It's that time of year, isn't it? The time of year when there's never a quiet moment for news - when you've done an entire day's work and then a massive report about Xbox's plans for 2024 and beyond suddenly appears on the interwebs.
Not that we're complaining! This report, courtesy of The Verge's Tom Warren, has revealed that Xbox is apparently working on some kind of Halo: Combat Evolved remaster - and there's plenty of other good stuff in here as well.
According to Warren, the latter half of 2024 is going to be very busy indeed for Xbox, with Starfield: Shattered Space and Age of Mythology: Retold tracking a September launch, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 tracking October, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and potentially Avowed tracking November, and Indiana Jones tracking December.
Plus, there's still the potential of a Towerborne release later this year, while DOOM: The Dark Ages is apparently getting a reveal at the Xbox Showcase with a 2025 release date (including for PS5), and Warren "expects" Fable and South of Midnight to appear at the event, potentially both with 2025 release dates as well.
Oh, and don't forget about the new Gears of War, which "should" be exclusive to Xbox and PC:
"I first hinted last month that Doom would be part of the Xbox showcase, and I can confirm reports from Insider Gaming that Doom: The Dark Ages is one of the two “world premiere” games that Microsoft will show."
"The second game will be a new installment of Gears of War, which hasn’t been earmarked as a Project Latitude game, so it should be exclusive to Xbox and PC."
The "Project Latitude" that Warren refers to here relates to Xbox's plans to bring multiple first-party games to other platforms such as PS5 and Nintendo Switch, and according to Warren, most of them are still on the table for this.
He mentions that the likes of Starfield, Hellblade 2, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Age of Mythology: Retold, DOOM: The Dark Ages and the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster have all at least been considered for multiplatform releases in the not-too-distant past, although "nothing is set in stone" and Microsoft's strategy around this can shift.
"Nothing is set in stone for Project Latitude until its close to release, and games that are earmarked for the project can sometimes shift..."
"Microsoft isn’t planning to go fully multiplatform and not have Xbox exclusives..."
We're obviously not expecting to hear much (if anything) about Project Latitude at the Xbox Games Showcase this Sunday, but in terms of Indiana Jones, DOOM, Gears, Fable and everything else, we're keeping our fingers crossed!
Liking what you're hearing about Xbox's plans for 2024 and beyond so far? Tell us in the comments below.
[source theverge.com]
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The genius of their plan is how much people can't stop talking about it. Every game is going to have this endless discussion of if/when the game goes where.
A recent push square poll showed the most sought after ps5 announcement for all of this "e3 season" was more xbox games. What a world.
I think that this “Project Latitude” only exist in minds of anti-xbox insiders
Microsoft isn’t planning to go fully multiplatform and not have Xbox exclusives...
And we need Tom Warren to tell us, this?? Unbelievable, what a time to be alive and follow news on gaming websites 🤦♂️😅😅
@BacklogBrad
A recent push square poll showed the most sought after ps5 announcement for all of this "e3 season" was more xbox games. What a world
First it was all about Xbox has no games , followed by Xbox has no games worth playing and to finally come full circle:
Just as long as we get a next generation Xbox home console with all the bells and whistles, it’s all cool by me.
This is no better than me saying:
"within a year an Xbox title could release on PS5."
That type of speculation from Tom Warren it's no different than a broken clock that even once a day shows the right time.
I really hope it's true that Fable will be at the showcase. I want to see a few minutes of gameplay. Yeah, we know what the game looks like, and it looks great. I just want to see it in action proper.
Maybe he should learn to report with solid evidence based facts. anything else is basically gobbledygook and misinformation for clicks
I keep forgetting Moss is in the next Fable….
That’s a lot of information. The four ports of their former exclusives to the PS5 and Switch really opened a can of worms and let out a ton of “rumors” from “leakers” with iffy track records, didn’t it?
While I don’t think I’d be surprised if most of the info in this article is true because of how Microsoft has been acting and some statements company officials have made regarding exclusivity, I think my issue is how people don’t question the validity of “rumors” or “leaks,” mostly regarding one’s that relate to Xbox and if their games will stay exclusive or not. If it’s a “rumor” about Xbox that is negative, everyone will instantly believe it, regardless if the person who said the “rumor” has gotten things incorrect in the past! There’s a forum on another site I sometimes go onto, and every negative Xbox “rumor” always gets the most likes and comments out of every post there. Sometimes it seems that “leakers” make some info up for clout.
@Sol4ris I have gone onto Push Square and have had positive interactions with users on there. However, my main issue with the site is how it appears to push this console wars sentiment and is against Xbox or people that play it. It’s fine to not like a specific console or prefer to play another one over the other, but the opinions stated there sometimes seem to only be made just to try to rile people up and make Xbox look bad for no reason. I have seen articles there that just seem to be made solely to push a console wars narrative, or even a recent article that discussed Hellblade 2(which isn’t even on the PS5). However, a lot of users pointed out how that article was likely made just to increase fanboyism and how it didn’t make sense to write an entire article (which you could possibly call a review) on a game that hasn’t made its way to PlayStation. I wish people could enjoy whatever console they want without being trashed on by console war supporters…it’s so dumb to me.
@Pastellioli
I mostly visit PushSquare for the JRPG reviews I'm interested in getting (and don't have an account), but I agree some of the authors do go out of their way just to flame the console wars and disparage Xbox.
I mentioned this on another post but it applies here too:
I'm convinced the only way forward for Microsoft is to release a "gamer's variant" of Windows to compete directly with Steam OS (but with better compatability, being a variant of Windows), making Xbox consoles effectively a baseline PC standard for developers to aim for.
Anything less than that, such as this half-hearted approach to a console ecosystem where Microsoft's IP are still released on the PS5 or Switch, is quite simply going to drive away Xbox fans and kill the brand overall.
@Sol4ris You're ignoring the part where Microsoft acquired two major publishers and slew of developers and IPs over just the last what, 5 years? Not very hard to make "your" games sought after when they are established franchises that exist already on Playstation.
In or out? Halfway is just going to confuse the public and annoy the fans.
@oopsiezz
Except for the fact that (seemingly) the most sought after Xbox franchises by PlayStation fans are the likes of, Gears of War, Forza Horizon, Starfield, etc.
All of these games are about as established franchises on PlayStation, as (arguably) the Uncharted series or the HZD/HFW games are on Xbox..
Gears of War "should" be exclusive. Possible Halo port to PS5. I don't care how much it makes sense from a financial perspective, that's a hard no to gamers who have supported the Xbox brand for many years. If they are smart, those two will ALWAYS stay exclusive. Be smart Microsoft.
@Gamer_X @Sol4ris would you believe my name is actually Tom Warren?😂. I hate reading these posts slating the guy because for a split second i actually think everyone's talking about me 😂😂
All exclusives need to die. It's an outdated method to hold users and only hurts players.
@Kidfunkadelic83: No offense but you have a very unpopular name...😉
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