunt like this one, when you actually need every sale on every platform it’s weird to put it mildly.
But we are where we are, and as a potential customer on Xbox I’ll make my choice accordingly.

These timed third-party PS-PC exclusivity deals are one the reasons (amongst others) I look forward to Helix. Fingers crossed we'll not have to put up with these sorts of things too much longer🫰.

Looking forward to Tomb Raider, Onimusha, Stuntman and Rayman.
I'm hoping The Lost Wilds will get a PC release so I can play it on Helix.

GOW Laufey looks epic, shame it's likely years off.

This looks excellent. Capcom are unstoppable with their awesomeness, I'll be downloading tonight.

@LtSarge

It's just not on the same level as PS5's rest mode

I know, Quick Resume is a few levels above it😉😁.

One of the best features of this console generation. I love that I can swap between several games going within seconds
The only games which seem to not work with it as intended are the DS games and sometimes Elden Ring.

@Jenkinss

The even bigger problem is people eating burgers in the first place. I mean meat burgers😉.

@Swandivetotheasphalt

Not at all, just curious (apologies if you fell offended). Your style of posting is virtually indistinguishable from the user I've mentioned. So fire away...

Luna Abyss, Replaced and Echo Generation2 . Hopefully some FH6 too.
A great weekend to all.

@Swandivetotheasphalt

What happened to your other account @ChrisDeku (or something like that) did it get banned?

This is so unnecessary. We all know that Microsoft is now publishing on pretty much all platforms, so why would anyone be upset about logo's on the games they show.
Leave that asinine sh#t to Sony's and Nintendo's game presentations. Exclusivity from Microsoft is pretty much de@d thank heavens.

I voted yes. But that's because I already felt positive about Xbox regardless (kind of an outlier around here)😁. One of the things that'll change my positive outlook would be if Microsoft dropped their plans and revert with Helix to a traditional walled garden console.

It makes sense. Focus on the games at the showcase and leave Helix news for when they are more ready to do so. Would have been nice though, I have to admit.
And after @themightyant explained earlier today (thank you again) in a different thread the potential costs involved in producing the thing, Microsoft are likely still not ready or at the point to substantially talk about it.

@themightyant

Excellent analysis. And I agree Helix couldn't be in the same ballpark price point as the PS6. But having said that, I'm just trying to wrap my head around (with my admittedly limited knowledge of these things) the price difference discourse that circulates online implying/expecting an almost 50% price increase for Helix. But, as you point out, you can only do so much cost saving by reducing core components before both the vision and the hardware is handicapped. It's a terrible situation, but maybe even more so for Microsoft. Hopefully we'll all know more by the year's end.

I don’t understand how can people realistically expect the PS6 to be anything between $300 - 400 or even more cheaper than Helix. What sort of spec disparity would justify such a difference(?), especially when Sony is one of the companies that wants to make a profit on hardware asap, case in point the PS5. Not going to happen.

Well deserved. I echo other posters here in saying the combat is its weak point, but the artwork, voice acting and soundtrack are absolutely stellar. Look forward to see what Compulsion will be doing next.

@nomither6

Oh I definitely agree. It’s just the doomsday takes that are really grating.

I’ve read it’s a bit of a nightmare to get platinum on this, so there goes my hope of getting the 100% achievements. Cheers Squeenix😜.

@dskatter

Xbox already has its own compression/supports tech named BCPack. But as always it’s ultimately up to developers to implement it or make use of it.
It’s the same with the misconception with the 3D audio or HRTF where the general view is that is some PS5 exclusive tech just because Sony are calling it Tempest(the chip). Xbox has both too, 3D audio and HRTF support at hardware level . Apologies for my ramblings 😉.

@Mazitron

The Xbox was declared dead or dying so many times that that it lost all meaning, if it had any in the first place. So one more doom-monger regurgitating the same tropes shouldn't bother anyone to much 😅😉

Finally! One of my most anticipated games in forever 😁.
I've been waiting for so long to play a new Fable game that I still have trouble believing it will release this year. 🫰

I would love for Microsoft to follow up on some of the great IP' it owns like:
Lost Odyssey
Blue Dragon
Quantum Break
Crimson Skyes
I'd be there day one for all of these.

Always looking forward to June and showcase season. Bring it on!

Good to see Asha bringing in people to inject some energy at Xbox HQ.
But I'm a bit bewildered about all these changes. As someone who admires Phil Spencer, I just don't understand what exactly happened to his vision in the last two years, and how is it that Asha is now given a seemingly new free reign. Look forward to the June showcase too 😀.

@Lup

nor it tries to go for "realism"

Fighting Sauron's Nazgûl riding armies it's kind of a dead give away on that front 😁.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

And luckily as everyone constantly states on here they don’t like the Sony single player games anyway

Interesting to see your post (is it sarcasm?), when on Pushsquare the narrative is-we couldn't care less about Microsoft's games, then, Xbox exclusivity articles garners an average 100+ comments. Intriguing to see how tribalism works isn't it?🤔.

@Swandivetotheasphalt

Except they’re making more money than ever

The new ps+ price increase must be a celebratory move on Sony’s part to their fan base then😅.

@Markatron84

I mean the only shock would be if he doesn't get it at this year's Game Awards show from the Doritos Pope himself 😉.

@Banjo-

I've seen that, but I guess he knows who he's preaching to better than anyone else 😅.

@somnambulance

Since Xbox has pivoted to being a third party with their own console too, it’s made PlayStation far worse as an ecosystem

And you think that instead of Sony improving (via pressure from the fanbase) its ecosystem, Microsoft should go back to games gatekeeping. I guess that is a kind of a take too..

It's impossible to view this as good news

Oh, but I beg to differ. Have you recently seen the articles on Pushsquare regarding exclusivity?? The reactions are akin to a breakthrough of finally solving global inequality, It beggars belief...