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Developer_Direct, presented by Xbox & Bethesda

Xbox and Bethesda present the first Developer_Direct, an inside look at some of the biggest games coming to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass, hosted by the game creators themselves. See gameplay and more, from Redfall, Minecraft Legends, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Forza Motorsport.

Petebloodyonion489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

worst waiting music ever....
and transitioning to another waiting screen :)

Sonic1881489d ago

Waiting for the good games still

King_Noctis489d ago

Didn’t you see the release date for Redfall?

Petebloodyonion489d ago

HI-FI RUSH TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lightning77489d ago

I was spot on when I said I said Tango was said to have a new game. Well the rumors were spot on anyway.

Looks interesting smaller fun game.

I predicted early May for Redfall as well. I'm on a role lol.

ModsDoBetter489d ago

This…is terribly mediocre so far.
Whilst Forza looks great, there’s still no release date.
Hi-Fi Rush looks fun and a surprise launch? Awesome! but what the hell is the team at Xbox doing?

It’s been a two year drought and they have…five games to show off. It’s no wonder they were coming out and saying “manage expectations” for tonight’s direct.

Start as you mean to go on and if this is how the team at Xbox thinks they should start the year, I fear for yet another year of delays, limited releases and flops. Phil, DO SOMETHING! Talk talk talk but no action. What are you doing?

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Lightning77489d ago

I'm not even worried about Forza. It's a guaranteed hit. A safe game from MS.

They told you 2 weeks in advance what was going to be im the direct plus one more game. If you hyped yourself beyond that then that's all on you 100%.

ModsDoBetter489d ago

Cope.
Forza looks great, I’ve said that.
The rest…not so much.

fr0sty489d ago

You don't have to "hype yourself beyond what they said there would be" to still be disappointed that this is all they are bringing to the table. It still sucks whether they told you it would suck or not.

Petebloodyonion489d ago

So let me get this straight, they sucked yet they released a game today (and it's not Golden Eye) and gave a release for Minecraft Legend in April, Reffall in may, and a completely new ESO expansion in June.
So we are (for the moment) without an MS product for the month of February and March

What do they need to do?
Release 1 AAA game like Forza each month?

ModsDoBetter489d ago

Quite a closed minded way to put it.

Let’s start with the obvious one, shall we?

ESO: not an exclusive, not anything to shout about, a chapter for a relatively popular MMO.

Moving on: Forza was revealed July 2020. In case you are blissfully unaware, it’s 2023 & we still don’t have a release date.

Minecraft Legends: not for me but I’m sure others will enjoy it, I’m impartial.

Hi-Fi Rush: lovely surprise of a shadow drop and it looks fun but as I’ve said, let’s not echo chamber ourselves into thinking this is a win for Xbox. It’s a game designed specifically for GamePass, it’s not a system seller.

Redfall: Delay after delay and it looks pretty poor. Another co-op shooter as if we haven’t had enough of those constantly trying to recapture the glory days of L4D2.

Let’s see a few examples of what we’re missing:

-Hellblade 2: Announced 2019, no release window.
-State of Decay 3: Announced June 2020, no release window.
-Everwild: Announced 2019, 2024 window.
-Fable: Announced 2020, no release window.
-Starfield: Announced 2018, H1 2023, no date.
-Darktide: Announced 2020, currently 2 months behind release schedule.

Need I go on or…?
Xbox talk but do nothing.
The competitors, namely Sony & Nintendo, reveal projects and actually release them close to their reveal whilst also having a solid foundation of exclusives.

Chevalier489d ago

Definitely wouldn't hurt. The bar is really low. Over 2 years since launch and that's a long time to have 23 studios and a drought. Playstation and Nintendo with far fewer studios have a greater output than Xbox and with much less money than Xbox/Microsoft too. That's the point olMyerslo was getting at.

Instead of making excuses for such terrible output you guys should be asking for more. But to be fair you're also the guy who thought Gears 5 were revolutionaries with assessibility when they copied Naughty Dog. Must be nice to be so easily pleased.

