Brad Grenz
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Any blind faith anyone has in Rare at this point is misplaced. It is a husk of its former self and hasn't worked on anything but Kinect Sports and Avatars for a very long time.
MS blew their load this E3. The only studio I can think of who still might have a surprise in store is Lionhead, who's record hasn't exactly been stellar recently.
Anyone feel free to help me update the OP, I've done what I could after E3
Anyone feel free to help me update the OP, I've done what I could after E3
You should probably change "Third Party Contracted" to second party. There's a difference between Remedy and Insomniac working with Microsoft and Titan Fall just being an EA published game that's only on Xbox platforms.
There is no such thing as second party. Quantic Dreams, Remedy, inSomniac and etc are all 3rd party, they can always make their next game for a different platform.
Black Tusk - New core IP (How many teams does BT have??)
Its the reason even if ms won id still own a playstation, you get games you wouldnt get on xbox. They always take risks on games, i couldnt see heavy rain and the like being made with ms money. Sony always fund games even if they dont sell a fuckton, ms would drop those without a second thought.
Its the reason even if ms won id still own a playstation, you get games you wouldnt get on xbox. They always take risks on games, i couldnt see heavy rain and the like being made with ms money. Sony always fund games even if they dont sell a fuckton, ms would drop those without a second thought.
Extrapolating the head counts inside the teams.
First party AAA:
Rare team 1
Rare team 2
Lionhead team 1
Lionhearted team 2
343
Turn 10
Black tusk
MS Victoria
MS Big Park
Second party AAA
Remedy
Epic games
Cryteck
Don't expect anything out of MS Osaka, lift London and some of the other smaller studios for a while.
Black Tusk - New core IP (How many teams does BT have??)
343i - Halo: Spartan Assault
343i - Halo (5?)
Lionhead - (Fable IV, rumoured)
Lionhead team 2 - ?
Rare - Kinect Sports: Rivals
Rare team 2 - Killer Instince with Double Helix
Rare team 3 - ?
Microsoft LA - ?
Microsoft Osaka - ?
Microsoft Victoria - ?
Team Dakota - Project Spark
Turn 10 - Forza 5
Big Park - ?
Good Science - ?
Twisted Pixel - Lococycle
Twisted Pixel team 2 - ?
Press Play - Max, Curse of Brotherhood
No idea what Soho, Platform next, Connect Experiences, Lifestyle, Skybox Sports, Playful Learning, XBL Productions, MS Mobile and Life London will be working on.
Also Frontier are working on MS owned Zoo Tycoon.
We might see something out of them soon actually. Matrick name dropped both Black Tusk and MS Osaka in a post conference (XB1 Unveiling) interview with Geoff, and said that it was proof that Microsoft was still invested within Japan.
MS Osaka's game will not hit until 2015 at the earliest. We might have a CG trailer at most of out TGS.
Source? As far as I can tell, nobody knew the development studio existed until the Xbox One unveiling.
I think MS Osaka is a studio that was acquired recently. Just a hunch.
Extrapolating the head counts inside the teams.
First party AAA:
Rare team 1
Rare team 2
Lionhead team 1
Lionhearted team 2
343
Turn 10
Black tusk
MS Victoria
MS Big Park
Second party AAA
Remedy
Epic games
Cryteck
Don't expect anything out of MS Osaka, lift London and some of the other smaller studios for a while.
We talking Duke Nuke Forever long or The Last Guardian Long?
Microsoft had many chances to pick up game studios but they let them slip away. It's only a good thing now imo now that they pulled this online shit.
Is Doki Doki, not published by Sony?
Rare was said to have 3 titles in dev, and only revealed one. Black Tusk studios also had a rumored 3 in dev and only showed a teaser for one game, so that is still very unknown (load still not blown ). Lionhead, yep, agreed. MS Victoria supposedly have a core title, as well as MS Osaka having a rumored 2 core titles in development. Also, Crackdown was seen on a tile during the console reveal, so expect that at some point.
Is Doki Doki, not published by Sony?
Black Tusk - New core IP (How many teams does BT have??)
343i - Halo: Spartan Assault
343i - Halo (5?)
Lionhead - (Fable IV, rumoured)
Lionhead team 2 - ?
Rare - Kinect Sports: Rivals
Rare team 2 - Killer Instince with Double Helix
Rare team 3 - ?
Microsoft LA - ?
Microsoft Osaka - ?
Microsoft Victoria - ?
Team Dakota - Project Spark
Turn 10 - Forza 5
Big Park - ?
Good Science - ?
Twisted Pixel - Lococycle
Twisted Pixel team 2 - ?
Press Play - Max, Curse of Brotherhood
No idea what Soho, Platform next, Connect Experiences, Lifestyle, Skybox Sports, Playful Learning, XBL Productions, MS Mobile and Life London will be working on.
Also Frontier are working on MS owned Zoo Tycoon.
Didn't Phil say they had 5 new studios working on AAA games? Black Tusk was one of them so who are the other 4?
MS Osaka, MS Victoria. The others could be XBLA or Kinect studio. Check the OP, it could be anyone of those studios, quite a few of them are new Studios.
Well, MS definitely has significantly stronger studios than Sony does. Sucker Punch aside, I don't see anyone who's developed a game that's been as good as something from Remedy, Capy, or Capcom Vancouver.
I'm thinking most of those games (Don't Starve, Mercenary Kings, Ray's The Dead especially) in Sony's indie list are also on the PC.
IMO new studios for AAA this gen
Black Tusk
Victoria
Leap
???
Osaka ???
I feel really uninspired by both lists. I also want to see more new IP's from both first parties that excite me. I'm just not feeling it yet with what has been announced and I'm pretty darn burned out on the old franchises from both sides. I'm done with most of them. I'm not sure they can squeeze another purchase out of me with most of those franchises even with next gen hardware. I'm done with those settings.
What about Playground Games; the one's that made Forza Horizon? Or am I mistaken with that name?
Santa Monica, Guerilla Games, MediaMolecule are all confirmed to be making new IP.
I saw that. I hope it all turns out to be stuff that I will buy. I'm on a mission this gen to break away from alot of the stuff that has tired me this gen and so of that has to do with old franchises that have worn thin on me.
What? Lol. So after making Uncharted 2 and the Last of Us which are in the running for game of the generation , you are telling me Naughty Dog is not as good as those MS studio?Well, MS definitely has significantly stronger studios than Sony does. Sucker Punch aside, I don't see anyone who's developed a game that's been as good as something from Remedy, Capy, or Capcom Vancouver.
I'm thinking most of those games (Don't Starve, Mercenary Kings, Ray's The Dead especially) in Sony's indie list are also on the PC.
Perhaps The Order, Sunset Overdrive or Quantum Break may appeal to you, though there isn't much info on those games. So MS have D4 and Crimson Dragon. Sony have a ton of indie stuff too.
I've seen all of that. I need to see more later of that stuff. Like I say, I haven't seen enough to get me aroused just yet. I'm hoping the Order is really freaking over the top with some really busy action on screen. I think the setting lends itself to a style where you get some quiet exploration building up to an explosion of action coming from all directions.
Sunset Overdrive looks alright but I haven't seen any gameplay yet. I do like the use of color though and I hope more companies move away from the ultra dark look. Destiny really had it right color wise.