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Ryuu96 on 12 July 2023
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super_etecoon said:

I'm curious which companies that Microsoft has acquired recently (in the past 10 years) that have turned out content that XBox fans have really enjoyed. Or are we just now about to see the fruits of all these purchases?

FWIW: All their current studios aside from Mojang and Rare were acquired in the past 5 years.

So your assumption would be right, the fruits of these purchases are only just starting to show, with how long development times are nowadays, plus studios expanding from AA to AAA, plus the COVID hit to development and with some studios having prior commitments.

But for the studios acquired since 2018, I'll answer anyway, but a lot of them are multiplatform due to prior commitments.

  • Playground - Forza Horizon 4 & 5 (Loved).
  • Obsidian - The Outer Worlds, Grounded (Great - Great).
  • Double Fine - Psychonauts 2 (Loved).
  • Tango Gameworks - Hi Fi Rush (Loved).

Didn't play Pentiment, Wasteland 3, Deathloop or Ghostwire Tokyo but 3/4 scored very strongly critically.

Looking forward to Fable from Playground, Avowed from Obsidian (2024), The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian, Clockwork Revolution from InXile, Hellblade II from Ninja Theory (2024) and of course, Starfield from Bethesda in a few months.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 12 July 2023