With the release of the expected star field A new era for Xbox begins, says Microsoft’s head of marketing for gaming. This new era will be characterized by constant releases of games from studios owned or partnered with by this tech giant.
This year has been less successful. Redfall and besides Starfield, that’s not all Forza Motorsport. The games were originally supposed to come out last year, which is why it was so poor. Even the people at Microsoft were frustrated by the delay, but they knew it would pay off in the end.
“It’s a gateway, almost like a starting gun, to what I think will be a multi-year relay of third-party games.” said Jerret West at Gamescom in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. West reminds us that after Starfield, Forza Motorsport is waiting for us this year, and then in 2024. Senua Saga: Hellblade 2. He is here too Towerborn, Recognized and other games coming in 2024 and 2025.
“And when you add Game Pass and the relationships with other developers and publishers that we have… I think we’re entering a period where this is the start of something really special in the next few years.” he added.
It’s more than clear that we have a lot to look forward to from Xbox. Over the past five years, Microsoft has been actively expanding the portfolio of its studios. In addition to founding The Initiative (Perfect Dark) and the new studio Age of Empires, he acquired, for example, Ninja Theory (Hellblade), Playground Games (Forza Horizon), Obsidian (Fallout: New Vegas), InXile (Wasteland 3). ), Double Fine (Psychonauts), Undead Labs (State of Decay), Compulsion Games (We Happy Few), and ZeniMax Media with Bethesda and its other studios. Not to mention soon buy Activision Blizzard for a historic $68.7 billion.
These major acquisitions and expansion of in-house studios will begin to show up gradually. The games have already been featured at the Xbox Game Showcase clockwork revolution from InXile and south of midnight under duress. We also got a closer look at Obsidian’s Avowed.
Source :Indian TV
