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Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
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They aren't gonna talk about any games in the distant future. You may get a teaser for some 2019 games at E3 but I don't expect to see or hear about most of this stuff for a while
Gears 5 will still probably be 2019 but the other game may be 2020.
someone is working on something with Mech's it makes me wonder if Microsoft wish they would have scooped up respawn before the deal with EA over Star Wars.
I just want to see another 3d Platformer, Killer Instinct and Recore 2, Phantom Dust, and a horror game and i'd be golden.
Very very exciting. With Gears 4 TC proved to be very talented and a new IP from them is very promising. Just the fact alone that Xbox is finally getting actual new IP is damn good news.
The storylab page for the new IP is from last year. It's possible they have been developing that since Gears 4, which would fit nicely in a 2 year production.
Ups. You are right. Sorry. My mistake.
I just want to keep people expectations in check. Their main job is the Gears franchise.
New Gears is obvious. Nothing concrete though, sorry.
Yeah I don't expect them to say anything about Fable or the other distant projects but since this is now out in the open maybe they could do an exception is all
It's not obvious, not after this news. TC can't work on two AAA games at the same time.
Shannon said her team was working on stuff for the end of this year and the first half of next, so I assume it will be her team filing out the calender until some of these are ready. Ori would be one of them.
I still think halo 6 or some halo game is coming this year aside from MCC fixes(which we were said to be the spring anyway)
I was gonna bring that up. If her statement is accurate, then we'll be getting Microsoft first/second party stuff peppered throughout the year and next year. Forza Horizon 4 this fall is an obvious bet.
She overseas all 2nd party games, right? So another evidence of no a Halo 6 this year?
So where exactly did this come from?
https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/co...xclusive_xbox_game/?utm_source=reddit-android
https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/co...xclusive_xbox_game/?utm_source=reddit-android
Oh duh, missed that lol. Assuming it went into full production at the beginning of last year, I'm still not sure this fall is enough time. 2019 seems more likely to me
Yep, she's head of MS global publishing (SOD2,ORI,KI,etc) She was talking about her division, so we really still don't have an idea about Halo.
Thats just Electric Squares project and their studio logo.
There hiring active positions specified on gears, so more likely a two team approach. But probably 4-3 years for the next gears.
Heck yeah it is! I'm just curious to see when these new and returning IP will actually release. It seems like 2019 would be the earliest for most of it, but 2020 isn't entirely out of the question either.
Splash Damage has 19 open positions under project 'Gears of War franchise'. https://careers.splashdamage.com/
They were doing art for MP maps and matchmaking in Ultimate Edition and Gears 4
They have open positions for Art, Audio, Design, Production, Programming. My assumption is that they're working on a new gamemode alongside maps, similar to Raven Software making War mode for CoD: WWII.
They were doing art for MP maps and matchmaking in Ultimate Edition and Gears 4
They have open positions for Art, Audio, Design, Production, Programming. My assumption is that they're working on a new gamemode alongside maps, similar to Raven Software making War mode for CoD: WWII.
I really didn't search for anything Gears, sorry. I feel like people are setting themselves for disappointment. There is the possibility they gave more responsibility to Splash Damage, allowing them to do something else besides that or whatever. The Coalition is Gears though. It's even in their name. I really hope that new IP speculation might be something.
Well if they are 250+ and this new IP doesn't seem very far along they will expand over time, they are bigger than what ND was when they had two teams. They made Gears UE and Gears 4 in just over 2 years, and the team started of smaller than it ended. When we look at PlayStation's first party teams they have Bend with just over a hundred and Suckerpunch with a little bit more, it's not impossible or anything. It'll probably mean the next gears has a 4 year development cycle rather than 3 and they will probably use outsourcing. But I do wonder if Big Park was folded into the Coalition.
Yea, but Sonic Team managed to go the entire Saturn's lifespan without a new Sonic game.
Well, if they were just doing Gears with The Coalition, literally stating "new IP" seems dangerously counterintuitive, considering how much fans have been clamoring for something new.
True. But that website clearly mentions a new IP by them. Unless the site is fake I would think it's definitely something. Time as always will tell I guess. I hope it definitely is happening because it's only a good thing if talented studios are allowed to take on other things as well.
Look at ND and GG, that is what Xbox definitely needs. Wouldn't mind a break from Gears at all for something new.
That and that Greenberg said TC was working on multiple things.
With 250 people at Coalition plus the folks at Splash Damage who will no doubt assist with Gears, I don't see why not. The new IP is probably really early in development so perhaps they don't have a huge team on it right now. The company is also growing.
I don't see how you can definitively state that they do not have enough people for a two team approach. There are contractors in addition to the dev team at Coalition.
I feel like comparing Sonic Team to the Coalition is a low blow lol.
StoryLabs is the team that handles mocap for the Coalition, they have listed that they are working with the Coalition on a "New IP."
Correct me if i'm wrong, but I think Respawn is about the same size as The Coalition and they are working on Titanfall and the Star Wars game. It'd be possible for a team like TC to work on two projects or main develop one and help a developer with the second project.
Edit: Checked and they have 200+ employees (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respawn_Entertainment)
Edit: Checked and they have 200+ employees (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respawn_Entertainment)
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They stated a new IP but we don't know at what level. People are assuming AAA with no confirmation.
Could be a smaller project. Maybe a small scale story driven horror game?
Rod is a very efficient manager. I am sure they can be in 2 two teams working on different franchises. Especially if they are getting external help or even overseeing said game.
I think now would be a good time to bring back perfect dark. With a female lead Joanna can be a good mascot for MS alongside MC and Marcus.
I think now would be a good time to bring back perfect dark. With a female lead Joanna can be a good mascot for MS alongside MC and Marcus.
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