The Xbox Video games Showcase was stuffed with bulletins and surprises. From a full reveal of Fable to launch home windows for Avowed and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, there’s lots to be enthusiastic about in case you’re an Xbox gamer.
However there are a number of Xbox Sport Studios video games introduced beforehand during the last a number of years which were MIA ever since. This is a listing of Xbox Sport Studios we all know exist however had been a no-show at present.
MachineGames’ Indiana Jones
In early 2021, we discovered Wolfeinstein: The New Order and The New Colossus developer MachineGames and Bethesda had been engaged on an Indiana Jones sport. Exterior of the announcement, now we have not heard a lot concerning the venture.
We do know Bethesda Sport Studios’ Todd Howard will function Govt Producer and that he pitched the sport. Final 12 months Howard went on Lex Fridman’s podcast and talked about this untitled Indiana Jones sport could be a “distinctive” mash-up of various genres.
State of Decay 3
Three years in the past, an Xbox showcase previewed a listing of video games that might be obtainable on the Xbox Sequence X/S consoles. State of Decay 3 was a kind of video games introduced throughout that July 2020 showcase that has but to be launched.
State of Decay 3 has no launch window and now we have but to see any gameplay of the third installment from Undead Labs’ third-person survival horror zombie sport. The newest information got here from Xbox Sport Studios head Matt Booty, who confirmed State of Decay 3 was being made in Unreal Engine 5 and that The Coalition could be concerned in improvement.
The Outer Worlds 2
On the 2021 Xbox Video games Showcase, Obsidian introduced it was growing a a sequel to its 2019 hit The Outer Worlds. Not a lot is find out about it, which isn’t solely stunning when you think about Obsidian has been busy with a number of initiatives.
From Grounded leaving early entry final 12 months, to its critically-acclaimed journey sport Pentiment launching final 12 months, and Avowed at present slated to launch subsequent 12 months, Obsidian has been preserving busy.
Excellent Darkish
On the 2020 Sport Awards, Microsoft revealed a brand new Excellent Darkish sport. It is being developed by The Iniative a brand new studio shaped by Microsoft again in 2018. A weblog submit revealed throughout its unveiling famous that this venture is “aiming to ship a undercover agent thriller set in a near-future world”.
Everwild
At X019, Uncommon introduced Everwild, a brand new IP that was in early improvement. Whereas again in 2021, it was reported that Everwild was being utterly rebooted, Matt Booty would go on to say in an interview with Kinda Humorous that the report was “extra particular and somewhat extra excessive” than the reality.
With Uncommon engaged on this plus Sea of Thieves, which introduced a brand new Monkey Island crossover at at present’s Xbox Video games Showcase, hopefully the legendary British studio can have extra to share on Everwild quickly.
Contraband
In 2021, Simply Trigger developer Avalanche Studios introduced a model new sport known as Contraband. It is an open-world co-op sport that will likely be an Xbox console unique (and its coming to PC, too). Xbox Sport Studios is publishing the title, however exterior of its reveal two years in the past, now we have not heard a lot concerning the sport and no gameplay has been proven as of but. We do know that the sport will likely be utilizing the most recent iteration of Avalanche’s Apex Engine.
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