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It is probably going to be a blurry low res mess at 60 on consoles, but maybe not. It runs at 1440p, nice and sharp with DLSS Quality + 25% sharpness, and hovers around 60 maxed out on my laptop, so maybe they can get something decent on consoles.

Absolutely love the Mafia games. This definitely does not look like the typical Mafia game though, so I'll wait and see first. I really wanted another open world where I'm driving around listening to the radio station music of the era in my fedora. I don't think we'll be getting that here.

Grounded 2, easily. Then, The Ascent. Love both games.

Lots of Sony flops the past few years. So when they are desperate, THEN they look to Xbox to hopefully get them out of the red. No thanks. I bought both Horizon games and never played them past 10 percent because I can't stand Aloy. Keep her off of Xbox please.

The loud .003 percent still insist there is a demand for physical media.

NEWSFLASH: No, there isn't.

DF just shot down all the PS5 Pro fanbois by stating GTA6 most likely will not run at 60 fps on the Pro. I mean, that's a real kick in the balls if it turns out to be true. GTA6 is going to be THE measure of any new console's worth. If it can't run at 60 fps, what in the world is the point of new hardware? The CPU bottleneck is still huge with only a 10 percent uplift if you choose to even use that mode for the CPU.

Imagine GTA6 running at the same frame rate on the Pro as the Series X. We all know Rockstar don't cater to hardware so they certainly aren't going to add extra features for the Pro's GPU. It may run at a higher res but probably won't look much different at all in that case.

Then a new Xbox possibly shows up in 2026 and will almost certainly run GTA6 at 60 fps. Interesting times.

This will probably be a lot of unfortunate news for Xbox fans but it certainly would be epic and hilarious if this was all a stunt, fake leaks hinting at Xbox's demise, and Phil comes on with his head down and says...

'Well we're here today to address some rumors. The future of Xbox is certainly changing... from this point forward, aside from COD all future Xbox studios games will be exclusive to Xbox! Also, we have an Xbox handheld and VR coming alongside a next generation Xbox in 2026 powered by Intel/Nvidia with advanced RT features and... World of Warcraft is coming to Xbox and all WoW subs will be converted to GamePass Ultimate! The future of Xbox is bright.'

Sigh..

I'm going to order one of these tonight. I don't mind wired, as I sit at a computer desk and very close to the Xbox. I have the 8bitdo Ultimate but it isn't perfect, and only used on my PC.

I'm actually super excited about this game. It's like a polished, AA version of Gang Beasts, a game that I've always loved.

Looks like the studio is Recreate Games (London), owned by Source Technology (China). Ex EA and Tencent devs. I'm hoping the game isn't ruined by that fact, with excessive monetizing. We'll see, and we will determine their success with the game.

Delta Force? Looks more like COD/BF to me. Maybe my memory doesn't serve me well but wasn't Delta Force more sim-like back in the day?

What company in their right mind would make an Xbox exclusive controller with that layout? No Xbox gamer wants that layout because it is inferior, and they will find out pretty quick when they realize poor sales.

What a nice surprise

Either the CMA will cave or UK gamers will end up getting shafted in the end.

I look forward to seeing COD on GP

That looks bad. I'm not at all into the fast-forward gameplay and 'physics'. As simplistic and silly of a game that Sea of Thieves is, I love the methodical, slower gameplay and cannonball 'physics'.

I'd grab Anthem if it was PC. I've been playing the PC version via Gamepass and the gameplay is fantastic, visuals are still stunning. Super fun with friends. Not sure how the Xbox version stacks up.

I've been playing Halo since 2001 and Halo 4 is definitely one of my favorites in the series. I loved the game mechanics and smoother analog stick controls, the visuals were some of the very best of that generation, loved the artwork, music, sound effects, and design. Some of the best artists around did some great work on that game and I am still more impressed with the work done on Halo 4 than with 5 or Infinite. I never did get to play much of the multiplayer though, so I can't remember how good or bad it was.

Me and my buddy absolutely loved Blacklist co op. We are sad that the servers were shut down.

I am not confident they will outperform the original game. 1, 2 and 3 were just amazing in their day. It will always be one of my favorite series, but will it ever come back to its original luster?

No buy until online co op.

I haven't even worked towards anything at all in this game yet. I don't even know what rank I am or what my progression is. Me and some friends have just been playing MP once on the weekend as a warmup for other games on our game night. We haven't even played campaign yet lol.

I guess now is the right time to start tracking and working towards progression in the game. It's going to feel completely fresh to us other than wanting a few more maps. But that's what Forge is for. I'll take a crack at it and try to remake one of my favorite maps from a favorite game back in the day, RTCW.

Looking forward to this but we will be waiting for a while.