Petebloodyonion489d ago

@Chevalier
Well, you're right because it seems that I'm easy to please with Hi-Fi Rush just like like a lot of popular streamers and some PlayStation youtube users (Dreamcast Guy) who seems to be really pleased with the event :)
And guess what? I have been playing the game for a couple of hours and it's a blast t play.
But don't worry about me, you can go play a real game like Forspoken since it's a Real game
(I would suggest playing Monster Hunter 5 which came out this month but hey it's a Switch port )

And I didn't bother responding to your accessibility comment when you mentioned Uncharted 4
but since you insist I'll just post the reviews for both games from a website dedicated to this topic
https://caniplaythat.com/20...
https://caniplaythat.com/20...
Have a nice day

Chevalier489d ago

"accessibility comment when you mentioned"

Because you made it seem like TLOU2 stole things from Gears 5 and you were WRONG. Uncharted 4 came out what 4 years before Gears 5?! TLOU2 and options in TLOU Remake ALL came from what was already being advanced by NaughtyDog. GoW also did the same a year before Gears 5.

So again you made it seem like Gears 5 started these options which is blatantly wrong. Others started 4 years before Gears 5 and all they did was copy others were doing so not going to credit something they didn't pioneer; which again is what you're trying to imply. You specifically made it seen like TLOU2 was stealing these options from Gears which again is absolutely idiotic. So yeah you want to say idiotic things then expect to be called on your idiocy.

As for this mediocre list. Glad you're so easily appeased. Got far better games on Playstation like GoW Ragnarok and games like FF16, FF7 Rebirth, Gran Blue Relink, PSVR2, Spiderman 2 to be bothered with these games.

https://screenrant.com/play...

Also just got Fire Emblem Engage last week with Kirby, Bayonetta, Zelda on the way by May this year.

So yeah I wouldn't worry about me. Playstation and Nintendo will have me easily covered for games. I don't have to settle for Xbox's mediocre offerings when their competitors are releasing far better exclusives.

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Lightning77489d ago

"Cope" I'm sorry what am I coping?

All you had to say was these games are not for me then move on. That's fine if you don't like the games. To each of their own.

You came all blaze of fury talking about Phil is bad and this and that.

"SOMETHING! Talk talk talk but no action. What are you doing?"

When literally the whole direct was gameplay and devs explaining the game's. Naw bro take an L for that comment you lost this one.

ModsDoBetter489d ago

Cope with the fact Xbox is fumbling this generation so far.

Not what I said at all.
Only Minecraft Legends wasn’t for me, I have praised Forza. Take your bias glasses off for a second and read correctly.

I said Phil talks a lot and doesn’t do much, as evidenced by the poor Xbox exclusive library to date. Please quote me where I said “Phil is bad”.

“Take an L” - very childish.
They showed five games, several of which were mediocre and some of which are missing release dates. That’s the point I’m making, still no date for Forza after years of promises.

Take the L “bro” ;)

Traecy489d ago

Nah he's telling the truth. Sometimes the truth hurts when it's about one's favorite platform or something they admire.

Lightning77489d ago (Edited 489d ago )

"Not what I said at all.
Only Minecraft Legends wasn’t for me, I have praised Forza. Take your bias glasses off for a second and read correctly."

You never responded to me with the statement. I saw you liked Forza. Only Minecraft looked bad so did you like the direct or not?

"I said Phil talks a lot and doesn’t do much, as evidenced by the poor Xbox exclusive library to date. Please quote me where I said “Phil is bad”.

Clearly I was paraphrasing but again they told you what was gonna be at the direct. Just like how Sony is transparent in their State Of Plays press releases. They set expectations. You were never gonna like what was shown in the beginning from what it sounds like. Ok you like Forza only great but how is MS all talk that literally makes no sense. They told you what was gonna be in the direct.

“Take an L” - very childish.
They showed five games, several of which were mediocre and some of which are missing release dates. That’s the point I’m making, still no date for Forza after years of promises."

Thank you for proving my point all along you simply don't like the games. The games aren't for you except Forza that's it. All you had to say was you only liked Forza and the rest of the show wasn't for you that's it then just move on.

Was that so hard?

