I really wish Insiders could talk about the game, because it's not just the visuals here that are really good.
Help Shape History with Ara: History Untold’s Technical Alpha 2 - Xbox Wire
Hi all, Michael Califf, Lead Designer on Ara: History Untold here! On behalf of the entire Ara team at Oxide Games, we wanted to share a huge thank you to everyone who has expressed their excitement about the game since we revealed it at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase back in June, and to...news.xbox.com
new images in the article. game looks really good.
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Help Shape History with Ara: History Untold’s Technical Alpha 2 - Xbox Wire
Hi all, Michael Califf, Lead Designer on Ara: History Untold here! On behalf of the entire Ara team at Oxide Games, we wanted to share a huge thank you to everyone who has expressed their excitement about the game since we revealed it at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase back in June, and to...
new images in the article. game looks really good.
That looks like a good game.
I can't wait to play it in 2025!
Well, that is one hell of a Fall release schedule if things do end up being pushed. And if it is what it takes to get these games into their best possible form, so be it. Xbox has really hit on the quality aspect of what 1st party games they've released this gen. But it also adds fuel to the Xbox "waiting" narrative that is by now, very, very tiresome to a lot of folks.
Basically I'm giving Xbox a few months into the new year to lay out some of their 2023 plans. If they remain quiet on that front, then your guess is as good as mine as to what is going on.
I think Starfield has been shown off enough, all that's missing is a release date.
But putting that aside, we're talking about a new IP vs a sequel. TotK will likely be very similar to BotW, they don't really have to show a lot.
I dont think Forza or Redfall slip past spring. Forza has never been delayed publically, that team always delivers, and Redfall was supposed to come this past summer, so they'd have had almost a year delay by the end of spring. Also they started ramping up marketing with gameplay snippets on twitter pretty frequently. Starfiled I do expect to move to the fall, maybe between Sep - Nov
hoping to get in the next insider wave, i imagine you played or heard stuff about it?
love the variety in the publishing division projects
Its been like that for years now, it was never an argument :P Any show, The Game Awards dwarfs. I imagine why to some extent that is why Sony has started showing some stuff there, when originally they stayed clear of E3 and whatnot.
I like E3 though.. But the gaming industry how it is now should be able to handle multiple shows of E3 and TGA caliber a year
TGA this year stomped it all though. Crowd had E3 level hype I haven't seen in years and I missed that so much
The 100 m figure is very misleading though. If you're comparing the stream on youtube on each channel, it's 4.1 million xbox showcase 2022, 5 million game awards. They get to 100 million by adding every stream together, every person who scrolls past it on twitch etc. It's bigger, but 100 vs 2 million is just not accurate
Doesn't matter the metrics, Xbox shouldn't have skipped it even IF they are having something soon.
Hell IF they are having something soon, they could have announced it there.
Hell IF they are having something soon, they could have announced it there.
why does a $40 turtle beach controller feel significantly better than my elite 2 for aiming? I'm convinced Microsoft has a serious deadzone issue because this Tuttle Beach feels instantly more responsive. more responsive than the regular series x controller too.
the ergonomics outside of paddle placement are a bit iffy on it, it's definitely a cheaper feeling controller but fuck it, I'm switching over for competitive shooters.
Im kinda annoyed the awkwardness has been controller related this whole time.
the ergonomics outside of paddle placement are a bit iffy on it, it's definitely a cheaper feeling controller but fuck it, I'm switching over for competitive shooters.
Im kinda annoyed the awkwardness has been controller related this whole time.
Theres no way the divide is that big lol. Did we even get a number for total viewership for xbox. If the xbox youtube stream had 2.1(not exactly sure how much after 7 days) while tga has 5m now, Thats a 2x increase not 50x .
Same, and its not even really close. Stuff like paying Al Pacino a boatload of money to come out and stumble over his teleprompter cues doesn't particularly float my boat, lol.
has anyone seen this before? it says: consider the following hypothetical videogame subscriptions:
and then you have the family plan(already confirmed real) and another plan that basically says 6 month old first party games for 3€ a month
a friend sent it to me so i have no source xD
Listening to the new Vampire Survivors Moonspell song like:
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Tiers.
has anyone seen this before? it says: consider the following hypothetical videogame subscriptions:
and then you have the family plan(already confirmed real) and another plan that basically says 6 month old first party games for 3€ a month
a friend sent it to me so i have no source xD
You want 'em, Microsoft will have em!
