Xbox Series S/X: Thread 04

[nonny]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/11/xbox-carbon-aware-console-sustainability/?ocid=Announce_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Link_lrn_1.11.2

[nonny]

I think Starfield will have its only little event.
Would be cool if they dropped a release date for something off the radar.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-and-bethesda-confirm-developer_direct-games-show-in-january

Check out Mystic Meg...

[Neon Ignition]

It's such a small detail but... MS needs to stop naming Bethesda as though it's still anything other than an MS division.

[nonny]

I'm not sure they can do that. I think I read somewhere one of the terms of the merger were that it stay a separate entity... so they'll always be referred to as such.

So it's Xbox and Bethesda Game Studios...

[Neon Ignition]

If Activision has a similar thing then it's going to get messy and if they don't it'll seem daft given Bethesda is small fries next to the latest buyout.

[fishbowlhead]

Looks at video for Redfall, oh looks really good, coop will be a blast.

Coop progress is tied to host, SLOWWWWW clap devs, slooooooooow clap.

[Lebowski]

Rumour of another Starfield delay till second half of 2023

https://gamerant.com/starfield-release-date-delay-2023/

Atomic heart getting a few impressions, most of the previews where of the opening couple of hours and then jumped forward to a more open world type area. Looks like its gonna be a mix of games like Bioshock and Fallout. The way the previews read it will be getting scores in the 6-8 range. Mediocre reviews won't hurt it on gamepass though and it will no doubt thrive on their like High on life did even with its negative reviews. Still really looking forward to it despite the less than glowing previews.

Atomic Heart is a bit of a throwback, and that’s not all a bad thing; mean-spirited corridor shooters with spectacular art direction used to be ubiquitous, but they aren’t anymore, nor is their particular brand of masochistic fun

https://www.polygon.com/23553661/atomic-heart-preview-russia-mundfish-soviet-fps

[wakka]

I think Atomic Heart was always going to be high budget eurojank so I’m not surprised. Still looking forward to playing it.

[Neon Ignition]

Starfield needs last minute licensing edits

[Tobal]

i look forward to finding piping hot lasagne in the bins and desk draws i loot.

[Lebowski]

10,000 staff being culled across Microsoft, this is 5% of its workforce globally, them doing this to protect bottom lines, when the company is still making massive profits is a really ****ty way of doing things but seems to be the way things are at the moment and how all these mega company's operate.

Hopefully this wont result in any more out and out studio closures among Microsoft's gaming division.

https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-reportedly-set-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs

[fishbowlhead]

Closures at Bethesda inbound. Jokes, but probably not. Got to make some wiggle room to justify that Activision price tag.

[Cassius_Smoke]

MS arent in a great place right now. The console launch has been the most flaccid launch of any console. Its flagship Halo Infinite drop the ball. 2022 saw no releases from the first party and the FTC are breathing down their neck, probably costing them a fortune in legal fees. Something had to give.

As for Bethesda, I'll predict 50% of their studios will do nothing and vanish. MS, unlike EA, doesn't directly kill studios, it just puts them in the freezer and drags them out when it wants a game from them 10 years later.

[Neon Ignition]

https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-job-cuts-18fe0c9b8c9ff856e932e075161b1f43

No specifics or studio closures but some Xbox and Bethesda staff will be let go as part of the layoffs

[teddymeow]

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