Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg took part in an interview with YouTube channel What's Good Games last week, and possibly hinted that new Xbox studio The Initiative is working on multiple projects.
The bit in question happened at around the 1:31:20 mark in the video (which is timestamped above), in which the GM of Xbox Games Marketing had to be very careful with his choice of words!
"[The Initiative] is hard at work on some very exciting, uh... pro...uh, work... we'll try to use careful words because people inspect every word - and of course I also want to do right by our development teams who will pay attention to every word I say about every project."
The new Xbox studio is rumoured to be working on a reboot of Perfect Dark, and Greenberg pointed out that the team that Studio Head Darrell Gallagher has built is packed with an incredible level of talent:
"What Darrell Gallagher has built is like an Avengers level cast of talent at The Initiative, and if you've seen the folks that they have there across the industry, from some of the best studios that make some of the greatest games in the industry - he's assembled that."
Finally, the Microsoft exec compared The Initiative's work to the reveal of Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade II last December, explaining that as soon as the team is ready to show something, it will work closely with them to do so.
Do you think The Initiative is working on multiple projects for Xbox? Share your thoughts in the comments.
[source youtube.com]
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I think that several projects are underway at The Initiative. The sheer amount of talented people at that studio makes it very likely. Maybe Perfect Dark AND Crimson Skies? 😍
I would be surprised if they were only working on one game. His wording though... Aaron Greenberg is so cringe, lol.
@Jaxx420 I've never seen an inconsistent man than Aaron greenberg I think they should change the guy he is the same one who say's gameplay trailer and then show cgi trailers or games showcase only and then talk about gamepass service
@gingataisen My money is on Perfect Dark and a JRPG - seems a bit left-field the last one but they do own the Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and Infinite Undiscovery IPs.
All the talk about them listening to Japanese consumers recently, I can't help but think they have a first-party game cooking.
Perfect Dark and a new narrative-driven IP.
@Jaxx420
No way they're making a JRPG. You want a JRPG, you get a japanese studio to make you one.
This would be really cool if they are working on multiple games!
Perfect Dark seems a given at this point. I suspect and hope the other project, if indeed there is one, is a brand new IP.
@gingataisen as I say. Left field. But Id like to see the best bits of a jrpg and a wrpg properly fused into one game.
Pipe dream eh? Lol.
@Jaxx420
THAT would be AAAA territory. 😮
I doubt many 'big' studio's are working purely on just 1 game. You have multiple stages of development and as such, some areas will have 'finished' work on the next game to release and working on the next game.
It will be interesting to find out as the Initiative are almost a complete unknown at the moment. We may know some of the games that Darrell has been involved with, as well as maybe what games others have worked on but as a studio, we have no history go on. With Obsidian, Avowed seems in keeping with their history...
Just focus on one game and make it a megaton for the series x that will blow us all away. Microsoft, stop trying to be the jack of all trades and master of none and spreading resources to thin.
Don’t do what you have done to 343 with Halo Infinite poor team.
Make it work on Xbox one, make work on series x and better, make it work on all PC levels. Make an open world game, make it multiplayer this and that, don’t forget the forge and war zone etc etc.
You are spreading resource to thin.
Should have let 343 make an epic Halo open world game and just that for series x.
That’s how you end up with a RDR2, HZD and a GOT. And sell millions of consoles and games.
@Jaxx420 Hi there friend. If somehow Microsoft anounces Lost Odissey 2 with Sakaguchi-san at the helm and Uematsu-san as the leading composer, I´m gonna lose my mind. Absolutely love Lost Odissey. One of my favourites of all time. Man the 360 was an awesome system. Cheers, saty safe and happy gaming to us all
Perfect Dark 🤞 and a new IP possibly...
Nice, Cant wait for the studio to show us what they've been woring on..
Work on getting 1 good game out properly across any studio at this point before having them work on several in a single studio.
@RaZieLDaNtE it's crazy to look back at the beginning of the 360 when it had such killer exclusives. Gears of War, Bioshock, Mass Effect.. and then of course Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon. It really was a great console.
Let's see em! I need to see what all this talent is cookin!!
@Grot Hi there friend. Those are some worrisome news indeed. Uematsu-san composings are phenomenal. Hope he is able to recover well. Best wishes. Cheers, stay safe and have a good one
@Jslade Hi there friend. Crazy indeed. With games like Alan Wake, Magna Carta 2, the Mass Effect trilogy, Lost Odissey, Bioshock, the Gears trilogy.
All great games that made the 360 a really good gaming system. I remenber being excited and watching all the trailers for the new games.... I still have all my limited editions of Alan wake and the Mass Effect trilogy. And Bioshock made me enjoy first person shooters. Love that game and Bioshock Infinite. Cheers, stay safe and happy gaming to us all
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