It's no secret that Xbox's first-party developers have had a quiet year, especially when it comes to the big AAA experiences we all expect from a platform holder like Microsoft. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic certainly hasn't helped, with game delays largely contributing to such a barren year on Xbox.
However, the new year is now upon us, and we're already laser focused on what 2023 could, and should bring for Xbox Game Studios. We have the triple threat of Starfield, Redfall and Forza Motorsport still due out in the first half of 2023, not to mention the long list of announced Xbox exclusives with no exact date currently attached to them.
With that long list in mind, which already-announced XGS title would you love to get your hands on the most right now? Is it one of the aforementioned 'triple threat' titles for early-mid 2023, or have you already got your thoughts locked on what fall 2023 and beyond could bring for Team Xbox?
Here at Pure Xbox HQ we'd love to see Ninja Theory deliver Hellblade 2 this year - we're still not over that incredible The Game Awards 2021 demo! Thankfully, it sounds like the team is ready to talk more about its upcoming projects in the weeks and months ahead.
Which announced Xbox Game Studios title would you most like to be playing in 2023? Vote in the poll and if we've missed one you're particularly excited for, pick 'other' and let us know!
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Think we should have stuck to this years known releases hopefully so far this year.
Some could be 2 to 3 years away yet and we haven’t seen anything of them really.
I’m going to stick with this years 2023 known and I think Starfield just tips it for me over Redfall.
It’s tough has we haven’t seen to much of either really.
Avowed or Outer Worlds 2.
The only two Xbox studios I trust wholeheartedly are Obsidian and Double Fine, so the two Obsidian titles in development take it by default.
I’m excited for Redfall, but holy ravioli - Xbox has announced a lot of exclusives.
Hopefully 2023 gets at least one more beyond the trifecta of forza, starfield, and redfall.
Lol a (sketchy) rumor just came out saying that Fable’s development has been restarted using UE5 and ditching all Forza tech, now targeting a 2024-2025 release.
While still a very vague rumor honestly I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest, this begs the question, is any game at Xbox Game Studios actually making progress in development?
It certainly doesn’t seem that way.
UPDATE: Scratch that, it’s been confirmed to be fake fortunately, but still it’s time for an update on any of these games to shake off any uncertainty.
@IOI if this ends up being true then it won't be a 2024/25 release its more likely a 2026/27 release considering it takes 4-5 years to make those kind of games.
I would've chosen Goldeneye if it was in the list but as it wasn't, I went for Age of Empires.
@Chaudy Yup, the timeline of the rumor doesn’t really make sense but the fact that we’ve seen nothing from the game after being announced 3 years ago certainly doesn’t help it.
Perfect dark, fable, forza, and starfield.
I really liked Hellblade but I did not finish that game wanting a sequel. I thought it was a perfect stand alone. To be honest I have not watched the trailer, as I don't like to watch trailers for things years away. Maybe that would get me more excited about it. So, I went with Starfield
Kojima, obviously, but Starfield, Avowed, and Fable are up there. Of course, Elder Scrolls 6 trumps the three I just listed. Indiana Jones we know nothing about, so I can’t have much of an opinion. I’d like to say I’m excited about Perfect Dark and Everwild, but I’ve got more trepidation than anything with them. I don’t particularly feel excited about the rest, but, eh, they’re on Gamepass. I’ll try them. Ghostwire disappointed me, personally.
@IOI Everwild has had restarted development several times since being announced. We know next to nothing about most of these titles. Most were announced two years ago and haven’t had a word said about them. Back in 2020, Phil Spencer said the COVID delays would start to take form for games due out in 2022-2024. I have a feeling, in retrospect, he was telling us early that, COVID or not, the games were in rougher places than we knew at the time. Hopefully this means MS is actually performing rigorous QC on the new titles, unlike what we got with Infinite. Despite my theory though, it’s time for an update, even if it’s a negative one. I’d take honesty over silence any day.
Redfall.
Let’s not kid ourselves, there will be no Starfield this year 😆
I'm looking forward to avowed the most, then starfield and state of decay 3. To get in the mood for avowed I'm currently playing a game called Blacktail which looks similar and seems similar in gameplay apart from you can only use a bow, definitely reccomend.
I was going with Starfield then noticed Indiana Jones on the list! Contraband could be great too. All good devs. Lots to look forward to...
@Moonglow I thought avowed was a first person rpg where all you mainly see are both your hands and wield either weapons or magic, was shown in the leaked footage of an earlier build. Similar to that game I mentioned.
Whereas pillars of eternity is an old school top down rpg.
I want to know what ID are up to next
I really don't care too much about any of these games to be honest. Avowed maybe, but need to see more.
