Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape

[Peek-a-boo!]

Xbox "Next" - Gears of War 5, Halo 6 (If we don't see it this fall), Forza something or other.

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If this happened, I would groan out loud and not bother buying the next Xbox on day one.

It cannot be empathised strongly enough that they need to get out of the seemingly never ending Forza, Gears and Halo cycle...

I'm just a gamer like you who expects his first child within the next 10 days.

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I sincerely wish you and your partner all the best!

 

[Poodlestrike]

I would love to revisit Albion. Project name could be Wisdom. An UK Studio should do it.

I would love to play around with Ms. Dark again. The Coalition should definitely help if it's a 3rd person game. I mean ... Not them alone obviously.

I would also love to play the Crackdown 3 campaign in 4-player coop.

I would love playing Forza with the rising sun on the Horizon.

I would love to play AoE4 soon ... But it's probably super early.

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

Oh and I think I'm sure Phil likes Mechs.

I'm sure they have things I have no fucking clue about what they mean.

I doubt I get anything for Conker, Banjo or Crimson Skies in the foreseeable future.

Make out of that what you want. I don't know what is just a prototype etc. I would definitely love to see those things happening though.

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I feel like the better way to do this would be to just straight-up post what you've got and throw a ton of disclaimers on it. You can use big, colorful text and shit now, harder to miss.

 

[Theorry]

Klobrille If you just take some screens and show it to mods you will be fine i think. And its not the first time you found it. If its not all true at the end thats not your fault. :)

 

[krang]

I would love to revisit Albion. Project name could be Wisdom. An UK Studio should do it.

I would love to play around with Ms. Dark again. The Coalition should definitely help if it's a 3rd person game. I mean ... Not them alone obviously.

I would also love to play the Crackdown 3 campaign in 4-player coop.

I would love playing Forza with the rising sun on the Horizon.

I would love to play AoE4 soon ... But it's probably super early.

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

Oh and I think I'm sure Phil likes Mechs.

I'm sure they have things I have no fucking clue about what they mean.

I doubt I get anything for Conker, Banjo or Crimson Skies in the foreseeable future.

Make out of that what you want. I don't know what is just a prototype etc. I would definitely love to see those things happening though.

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Well damn.

 

[BioDigital Jazzman]

Let's just keep this in this thread shall we

 

[CalamityPixel]

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[BioDigital Jazzman]

Nothing he's said is out of the ordinary or crazy. So that's a good thing

 

[Deleted member 5764]

If this happened, I would groan out loud and not bother buying the next Xbox on day one.

It cannot be empathised strongly enough that they need to get out of the seemingly never ending Forza, Gears and Halo cycle...

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I'm sorry that you feel that way! Personally, I think those games would still be worth getting excited about if they were there at launch with new IP being teased for later. I would definitely agree with you if launch was "meh" and our big titles on the horizon were Halo and Gears.

 

[JINX]

I would love to revisit Albion. Project name could be Wisdom. An UK Studio should do it.

I would love to play around with Ms. Dark again. The Coalition should definitely help if it's a 3rd person game. I mean ... Not them alone obviously.

I would also love to play the Crackdown 3 campaign in 4-player coop.

I would love playing Forza with the rising sun on the Horizon.

I would love to play AoE4 soon ... But it's probably super early.

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

Oh and I think I'm sure Phil likes Mechs.

I'm sure they have things I have no fucking clue about what they mean.

I doubt I get anything for Conker, Banjo or Crimson Skies in the foreseeable future.

Make out of that what you want. I don't know what is just a prototype etc. I would definitely love to see those things happening though.

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[Deleted member 5764]

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Well damn!

 

[Zeta Ori]

I would love to revisit Albion. Project name could be Wisdom. An UK Studio should do it.

I would love to play around with Ms. Dark again. The Coalition should definitely help if it's a 3rd person game. I mean ... Not them alone obviously.

I would also love to play the Crackdown 3 campaign in 4-player coop.

I would love playing Forza with the rising sun on the Horizon.

I would love to play AoE4 soon ... But it's probably super early.

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

Oh and I think I'm sure Phil likes Mechs.

I'm sure they have things I have no fucking clue about what they mean.

I doubt I get anything for Conker, Banjo or Crimson Skies in the foreseeable future.

Make out of that what you want. I don't know what is just a prototype etc. I would definitely love to see those things happening though.