I feel lucky to have only played MP and very casually up until now. This game is going to be practically new to me when this update comes. I haven't even paid attention to my rank and have never played the campaign. My first campaign experience will be online co op with 3 buddies, who I convinced all to wait until the update to play. It is almost time to jump in!

Sega digging themselves a grave

I actually loved Halo 4. The campaign was great, visual style and technically looked great, fun co op and Spartan Ops was a great addition. I wasn't as fond of Halo 5. A step down in visuals from catering to low powered hardware and the whole team thing doesn't work with MC like it did in Reach. Infinite has been great for me so far. I only play MP on the weekends and have plenty of ranks to go, and still haven't played the campaign yet. The big problems for me were that the game should have been 100 percent complete by the time it released after a year delay, with all features. It also should have been a visual tour de force like Halo CE was back in the day.

People are getting their hopes up that Bonnie was the cause of all Halo's problems. Hate to break it to you, but her leaving most likely isn't going to magically fix anything.

Game looks like utter trash and apparently runs like it too.

Actually looks pretty good. I'm interested.

This looks great. Hope it has online co op.

FH is a different beast that is unmatched.

Game Pass is the only way I would try this game out. Looks boring af to me.

There is too much on Game Pass for me and my friends to get through. We still have most of Horizon 5 to get through, haven't even gone through the Halo Infinite campaign at all because we are waiting for the co op update, have played the great MP off and on but still have most of that to rank up through, have hardly scratched the surface of Flight Sim, still have most of Sea of Thieves content to get through, still haven't gotten through all of MCC content, and still have tons of other games on Game Pass we haven't even touched yet.

Why?

Because we don't just play Xbox. We have a lot of games that we play and our time is split between them all. We are true gamers, play tons of games, and it takes us a lot of time to get through them all. We like it that way because we are never able to exhaust content too quickly. We never get burned out on a game, and never blow through it too fast. We've yet to exhaust even games like Battlefront 2 and Battlefield 5. It's great! I feel sorry for people who only play 2 or 3 games and exhaust all of that content within just a few weeks. Put more games in your weekly rotation and don't play the same games day in and day out.

This is at the top of my list. Online co op?

Super excited for this. I'm super lucky in that I didn't blow my load on this game in the first few weeks like many people did. I have MANY other games that I also spend time with, as do my friends. We play multiplayer for an hour or so on the weekend, among a large list of other games we also cycle through. We aren't even very far through rankings in MP yet and have a blast every time we play. On top of that, all three of us have yet to play the campaign. That's right, we are all waiting until the co op update comes, so even the campaign is completely new and fresh to us still. Now we get to look forward to Forge in a few months. For the patient ones, it's a damn good time to be a Halo fan.

So Sony is blocking content from coming to a service that I pay hard earned money for by paying these companies off? Yeah, that's dirty. Sony is trash and a bunch of big babies. The balls, after outselling the Xbox over 100% last gen, to complain. Trash. My PS5 has been sitting for months with no use. It just needs to kill itself now.

Do items such as character skins get moved to OW2?

They need to clarify more for the consoles. People are now spreading misinformation around that XSX won't have RT during gameplay because it was the PC version being shown. If XSX is going to have RT during gameplay, they really need to come out right now and clarify that is the plan. People are also spreading around the idea that RT will be limited to cars only.

I think the best scenario we can hope for on XSX is that RT will apply to cars and other surfaces such as water, run at 60fps, and a locked 1080p or dynamic 1440p. If they could hit all those I would be very impressed with the Xbox.

Seriously, who f'king cares about Japan? No gamers care that Xbox doesn't sell well in Japan. Why even write articles about it? Japan is hardly even relevant anymore other than JRPGs, which many gamers have no desire for anymore. Game industry Japan from 20 year ago is not the same as today. Xbox doesn't need Japan. It shouldn't even be a talking point anymore. They can keep their silly off the wall (and weird) games. I don't even want them on the Xbox. Now I sound like nationalistic Japanese gamers ripping on Western gaming, haha. Some tides have turned a bit.

But did it really destroy the music business? Less revenue for the industry as a whole, and less money for really big artists that made millions upon millions upon millions of dollars, but now that wealth has been distributed and trickled downward to people who would never otherwise have a chance of being discovered or getting their work out there. I cringe to think about all the incredible artists that we had in the early 2000's, 90s, and before, that never got the chance to have their work discovered because they didn't know the right people in Hollywood or they simply didn't have the money for production and distribution. Think about all the incredible music that we missed out on, some of it potentially as good as or better than any of the big artists from yesterday. Very sad to think about the incredible work we've missed out on from potentially great artists that were never given a chance to shine. Now they can. Sure, they probably get a one lump sum to have their work on Spotify and other services, but they can at least grow from that and at least have a chance to even see if there is an audience for their creative work.

