Neocrisis - Developer KING Art Games has released the first annotated gameplay video showing key-features and mechanics.
Phil Spencer and Microsoft have come under fire following the closure of multiple Bethesda-owned studios including Tango Gameworks.
wow haha.
i dont think he will resign. or will be kicked off.
if hes still here after everything in the past, this wont affect him unfortunately.
Where are the Xbots that cheer for MS to buy everything? They destroy everything they touch... MS only cares about AI now, the MS CEO could care less if all the studios get closed.
Of course Christopher would submit this lol.
The unbiased site admin strikes again!
Nothing Micro about this Chut. Russel Crowe is so gonna play him in his stream flick.
Xbox employees are bracing for what follows more layoffs.
Tom Warren: "I understand Hellblade II is another game that Microsoft has been considering for the PS5."
"Microsoft has also had internal debates about whether to put new releases of Call of Duty into Game Pass. I understand this is a debate that has been ongoing internally for quite some time, with concerns from some that the revenue that Call of Duty typically generates for Activision Blizzard will be undermined by Game Pass.
I’m told that Microsoft has also considered increasing the price of Game Pass Ultimate again."
Further down
"While Xbox hardware sales are a cause for concern, Microsoft has been beating the Xbox Game Pass drum in recent years, telling us, “The [Xbox] business isn’t how many consoles you sell.” But Microsoft’s latest earnings showed that Xbox content and services, which includes Game Pass, would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard, and overall gaming revenue would have declined without this giant acquisition. Microsoft CFO Amy Hood is now expecting Xbox hardware revenues to decline again next quarter. "
"Even if they ever bring it to PS5 it's not sure that it could be considered a success"
Who the f*** would think like this before the main release even happens...Jesus.
" Strategy has shifted from bringing more games to Game Pass to bringing more games to other platforms "
Gee. Can't imagine why
It's almost like Gamepass hasn't worked out the way they wanted and they keep lying to us that it's exceeded expectations.
People need to cancel their GP and buy games like Hellblade 2 in full. It's not going to magically solve everything, might not even make a dent but it's something.
Yeah there's cuts going on all over the industry but Sony didn't buy a massive publisher for $7.5 Billion and then decided to buy another big publisher for $75.4 Billion did they?
Microsoft trying to cut costs when they spent billions on buying publishers to, what was in that leaked email again by Matt Booty? Oh yeah try and "spend Sony out of business", is not a good look.
So yeah, we are talking about "that", the industry is suffering but the deal with Microsoft takes the cake. They don't seem to have any plan and lack any direction.
Also lets not forget Tango Games being closed is insane within its self
1) Microsoft has been going on for years saying they want to grow their relationship with Japan yet killed the best Japanese studio they have under them.
2) Hi-Fi Rush was critically acclaimed and gained them positive buzz
So there's your FACTS...but no hide behind another newly created duplicate account
Microsoft:
- HW sales down
- No 1st party games
- Studios closed
- Mass layoffs
Sony:
- HW sales down
- No 1st party games
- Studios closed
- Mass layoffs
No difference in sight.
Twisted Voxel writes: "We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far."
Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Avowed, Towerborne, and Call of Duty are still to be released this year. Marcus Fenix collection to be added to the list with the Xbox showcase, hopefully.
"Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024"
they kept the IPs though. they'll be making them under the MS brand i'm guessing. like minecraft all those years ago.
If we're going to talk in "still to be's" there still could be more studio closures from Microsoft this year as well.
How much confidence do people have in these games being good though? I hope they will be (especially Avowed) but from what we know of them so far, it's hardly a guarantee, is it?
And even if they do turn out to be good, how much of that will be down to Xbox and its leadership? Most of these games were either sequels to games made before being acquired or started development before being acquired.
And just a note on Hellblade II - it is out in two weeks and unless I'm missing something, I don't see much in the way of previews or advertising from Microsoft. Not ideal for a niche game that looks like it probably cost a lot of money to make. It genuinely feels like another game being sent out to die and then have the studio shut down.
To me...Avowed graphics look cheap, the game looks generic as well as boring.
I find it interesting that people have to resort to praising how they were randomly born in a certain location to say they're not weird. But, I'm not sure this kind of stupidity can be generalized over an entire group of people, at least, I'm being optimistic here.
Sony doesn't have to bother fighting the next Microsoft acquisition. The massive layoff by themselves should be enough to get the next big buy blocked.
Vindicates Jim Ryan. Don't know who didnt see this coming except those frothing pro acquisition fanboys who are not commenting here for some reason....
Let’s not pretend Sony is setting the world on fire with its first party either….it’s been crickets from them as well. In fact they even said not to expect any at all this year.
MS is a dumpster fire and Sony isn’t fighting anymore and it shows. I fail to see how this is a good thing.
Wasn't it no new existing IP entries? That would still leave room for new IPs, maybe we'll see one or more of those this year.
So if MS hadn't spent $80 billion consolidating the industry just think of all the games and jobs that would have saved.
MS is a drain on gaming and have been nothing but a negative.
not exactly like the studios were putting out good games anyway. Industry needs to restart from the ground up; if games like battlebit or manor lords can be made by teams with 10 people - then there's something fundamentally wrong with having 500 man teams put out glitchy overmonetized crap.
Interesting. Prey was a good game, evil within was dope, and hi fi was the best Xbox game that Xbox has had in so many years. That's according to the base.
HiFi Rush was a really good game actually so that's hardly the reason for shutting down Tango.
