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Exclusive: Xbox will host a new Developer_Direct games show for Redfall, Forza, and more
A showcase of upcoming Xbox games is on the horizon.
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Xbox [Rumor] Xbox will host a new Developer_Direct games show with Arkane, Bethesda, and more on Jan 25th at 12pm EST
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PSX 2017 Vibes:
Also no Starfield means game probably got a full 12 month delay,
Also no Starfield means game probably got a full 12 month delay,
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There's your Direct announcement, time to shut the speculation thread down.
jez mentioned it will probably get its own thing as the marketing ramps upPSX 2017 Vibes:
Also no Starfield means game probably got a full 12 month delay,
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More likely we will see it at E3 next year as I don't think this is hitting the first half of 2023.
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It was either that or CamelCase. DeveloperDirect(). I've made it worse, you're welcome.
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the underscore is lame but I moreso meant literally calling it developer direct
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If Sony held a SoP right now, I wouldn’t be expecting Spider-Man either. This isn’t a big showcase for Xbox, it sounds like it’s a smaller event.
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who the fuck is that
why isn't Xbox following the 23:00 JST pattern
If the showcase actually has the name Direct in it I will laugh hard
If the showcase actually has the name Direct in it I will laugh hard
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a long, long time ago the words "Nintendo Direct" actually meant something, and Directs included developers speaking directly to players
this xbox show might sound like a bootleg but if they do it right it might be the first real direct in years
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Xbox Direct
"It's too similar to Nintendo Direct. Change the title"
Xbox Developer Direct
"It's still too similar. We can't just all our presentation a Direct"
Xbox Developer_Direct
"Perfection"
"It's too similar to Nintendo Direct. Change the title"
Xbox Developer Direct
"It's still too similar. We can't just all our presentation a Direct"
Xbox Developer_Direct
"Perfection"
Well sure, but I'm not expecting Splatoon at E3 style in depth announcements of new things. I'm expecting treehouse style leisurely chats about announced stuff.
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Instead of giving release dates each developer interview will just end with a vague “and we cant wait for you to experience it later this year!”
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I thought Stadia Connect was the funniest name, but Xbox proves again that it will always be the worst at naming things
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Who cares? We need information and that's what matters.
Looking forward to this, they need to talk and put release dates (or at least windows) down for a number of games.
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Excited for this!
I was thinking along the same lines. They've got other stuff coming first, and I wouldn't be surprised if Starfield gets its very own presentation when it's closer to launch.
I was thinking along the same lines. They've got other stuff coming first, and I wouldn't be surprised if Starfield gets its very own presentation when it's closer to launch.
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Yup.
It also seems like basically a preview for the first half of the year, so if Starfield is getting delayed to the back half of the year (and I think it almost certainly is at this point) it sort of makes sense why it wouldn’t be here. But hopefully we get release dates for Forza, Redfall, Minecraft Legends.
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Didn't the Starfield FAQ page that launched like what, last week(?) say it was coming in the first half of 2023? Seems to me it's more than likely just a strategy rather than the game being delayed until H2 2023. Which still, wouldn't surprise me if it happened.
Also finally some ARK II gameplay maybe? The game's got a Game Pass deal and some sort of Xbox exclusivity going on so I'm hoping to see it there, it was announced at TGA 2020 and haven't seen gameplay yet! It's supposed to come out first half of this year too!
Also finally some ARK II gameplay maybe? The game's got a Game Pass deal and some sort of Xbox exclusivity going on so I'm hoping to see it there, it was announced at TGA 2020 and haven't seen gameplay yet! It's supposed to come out first half of this year too!
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Definitely a step in the right direction. I'm hoping they have some good stuff.
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I don’t even own an Xbox, but I’ll be watching this with great interest
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That doesn’t necessarily mean much. They’re going to use the publicly announced release date in their marketing materials until the moment they officially delay it.
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I wonder if there's a chance they'll show the next game from inXile Entertainment here. It's been almost 3 years since Wasteland 3 released. Though if they've had an increase in budget for their next game as many suspect then it could still be years away I guess.
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I think they're gonna stick to this; Starfield is on the road to launch, ready or not! (It's a Bethesda game so probably not fully, right away lol) But Redfall comes first
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Even if it might be true, this should still probably be tagged as rumored?
I'm sure if Starfield is not there, it'll get it's own dedicated presentation at some point - feels like it could carry it's own developer_direct ;P
I'm sure if Starfield is not there, it'll get it's own dedicated presentation at some point - feels like it could carry it's own developer_direct ;P
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To me, this really seems like a “here’s our slate for the first half of 2023” sort of thing, more than a “here’s a bunch of heretofore unannounced games” sort of thing. Microsoft has more than enough announced but unreleased games at this point; I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted to release a few before announcing even more.
A late January event lines up exactly with when the Elder Scrolls Online expansion has been announced each year, so I’m sure we’ll see that, but that might be the only “new” title.
Tbh I don’t think people want that many new announcements; they just want, like, any of the non-Bethesda titles that aren’t Forza - Microsoft’s most reliable franchise - to surface again after years of barely anything/nothing.
Hellblade 2, Avowed, Everwild, State of Decay 3, Perfect Dark, Contraband, Fable, Project: Mara, The Outer Worlds 2, and that Kojima games are all just in the ether with no guarantee of a release within the next year, two years, or more. It’s like they have 11 different Metroid Prime 4s lol
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my feelings exactly. starfield will come when it comes. Forza is more important for me at the moment.
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Right. I think that’s going to be an E3 sort of thing, though, not a random Developer_Direct in January sort of thing.
If we look at the list of absolutely safe bets for this presentation – Minecraft Legends, Redfall, Forza, a new ESO expansion, probably a marketing beat for AoE II on Xbox which releases the following week – and add in, like, any third party content (Silksong?), plus potential updates for live service games like Sea of Thieves and Grounded, it’s already a decently full presentation. At a certain point they’re talking about enough games. They don’t need to randomly show a new Avowed trailer with a vague 2024 release date. Especially if all of the games they’re talking about are coming out by the end of June.
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Hopefully! E3 really should be a blowout for them after the last few years of relative calm alongside their Bethesda inheritance.
Though personally I’m not expecting much. None of those games feel like they’re in any way ‘imminent.’
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Microsoft has used “Direct” branding for their gaming technologies longer than Nintendo has. The Xbox is named after one of them!
lightning16
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I agree with this. Was hoping their next game was potentially close but it's most likely not lol.
Mister Gideon
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It’s so funny that the Direct format has been so thoroughly cribbed when you consider the reason Nintendo had to go with that format to begin with - Wii era publications and websites being so openly hostile about ‘casual’, non-HD games that they were burying Nintendo news in favour of Sony and Microsoft’s offerings. Now here we are all these years later and the format’s been adopted right down to the name by a host of companies.