ModsDoBetter489d ago

Again, you clearly fail to read and your responses are speculative and rife with insecurity, so I will not be entertaining this discussion any further.

Petebloodyonion489d ago

"ESO: not an exclusive, not anything to shout about, a chapter for a relatively popular MMO."
But an extra portion of the open world of Horizon Zero Dawn or the new FF XiV, Destiny, etc. is a sure thing to talk about.
Look I don't care about ESO, FFXIV, or any online RPG but I don't see why this expansion announcement should be lessened because it's not a single-player DLC.

As Forza Goes it says 2023 and MS were specific about showing games releasing in the first 6 months, so yeah perhaps it will be a delay to later this year but we cross that bridge when we arrive, just remember that God of War date reveal was quite late and close to the release date.

What's missing from Hi-Fi Rush?
Let me guess Insomniac calling it Sunset Overdrive 2 or Sega making another Jetset Radio
Just find it funny that when MS releases a Halo/Fable/Gears/Forza it is the same old same old but when it's a new IP it's never a win potential despite Metacritics often saying otherwise

Regarding Redfall I'll just point out that Arkane has a great track record so how about we wait and see But I agree with you they should have made a cinematic 3rd person adventure game instead (we haven’t had enough of those).

As for what we're missing just pointing out that MS clearly mentioned that they were showing these games.

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EasilyTheBest489d ago

Wow Forza looks amazing.
Can't believe Hi Fi Rush is on Gamepass tonight, I love it my kind of game.

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[Exclusive] Xbox Reaches Agreement With Batman: Arkham Trilogy Creators For A New AAA Game

Ex-Rocksteady directors' Hundred Star is collaborating with Xbox Game Studios Publishing for its first-ever AAA game.

Lightning778h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Highly doubt it'll be an actual Batman game that IP belongs to WB Games along with other DC property.

They're making an action adventure game. IMO I think it needs to be another Marvel game despite MS already have Blade as that action Marvel game. Dead Pool? Punisher?

Realistically it'll probably be a new IP entirely.

The_Hooligan7h ago

I agree with you. I think I'll be a brand new IP. Now it could be a superhero themed, kind of like infamous. Speaking of which, Suckerpunch needs to make one after Ghost 2.

neutralgamer19927h ago

would love a infamous collection for ps5/pc

Lightning776h ago

I definitely think it'll be super hero themed game 100%. Something MS needs in their portfolio.

ThinkThink4h ago

Please, no more super hero games.

PhillyDonJawn4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Dead Pool or Punisher would be amazing!!!
Don't tease me like that man lol. I see them making a new IP that's like an arkham knight clone

Dirty_Lemons19m ago

I loved the old Punisher game back in the day. Those executions never got old.

MIDGETonSTILTS177h ago(Edited 7h ago)

I hope these devs needed support to start/finish (like Stalker 2), vs are basically done with the game but wanted to secure an exclusivity-bonus because they know Xbox needs a system seller (like Titanfall).

It’s a bit strange that they’d rather invest in this game than Tangoworks’ TWO canceled projects; or just trust a single dev from their existing massive stable of talent to emerge with a system-seller themselves anytime soon.

Either way, it is just cool that we’ll likely get a new IP from the geniuses behind the Arkham Trilogy. I wonder how creative they’ll get now that they aren’t married to an established franchise.

darthv727h ago

This is about the former co-founders of Rocksteady and their new studio. So naturally it makes people think its Batman related with the way its worded, even though its not.

-Foxtrot6h ago

Exclusive? Sure

This year alone Microsoft has changed their plans so much with Xbox regarding multiplatform releases as they step closer to just being a full blown third party publisher and it's only been 4-5 months, imagine where we'll be once this game is finished. It will be a completely different landscape.

ThinkThink4h ago

I don't think MS will ever go completely full 3rd party with all of their games. I can see them looking towards expanding their own mobile store and moving into Mac as ways of expanding. I'm sure ms will bring more exclusives over to ps and nintendo, but I don't think it'll be as many games as you think it will. I hope I'm wrong.

Lightning773h ago

The ever contradictions thoughts and actions of MS definitely says otherwise MS changed up so much on the past 6 months of the year I lost count.