It's the same with something like Game Pass. If it weren't for GP, some of these games would basically never see the light of day and may potentially earn nothing at all for all that work. Now they at least have a chance. It's not the best choice for everyone, but it's a very, very good choice for many that don't have big studios and publishers, a big name, or that don't know certain people to propel them forward. People seriously need to stop bitching about GP because it's simply another option. You CAN still buy games. You can buy any game that is on GP, and even for a discount. You don't have to sub GP, or Spotify, or Netflix, or any of it. Just make the choice not to and stop bitching about these services because there is someone out there that has given us an incredible experience at some point, and it was only made possible because of such services.

I can wait for a better game. I already have too many games to finish over the next few years. As long as development is going well and they are happy with the result so far, it's all good.

Forza 8 could come this year and so might Hellblade 2. I'm actually more excited about those games until I see actual gameplay of Starfield.

Ah, so THIS is why there is a lack of content and co op to the core game. They've been wasting time and resources on a BR that no one wants except for a new, Halo-casual audience that knows almost nothing about Halo except for um, there's a green dude called Master Chief in it that kills aliens.

They have clearly bitten off more than they can chew rather than creating a complete, polished core experience FOR the actual long time Halo fans. SP campaign, MP, online co op, Forge, and now a BR. They've been secretly working on a BR this whole time while taking resources and devs away from the core experience. What do you want to bet that the BR aspect will end up being the most polished and fleshed out part of the game?

Is this why there is a huge, semi-open world map for the campaign? Were they planning this all along? Was the campaign map actually built around the idea of turning it into a BR with a few minor adjustments? Was the plan for a BR the reason why this game has been through dev hell up to this day? I've been defending the game wholeheartedly from naysayers up til now. Someone needs to get their priorities straight and give Halo fans the quality they expect out of this series.

Sorry but I don't trust anything from Kotaku. I also don't trust most 20 somethings (especially early 20s) growing up in a soft world with tablet in one hand and phone in the other complaining and being depressed about every little thing in existence that doesn't feed their ego or keep them in a constant dopamine high, and those types are the people many of these game studios consist of. Also, MS isn't the only one that has had problems with studios. ND, anyone?

Everyone was complaining about MS potentially having too much hands on with these new studios and strangling their creative freedoms. Now everyone is bitching because they don't and it's still all MS's fault. That's just rich.

I play this game very casually and occasionally at the moment but I really have a lot of fun each time I do. I don't pay attention to rankings or where I stand. I just enjoy the gameplay. Once co op becomes available will be about the time I really jump in deeper and try to progress. I take my sweet time with these games since I have so many to get through.

I'm still basically at the beginning of this game so this update will be a good time for me to really jump in and enjoy the game. I'm always reluctant to dive into any game until a few months later, even though I normally purchase them on release.

I am still thinking about getting GT7 but I am just not impressed with it. Great looking cars, but poor environments. Since you have to look at those environments over, and over again, that should have been a priority. They could have spent a little less time on the cars and they would still look great, and spent that time elsewhere to make the visuals more consistent. The environments look like crap, straight up. Would love to feel the gyro steering but the visuals will not keep my interest long. Not to mention the frame rate problems, occasional as it may be, and always online.

Ya know, I don't really see the need in announcing to the world that you've left a company, especially in the world of gaming. It immediately becomes a controversial topic that always looks bad on the company. Although, considering the state of MP this actually looks really bad on the individual that left, especially if MP fixes start coming in soon that should have been there long ago. Dude probably got let go.

I will take a guess here that the cinematic sequences in this game are simply interactive, unlike most games. You may have a bit of simplistic control of the character and scene, but certain things will play out automatically, such as camera work and events important to the sequence. I think this will be separate from normal gameplay, which will visually be the same, but with less cinematic camera work, events and animation.

So yeah, this was probably running in real time with a controllable character, but in a limited fashion compared to normal gameplay.

@Richnj Halo has 17k players on right now and that is just in Steam. God of War? A game that just released recently, supposedly the best single player on PS? 5k players at the moment. Halo is doing just fine.

@lolwhatno Sorry but Returnal just isn't that fun. 90s animation and gameplay, and was even more broken than Halo at launch. It was a mess. If it were not rogue maybe it would have ended up a better game. Who knows, but I care not. It's an AA effort that some like, but many hate.

I've given up on seeing either Goldeneye or Splinter Cell. I'd like to see NOLF more than anything. Absolutely loved those games back in the day. I don't know if there are still ownership issues with that game though.

Hmm, I actually like the visual style. If the animation and gameplay are polished I'll pull my buddies into this.

Does the campaign have online co op or is it strictly single player?