9AM PDT (slightly less than 12 hours from this post)
gotcha, thanks! was hoping it came out at midnight EST haha
I think with the addition of Staten, Halo Infinite will release in November 2021. This gives him and the team a good solid 1 year + 1 month before the game needs to go Gold and have a release for November 2021. This gives them plenty of time to tighten things up and perhaps modify some of the stuff they had planned and Staten improves on.Exciting. Definitely don't expect to see this release any time soon. If they do choose to do that, my expectation is that follow on narrative content post launch will have Staten's fingerprints all over it.
I'm still hoping for a Summer 2021 release.I think with the addition of Staten, Halo Infinite will release in November 2021. This gives him and the team a good solid 1 year + 1 month before the game needs to go Gold and have a release for November 2021. This gives them plenty of time to tighten things up and perhaps modify some of the stuff they had planned and Staten improves on.
I think with the addition of Staten, Halo Infinite will release in November 2021. This gives him and the team a good solid 1 year + 1 month before the game needs to go Gold and have a release for November 2021. This gives them plenty of time to tighten things up and perhaps modify some of the stuff they had planned and Staten improves on.
Problem is he did the exact same thing with Crackdown also. :PI think people are reading the Staten news a bit incorrectly. I don't think that he's joining 343i in a writing capacity, but more in a leadership capacity and likely only temporarily. It's really just a perfect storm with Halo needing some development help (and him existing within the XGS-realm as someone who helps teams get projects out the door), him being familiar with the franchise, and the previous project he was assigned to (Tell Me Why) releasing tomorrow. I think he will help on Infinite until the game is out, but then move back to the publishing team and continue to work with second-party developers. I think if he really wanted to be working on Halo at this point in his career, he already would be doing that.
That's why Phil calls him "The Custodian." :DProblem is he did the exact same thing with Crackdown also. :P
Use Xbox app. ;)Just got the Xbox Game store Overhaul... Night and Day different. So much better, organized and much more fluid movement. This is how a games store should be done. Excellent job team Xbox. Now why can't Windows Store on Win10 do this?
And probably helped a lot with that game too, which might have been worse. But with HI is added value is that he's a Halo vet and deeply knows the saga.Problem is he did the exact same thing with Crackdown also. :P
It'll be a character driven game about Craig now :pYeah people are jumping to the wrong conclusions with the Staten news. Especially the dumb assumptions that 343 are rebooting the game.
Just got the Xbox Game store Overhaul... Night and Day different. So much better, organized and much more fluid movement. This is how a games store should be done. Excellent job team Xbox. Now why can't Windows Store on Win10 do this?
The Xbox app that can't find Minecraft :/
Seriously lol. The amount of time and money it takes to do mocap and VO is nuts. There is no universe where 343i reboots Infinite. It's crazy talk from people that think games are made super fastYeah people are jumping to the wrong conclusions with the Staten news. Especially the dumb assumptions that 343 are rebooting the game.
I may be wrong, but the Xbox app is not only for Game Pass games?The Xbox app that can't find Minecraft :/
(and I mean Minecraft, not Minecraft Dungeons)
No its has a store also.I may be wrong, but the Xbox app is not only for Game Pass games?
If that's the case it's normal that it doesn't show it as Minecraft is only on console GP, not PC
Damn I'm jealousJust got the Xbox Game store Overhaul... Night and Day different. So much better, organized and much more fluid movement. This is how a games store should be done. Excellent job team Xbox. Now why can't Windows Store on Win10 do this?
I think it can be explained for a game that his as much spoiler sensitive.I'm getting bad vibes from Tell Me Why. We've heard nothing about it and embargo on release 😐
I think people are reading the Staten news a bit incorrectly. I don't think that he's joining 343i in a writing capacity, but more in a leadership capacity and likely only temporarily. It's really just a perfect storm with Halo needing some development help (and him existing within the XGS-realm as someone who helps teams get projects out the door), him being familiar with the franchise, and the previous project he was assigned to (Tell Me Why) releasing tomorrow. I think he will help in a leadership capacity on Infinite until the game is out, but then move back to the publishing team and continue to work with second-party developers. I think if he really wanted to be working on Halo at this point in his career, he already would be doing that.
I'm getting bad vibes from Tell Me Why. We've heard nothing about it and embargo on release 😐
Because, as many articles stated before, working for Microsoft is like a Mexican stand off. Or used to be at least. Every team is at the throat of another and each department as well. That said there have been changes and now it seems that the culture is changing to a more shared thinking.Just got the Xbox Game store Overhaul... Night and Day different. So much better, organized and much more fluid movement. This is how a games store should be done. Excellent job team Xbox. Now why can't Windows Store on Win10 do this?
Much more to do with spoilersI'm getting bad vibes from Tell Me Why. We've heard nothing about it and embargo on release 😐
I'm getting bad vibes from Tell Me Why. We've heard nothing about it and embargo on release 😐
I just checked different games on xbox.com coming to Xbox Series X like Fable, Everwild, Avowed and Forza Motorsport. Two of which are coming soon to gamepass.
Do we know the release date for Everwild? I think FM is interesting, considering most people assume the release is far away. I'd imagine, if no mistake was made on the Xbox site, that we are either getting FM earlier than everyone expects as a full release or, which imo is more likely, get FM in early access, since they want to include the community more in the development process.
Are reviews covering all three episodes or just the first one?
