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Jaywood2010 on 28 October 2014
Slade6alpha said:
JayWood2010 said:

 

Oh no, im expecting Scalebound early 2016




       

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Spade on 28 October 2014
JayWood2010 said:
Slade6alpha said:
JayWood2010 said:

 

Oh no, im expecting Scalebound early 2016

Seems about right, still need to see some gameplay, but PG usually delivers with the gameplay department. Bayonetta 2 rose my confidence for that. :) 



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TiagoCosta on 28 October 2014

Oh yeah, been a while since we heard of Twisted Pixel, they used to put out so many games. That's good actually, they are putting more time into the next one.

The Maw is still my favorite from them, such a charming game.



Seece on 28 October 2014
shikamaru317 said:
TiagoCosta said:
shikamaru317 said:
The good news is that there shouldn't be any more exclusive deadzones on XB1 after Q1. Now that MS has 17 first party studios plus several 2nd party partnerships there should be a steady stream of exclusives moving forward. I just hope that at least 8 of those 17 first party studios are AAA, as of now they only have 5 confirmed AAA 1st party studios.

17!? Crazy... But yeah, at least some are quite small.

Yep, MS is up to 17 studios now that are believed to be working on games (plus more dedicated to hardware and aps).  

5 known AAA studios:

1.343i
2. Turn 10
3. Rare
4. Lionhead
5. Black Tusk

and the rest are either small studios or are unknowns

6. FUNction
7. Good Science Studios
8. Kids and Lifestyle Entertainment
9. Leap Experience Pioneers (possible AAA)
10. NP Studios
11. Platform Next (possible AAA)
12. Team Dakota
13. SOTA
14. Twisted Pixel
15. Launchworks
16. Lift London
17. Press Play

I guess technically Mojang is now 1st party, so 18 1st party studios actually, though they're not developing exclusively for MS platforms as of now, so I'm not counting them.

Suppose you could count MS's Killer Instinct team



 

Seece on 28 October 2014

It's about time MS bought Frontier Studios as well.

They've done some great games, Zoo Tycoon, Screamride, Disneyland, Kinectimals. They're Xbox exclusive since 2010.



 

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TiagoCosta on 28 October 2014
shikamaru317 said:
TiagoCosta said:
Oh yeah, been a while since we heard of Twisted Pixel, they used to put out so many games. That's good actually, they are putting more time into the next one.

The Maw is still my favorite from them, such a charming game.

Yep, the last thing we got from them was this concept art: 

Seems like they're working on a new sci-fi IP. I hope it's a $20 15+ hour sci-fi RPG personally.

Intriguing, do you know if they expanded? Seems to have more budget than usual, going by that image.



Seece on 28 October 2014

We should do a new tournament, voting on the best game from each Studio.

1. 343i
Halo MCC
Halo Spartan Assault
Halo 4

2. Turn 10
Forza 1
Forza 2
Forza 3
Forza 4
Forza 5

3. Rare
Grabbed By The Ghoulies
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Kameo
Viva Pinata
Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise
Banjo Nuts and Bolts
Kinect Sports 1
Kinect Sports 2
Kinect Sports 3


4. Lionhead

Fable 1
Fable 2
Fable 3
Fable Journey
Fable Heroes
Fable Legends


5. Black Tusk
Gears of War 4

6. FUNction
7. Good Science Studios
8. Kids and Lifestyle Entertainment
9. Leap Experience Pioneers (possible AAA)
10. NP Studios
11. Platform Next (possible AAA)

12. Team Dakota
Project Spark

13. SOTA

14. Twisted Pixel
Splosion Man
Ms Splosion Man
Gunstringer
Comicbookman ?
The Maw
lolcycle

15. Launchworks
16. Lift London

17. Press Play
Max & Brotherhood
Tentacles
Totem



 

TiagoCosta on 28 October 2014
Seece said:
It's about time MS bought Frontier Studios as well.

They've done some great games, Zoo Tycoon, Screamride, Disneyland, Kinectimals. They're Xbox exclusive since 2010.

Also, The Behemoth. They seem to favor Microsoft for a while as well. 



Angelus on 28 October 2014

I don't see MS having no big exclusives in Q1 as that much of a problem tbh. Would it be nice from my perspective, and the rest of us who already own the system to spread your exclusives out year round. Of course. But from a console selling perspective....not a lot of people buy new systems in Q1. It definitely makes more sense from a marketing standpoint to double down on the holidays and advertising all the exclusive shit you got then, as opposed to early the following year when everybody's already got their new toys so to speak.

Q2 though they gotta have something ready to go again



ice on 28 October 2014

I think MS should buy Remedy first xD