As promised earlier this week, Microsoft and Xbox executives Phil Spencer (head of Xbox), Sarah Bond (president, Xbox) and Matt Booty (Head of Xbox Game Studios) acquired collectively at present to share some essential “updates on the Xbox business.” You can try the complete replace beneath, however the headline is that 4 future previously Xbox and PC unique video games are coming to different consoles, however Spencer was not able to reveal what these video games are. They are video games which can be greater than a yr previous which were on Xbox and PC for awhile. A few the video games, Spencer says, are community-driven and service-based video games which have reached their full potential on Xbox and PC. They are franchises that Xbox needs to proceed to spend money on. Two are smaller video games that weren’t constructed to be platform exclusives. Though he wasn’t able to share the sport titles, he did verify that Starfield and Indiana Jones usually are not in that group.
According to sources reported by The Verge, it appears the 4 titles could also be Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded.
Spencer cushioned every part he mentioned, presumably in expectation of pushback from Xbox followers by saying, “We make every decision with the long term health of Xbox in mind.” He additionally made positive to remind everybody that Xbox already has video games on different platforms, calling out Minecraft particularly. Spencer additionally briefly touched on the corporate’s resolution to put off over 1900 workers, although supplied little by way of cheap rationalization.
Bond additionally talked about that Xbox is wanting ahead to and planning surrounding future {hardware} and vaguely promised a considerable leap in technical prowess, however supplied little by way of concrete particulars.
The podcast additionally confirmed Activision/Blizzard video games are coming to Game Pass beginning with Diablo IV on March 28 and that we will count on a brand new Xbox showcase in June.
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