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While Tom and Catfish have become fan favorites within our community, a diverse array of other wildlife can also be found across the South of Midnight's various regions!

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— Compulsion Games (@compulsiongames.bsky.social) 19 December 2024 at 23:59


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If I don't come across rivers that are filled to the brim with crawfish, I'm gonna declare South of Midnight unauthentic to the region it's supposedly representing! lol



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Xbox's "This is an Xbox" messaging blitz will make a lot more sense after January probably.

— Jez 💀 (@jezcorden.com) 20 December 2024 at 17:23

moreover the timing of it really. i think xbox will make some big announcements about how windows handles gaming, xbox gaming specifically.

— Jez 💀 (@jezcorden.com) 20 December 2024 at 18:29

Jez also says he is excited about it.

I've a feeling we're going to see an Xbox OS available on all devices.

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Xbox has a new "VP of next gen," set to present at CES 2025 alongside Lenovo and Valve.

What does it mean for Xbox's future?

www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

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— Jez 💀 (@jezcorden.com) 20 December 2024 at 18:07

Microsoft is looking to partner with different companies that already have handhelds out in order to improve the experience of playing Xbox games on the go, directly playing into the firm's recent "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign. We've even heard that Microsoft is exploring options around letting third-parties build Xbox-branded devices, something that could extend as far as letting them directly use the Xbox operating system.

These third-party Xbox devices could appeal to specific niches, providing a number of options with audiences or markets that Microsoft has previously struggled in. In this event, a hypothetical "Xbox" branded handheld from a developer like ASUS would actually be an Xbox, providing players access to the same library of games and the same services that they can use when playing on an Xbox Series X|S console.

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So an Xbox OS across all your devices, which shares your library and profile across all devices but also with (maybe) access to Steam/GOG/Etc? Capable of running both Xbox and PC titles? Without all the extra Windows garbage and just purely focused on Xbox? I'm interested, I need to hear more, but that sounds like something I would consider buying.



Ryuu96 said:

Xbox has a new "VP of next gen," set to present at CES 2025 alongside Lenovo and Valve.

What does it mean for Xbox's future?

www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

[image or embed]

— Jez 💀 (@jezcorden.com) 20 December 2024 at 18:07

Microsoft is looking to partner with different companies that already have handhelds out in order to improve the experience of playing Xbox games on the go, directly playing into the firm's recent "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign. We've even heard that Microsoft is exploring options around letting third-parties build Xbox-branded devices, something that could extend as far as letting them directly use the Xbox operating system.

These third-party Xbox devices could appeal to specific niches, providing a number of options with audiences or markets that Microsoft has previously struggled in. In this event, a hypothetical "Xbox" branded handheld from a developer like ASUS would actually be an Xbox, providing players access to the same library of games and the same services that they can use when playing on an Xbox Series X|S console.

===

So an Xbox OS across all your devices, which shares your library and profile across all devices but also with (maybe) access to Steam/GOG/Etc? Capable of running both Xbox and PC titles? Without all the extra Windows garbage and just purely focused on Xbox? I'm interested, I need to hear more, but that sounds like something I would consider buying.

Hopefully part of it means gamepass will be available/integrated on Steam



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Looks like Trails in the Sky 1st chapter is skipping Xbox, which isn't really a surprise but would've been a good starting point for xbox gamers.
Ys IX getting a updated version, no platforms announced but doubt xbox. They just announced Ys vs Trails in the sky for every platform but xbox.
I feel like these two might be the next bigger JRPGs that skip xbox, didn't Nick from Resetera say xbox was getting Ys VIII?
I'm actually quite happy with the JRPG support on xbox rn, my most wanted (besides hats) are probably Digimon, YS, and Trails.



ice said:

Looks like Trails in the Sky 1st chapter is skipping Xbox, which isn't really a surprise but would've been a good starting point for xbox gamers.
Ys IX getting a updated version, no platforms announced but doubt xbox. They just announced Ys vs Trails in the sky for every platform but xbox.
I feel like these two might be the next bigger JRPGs that skip xbox, didn't Nick from Resetera say xbox was getting Ys VIII?
I'm actually quite happy with the JRPG support on xbox rn, my most wanted (besides hats) are probably Digimon, YS, and Trails.

The list is long, including this month and the next few we have plenty of games skipping xbox infinity nikki this month,wuthering waves next month etc...






G2ThaUNiT said:
Ryuu96 said:

All those 1st timer Elder Scrolls fans that entered via Skyrim are going to experience the best Elder Scrolls finally, I remember when I was younger a lot of Skyrim fans I would speak to in real life didn't even know Oblivion was part of the same series because they somehow ignored the "Elder Scrolls" part of the name, Lmao, they only knew it as "Skyrim" and didn't know it had a prequel.

I have some things I wonder about though, will modding be more complicated with it using Gamebryo as the base but Unreal Engine for the visuals? Why wouldn't they have just used Creation Engine 2 for the entire thing? Or if they want to keep the games "feel" as close as possible, why not Creation Engine 2 for the visuals only? Only reason I can think of is making it easier for the external studio developing it?

Another thing I hope is that Creation Club comes fast, I rarely replay games unless they're remasters of extremely old games and my favourite IPs, Oblivion is both of those things but I still hope Creation Club comes fast so I have some actually new content to play too, I hope they implement Starfield's recent "achievement friendly" mods that players can check without having to be part of Bethesda's curated area.

Then you have the OG fans that feel Elder Scrolls peaked with Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall and has been shit ever since

Fr though, Skyrim is upwards of 60 million+ sales. Even if three quarters of those sales were double or triple dips over the years, that's still 15 million copies and is millions more than what Oblivion sold overall. Hell, by the time Skyrim originally released, Oblivion was only at like 3.5 million copies sold total. So the overwhelming majority of Skyrim fans will be coming in completely new. 

Not shit but dissapointing, DF had some depth that you can't find in the next ES games like climbing , learning demon languages etc...or level scaling being a pain...

Oblivion remaster could not just be a day one release like Quake II? Doom games etc?