Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap For 2023 & Beyond

I know 2022 is criticized a lot, but for anyone either does not have a PS5, or is on a budget and relies heavily on Game Pass, it was not a terrible year. As Dusk Falls, Deathloop, Pentiment and Grounded, no triple A but still plenty of fun, and that's just the first party stuff.

Third party game pass offering were fantastic, with High on Life and Plague Tale being big highlights IMO.

This year, though, is going to be on fire.

@FraserG I love how this graph helps visualize how loaded the year looks for first party, now we need a similar graph for the game pass roadmap that includes the high-profile knowns for the year (like last year's High on Life and Plage Tale, and this year's Atomic Heart and Stalker.

Edit, nvm i just realize you guys didn't make this graph 😅

@Tharsman I think of Deathloop as AAA, although maybe not as exciting a release as many had played on PS. I wouldn't want to sell it short. I agree it was not a bad year for me as a gamepass subscriber without a ton of free time for gaming. I had a lot of fun with what I played.

I do like these types of graphics. I see similar on the Nintendolife site and always enjoy them

Can't wait for ghostwire tokyo, more excited for this game compared to death loop 😃

I know the hype around Starfield but am I the only one that thinks it does not look that fun.
The only game in there I am interested in in 2023 is Hellblade II and I doubt it come out in 2023. After that Fable and Elder Scrolls possibly Gears and Indiana Jones. After the first two Gears which I loved I lost interest because it was so much same o same o. Perfect dark maybe.

@RentedPanda

I think of Deathloop as AAA

Wont argue that but got to admit some of the punch is lost by it having been out on PS5 for a year.

@wiiware I am also looking forward to Ghostwire, and hope it comes with some additions just like they did with Deathloop.

@shred5 I honestly think if you never enjoyed Skyrim or Fallout (Bethesda ones) you wont likely enjoy Starfield either. If on the other hand you one of the people that spent the last 10 years playing those games non-stop, or at least sunk several hundread hours on either, then you should know the kind of game we going to be diving into.

Despite all the differences, it's very obvious that all Creation Engine games share a very very common DNA, and all are basically pumped-up sequels to eachother, just in very different settings.

As long as they keep adding diverse titles to GP, its still the best place to be if you need to game on the cheap. The value is still unmatched once there's some big hitters thrown in the mix.

I'm not hugely in to many of the titles listed here, but I appreciate there's no risk for me trying them and I've often found a new favourite by trying something I wouldn't have risked full money for. It was good to see the dev show as I had seriously started to worry about what Xbox were up to. That's reassured me that there plenty of fun to come on Xbox. I'm certainly not about to give up my other games machines, but the series X certainly deserves to be right there with them and is providing games you cant get elsewhere.

As I keep saying, if you go from E3 21 to E3 22, Xbox released a number of games, just that most happened in the months directly after E3 and games like AoE4 and Ghostwire didn't come to Xbox consoles - still released them though in that 'year'. If you look E3 2022 to E3 2023, that year looks to have a number of games released, mostly in the 2nd half of that year.

It also seems that only Xbox 'AAA' budget console 'exclusives' count though as games like Minecraft, Psychonauts, Deathloop etc can be played on Playstation so 'not' Xbox games. Pentiment and Grounded are 'too' small to count as well so 'Xbox' had 'nothing' in 2022.. at least if you believe the rhetoric. I doubt 2022 itself will go down in Xbox history, but I do think when people look back, they'll have a different view. Sony's PS4 took a while to start pushing out their own 'Exclusives', XB1 was certainly 'stronger' initially but we all know how each is perceived today in hindsight. The XB1 dried up as Sony seemed to ramp up output but the first few years weren't 'great' for PS4...

That's not including all the 3rd Party games - whether 'exclusive' (Scorn, High on Life etc) or not (Plague Tale, Rainbow Six, Guardians of the Galaxy) you got access to via Game Pass or could play on Console for a 'lot' less money than if you didn't have GP.

The only thing that 'disappoints' me is that MS stated Starfield and Forza were expected in the first half of 2023 and haven't announced any 'delays' yet those two 'look' like they may now release in the 2nd half...

@Tharsman You've basically described my profile there. I know 2022 wasn't a good year, from a 1st party perspective, but honestly, Gamepass got me covered. Including my personal goty, Deathloop, that I wouldn't be able to enjoy, if it remained on PS5.

