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[Topher]

Need to see how it is. If it AAA big budget title then probably not.

Can't imagine it not being a AAA big budget game coming from Disney, but we will know soon enough.

 

[NeverYouMind]

So no Backwards Compatability Program reinstatement or Fable news...

 

[Topher]

Well, it's Machine Games. I think people just assumed (safely)?

But the rumors are that it's actually both. Which makes sense since Todd Howard has his hands in it.

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Stopped reading at "shpeshal Nick"

 

[Punished Miku]

Need to see how it is. If it AAA big budget title then probably not.

Also, if marketing helps, then shadow drop is not possible. Indy IP use probably has marketing built into the contract. And the whole point of using the IP is to bring in fans of the IP who have to hear about it.

You shadow drop stuff that is niche, that gamers will find out about without marketing - or where marketing actually doesn't help.

 

[adamsapple]

So no Backwards Compatability Program reinstatement or Fable news...

This is just gonna be a 20 min stream focusing on 4 (maybe 5) games releasing this year, all those things can happen any time, likely a big summer showcase.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I hope Indiana Jones is in first person.

 

[Robb]

Didn’t expect Indiana Jones, looking forward to seeing what they’ve come up with. I really enjoyed the Wolfenstein games, with exception of Youngblood.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

I'm pretty sure Tower or is also confirmed for this year.

 

[Hudo]

Well, it's Machine Games. I think people just assumed (safely)?

But the rumors are that it's actually both. Which makes sense since Todd Howard has his hands in it.

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I mean, true, they made some pretty solid FPS games but I thought that this is them branching out to do more.

If this turns out to be a first-person Indy, I'd be interested to see what they do with that. They at least know how to make shooting Nazis feel good.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I have no idea. I basically was just expecting a less violent Wolfenstein with puzzles and platforming.

Correction, they also made Enclave and it was a 3rd person game.

I mean, it could be similar to this -

if they'll decide to make it 1st person, but I just don't think it's the way to go.

 

[twilo99]

I have on good authority (NOT my uncle) that they are shutting down the console production in the next few weeks.. they simply can't take it anymore, Sony PlayStation is so strong that they've given up completely.

Soon after, they will be selling all existing studios they own for pennies on the dollar, it will be like the fire sale of the XBOX SERIES S but instead they will be selling studios, like, practically giving them away for free because of pure desperation to get away from Sony PlayStation, but little do they know Sony PlayStation is the one who will buy all of their studios, just to rub it in and make sure that Microsoft never returns to the console business, which Sony PlayStation will continue to dominate for eons to come.

This is all coming from my sources at a very high end trading firm, who are in the know... Microsoft is in BIG, BIG trouble. Stock price will crash so much they will end up on Sony's market cap or lower..

Just watch, this is all starting with the Xbox Direct next on the 18th and it will take about a year to complete.

Sega was first, now that they've taken care of Microsoft their next target is Nintendo, but they are still working out the strategy on how to take them down.. they seem to be a particularly hard nut to crack those Nintendo people, but they will go down eventually.

 

[Negotiator101]

I hope Indiana Jones is in first person.

You're in the minority, I'll keep an open mind until I see it next week.

 

[Negotiator101]

Excited to see Indy and Avowed, and hopefully a surprise or two. So, what is the current announced lineup for Xbox this year? Is there one? I thought we were now supposed to be in the phase of a big first-party game once a quarter.

I'm guessing all these shown on the 18th are 2024, obviously the summer showcase will reveal more. Flightsim 2024 and maybe another Forza Horizon if it keeps its 2 year release pattern.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

In to see Avowed and Indy. The rest can fuck right off.

(I swear to god if Indy is first person….please don’t be first person)

Ewww, first person?
If it turns out that way we can riot together

 

[Ozriel]

Well, it's Machine Games. I think people just assumed (safely)?

Not necessarily a safe assumption at all. Industry is filled with studios that have pivoted and made new stuff. Guerilla went from over a decade of First Person Shooters to Horizon. The guys who made Killer Instinct 2013 had never made a fighting game before.

It looks like just Towerborne has an actual date. The rest are just generic "2024". Maybe this Direct will fill that in a little. It's a bit late to date any of the above for Q1, so that window has passed, unless they have something secret to drop on us, like they did with Hi-Fi Rush. But it makes me a bit nervous that we're going into February and not a single one of their big AAA games have a release window beyond "2024" or just nothing at all.

No pressing need to put an actual date on something that’s more than 3 months away from release, tbh.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

hellblade shadow drop.

