While Firefight still hasn't been confirmed for the first-person shooter, 343 Industries continues to build on Forge's features.
"In general, subscription buyouts don't pay for that many years of a team's development, unless your team is very small," says Finji CEO Bekah Saltsman.
It's been claimed that PlatinumGames and Microsoft are in the very early stages of bringing back Scalebound.
The release date for Arkane's open world first person shooter is expected to be announced at Xbox and Bethesda Developer_Direct later this month.
Though rumored last year to no announcement, the compilation is still very much in development, as per XboxEra's Nick Baker.
"Our goal has been to be as transparent as possible on what dev teams/games to expect to see in the show," says Xbox's Aaron Greenberg.
In a new turn of events, both Google and Nvidia have joined Sony in raising concerns over Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Halo Infinite is kicking off its 2023 with a new event—Joint Fire—which will revolve around the game's new Covert One Flag game mode.
The official German Xbox blog states that release dates for the three upcoming first party titles will be announced at the showcase later this month.
The next major update for Xbox consoles will make them more "carbon aware" thanks to a new Shutdown option that saves more power.
Microsoft will show off Redfall, Forza Motorsport, and more later this month, while Starfield get its own dedicated showcase at a later date.
Expect to hear more about Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, The Elder Scrolls Online, and more.
Microsoft has confirmed that the first wave of January additions for the subscription service doesn't include any newly-announced titles.
The rumored event will also reportedly look at major titles that Microsoft is releasing this year and could be a recurring event.
Windows Central's Jez Corden implies that some announcement is coming in a "few days" and that there's "definitely something cooking."
The upcoming open world shooter is unlike anything Arkane has done in the past, but the studio isn't quite done with immersive sims yet.
Weapons have random perks, so you may find a shotgun that either sets enemies on fire or fires with a UV flash to petrify vampires.
Characters will interact with each other dynamically based on squad composition, and will developer deeper bonds as they spend more time together.
"The pool that Game Pass offers is huge for us. It's kind of shocking, and scary in a way," says Arkane's studio director Harvey Smith.
"We got insight from some of our sister studios; the people who worked on DOOM came over and gave us feedback a couple of times," says creative director Ricardo Bare.