Perfect Dark and Hellblade better make some noise in 2023 as I think both titles are the type of AAA single player story-focused experiences that Xbox really needs to compete with Sony. Avowed should also be showing its head anytime now. At this point Redfall, Forza and Starfield are known quantities and they will release in 2023. I am curious about the other stuff now.

State of Decay 3. That's where I have placed all my chips.

If you look closely at the infographic Forza will come out in June, starfield Near the end of the year , hellblade 2 early 2024.

@munstahunta this is a fan-made graphic based oj information that is already announced, things with unannounced exact dates got stacked at the end of their vague announcement window. Xbox might still decide to push project in any order. Hell, Forza could come out in February and Starfield in March, for all that chart actually knows.

Remember Bleeding Edge? LOL

Putting Elder Scrolls 6 on there smells of fanboy desperation. It'll release in maybe half a decade from now. Of all the upcoming games, I want to see something, anything, to give me an idea of what the Indiana Jones game is. If they don't have a trailer to show around when Indy 5 releases they are blowing it.

I bet Hellblade 2 is suffering from the pressure to make it Xbox's GoW. If I was a betting man, I'd wager Contraband never happens.

All this graphic shows me is that Xbox has a lot of promises, but anyone who's followed them since the last couple years of the 360 generation knows that's nothing new and not get too hyped about a list of possible vaporware.

These graphs are very useful to shut some mouths... hopefully.

I'm hoping they do cross play for age of empires 4 with Xbox & PC because my friend is limited on hardware via his laptop playing just AOE 3 on a APU, we can't raise the stakes like more teams because it struggles at times but the game can be buggy every now & then due to big influxes of enemy's & ships.

For me, at the moment, PS+ extra beats Game Pass. I mean Game Pass is great, but PS+ has so many AAA games, some boosted for PS5. What put Game Pass ahead is the day 1 exclusives, Forza H 5, then Flight Sim if ya wanna include that for me, that’s it. I am just about to try Goldeneye, loved it on N64.
Hopefully Xbox don’t have any more hiccups an 2023 is the year Game Pass excels.

I used to play on all platform buying games wasn't an issue but now i moved back to study and left my job... And i was lucky thay gamepass got me covered!!! GP is a savior for me!!!! I go to n4g and i see all those ps fanboys saying xbox is tras* and GP is a problem to players and devs and bla bla bla!!!! No no im in africa people used to pirate games and pay nothing as they dont have the budget! Now they pay for gamepass and play on series S!! 80% of the gamers in the world are not rich and not paid in dollars/euro and poeple should know this side of the story!!!
Even in my country poeple are using gamepass enjoying a there benefits and play 90% of their time in it and still worship sony!!!! Do sony hypnose those poeple ?

@munstahunta it’s a fanboy graphic not an official one. They’re a few floating about always making it looked like it’s a stacked schedule but In all honest it’s all scheduled to change and delays.

A new Banjo game is dropping this year now I believe and thats not on the graphic and that will have a lot of people rightly excited….

@Banjo- not really…… they are made to do that but they don’t….

On better news looks like a new banjo game is coming

@Stocksy I guess you're trying to be funny... Good luck.

@Banjo- no i wasn’t. Someone posted a JPEG about Banjo Bee coming in 2023. Since i posted that I’ve now found out it’s a figure. Second time today I’ve been hyped and then deflated. Star Wars battlefront 2 the OG coming to ps5… awesome news…

It’s the psp version.

It’s like the industry is mocking retro fans.

Genuinely believed we were getting a new game and a classic Star Wars game on ps5…..

As usual my bubble has been burst

@Stocksy I apologise, then.

If we compare this release and the Xbox version of Perfect Dark, they are quite different. I think that Goldeneye 007 is the better game but this port or emulation or whatever it is it's quite poor. I have been mildly criticising this version because it's a miracle that it was released and it's "free", so it's not all bad and the controls are massively improved. I don't like this developer Code Mystics. They released a very cheap application for Killer Instinct that plays a loud sound when you are switching songs and even if you let the player play, it still makes those annoying noises that you can't turn off. The menus in that and in Killer Instinct 1 and 2 are terribly cheap and there is a lack of settings.

Obviously, I would love a new Banjo-Kazooie made by Rare or Rare and Playtonic 😍.

@Banjo- playtonic would be my first choice but I haven’t kept up with who is still working there but I’d rather the actual creative forces behind the original games were involved and not just the new license holder - if that makes sense.

@Stocksy I agree. Gregg Mayles still works at Rare, most others are at other studios... Microsoft should acquire Playtonic and make more Rare games. So many resources wasted elsewhere...