The Riftbreaker, a base-building survival game with action RPG elements, can finally be played by gamers around the globe on their favorite platform.
"The Szczecin-based (Poland) indie games developer Exor Studios are today very proud and delighted to announce that they have just released the “Heart of the Swamp” expansion for their sci-fi/hack-and-slash survival game “The Riftbreaker” (the “Heart of the Swamp” expansion is available right now for PC via Steam, GOG, EGS, and the Windows store)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
"The Szczecin-based (Poland) indie games developer Exor Studios are today very thrilled and delighted to announce that they have just released the “Into the Dark” expansion for their sci-fi/hack-and-slash survival game “The Riftbreaker”(the “Metal Terror” expansion is available right now for PC via Steam, GOG, EGS, and the Windows store)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
The service needs a big year, and some big games, if it's going to shape Microsoft's future.
Microsoft has paid out for the big name games launching on Game Pass, this month alone it's getting Monster Hunter Rise which PlayStation owners have to pay $40 for, not to mention all the other great new games. However these are a reward for the current Xbox userbase and not drawing new users in so MS needs its own first party exclusives.
Starfield will come out in the first half of the year, possibly June, and that's going to be an amazing boon for Microsoft and Game Pass. It's the first single player Bethesda RPG since 2015 so you could say there's some anticipation! At E3 2022 it didn't reveal what was coming in the second half of this year but that could be the long-awaited Forza 8 and four years after the 2019 Game Awards reveal and, if Ninja Theory deliver, Hellblade II: God of War Ragnaraok killer.
I don't think Stanfield makes the first half of the year. Also hellblade 2 is definitely not a God of war killer. That's laughable.
So by the middle of the year you should have your first $70 game included in your $120 annual subscription. Ok, that's not terrible, I'll give it that. I'm not as confident as you are that it'll be good though, based on the footage I've seen so far
"Hellblade II: God of War Ragnaraok killer."
I've heard a few ppl say that before. What does that mean? How will it "kill" a game that's been around for 18 years vs an IP that's been around for 6 and is just now prepping to release a sequel?
Logically it doesn't make sense so again how does Hellblade "kill" GoW?
You know, that $40 is a one-time fee.
Game Pass on the other hand requires you to pay perpetual rent to play the game. And at some point the game will disappear from the service.
I agree it does need more first party games. Game pass has a lot of games already as is but just like Netflix it needs a constant stream of new games to keep people engaged.
It needs to diversify its portfolio as well I think games like high on life are a great start. Look how popular it is. They need to keep games like that coming that are “different”. I hope they achieve it because game pass really is revolutionary and such a great value for consumers.
Also I believe the cheaper ad supported tier will definitely help it’s always good to give customers options. Game pass is already a huge success MS themselves said it’s profitable. But they have ambitions to be the Netflix of gaming and 2023 will definitely be a tell if they can achieve it.
I don’t agree with ‘make or break’ at all. Very sensationalist headline. It’s already pretty successful as it is. Not to say more big games wouldn’t help of course but hardly going to break the service if they aren’t there.
One year can be great but the next year could hurt it . It’s needs to make money long term and 1 year won’t make too much if a difference in the end . MS has had a a decent year here and there just to screw it up for a few in a row adlfrer that . MS needs 5-10 good years in a row
lol right when they already knew a huge game from Bethesda is coming to the service day 1, they came up with this atrocious article. there is no such thing as make-or-break for a service like GP with the backing of MS's wallet. they will just throw money at it because this is the basket that they've decided to put all their eggs into going forward.
