Xbox & Bethesda Showcase no-shows: late 2023 and beyond

VideoGameOrb said:I think he forgot that xbox owns Bethesda and is soon to own ABK.

rocketguardian said:I think under these circumstances, I understand why Atomic Heart is not shown or is not ready. ( I believe it's being made by a Russian studio and they are currently moving).

Couldn't care less for anything showed there. I have so many games waiting to start that by the time I'm done, something new will surely get relased.

Alpha Quacks said:Also development for AAA titles usually takes by far longer than 2 years, but that's something a lot of ppl these days don't seem to understand.

Tubbed said:We know very little about the game other than it is set in the Pillars of Eternity world of Eora. It takes place on a remote continent &, presumably, there is much to differentiate it from PoE.

Avowed is not a PoE sequel but a spin-off in the same world. If it turns out just to be a PoE clone, it will give more basis to my fears that Obsidian has bitten off more than it can chew.

Can't help but raise my eyebrow a little at the State of Decay entry not mentioning the reported workplace issues at Undead Labs (https://kotaku.com/state-of-decay-3-xbox-series-x-s-sexism-m...). Especially given what Ethan Gach's sources for that article had to say about the state of 3's development, and how said issues with management and planning had caused delays.

VGM 007 said:Really not looking too good overall yeah. Dont know what it is with MS and their exclusives, but there seems to be some major issues there.

Still wondering on Gears 6 and Gears Collection remastered

Hey look! Every game I was interested in (outside Redfall) is on this list.

Looks like another long year for me.

No bear, no bird, I sleep.

Itching for more Fable

As far as first party titles, I'm a bit dissapointed by a lot of the new Xbox Studios that seem uncapable of get their horses together and finally create something. However, I'm more than happy with the games announced (especially Starfield and Wo Long) and the fact that they are coming day one on Game pass is just insanely amazing!

This is the list of games I'm least interested in.

GR34TD3STR0Y3R said:MC wasn't in Reach yet they added it to the collection they even had the joke achievement "see he is in the game!" with the hidden cameo at the very end. In which case Marcus Fenis IS in Judgment, since you help him and dom from across the rooftops when they need help.

rocketguardian said:because of the War in Ukraine they probably are unsure if they will meet the dealine due to unforseen delays, so prolly keeping it close to the chest until it goes gold and they know it can ship, then MS will blast ads for it

Garnitoro said:I'd wait until several other veritable sources and websites cover it, Kotaku is known to be unreliably bias and will spin an article to meet a narrative. They also being guilty of bad faith journalism many times. Not saying it isnt true, just needs to be fact checked and proofed by more reputable outlets first.

notoriousJMZ said:Legally won't be allowed to until PS5 exclusivity ends.

Why does this article assume that almost every XGS game is coming out in late 2023???

Seems absurd that because you were expecting them now you assume late 2023, that is a 6 month period at best, they aint gonna flood it with as many titles as you suggest here.

Early 2023 looks pretty busy already, late 2023 will have 2 maybe 3 exclusives max.

Let MS spread themselves out for a good few years lol

aliasBushido said:Yeah this is what I thought was missing from the showcase. Was a bit disappointed because of that. Hopefully more news soon.

I also started to question what was going on with Fable so glad to see it here, they definitely announced that too early..

Tveilor said:All in early production I guess...anyhow I had a feeling for a while now that most of their 1st party games would not be released until late 2023 earliest, many of them later than even that. Overall the lack of 1st party games is exactly why MS went and bought new developers, but the things is they should have started to do it much earlier than 2018. Game development, especially with bigger triple A games takes so many damn years and when MS started to acquire developers, many of them were still finishing or had just finished their last multiplat games. That included Obsidian, Inxile, Double Fine, most of Bethesda studios and so on.

When most AAA development takes atleast 3 to 4 years, well do the math and then COVID pushed things back even further. Earliest possible date to see any fruits of their studio acquisitions was 2022 and they were supposed to release Starfield and RedFall this year, but both were pushed back to 2023. And one can assume that some of their announced games will see release towards end of 2023, most likely Hellblade II, perhaps Avowed and Fable if we are really optimistic, though I still suspect they along with few others are 2024 releases