Though I'm more declined to believe they also won't go full 3rd party also.

But.

This year they're having Renaissance a super bowl of gaming with Gamepass this year. BO6, older ABK games, Avowed, Indy and other 3rd party exclusives all to grow and expand gamepass. If these games don't grow the service or grow only a little bit. Then you can fully expect MS to hit the red button and put everything everywhere. Satya will have full Xbox take over doing what he wants from that point on next year.

It's up to Xbox to advertise these games and gamepass in the next 6 months or so get the word out.

Profchaos3h ago

The more the news evolves the more I'm inclined to believe we will see MS embrace full third party status but not call it third party in their word soup ways.

It will be Xbox everywhere plays best on a Xbox.

Next gen Xbox is rumoured to be a reference design similar to the 3d0 where any company can make and sell it.

If you're offloading hardware costs to a third party yet still profiting from the games then you've cut out losses on the hardware you still have a store front that users can use and still make a 30 percent cut on that.

Your games sell for a profit on PS and Nintendo platforms and on Xbox reference hardware along with PC

You lose .kney on DLC and games sold on a competitor storefront they are seemingly already comfortable with this.

The ms bean counters are coming for the ROI that was promised they don't care if they kill the brand as it stands Xbox was never a profitable business it was always just done for reputation

PhillyDonJawn3h ago

@Lightning the would end the console then. No one would buy Xbox over PS at that point cause now you get both with just a PS. If GP flop for them, Logically, rolling back on GP would be the smarter than to do. No more day 1 title. Less quality titles. They'd lose subs but people would go back to buying the games.

Lightning771h ago

@Philly They could scale back gamepass put Indies only, AAA 1st party games coming 4 to 6 months from release. The thing is MS will have to tell their fans to buy their games again and that's gonna take years and years to condition them to buy games again. MS will lose money from that also. They'll lose out on gamepass revenue, lose out on games sales because their fans don't buy as many games anymore.

I can't see them scaling back or axing gamepass it does make them allot of money, they just want more money from it. They're not gonna condition their fans to start buying games either.

As I said they'll go full 3rd party and yes you ate right, if they do that then there would be no reason to buy the next Xbox. I know j won't be, you better hope the next 6 months they advertise the games and GP there little hearts out because this could be it.

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purple1015h ago

Spawn (as well as master chief) are the only characters I associate with Xbox. Are there more I can’t remember?

rlow15h ago

Gears is another big game one.

purple1015h ago

Yeh big game, do you know the name of the lead character. Or team of lead characters. I don’t

rlow14h ago

Marcus, Dom, Cole Train. And I can’t remember the fourth.

Profchaos3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Also the chick from gears 5 seems to pop up on all their modern advertising I can't remember her name either.

Cars also feature heavily in a Xbox ad it's always master chief front and centre with cars and maybe a gears character hanging around

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Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica Remakes are reportedly in the works, not Resident Evil 1

Industry insider Dusk Golem reveals that there is no Resident Evil 1 Remake in the works. Instead, Capcom are reportedly in active development of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica.

-Foxtrot1d 14h ago

RE Zero would be better to do first over RE1 because they can tie the story into RE1 more.

The original RE Remake was weird because Rebecca never mentioned anything about what happened in Zero and it felt so disjointed because Zero was developed during the Remake and they clearly didn't share any notes with one another.

Cacabunga13h ago

Wise decision. 2 of my favorites!

repsahj1h ago

RE Zero is one of my favorite game on gamecube!

Knightofelemia1d 11h ago

Give me Dino Crisis dammit Capcom

TGG_overlord17h ago

And all it took was +24 years + a phone call from me lol.

GotGame8189h ago

LOL! A phone call from you? ROFL! They have been remaking RE games for YEARS! It was a matter of time!

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Limited Run Games reveal physical console editions of Clock Tower: Rewind

Love survival horror? Love physical editions of games? Limited Run Games have got your back as they reveal a physical collection for Clock Tower: Rewind on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation and PC.

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Hugodastrevas4d ago

Still waiting for the physical release of Tomba!