Don't forget Sea Of Thieves re-reviews coming in the 8 range! And Outer Worlds / Wasteland 3 if you want to be cheeky and include them!These last 12 months have been really positive and diverse for XGS! Better not to make a thread though, I guess... :P
(Includes some ports and remasters)
Microsoft Flight Simulator PC (93 MC, 92 OC)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (90 MC, 90 OC)
Halo 3 MCC PC (88 MC)
Wasteland 3 (86 MC)
Gears 5 (84 MC, 84 OC)
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (84 MC, 83 OC)
Halo Reach MCC PC (81 MC)
Gears Tactics (80 MC, 82 OC)
Minecraft Dungeons (70-78 MC, 73 OC)
Battletoads (73 MC, 72 OC)
Bleeding Edge (62-66 MC, 65 OC)
Wasteland Remastered (62 MC)
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkeled doesn't have a MC score
Grounded (Early Access) has been very positively received as well, State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition received a significant update, Tell Me Why (which should do well) is coming in a few days, and some XGS games found their way onto Steam for the first time.
These games cover simulation, strategy, beat'em up, tactic RPG, shooter, RPG, dungeon crawler, platformer, narrative-driven immersive sim. Microsoft I believe is not quite there yet, and their investments from 2018 will only produce more bigger singleplayer titles starting in 1-2 years, but these are very positive signs in quantity and quality for XGS. They've had entire years with releasing less content than this August. Exciting times ahead.
Also worth noting that MC doesn't look like they've updated their roundup since those rereviews. But yea, for all the doom and gloom around Xbox this year, it's actually been a very good period for Xbox players. Game Pass, platform, games have all been coming through for us. Especially since 12 months ago, Game Pass was doing well enough but we'd only had CD3 out the whole year.Don't forget Sea Of Thieves re-reviews coming in the 8 range! And Outer Worlds / Wasteland 3 if you want to be cheeky and include them!
Only mind blowing because we know about it. I expect the same is true (and will be true) for several of Sony's games, as well. They just had the luxury of announcing later and not giving a date (not that Halo ever had a date).Wow, pretty mind blowing to think that Xbox's big launch game will probably miss its release by a full year.
It already is :p. Halo Infinite includes a fully fledged Nemesis system. But it's just Craig continually coming back from the dead.
Oo interesting, makes sense with the short delay. Appointment gaming haha. I wonder if that affects the way the story hits, since you can "binge it" all at once. I guess that's not all that different from how it is now with people who wait until all the episodes are out for these games.
Looks like The Gunk is a permanent exclusive, not timed https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/..._substances_exploration_and_the_xbox_series_x
Pure Xbox: Why did you decide to make The Gunk an Xbox exclusive, and how will it take advantage of the Xbox Series X?
Ulf: Since making this game is such a big step for us we knew we wanted to find a strong partner and Microsoft had been excited about it since our earliest conversations. And yes, it will be permanently exclusive for Windows 10 and the Xbox consoles. The gunk itself is using an advanced rendering technique that should benefit a lot from the added power of the Series X. It will also be a lot easier to get the game world as lush and vibrant as we're aiming for.
Also -
"The company will also shift one more senior leader to Halo Infinite, according to two people, who said the changes are meant to provide more expertise to the project. Microsoft is preparing to announce the changes as soon as Thursday. "
I love Dontnod games, and Tell me Why is my favorite game so far from them. If you like Life is Strange... BUY! Can say more later...
I love Dontnod games, and Tell me Why is my favorite game so far from them. If you like Life is Strange... BUY! Can say more later...
Even before xCloud EA play on Xbox is the better choice, because you get some cool last gen (PS3/360) games.EA Play is $5 a month PER platform. If you have to choose between subscribing on PS5 or XSX (because you have the two consoles), wouldn't you want the one with xCloud ?
You can install everything on the internal SSD or the official Xbox Segate SSD. You can't play Series X games on a external HDD. OG Xbox, 360 and Xbox One games work on a external HDD.I've just had a thought, how does X1/360/OG bc work on XSX? Does it have a built in HDD for bc or do we need to buy one to install those games? They don't install on the SSD surely do they?
Horizon didn't show gameplay, thus I assume in engine, which shouldn't be mistaken with GCI, counts. To each their own, but I thought Everwild and especially Forza Motorsport looked awesome.can't think of a game that has impressed me visually just yet for the XSX that has made me go 'oh wow next gen is here'. Ratchet and Clank and Horizon 2 on the other hand have impressed me on PS5. I'm still getting XSX day 1 but this is an issue imo.
The app is great and I like the fact that Sony and Microsoft created the HDR group for this. This is the first step as both consoles now have the HDR setting implemented. Hopefully more to come.
That would be so frightening. Imagine running into the mouth of a snake in the dark and then you see the ground moving an realize you got eaten by a snake
It's very common in the IT industry as a whole to use contractors. What Jason is saying is not unique to gaming. I worked as a contractor for three years at a company.
It is not unique to anything, my time with my company is about to come to a end and they are most likely going to fire me by the beggining of next year.
6 years is the max in my company.
Im sure, but all I know is IT. I know a project manager friend of mine has worked as a contractor going on two years.
Just catching up, super pumped to see Joe back on Halo, even if it's only a temporary thing.
I have wondered before why MS never set up a new studio with him at its head, but maybe he just doesn't want that. As a writer it's probably more fulfilling to work on a number of different things.
I tried it out last night!!! Without spoiling anything, I'd recommend exploring the water by the bird bath...Very cool. I've been waiting for this update before jumping back in.
I wish they had teased the bird by showing just the shadow flying over the characters. But regardless how they announced it, this should be an awesome addition to the world.