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Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Yakuza Remastered Collection, The Medium, and More

News Wire - Remember so long ago, way back in December during The Game Awards when we gave you a preview of what games were coming soon? That soon is sooner now than it was then, and we have more games now than we had then, which means we have even more games coming soon now… make sense?

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Jericho13371214d ago

This is Christmas got Yakuza fans!

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jznrpg1213d ago

you mean Xbox Yakuza fans who haven’t played or own the games already?

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Fist4achin1214d ago

That's supposed to be a badass strategy game. I'm itching to try it.

Notellin1213d ago

Man I'm pumped for that one as well!

Ascalon941214d ago

I'm confused. I thought Microsoft said all exclusives would be coming to Xbox One. So why is The Medium not?

ocelot071214d ago

Think the meant first party IP from there own studios. This is pc and Xbox only for a few months.

DEEHULK881214d ago

How do you know it's on PC and Xbox a few months? Where is your proof of the length?

Shiken1214d ago

@DEEHULK88

There is none, he is just trying to downplay.

TGGJustin1214d ago

@Deehulk Because the developer already said it was a timed exclusive. Bloober Team's games also usually launch on Xbox and then go elsewhere a few months later. It happened with Layers of Fear, Blair Witch, etc. The Medium will go to other platforms too.

DJStotty1213d ago (Edited 1213d ago )

@Ocelot07

As of today, there is no plan for a Playstation release for the Medium.

@TGGJustin

Blooper have labelled this as a console exclusive rather than timed, so as of today it is console exclusive.

DEEHULK881213d ago (Edited 1213d ago )

Tggjustin
They have never said anything like that. Maybe it is timed, but they have never said it. What they did in the past is the past and now is now. A couple(2 month) of months lol lol

ocelot071213d ago

@DJStotty

The Medium is releasing “exclusively on Xbox Series X and PC at launch.”

“Other consoles at this time are not confirmed,” mentioned Bloober Team, same as STALKER 2, which mentions it’s “coming first to Xbox Series X as a console launch exclusive.”

You have to be blind if you think it's noting releasing on PS5 at a later date lol.

DJStotty1213d ago (Edited 1213d ago )

@ocelot07

"You have to be blind if you think it's noting releasing on PS5 at a later date lol."

Where and when did i say it would not be on PS5? I'll repeat :-

"As of today, there is no plan for a Playstation release for the Medium." And this is not my statement, this is from bloober team themselves.

You even said the same as me yourself

"“Other consoles at this time are not confirmed,” mentioned Bloober Team"

Will it eventually release on PS5? Most probably, does not detract from the FACT that as of today, it is a console exclusive. Just like Kena on PS5, eventually it will most probably launch on xbox, but as it stands today, it is a Playstation console exclusive.

ocelot071213d ago

@DJStotty

My bad I misunderstood. I thought you was saying they have no intention of releasing it on any other console.

Shiken1213d ago

These same people who think The Medium will be on PS5 before 2022 are likely the same fools that think Final Fantasy 16 won't go to XBox when the exclusive deal is up. It is fascinating how one way people can be when it comes to basic logic.

DJStotty1213d ago

@ocelot07

No, i hope it does come to PS5, it looks like a really good game (fingers crossed) so the more gamers that get to experience it the better in my opinion.

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Lennoxb631214d ago

They aren't forcing any third party studios to develop for the Xbox One. Only their first party studios.

DEEHULK881214d ago

They are not forcing anyone to make games on Xboxone. Flight simulaor,fable, Forza, Hellblade, and pretty much anything from Bethesda won't be on XO. They said it this summer that it's based on what the developer wants. Know what you are talking about before you speak nonsense

Kerppamaister1214d ago (Edited 1214d ago )

@deehulk but but bu speaking nonsense is n4g thing...

DEEHULK881214d ago

They and Blooper said a while ago that wasn’t going to be on Xboxone.

DJStotty1213d ago

They have always maintained it as a Series S|X game. I'm not quite sure where people are thinking it was once slated for xbox one.

Straight off the bat they have said that the 2 worlds running at the same time is only possible on next gen.

DJStotty1213d ago

@Ascalon94

" I thought Microsoft said all exclusives would be coming to Xbox One."

Think you may be confusing Microsoft's comments about 1st party titles, with 3rd party.

The Medium is not 1st party.

Notellin1213d ago

Simple answer is they aren't owned by Microsoft and they made this statement.

