That Microsoft doesn't have the luxury to close production on exclusive games. Its a stale year for Microsoft regarding 1st party games. (Halo 5 won't be out this year, I mean really). Then there's QB which we haven't seen much of.
At least you still get apps in the summer...
That Microsoft doesn't have the luxury to close production on exclusive games. Its a stale year for Microsoft regarding 1st party games. (Halo 5 won't be out this year, I mean really). Then there's QB which we haven't seen much of.
@aarongreenberg: @godfree @XboxP3 game is still in development don't worry!
Good ol' Microsoft. Talks the talk, then some random exec swings in and reminds everyone what a renowned clusterfuck the company is for project/team killing.
That Microsoft doesn't have the luxury to close production on exclusive games. Its a stale year for Microsoft regarding 1st party games. (Halo 5 won't be out this year, I mean really). Then there's QB which we haven't seen much of.
So Grounding wasn't working on it then? I wonder what they have been up to?
That Microsoft doesn't have the luxury to close production on exclusive games. Its a stale year for Microsoft regarding 1st party games. (Halo 5 won't be out this year, I mean really). Then there's QB which we haven't seen much of.
Greenberg on Twitter
"The executives who saw it were impressed and as late as this morning gave our team every indication that the project was on solid ground," said one of those people, who requested anonymity while speaking with Kotaku because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the situation. "Yet we got the phone call today that someone up on high who in all likelihood wasn't even aware of the game in detail shut it down."
Last Guardian 2. If the studio working on it has been closed, Xbox will be looking for new RFPs, then starting development over with the new partner. This game won't be out until 2018, if ever. I'm calling it now, this game isn't ever going to be released as a full-fledged AAA title.
Last Guardian 2. If the studio working on it has been closed, Xbox will be looking for new RFPs, then starting development over with the new partner. This game won't be out until 2018, if ever. I'm calling it now, this game isn't ever going to be released as a full-fledged AAA title.
Is this the first we've heard of a studio working on the game?
Another example of games being announced way to early.
You don't shut down the developer and still "keep working on it". Transferring the work to a new studio would be a huge pain in the ass and take the new studio a while to get up to speed. Also you don't close the studio if you were happy with their work at all. The options are:
1) Reboot is completely cancelled, but Microsoft doesn't want to say it outright.
2) Rebotting the reboot because the original dev wasn't doing a good job.
My guess is 1. Microsoft doesn't want to lose any fans they brought back in with the reboot announcement but doesn't see it being a big enough hit to really matter. Kill the project, lie, in a few years when the game should release most people will have forgotten it existed in the first place.
Is this the first we've heard of a studio working on the game?
Somehow I doubt a reboot of an extremely niche title from 11 years ago really brought back any fans.You don't shut down the developer and still "keep working on it". Transferring the work to a new studio would be a huge pain in the ass and take the new studio a while to get up to speed. Also you don't close the studio if you were happy with their work at all. The options are:
1) Reboot is completely cancelled, but Microsoft doesn't want to say it outright.
2) Rebotting the reboot because the original dev wasn't doing a good job.
My guess is 1. Microsoft doesn't want to lose any fans they brought back in with the reboot announcement but doesn't see it being a big enough hit to really matter. Kill the project, lie, in a few years when the game should release most people will have forgotten it existed in the first place.
I think so...Is this the first we've heard of a studio working on the game?
Last Guardian 2. If the studio working on it has been closed, Xbox will be looking for new RFPs, then starting development over with the new partner. This game won't be out until 2018, if ever. I'm calling it now, this game isn't ever going to be released as a full-fledged AAA title.
Last Guardian 2. If the studio working on it has been closed, Xbox will be looking for new RFPs, then starting development over with the new partner. This game won't be out until 2018, if ever. I'm calling it now, this game isn't ever going to be released as a full-fledged AAA title.
I didn't know you had inside info on Halo 5. Tell me more. I could have sworn i played a beta of it a few weeks ago.
MS is going to shift it to another developer.
People have been playing Project Cars for years now, doesn't mean anything. (About as much as my guesswork).
Last Guardian 2. If the studio working on it has been closed, Xbox will be looking for new RFPs, then starting development over with the new partner. This game won't be out until 2018, if ever. I'm calling it now, this game isn't ever going to be released as a full-fledged AAA title.
Still in development..but who is developing it?Greenberg on Twitter
Indeed, I won't be forgetting this one, kinda pissed off at this of course, and this also worries me because many games that have had developers transferred from one studio to another have been fucking terrible.Phantom Dust fans never forget.
What if the person who killed it....was Phil Spencer?
MS is still working on Phantom Dust.
Sony is still working on Last Guardian.
We have always been at war with Eurasia.
Maybe the reason we've never heard of a studio working on it, is because there's been more than one version for a while? (Think Sega's Blackbelt vs Katana shenanigans). Darkside Games may simply have been losing a race they didn't even know they were competing in.
What the hell.
Why doesn't the buck stop with Spencer?
Isn't he in charge of Xbox right now?
Indeed, I won't be forgetting this one, kinda pissed off at this of course, and this also worries me because many games that have had developers transferred from one studio to another have been fucking terrible.