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. Just focussing on Xbox exclusives and this particular calendar year kind of misses the point for what Microsoft want to do this generation. 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.
State of decay 3 e3 series#
Forza, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Everwild, Avowed, Fable, Forza Motorsport, Perfect Dark, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, State of Decay 3… none of these games appeared at E3 2021, a clear sign that their announcements and CGI or in-engine reveals all came very early in their production. You just have to think back to E3 showings of the last few years.
There’s a soft underbelly to Microsoft’s first-party lineup, as they repeatedly announce new games with CGI teaser trailers years and years before they are ready to release.
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