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And now things have gotten interesting...

3rd person Perfect Dark shooter has been a dream of mine for a long long time, hope to see some truth to that.

 

[ConHaki66]

If

I would love to revisit Albion. Project name could be Wisdom. An UK Studio should do it.

I would love to play around with Ms. Dark again. The Coalition should definitely help if it's a 3rd person game. I mean ... Not them alone obviously.

I would also love to play the Crackdown 3 campaign in 4-player coop.

I would love playing Forza with the rising sun on the Horizon.

I would love to play AoE4 soon ... But it's probably super early.

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

Oh and I think I'm sure Phil likes Mechs.

I'm sure they have things I have no fucking clue about what they mean.

I doubt I get anything for Conker, Banjo or Crimson Skies in the foreseeable future.

Make out of that what you want. I don't know what is just a prototype etc. I would definitely love to see those things happening though.

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If this is true, it's going to be a great year

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Perfect Dark would be a good one.

 

[BioDigital Jazzman]

If

If this is true, it's going to be a great year

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I doubt perfect dark or fable come out this year.

 

[Klobrille]

If

If this is true, it's going to be a great year

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I have zero indications for release windows (besides maybe file sizes or active Azure sessions). I doubt these things are too far in developement yet though.

 

[krang]

"I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise"

Sounds like battle royale for Halo, no?

 

[Theorry]

I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise.

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So Halo? Bigger Warzone?

 

[JINX]

"I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise"

Sounds like battle royale for Halo, no?

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More than likely a bigger Warzone 2.0, I believe some leaks about 5's development talked about 343 wanting to use cloud tech so maybe this time round (Beyond Warzone a.i.)

 

[Humam]

I doubt perfect dark or fable come out this year.

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Yeah, especially if playground is making this then this will probably be a 2020 release at the earliest.
Perfect dark is very interesting if it's a 3rd person game with Coalition and Rare collaboration.

 

[ConHaki66]

I doubt perfect dark or fable come out this year.

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I have zero indications for release windows (besides maybe file sizes or active Azure sessions). I doubt these things are too far in developement yet though.

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I just meant potential e3, if they are that far

 

[Black Mantis]

Nothing he's said is out of the ordinary or crazy. So that's a good thing

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Yeah. Something like Ninja Gaiden 4 exclusive would be an obvious clue that the list would be straight up BS.

 

[dobahking91]

A new Fable from Studio Gobo or Playground ?
Perfect Dark in 3rd person.
Forza Horizon 4 set in Japan.
Halo 6 Battle Royale or MMO-lite a la Destiny.
MechAssault ?

Nice !

 

[wapplew]

Jesus, that's one crazy lineup. MS won E3 2018 in January.

 

[Peek-a-boo!]

Ssoooo...

A new Fable by Playground Games (UK studio)
A new (third person) Perfect Dark by The Coalition
A four-player co-operative mode for Crackdown 3
Forza Horizon in Japan
Halo 6 (biggest franchise)
The return of MechAssault?

If these are all on the agenda, then that's not bad going!

p.s. Oof, beaten by a mere minute!

 

[Theorry]

Nothing he's said is out of the ordinary or crazy. So that's a good thing

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Yeah and Crackdown with 4 player coop we know already

 

[CalamityPixel]

Ssoooo...

A new Fable by Playground Games (UK studio)
A new (third person) Perfect Dark by The Coalition
A four-player co-operative mode for Crackdown 3
Forza Horizon in Japan
Halo 6 (biggest franchise)
The return of MechAssault?

If these are all on the agenda, then that's not bad going!

p.s. Oof, beaten by a mere minute!

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I think Studio Gobo are doing Fable, Playground Games are doing a new IP iirc

 

[Deleted member 5764]

If

If this is true, it's going to be a great year

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I'd say to temper your expectations on that. Microsoft has been a pretty leaky ship this gen. If these things are real and near completion, we'd likely have more information by now.

 

[BioDigital Jazzman]

Yeah playground is unlikely to be doing a fable game. If a fable were to be made Gobo would be the best bet. I still stand by the idea that the corpse of fable legends was gonna be used in making a new game

 

[Theorry]

A Studio Gobo listing.

