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Top 5 Video Game Franchises Microsoft Should Revive

The lack of exclusives also pushed gamers to the PlayStation 4 and recently the Nintendo Switch thanks to titles such as God of War and Super Mario Odyssey. Microsoft does have a lot of incredible IPs they can revive to boost the Xbox One's exclusive library. Here are the top 5 franchises Microsoft should revive.

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PhoenixUp1937d ago

Not even Yookah-Laylee was as good as the first two Banjo-Kazooie games. I doubt current Rare can do a better job than Playtonic at that type of game.

darthv721936d ago

Never played yookah laylee and only recently played the banjo games on rare replay. I wasnt much into the n64 at the time. I am quite surprised there had not been a new crimson skies, especially when the boom of online multiplayer really took off. it seemed like a perfect fit.

I'd say a few others (that are not MS specific) that should be considered for return would be stubbs the zombie, bloodwake, quantum redshift and somebody already mentioned PGR so i would add rally sport challenge.

The Wood1936d ago (Edited 1936d ago )

How many of these articles have appeared this gen. How many times have I had to call for a crimson skies.

Obscure_Observer1935d ago (Edited 1935d ago )

I would love to see a new Otogi and Sudeki game. :)

A new next gen Jet Force Gemini made by RARE would be FANTASTIC!

gangsta_red1935d ago

Perfect Dark, Crimson Skies, Brute Force. I'm sure a modern take on each of those games would be successful.

The fact that Perfect Dark has been dormant for so long absolutely boggles my mind. That should have been top priority from MS at the start of this gen.

Obscure_Observer1935d ago

@PhoenixUp

"I doubt current Rare can do a better job than Playtonic at that type of game."

The "current" RARE, employes more than 400 professionals and they´re currently working on a new IP. I´m 100% positive that this new game will score better than Yookah-Laylee´s 67 score on Meta.

RosweeSon1933d ago

What 69 like sea of thieves. Hardly a game changing difference there ;)

PhoenixUp1935d ago

@ Obscure

How can you say that when Yookah-Laylee was still received better critically than Sea of Thieves?

The amount of workers doesn’t translate to quality

Obscure_Observer1935d ago

@PhoenixUp

"How can you say that when Yookah-Laylee was still received better critically than Sea of Thieves?"

Lol. Are you sure?

https://www.metacritic.com/...
https://www.metacritic.com/...

PhoenixUp1934d ago (Edited 1934d ago )

Yeah

https://www.metacritic.com/...
https://www.metacritic.com/...
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Besides that are you really still putting faith in a company that spends nearly five years in making a game that receives such a divisively low score?

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NecrumOddBoy1937d ago

Blinx the Cat could make a return. Also, I would like to see Project Gotham Racing or at least its style infused into Forza.

darthv721936d ago

Well the team that did PGR is now a part of Playground games so there could be a possibility of them using some of those features of old but made new again.

Segata1936d ago

Blinx had a neat idea for that time that no longer is but the game was average then and not aged all that well.

AK911936d ago

Very true but a sequel/reboot may be able to make a unique first party Xbox game which MS is sorely lacking.

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Switch4One1937d ago

Perfect Dark 3rd person adventure would be pretty sweet.

On the other side of the pond, can Sony please revive Heavenly Sword?!

I miss my redheads okay?!

darthv721936d ago

I dont know why there wasnt a sequel to HS but now I'm not sure sony still owns it or if they ever did. I know they published it. Maybe part of the deal with NT was they get to retain all their developed IP's and as such then perhaps MS may greenlight a sequel after all this time.

Switch4One1936d ago

No, it's definitely a Sony IP. I think I've read that a bunch of times.

Ausbo1936d ago (Edited 1936d ago )

Yeah Sony historically own their second party IP. They love to make deals like that. A big reason sunset overdrive was a Microsoft game, was because Sony demanded the IP ownership. Microsoft didn’t

Same with order1866 and ready at dawn

AK911936d ago

Sony owns it and the game BOMBED financially really badly, being a PS3 exclusive in an era that PS3 was getting alot of hate due to their awful PS3 launch (ironically mirrored by MS's Xbone One launch) made it impossible to be a success.

Obscure_Observer1935d ago

@Switch4One

"Perfect Dark 3rd person adventure would be pretty sweet."

No doubt! I would also love to see them take a darker tone and a more adult oriented approach like Cyberpunk 2077.

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Segata1936d ago

Wizards & Warriors.
Jet Force Gemini
Phantom Dust
Scalebound
Blue Dragon
Lost Odyssey

Those are the series I want most from MS.

NecrumOddBoy1936d ago

Oh made me think about Panzer Dragoon returning too

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The 7 Best Rare Games: A Pioneering Legacy

Rare has had an astonishing journey since being founded in 1985. But of the 125 titles released to date, which are the 7 best Rare games?

darthv7239d ago

I was always a fan of Cobra Triangle.

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5 predictions for an Xbox Developer Direct curveball

From Contraband to Perfect Dark, here are some potential wildcard surprises that could appear at this month's Xbox Developer Direct.

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The3faces106d ago

Wow I actually commented in a Xbox thread before Jin_Sakai! Contraband gameplay would be dope.

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Five Big Games Still Lingering Somewhere in Development Hell

This year promises to be a big year for gaming, and it will definitely be one of the greatest if any of these big MIA projects finally made it into gamers' hands.

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Inverno106d ago

Pretty sure Silk Song and Dragon Age are going smoothly. The other 2 can be assumed to be quietly cancelled knowing their publishers and Metroid will most likely be shown off this year.

Michiel1989105d ago

Dragon Age going smoothly??? Directors leaving, people leaving in general, terrible working conditions....not sure how you define smoothly.

VincentVanBro7d ago

lol Dragon Age development has been anything but smooth

Chocoburger106d ago

I remember in 2017 when Nintendo showed off the Metroid Prime 4 logo, and some Nintendo defenders claimed "Just because they only showed a logo, doesn't mean that's all they've worked on for the game."

As history has proven, they were wrong. Nintendo showed off a logo back in 2017 because that's literally all they had.

-Foxtrot106d ago

I think Beyond Good and Evil 2 can stay there unless they are going to just rename it to a new IP

DOMination-106d ago

Pretty sure BG&E2 is dead at this point - along with the other game Ancel was working on before he left - I think it was called WILD. Anyone remember that from a PS conference years ago?

Dreadwolf isn't in development hell anymore and is finally getting its reveal in the summer - since 2016 the game has been scrapped and restarted three times but its been going pretty well since the last reboot when EA finally allowed BioWare to just get on with making a single player game.

I'm not sure Perfect Dark is in development hell either - like it could be but we haven't really heard much to suggest either way - imo they just showed the trailer off when the game was still in pre-production. Xbox were desperate for anything and this is all they had at the time. And the reason we haven't heard anything since is just because it's in normal development and games take 5 years to make. The help from a support studio was typically overblown on N4G because nearly every game has this.

ModsDoBetter105d ago

I just need...Deep Down.
Please, it's been years!

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