Xbox Series S/X: Thread 05

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.ign.com/articles/future-halo-games-moving-to-unreal-engine-as-developer-343-industries-officially-changes-its-name

343i is rebranding to Halo Studios and switching to UE5. They have multiple titles in the works.

[fishbowlhead]

Ah, UE5, no thanks.

Also, this is soooo corporate USA right here, instead of getting the next project out on time and to a good standard, we’ll just waste that time again restructuring and rebranding, no need to actually make anything.

Hope everyone likes sssssssssttttttttttttuuuutttttttttteeeeeerrrrr with their Halo going forward.

[dataDave]

Massive Concord vibes here. I'm already anticipating the "Toxic gamers didn't even give us a chance!" social media damage control.

I wouldn't even trust a Nintendo-Valve collab in getting Halo back on track. They need to move on, I think. Oh, "multiple titles"? Really? Very ambitious.

[fishbowlhead]

Multiple titles when they couldn’t work on 1 properly, because THAT will solve your problems eh 343.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/halo/for-its-20th-anniversary-halo-2s-infamous-e3-2003-demo-that-never-made-it-into-the-final-game-is-coming-to-halo-mcc/

[egparadigm]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/hal...g-to-halo-mcc/

Hm. Looks a lot like a bit from Reach. Well, any more Halo 2 is to be welcomed if it’s improved as much as the Anniversary-style MCC version.

[Neon Ignition]

Microsofts plans to greater Xbox hardware sales continue...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-is-considering-stopping-sales-of-xbox-in-middle-east.988296/

Withdrawal from the Middle East region

[wakka]

Has the ring of truth despite 'rumour' status - someone in the linked thread points out that the following was included in their press release announcing their new systems for this Christmas (the white discless Series X and the black 1TB Series S, I think they were):

These console options will be available in all current Xbox hardware supported regions and markets including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and United States with the exception of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Israel, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, and UAE, and console availability will vary by country

So MENA, Southeast Asia and South America are all getting dropped from the look of it.

The spiral continues.

[Neon Ignition]

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10 years of development and Rare have cracked what Everwild will play like! Huzzah!

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rares-craig-duncan-to-become-head-of-xbox-game-studios-as-alan-hartman-retires

The way Xbox Division is going it would feel more apt to have someone from one of the big oirpit companies they hoovered up in place rather than from one of their lowest output studios

[Neon Ignition]

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[egparadigm]

Reminds me of Black, been a long time, good to see. (He says this having not played a new FPS for at least a decade.)

[Neon Ignition]

https://twitter.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1847014766373482970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1847014766373482970%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Activision looks set to continue its new pattern ith Call of Duty. Call of Duty XXII next year will be effectively Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 with a single player that falls shortly in line with the events from Black Ops II alongside a Zombies mode and its multiplayer copying MWIII's by simply repackaging the old maps from that game with wall jumping and BO6's omni-movement system slapped on top.

[hudson]

Southern Comfort have released a shot dispenslsefhvonsdr,kjfio3er3pfs

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-could-boost-game-pass-subscribers-by-25m-to-4m

Most notable thing about the BO6 ad I've been seeing at the cinema is the conscious decision not to mention Xbox in it let alone Game Pass. By Easter I entirely expect stories to restart about the road to the dying days of the service