Studio Gobo is looking for a Senior Technical Designer to join the team working on a major AAA console title. This person will be a critical link between many departments on this project and will be crucial to the success […]

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[Klobrille]

Yeah and Crackdown with 4 player coop we know already

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Really? Sry didn't know that. Just recognized all these 4 IPs sessions without "Arena" in the title ID - so my logical assumption was 4 player coop.

It's difficult to read these contents. But I think I got all the important stuff these last 12 hours. Obviously some project names I have zero clue what they are about. New IP, dead prototypes etc. It's difficult.

 

[krang]

I think Studio Gobo are doing Fable, Playground Games are doing a new IP iirc

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I kinda find it hard to believe they'd let Studio Gobo loose on Fable. Seems like too small a team.

Interested in what the Halo thing means. Some people saying it's Halo 6, but my instinct was to assume an update to Halo 5 Warzone.

 

[Smurf]

"I would love to have a really high player-count (connections per session) for Xbox biggest franchise"

Sounds like battle royale for Halo, no?

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don't be silly now, everyone knows Brute Force is Xbox biggest franchise.

 

[Theorry]

Really? Sry didn't know that. Just recognized all these 4 IPs sessions without "Arena" in the title ID - so my logical assumption was 4 player coop.

It's difficult to read these contents. But I think I got all the important stuff these last 12 hours. Obviously some project names I have zero clue what they are about. New IP, dead prototypes etc. It's difficult.

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No its fine. It makes you post more believable haha.
4 player coop for campaign is indeed confirmed.

 

[Dyashen]

A Studio Gobo listing.

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Hmm.

And these are the three possible projects that Studio Gobo (one of them being a Microsoft Studios game) are working on.

 

[Humam]

Rare and Coalition making a 3rd person Perfect Dark is the most exciting thing here to me.

 

[ConHaki66]

Is it possible that the union strike delayed Halo's dev schedule?

 

[flkRaven]

christ, now we are cooking.

 

[krang]

Despite my above statement, SG working on Fable meaning that Playground is working on something else is very exciting.

Is it possible that the union strike delayed Halo's dev schedule?

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They can do stand-ins (current staff) for a lot if time was really pushed, then replace with the actual actors later on in the dev cycle? Just a guess.

 

[Deleted member 5764]

Is it possible that the union strike delayed Halo's dev schedule?

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It's possible. They also confirmed via interviews last year that they had to go back to the drawing board in regards to story.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Well, this thread just got a much-needed shot of hopium. Hopefully that list is true and Microsoft blows the doors off of E3!

 

[BioDigital Jazzman]

Rare and Coalition making a 3rd person Perfect Dark is the most exciting thing here to me.

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I don't think rare would be involved. More likely an outside studio would partner with coalition. Ex something like armature and coalition make perfect dark( not saying that's actually the case)

 

[wapplew]

With Fable legends asset, I think new Fable could be 2018.

 

[ConHaki66]

It's possible. They also confirmed via interviews last year that they had to go back to the drawing board in regards to story.

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I hope to god they keep people like Garry Whitta away from story and actually hire quality writers

 

[bbq of doom]

Halo 6 turning warzone into a battle royale mode would be brilliant IMO.

 

[Finaj]

I hope to god they keep people like Garry Whitta away from story and actually hire quality writers

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Since when has Garry Whitta ever been involved with Halo? The only major thing he's written in games is Telltale's The Walkling Dead season 1.

 

[Deleted member 5764]

I hope to god they keep people like Garry Whitta away from story and actually hire quality writers

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Everything I can see says that Gary was just a story consultant on Halo 5. I've literally no idea what that means, nor have I seen anything attributing major issues with Halo 5's story to him. Where is this coming from?

Halo 6 turning warzone into a battle royale mode would be brilliant IMO.

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Halo 5 was the first game in the series that made me feel like I was controlling one of the Spartan's they detailed in the books. Battle Royale with those characters sounds amazing.

 

[Sioul]

Hmm.

And these are the three possible projects that Studio Gobo (one of them being a Microsoft Studios game) are working on.

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Fable F2P for Mixed Reality.

like

Spoiler

Please no

 

[BioDigital Jazzman]

Halo 6 turning warzone into a battle royale mode would be brilliant IMO.

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I think they'd still keep Warzone and add BR to the overall game. Warzone makes too much money with req packs

 

[litebrite]

Perfect Dark is going to be used to fill in the Uncharted void Xbox lacks.

 

[Theorry]

If its Fable. I hope it looks like Fable Legends.
That looked great.