By gosh can't wait to see these 2 running on my tv. Open world visuals going to be raised even higher
FH4
RDR2
E3 hinted at "Xbox Store" being a thing on PC too. Just a hunch but I think they'll have a dedicated Xbox Store app/launcher for games on Windows 10 and the Windows 10 Store will just be for apps going forward. And the management of the Xbox Store app will be fully within the control of the gaming division.
the Problem is Japan law , It's hard to Buy a Japan Studio for a Foreign Company, So build one Is easier..
so the chance to let xbox team to control win Store is high
but this's Different they build the Studio so it's not like PG or NT or even Rare are the one is hiring they already have the base...
Before PoE, they made both third and first person RPGs with real time combat. Fallout New Vegas, Alpha Protocol, and the canceled Stormlands. I can see them making these types of games again with a bigger budget from Microsoft.
They've literally poached Westergaard directly from Sony.So I was looking at my tweeter feed and I follow Darrell Gallagher (Studio Head) for The Initiative and he posted the following:
Basically a link to a LinkedIn page listing new members of The Initiative. So I scoped out the link and these are the new members of the Initiative:
I don't know any of who those folks are, but something told me to grab some screenshots and I did. I then shared out the link to the tweet in the Xbox discord for Era and we found out that he deleted the tweet. A member of the discord chat (Slicerdyster) did some quick work on googling those fine folks and this is what we found out:
So, looks like they are getting talented folks for this studio which makes this extremely exciting considering the games they worked on and the studio's their from. Thoughts?
- westergaard worked on gow as the lead producer,
- annie is the recruiter and worked at respawn,
- Christian Cantamessa - the writer from rdr is at the company
- the two other people who've been at CD
So I was looking at my tweeter feed and I follow Darrell Gallagher (Studio Head) for The Initiative and he posted the following:
Basically a link to a LinkedIn page listing new members of The Initiative. So I scoped out the link and these are the new members of the Initiative:
I don't know any of who those folks are, but something told me to grab some screenshots and I did. I then shared out the link to the tweet in the Xbox discord for Era and we found out that he deleted the tweet. A member of the discord chat (Slicerdyster) did some quick work on googling those fine folks and this is what we found out:
So, looks like they are getting talented folks for this studio which makes this extremely exciting considering the games they worked on and the studio's their from. Thoughts?
- Brian Westergaard worked on GoW (2018) as the lead producer.
- Annie Lohr is the recruiter and worked at Respawn.
- Christian Cantamessa - the writer from rdr is at the company.
- Blake Fischer - Senior Director of Portfolio Planning for MS, but now working with The Initiative.
- Daniel Neuburger & Lindsey McQueeney are from Crystal Dynamics.
Edit: Provided a bit more detail on where these hires are from.
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Really? That's a bummer :(
After the last redesign (it's starting to look really good, and have some nice features such as a built in library) it has been way faster for me.
Those are some great hires, Cantamessa especially.So I was looking at my tweeter feed and I follow Darrell Gallagher (Studio Head) for The Initiative and he posted the following:
Basically a link to a LinkedIn page listing new members of The Initiative. So I scoped out the link and these are the new members of the Initiative:
I don't know any of who those folks are, but something told me to grab some screenshots and I did. I then shared out the link to the tweet in the Xbox discord for Era and we found out that he deleted the tweet. A member of the discord chat (Slicerdyster) did some quick work on googling those fine folks and this is what we found out:
So, looks like they are getting talented folks for this studio which makes this extremely exciting considering the games they worked on and the studio's their from. Thoughts?
- Brian Westergaard worked on GoW (2018) as the lead producer.
- Annie Lohr is the recruiter and worked at Respawn.
- Christian Cantamessa - the writer from rdr is at the company.
- Blake Fischer - Senior Director of Portfolio Planning for MS, but now working with The Initiative.
- Daniel Neuburger & Lindsey McQueeney are from Crystal Dynamics.
Edit: Provided a bit more detail on where these hires are from.
