Heck, you had the announcement of The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian, poking fun at Microsoft’s own practice of cooking up a glitzy trailer well before a game was really ready to show. ![]() It’s a problem that Microsoft need to dig their way out of, and that can only happen by showing more restraint in when they announce their games. The one shining light here wasn’t Halo Infinite – the multiplayer gameplay reveal looked great, but the segment for the game was perhaps the slowest part of the showcase and there’s still no release date – but rather Forza Horizon 5. The game looks sublime, the rendition of Mexico on Xbox Series X and high-end PCs absolutely stunning, and the studio having consistently pushed their arcade racer series to new heights. #STATE OF DECAY 3 E3 2021 SERIES#įorza, Gears of War and Halo have been the three constants of the Xbox lineup for years now, and as excellent as they typically are, they’re also game series that preach to the choir of Xbox fans. Microsoft is diversifying their line up considerably, there’s tons of new first party IPs announced for their platforms, and yet the end of 2021 will rely once again on their most reliable of franchises.įorza Horizon 5 is sure to be another sublime arcade racer. Just focussing on Xbox exclusives and this particular calendar year kind of misses the point for what Microsoft want to do this generation. With Sony’s first party games now costing £70 at the till, Microsoft is effectively countering that by pitching Xbox Game Pass as the best value proposition in video games. There’s 18 games joining Xbox Game Pass on day one through the rest of 2021, and Microsoft can always add to that number. ![]() There’s all of Xbox Game Studios’ first-party titles, which includes Halo: Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Age of Empires IV, Psychonauts 2 and Flight Simulator, but then there’s the compelling third party games like Back 4 Blood, Scorn, Hello Neighbour 2, The Ascent, Sable and the sublime Hades. ![]() They cover a wide range of genres, come from all sizes of developer, and they’re just… there if you have Xbox Game Pass. It’s that point that makes Game Pass a great tool for fence-sitters, gamers who see a price tag and suck in air through their teeth. How many people were on the fence about Outriders, but thought “You know what? It’s on Game Pass, so I might as well try it.” I can see that argument coming up quite a lot through 2021 and beyond.
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