On this list the one I am most looking forward to is Fable, but of course i'm excited for just about everything else. Off list it's definitely Gears of War 6, or whatever else is coming next in the series.
Rumor of Fable development issues today is being debunked by reliable sources.
https://twitter.com/chris_dring/status/1610026678566133761?s=46&t=KcHOFi_0_NCADhosroWwrA
I'm concerned for a lot of these games... it seems there's either no info or promotion for most of them, and the closest some have to info is rumors or confirmation of dev trouble like Fable or Perfect Dark respectively.
Redfall. Arkane is my favorite studio, and I cannot wait to play this one with my friends!
Starfield, Indiana Jones and Fable
Why isn't call of duty on the list?
Seriously though if tesVI we're on the list, I'd vote that.
I bet we don’t get Starfield until at least Xmas!! They have 11 weeks to release it when they said they would!!
Only interested in Forza Motorsport. RPGs aren't my thing, Indiana Jones could be interesting (not played the others other than Lego Indy 1 & 2 but any action adventure game can have some appeal but if it's like Uncharted too movie like or too skill tree and such like Tomb Raider's modern trilogy I may pass on it both were fine but not the biggest fan of them these days). Starfield could be a fine space RPG but I only care to see their procedural generation efforts besides the manmade/hand drawn ones. Fable could be alright but again RPG I want to see it but not play it. Perfect Dark is an odd one while I am curious I barely got into the original (360 port) or Zero very much. I'm all for them reviving the IP but Forza will give me a reason to use my Xbox as otherwise third parties on my old gen, a bit of PS4, Switch or retro consoles currently (wish they did others too but can't wish too hard). I'm hoping FM8/FM reboot is good because GT7 wasn't a fan of it's just giving me less reason to support it compared to FM or third party racers.
Fable, but this is simply based on hope!
Whatever Inxile is working on.
Starfield, by a distance. Outer Worlds 2, possibly Hellblade 2 but who knows how far that is away.
Most everything else I am excited for by XGS still seems in the far distance like Avowed, Fable, Elder Scrolls VI, Everwild, Indiana Jones, Hideo's game, Fallout 5. Don't think we'll see any of those before 2024 sadly and several may be 2025+.
@Dusk_Actual Oh it definitely is 😊
State of Decay 3. That thing.
Everything else is optional in my list.
Generally I don't get too excited for games that are still more than 6months away and/or haven't got release dates. I don't see how people can be 'excited' for games like Fable or Perfect Dark yet when we haven't seen anything of the Game-play, heard about the basic plot synopsis etc. All I can say is that I am very interested in finding out more to raise my excitement in the run up to release.
Right now, I am probably 'most' excited for Starfield - mostly because it's expected in the next 6months, we have some idea of the main story, know what to 'expect' from the Game-play and the genre, setting etc all appeal too. However, if Forza Motorsport or Redfall ends up being the 'next' Xbox Studio game to release, that will probably become the Xbox game I am most excited to 'play' and that's just because I can play it sooner than other titles.
I don't see the point in getting too excited about games more than a few months away. There is almost always something releasing 'sooner' that I am more excited by because its the 'next' new game I'm going to experience. For me, right now, I am most excited by Dead Space as that is the 'next' new game I am going to be playing and then its likely to be Hogwarts just because its the 'next' game to release that interests me...
Redfall is the one I'm the most excited since the announcement.
Starfield, Fable and Perfect Dark are also on my list, but is is to choose just one it is Redfall for sure.
@IOI There is no uncertainty. They said the game was in development and they will show when it is ready.
Playground Games has done that with every single Forza Horizon game. They only show when it's ready and they have the release date set in stone. That's why Forza Horizon don't suffer from delays and that's why we never see forza horizon bad gameplay as when Halo Infinite was shown the first time (again, causing a delay).
Insomniac showed a teaser trailer of Spider-man 2 and that is it. There is no good to show footage of games that are in-development, and the proof of that is the criticism Rockstar took over leaked footage of GTA 6.
If we want Microsoft to start doing great games we should stop trying to rush things and learn to wait the studio be ready to show what they are working on.
If we see anything from Fable this year I'd be happy.
None at the moment. Hype kinda dies out when you announce a game years ago with info blackout.
The Halo days of Bungie must have me spoiled. I'm used to developers giving weekly updates.
Fable because... Fable.
State of Decay 3 because 2 became one of the best games of the last generation unexpectedly.
Perfect Dark if Crystal Dynamics can save The Initiative's mess.
Everwild... I'm not hyped about it. Five years of Sea of Thieves, which I love if I play with friends but a long time waiting for... this? I just want Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata, Conker, Jet Force Gemini... So many glorious Rare IPs sadly ignored.
Starfield all the way
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