I though that at E3 they said the store was going to be handled by the xbox team, at least the gaming part of it, isn't that the case?
Lol. Yes I am.
Omg... These guys weren't kidding at E3 when they said MS had given them the mandate to go out and hire the best creators. I expect more devs joining the team from a lot of top studios especially CD and Activision were Darrell worked before joining MS. Also most of the guys on this team seem to have experience with narrative- driven third person shooters/explorer games ....time will tell though.So I was looking at my tweeter feed and I follow Darrell Gallagher (Studio Head) for The Initiative and he posted the following:
Basically a link to a LinkedIn page listing new members of The Initiative. So I scoped out the link and these are the new members of the Initiative:
I don't know any of who those folks are, but something told me to grab some screenshots and I did. I then shared out the link to the tweet in the Xbox discord for Era and we found out that he deleted the tweet. A member of the discord chat (Slicerdyster) did some quick work on googling those fine folks and this is what we found out:
So, looks like they are getting talented folks for this studio which makes this extremely exciting considering the games they worked on and the studio's their from. Thoughts?
- Brian Westergaard worked on GoW (2018) as the lead producer.
- Annie Lohr is the recruiter and worked at Respawn.
- Christian Cantamessa - the writer from rdr is at the company.
- Blake Fischer - Senior Director of Portfolio Planning for MS, but now working with The Initiative.
- Daniel Neuburger & Lindsey McQueeney are from Crystal Dynamics.
Edit: Provided a bit more detail on where these hires are from.
Phil said he would be there this. I'm sure to go do some scouting .
At this point every MS studio has the opportunity to be the best they can be and create some really unique stuff next gen. Just going by what NT said in their video I believe 100% creative freedom has been given to all the studios and also a much bigger budget to work with and hire top talent... even Rare could release the next big thing for Xbox next gen.
Unbelievable.By gosh can't wait to see these 2 running on my tv. Open world visuals going to be raised even higher
FH4
RDR2
Great additions!So I was looking at my tweeter feed and I follow Darrell Gallagher (Studio Head) for The Initiative and he posted the following:
Basically a link to a LinkedIn page listing new members of The Initiative. So I scoped out the link and these are the new members of the Initiative:
I don't know any of who those folks are, but something told me to grab some screenshots and I did. I then shared out the link to the tweet in the Xbox discord for Era and we found out that he deleted the tweet. A member of the discord chat (Slicerdyster) did some quick work on googling those fine folks and this is what we found out:
So, looks like they are getting talented folks for this studio which makes this extremely exciting considering the games they worked on and the studio's their from. Thoughts?
- Brian Westergaard worked on GoW (2018) as the lead producer.
- Annie Lohr is the recruiter and worked at Respawn.
- Christian Cantamessa - the writer from rdr is at the company.
- Blake Fischer - Senior Director of Portfolio Planning for MS, but now working with The Initiative.
- Daniel Neuburger & Lindsey McQueeney are from Crystal Dynamics.
Edit: Provided a bit more detail on where these hires are from.
I would bet on the coalition if they expand to work on another ip, alongside gears, they have the best technical talent among microsoft studios in my opinion.
Maybe because Microsoft doesn't have any in a few last year? We need good competition and another exclusive focused on multiplayer only will be nothing new.
He said he would make a couple more trips to Japan this year and would definitely be @ TGS. The relationship part is necessary cos in one of his post E3 interviews he talked about learning to understand the way the Japanese devs think and create games and how he realised building deeper relationships with them was something they really appreciate.
Sony 2014 and Nintendo 2016/2015 where way worst than msft 2017, it's normal that in a year several projects get concluded, like 2016 with many great products, or 2017 with just a few.
Before buying a jp team they shoukd buy more western team to have a regular game pass originals output each year. Twelve studios is not even closer to the number needed
I think he'll go but only for closed door meetings, no live shows demoing new games.
Yes he said he's going there, not Microsoft. He said he's going there to meet with Japanese developers to get games that are planned to miss Xbox... on Xbox One.