 

[DenchDeckard]

There better be an indiana jones (uncharted 2 / lost legacy) train sequence.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I'm guessing all these shown on the 18th are 2024, obviously the summer showcase will reveal more. Flightsim 2024 and maybe another Forza Horizon if it keeps its 2 year release pattern.

I thought the Forza Horizon team was on Fable?

 

[clarky]

I thought the Forza Horizon team was on Fable?

Fable is a new team. half the reason its taking so long.

 

[SirTerry-T]

The day after my birthday, Gaf...just to help you remember.

 

[ManaByte]

I'm guessing all these shown on the 18th are 2024, obviously the summer showcase will reveal more. Flightsim 2024 and maybe another Forza Horizon if it keeps its 2 year release pattern.

It’s been known FH6 is set in Japan for a while. Expecting it in October.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Fallout 3 / New Vegas remaster / remake news, please.

 

[Aguero9320]

Thank God, something to talk about - been painful reading on here recently with all the fanboy wet dreams about exiting the console business...

Nice timing, good looking lineup.

 

[Nydius]

I feel like Indiana Jones is going to have a rough road ahead of it, even if it's a fantastic game. It will inevitably be compared with Uncharted and Tomb Raider, both of which basically aped the Indiana Jones concept and spent decades refining it. Plus it will be compared, for better or worse, to the recent movie misfires.

I really hope it's good but I suspect it will be subject to a lot of criticism.
More than most games would get.

The only other thing in that I'm interested in seeing is Avowed but, as I wrote in a different thread, after what happened with Redfall and Starfield last year I'm not getting enthused until I'm able to sample the game myself.

 

[Godot25]

So, where are PlayStation ports of all those games?

I'm confused

 

[CamHostage]

Good show, some titles I would very much like to see an update and deep-dive for. And I like the Developer Direct format, it's different from the megaton-oriented showcases (and leads to less grousing about what they didn't show or how big the shown was/wasn't afterwards.)

Also, to set expectations, the Xbox Developer Direct event (there was only the one, right?) does not seem to be designed to provide "surprises" as in debuting games you totally were not expecting, although there was one last year... The Developer Direct seems to go by its rundown, which they give in advance; the only surprise I can see from last year was the release of Hi-Fi Rush, which was announced on that day (and also stealth-released that day.) The rundown did have all the developers listed ("Arkane Austin, Mojang Studios, Turn 10 Studios, and ZeniMax Online Studios"), but TangoWorks was part of the ZeniMax set (they did ESO and Hi-Fi Rush,) and the wording of their before-show rundown could have been interpreted as "only-ESO" or "ESO+more", and in a nice surprise, it was the latter that time. This show's rundown is more specific about what will be shown and doesn't have that loophole (albeit there's nothing to say that MS couldn't add something not pre-listed.)

Xbox and Bethesda to Present Developer_Direct Livestream on January 25 - Xbox Wire

Xbox and Bethesda will present a Developer_Direct on Wednesday, January 25, providing fans with an inside look at some of the games coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass over the next few months.

news.xbox.com

 

[Hibs]

Fallout 3 / New Vegas remaster / remake news, please.

Can we get that Oblivion remaster too

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[Negotiator101]

It’s been known FH6 is set in Japan for a while. Expecting it in October.

Thought that was only a rumor? I'm getting to the point now where I feel the Forza Horizon template has gone as far as it can go. Not sure 2 years is long enough for them to make it fresh and interesting again.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Nice lineup

 

[Hudo]

I really want to be wowed by Avowed. However, I've vowed to not buy it, since it has failed to wow me so far.

 

[TheShocker]

I swear to god. If we get one more Hellblade 2 feature without a hard release date, I’m going to shit myself. I’m not even that excited for the game. I’m just sick of seeing videos about the making of.

 

[Jigsaah]

Who is Oxide games? I'm not familiar...and Ara? Also not familiar.

 

[LostDonkey]

8pm Noyce. I can actually watch after work instead of in the middle of the night

 

[Ozriel]

I feel like Indiana Jones is going to have a rough road ahead of it, even if it's a fantastic game. It will inevitably be compared with Uncharted and Tomb Raider, both of which basically aped the Indiana Jones concept and spent decades refining it. Plus it will be compared, for better or worse, to the recent movie misfires.

I really hope it's good but I suspect it will be subject to a lot of criticism.
More than most games would get.

The last Uncharted game was nearly 7 years ago and nobody’s playing it now. The last Tomb Raider game had a 75% MC. Nobody’s holding it up as a refinement of the genre.

Bro, nobody’s comparing a game to the movies.