"The Medium will launch on Xbox Series X|S and PC via Windows Store and Steam. There are no plans for the game to launch on Xbox One due to the power requirements needed to render both worlds side by side."

Pretty simple case.

Mulando1213d ago

It is not first party. They can only make the decision for their own games.

iplay1up21213d ago

The developers of Medium said 'it was only possible on the new hardware" because it renders 2 different worlds at the same time.

Ascalon941211d ago

Thanks everyone for the responses!

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Games1st1214d ago

Nice Control (PC) – January 21. Devs can f off with the cash grab upgrade.

Notellin1213d ago

The Publisher can f off*.

The decision was made by 505 games not Remedy.

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis23d ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast23d ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake23d ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better

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Now that Remedy owns Control, it’s time to reclaim Quantum Break

Alan Wake 2 studio Remedy Entertainment has reclaimed the rights to Control, and now sci-fi hit Quantum Break deserves the same treatment.

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Petebloodyonion78d ago

Totally agree with that especially when Quantum Break has several references to Alan Wake and Alan Wake make allusions to QB.
I do believe that MS and Remedy can work things out and MS has usually been nice to devs and publishers regarding IP.

Obscure_Observer78d ago

They can't "reclaim" what was never theirs.

Petebloodyonion78d ago

I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP.

Lightning7778d ago

MS is not doin anything with it. Plus they're doing a multiverse of their own so Remedy needs the IP.

If MS wants to have exclusive let it be timed for 6 months then go to other platforms. MS seems to be, let's say, generous with some if their games as of late.

Or have QB2 be multiplat from the jump, put it on GP. Keeping QB2 as an exclusive is kinda weird these days.

Obscure_Observer78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

@Petebloodyonion

"I’m sure we can settle for purchase from MS the IP."

Good luck

@Lightning77

"MS is not doin anything with it."

Japan Studio is dead nd Sony isn´t doing anything with Bloodborne either! Yet I can 100% guarantee that there´s a far bigger demand for a sequel, remake or even a remaster for that game from both PS5 and PC gamers.

That been said, why don´t you ask Sony tol sell the IP to Fromsoftware now that according to rumors, they bought Elden Ring from Bandai?

ZwVw78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

Reclaim? That would mean that they actually owned the ip at one point, which they never did (MS always has). Apples & oranges. Remedy always owned the Control ip (just not the publishing), as they have with Alan Wake.

About as likely as them getting the Max Payne rights from Rockstar.

mastershredder78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

Sending you game to a publisher does not mean they get "rights to own it " unless that was part of the contract (monetary/ strategic reasons). 505 was the publisher they worked with to publish and distribute it, it dos not mean that 505 flat out "owned" anything, clearly they did have a special arrangement that made them open to limit their publishing rights. and so here we are and big whoop

Jingsing78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

Yeah get Quantum Break PS5, only if you put it on disc with all the associated movie material.

isarai78d ago

I mean they got the Alan Wake IP back from MS, so I feel like they could get QB back as well

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Remedy Takes Full Control of Control Franchise From 505 Games

Remedy Entertainment has announced that they've purchased the full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games.

isarai79d ago

Oh nice, I wonder if they'll try to do the same with Max Payne 🤔

-Foxtrot79d ago

I hope so, Rockstar ain't doing shit with it sadly.

I loved the gameplay in Max Payne 3, it was fantastic but it just didn't feel like Max Payne at its core, it felt like they were doing a new IP or experimenting with one and reshaped it into Max Payne

The Noire, the atmosphere, the dark grittiness, the graphic novel cutscenes, Mona Saxx were all missing.

I'm hoping if they ever get the rights back they do their own version of Max Payne 3, off the secret ending from MP2 where Mona survives.

Max was finally starting to heal thanks to Mona in MP2 and in MP3 they just put his character back to square one, all that development gone.

isarai79d ago

Kinda what I'm thinking too, like as much as I'd love for R* to give it their unmatched magic touch, they're not doing anything with it.

I loved MP3, only gripe was that the story had very little to do with Max personally but it was still great. The Mona ending would be amazing and honestly not entirely out of the realm since MP is kinda considered part of the control universe, though I would like that to stay out of MP as much as possible and be it's own thing.

The fact that we haven't gotten a MP3 remaster is crazy imo

JL293079d ago

Why would you need a Max Payne 3 remaster? You must be on console.

isarai79d ago

I'm on both, still want a remaster

GamerRN79d ago

I think Control was a great game that deserves a sequel

Machina78d ago

A sequel is in the works - they announced it a couple of years ago.