Other services have a similar tier, like "Ubisoft+ Classics" and the base EA Play.
has anyone seen this before? it says: consider the following hypothetical videogame subscriptions:
and then you have the family plan(already confirmed real) and another plan that basically says 6 month old first party games for 3€ a month
a friend sent it to me so i have no source xD
€ 3 a month is very cheap, especially considering it seems to include online multiplayer. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been surveying multiple price points.
I fully expect something like this (a first-party only tier of Game Pass, whether with a six month delay or not) to basically replace Live Gold in the not so distant future.
I can already see the "Is Xbox abandoning Day One on GamePass?" troll articles being written right now based on that.
also it has "advertisements before the game", forgot to mention that. fits with their recent ad patents
This is very interesting.
has anyone seen this before? it says: consider the following hypothetical videogame subscriptions:
and then you have the family plan(already confirmed real) and another plan that basically says 6 month old first party games for 3€ a month
a friend sent it to me so i have no source xD
So the 2.99 Euro "Game Pass Lite" would give you:
- a library of all Xbox first-party games (6 months after release)
- online multiplayer
- download only
- ads before a game (from the library)
Is it just me or does this basically sound like... An Xbox Live Gold replacement.
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They seem to be trying to bridge the gap between the money from live gold and dropping it. I think this seems reasonable.
Dropping Gold altogether is just too much money going out of the window. But using it to lever people into full fat Gamepass whilst actually saving the end user money each month is clever.
They try it out for a few months. Enjoy the Gamepass games, get annoyed by the ads, then convert/upgrade.
I mean it's 2.99 giving you access to online multiplayer + a pretty large library of all first-party games, which means Xbox Game Studios + Bethesda + (ABK). I think that's very reasonable.
They'd fix many "problems" here. No need to release those bad XBLG games every month and you give your first-party library extra attention. And you give people a taste of Game Pass, if you like what you play and you don't want ads, go for the higher tier. If you only sub for online multiplayer and don't care for the library, you won't see ads anyway. Win-win to be honest.
I really, really like the idea. This seems like a clever solution to the ancient Gold concept to me.
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The real question is, will they be gaming related ads or will McDonald's be able to tell me when McRibs go back on sale?
Ads before a game are a double edged sword.
For 2.99, it would mostly appeal to your CoD/Madden crowd who would probably never seem them, unless they dabble in the GP-Lite.
So there may be some blowback on ads, but the target market for lower priced tier probably would not see them that often.
You can't really show ads between games of Madden/CoD.
For 2.99, it would mostly appeal to your CoD/Madden crowd who would probably never seem them, unless they dabble in the GP-Lite.
So there may be some blowback on ads, but the target market for lower priced tier probably would not see them that often.
You can't really show ads between games of Madden/CoD.
I think it's a fair price, for sure, but I think an EA Play style $5 a month for just the late library would be better? and make online free for all *cough*. Just the thought of seeing an ad play when launching an application seems like a bad idea. I can understand seeing an ad play when you launch an ad on a streaming tier like if they put stream your owned games with basic Game Pass + ads, and Game Pass Ultimate is streaming ad free?
But locally installed apps seeing ads before launch feels wrong. I can see it getting a lot of consumer backlash because people are kinda used to seeing ads prior to streaming content, not launching content. It is cheap though, I'll give it that.
The days of free multiplayer for anything but F2P games are long gone.
So yeah, you can play Fortnite for Free, but CoD/Madden your always gonna have to pay for that.
So yeah, you can play Fortnite for Free, but CoD/Madden your always gonna have to pay for that.
Not on PC. Even more ridiculous, games like Sea of Thieves have free online on PC too
MS/Sony/Nintendo are scamming us lol
it's time
I'll always love this
Microsoft started it with Gold, but PS4 and Sony's success of making paid online required for multiplayer games that are not F2P sealed the deal.
I knew free Multiplayer was truly dead when Nintendo jumped on board with their Online.
"I wish Microsoft would advertise more"
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