 

[Fess]

FH6 (Japan) is supposed to be this year too. Probably a summer reveal and traditional October release.

oh man that would be awesome, but I won’t believe until I see them announce it. Favorite racing IP at this point for me, I’m so over simulators, hoping they go wild with nitros or something this time

 

[Spyxos]

Oxide is doing what?

 

[ManaByte]

Oxide is doing what?

Ara: History Untold

An evolution in historical turn-based grand strategy from Oxide Games and Xbox Game Studios Publishing.

www.arahistoryuntold.com

 

[Mister Wolf]

This is a make or break event for Avowed. They layed an egg with the first reveal. We need a deep dive into combat and RPG elements. The game also needs to be using Lumen and Nanite. If Robocop is using both then there is no excuse for Avowed not to.

 

[Clintizzle]

I have on good authority (NOT my uncle) that they are shutting down the console production in the next few weeks.. they simply can't take it anymore, Sony PlayStation is so strong that they've given up completely.

Soon after, they will be selling all existing studios they own for pennies on the dollar, it will be like the fire sale of the XBOX SERIES S but instead they will be selling studios, like, practically giving them away for free because of pure desperation to get away from Sony PlayStation, but little do they know Sony PlayStation is the one who will buy all of their studios, just to rub it in and make sure that Microsoft never returns to the console business, which Sony PlayStation will continue to dominate for eons to come.

This is all coming from my sources at a very high end trading firm, who are in the know... Microsoft is in BIG, BIG trouble. Stock price will crash so much they will end up on Sony's market cap or lower..

Just watch, this is all starting with the Xbox Direct next on the 18th and it will take about a year to complete.

Sega was first, now that they've taken care of Microsoft their next target is Nintendo, but they are still working out the strategy on how to take them down.. they seem to be a particularly hard nut to crack those Nintendo people, but they will go down eventually.

I hear that the Board Members at Microsoft are eagerly waiting for the numbers to drop for how many physical copies of games were sold in the UK for Jan. This is what is going to make or break if Xbox and ultimately GamePass is going to have a future in the games industry.

I just spoke to King Charles and boy the numbers are not good (for Xbox).

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This is a make or break event for Avowed. They layed an egg with the first reveal. We need a deep dive into combat and RPG elements. The game also needs to be using Lumen and Nanite. If Robocop is using both then there is no excuse for Avowed not to.

The Showcase trailer was lame, yeah. I hope this one is better.

 

[twilo99]

I hear that the Board Members at Microsoft are eagerly waiting for the numbers to drop for how many physical copies of games were sold in the UK for Jan. This is what is going to make or break if Xbox and ultimately GamePass is going to have a future in the games industry.

I just spoke to King Charles and boy the numbers are not good (for Xbox).

I heard the exact same thing from sources! Those physical copies sold in the United Kingdom are essential for the confidence of their shareholders so they are all freaking out over there on what's going to happen with all of that. I'm hearing if they come under their target, that will be the first piece of the domino falling, and it will come crashing down after that.

Could you ask his Majesty if he is a Sony PlayStation kinda of royalty or PC master race? I'm really curious.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The Showcase trailer was lame, yeah. I hope this one is better.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that Microsoft rushed them to put something together even though the game wasn't ready to be shown.

 

[twilo99]

So, where are PlayStation ports of all those games?

I'm confused

Well, they are keeping it a secret for as long as possible, it will be the last thing they do before shutting down the operation.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Well, they are keeping it a secret for as long as possible, it will be the last thing they do before shutting down the operation.

I’m starting to think PS fanboys would prefer MS go 3rd party than shut down. Otherwise who’s going to make games for PS?

 

[RAIDEN1]

Hopefully the Indy game will be better than the latest movie, but it will be a tall-order if it is better than Fate of Atlantis, that game could have been an Indy movie built in the 90s...instead of just been restricted to an Amiga/PC game

 

[graywolf323]

I hope Indy looks great, Machinegames was one of my favorite new studios from the past gen or two (alongside Arkane)

 

[NikuNashi]

Well they want it to sell multiple millions so it'll be an exploration/action game with RPG elements.

So it's not free gamepass shovelware?

If they want to sell multiple millions then they need. To release it multiplat.

 

[nick776]

Thought that was only a rumor? I'm getting to the point now where I feel the Forza Horizon template has gone as far as it can go. Not sure 2 years is long enough for them to make it fresh and interesting again.

This fall FH5 will be THREE years old, not two.

 

[Jesb]

Avowed and Indiana jones please impress. Really hoping something good is coming.