I thought that was Core Publishing, which is sort of a central creative/oversight team IIRC?
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Microsoft making at least four new IPs
- Thread starter GarthVaderUK
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HigherLevel
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There's that, but I think there's an actual development studio too. You don't hire that much talent just to have them oversee other studios.
Doug Heffernan
Member
I know all we saw was a teaser but I'm pretty hyped for Black Tusk's game.
If this is Microsoft's new flagship stealth IP, I'm in.
If this is Microsoft's new flagship stealth IP, I'm in.
HigherLevel
Member
I don't want to make a new thread for this, so I'll just post it here. Does anyone think the rumor of MS being behind in first-party development is true after E3? I mean we only really saw Forza 5, Kinect Sports, Halo, and a teaser from Black Tusk. Nothing from Lionhead, Good Science, Big Park, MS Victoria, MS Osaka, Rare's team 2, MS Los Angeles, Platform Next, or any other of their smaller studios.
The_Joker1721
Member
Don't mean to go off topic but if I buy the Xbox one will I be able to disconnect Kinect or is that gonna be necessary?
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
FIFY
WTF is this mess?
Fixed it for you?
It has to be plugged in, but you have options to shut the camera down when you don`t want it on.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Oh dear, sorry friend, I didn't realize that so many didn't know what FIFY (fixed it for you) meant.
Maybe they didn't want to blow their load?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Are you conveniently forgetting, Killzone, Knack, DriveClub, GT6, Beyond, Last of Us, Puppeteer, Rain etc...at least we know what the majority of Sony devs are doing.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Hmmm, seems like I did forget Killzone and Knack, however I was only talking about PS4 titles friend.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
The guy was talking about MS first party. We know what a lot Sony's 1st party are up to....MS on the other hand not so much. Whether thats a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
North American devs:
343 Industries: Halo (2014)
Turn 10: Forza Motorsport 5 (2013)
Twisted Pixel Games: Lococycle (2013)
Team Dakota: Project Spark (2014)
Black Tusk Studios: New IP (TBA 2015?)
BigPark: TBA
Goodscience: TBA
MS Victoria: TBA
Platform Next Studios: TBA
KALE: TBA
European devs:
Lionhead: Fable Anniversary (2013)
Lionhead 2: N/A, but it's assumed that they're working on a AAA action-RPG.
PressPlay: Max: Curse of Brotherhood (2013)
Rare: Kinect Sports Rivals (2013)
Rare 2: Do they even have a second team at this point?
London Lift: TBA
Other:
MS Osaka: TBA
We have a good idea of what Microsoft's studios are working on. Remember that a lot of the studios with unannounced projects are still in the process of recruiting devs for their teams.
Good Science and BigPark are the only big questionmarks at this point. I suspect that Good Science have been absorbed into a different team at Redmond and that BigPark has gone app/UI only, but we'll have to wait and see. It would be kind of stupid to not make a sequel to Kinect Adventures, though.
HigherLevel
Member
Speaking of Platform Next, do we even know anything about them? I just mentioned them cause they are on the wikipedia page. I don't remember anything about who is there or what they could be working on.
We don't.
I've dug up some information on Team Dakota (Project Spark), though.
1 dev from Bungie (Technical Director on Project Spark)
1 dev from Sucker Punch (Technical Art Lead/Camera Artist)
1 dev from Bizarre Creations (Lead Software Development Engineer)
2 devs from SOE (Lead Artist and SDE)
3 devs from Zipper (Game Designer, Level Designer and Senior SDE)
+ various devs from EA, Propaganda, Shiny Entertainment, Griptonite, Airtight Games and Silicon Knights.
Nothing mindblowing, but it seems like a decent bunch. Some of them have up to 15 years of experience in the industry.
Edit: Going by this little nugget, Project Spark didn't start its development on Xbox One.
They are a Kinect-focused studio if I recall correctly.
That would be great and if Rare can pull that off if would show that they are not a family/casual only studio now.
Monty Mole
Member
Ugh, Judgment is terrible. And I like Gears of War. They extracted every ounce of soul from the series, 'by numbers' is an understatement.I guess Judgment is the start of a new trilogy?
Ryse also getting interactive graphic novels.
Also, the guy in the op updated his profile:
One of the four new IP's is Quantum Break.
HigherLevel
Member
So nothing else announced so far is including in the 4 I'm assuming?
LukasTaves
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So, of those 4 IPs, only QB is announced? Great news!I guess Judgment is the start of a new trilogy?
Ryse also getting interactive graphic novels.
Also, the guy in the op updated his profile:
One of the four new IP's is Quantum Break.
Monty Mole
Member
All we know is this guy was product manager on four new IP, that doesn't mean there weren't/aren't other product managers looking after other IPs.
HigherLevel
Member
I know that, it's not what I was saying. I'm saying out of the four this guy oversees, it appears Quantum Break is the only one we know of so far. Nothing else MS has announced right now is included in these four.
Colonel Nasty
Member
Judgement is great. I welcomed most of the changes. Shame others didn't feel the same.
People seemed so sure that Gears of War was going to become multiplatform. I wouldn't mind the mantle being passed to People Can Fly, as long its not a rushed development cycle.
I'd imagine the Black Tusk game is one of these games. Unless he only oversees 2nd party games?
I'd imagine the Black Tusk game is one of these games. Unless he only oversees 2nd party games?
TheUnsunghero26
Member
Not sure if this was posted, but it seems Microsoft owns Quantum Break?
Yah it's known and kinda weird. God I really need to see more of that game.
TheUnsunghero26
Member
Yeah, they usually lt their second party studios keep the IP. Maybe because Microsoft is really involved with the TV aspect of it?
Alluded, but not confirmed.
Oh man! I am so psyched now! Let's do this MS!
pieatorium
Member
Maybe because remedy wants to go back to Alan Wake so this was a one off kind of deal.
perineumlick
Member
Gears used to be my favorite MS exclusive, along with Mass Effect when it was still exclusive. PCF basically put the nail in the coffin for the franchise, and with Cliffy gone I have no faith in Gears returning to it's former glory. I'm sitting out this round with the X1 right now anyway, at least for a year or two, so hopefully in the meantime some fresh new IP will come along to fill the void. Quantum Break was the only IP shown so far that has piqued my interest.
Leave in the hands of the second party ownership of IP is a risky choice and stupid.Watch Mass Effect MS had invested a lot of resources on it for the development and marketing of the first chapter but when EA bought Bioware all those resources have been wasted because the series has become multi.
There have been a few times when MS has kept the IP. They own State of Decay too. As well as lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon.( Still wondering if their Osaka studio is working on a LO sequel)
DigitalDevilSummoner
zero cognitive reasoning abilities
Kinect Tetris
YOu are stuck in 2011 my friend. Also I would totally play this.
That actually sounds pretty sweet not gonna lie hahaha