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[Ronin_7]

Mod edit: Can't be bothered posting the source, we can't be bothered keeping the thread open.

Tomb Raider is full steam ahead, Perfect Dark I've heard has hit a roadbump or two. You'll see the former before the latter.

I would indeed expect at least a year between them

Tomb Raider has actually been in development for a lot longer than people know, though it did restart when they shifted from Foundation to UE5. It's been in the cards for a while now.

Not going to Post the source but dude is legit.

Perfect Dark 2026 or 2027 then, fighting with Fable for worst development cycle of recent memory

 

[Wildebeest]

Development just going so incredibly well that they want the process to last forever.

 

[Heisenberg007]

If anybody said 2026-2027 for Perfect Dark in 2020 when it was shown, nobody would have believed them. But this timeline makes sense now.

Tomb Raider isn't releasing this year. It's either 2024 or 2025.

Put 1-2 years after that for Perfect Dark, and it's 2026 or 2027. What the hell! We'd be staring at next-gen consoles by then.

 

[GymWolf]

And the funny thing is that we don't even have a fucking release date for the next tomb raider

 

[Gaiff]

Not going to Post the source but dude is legit.

Really? That's what we do now? A literal "trust me bro".

 

[6502]

No uncle seal of authority?

 

[Skifi28]

I wonder if this insider who shall not be named is more or less inside than other insiders.

 

[3liteDragon]

 

[PJX]

Why not post the source? By not posting the source, it makes it seem like you are just posting this to rile people up.

Edit: So source was posted and if it is to be believed, MS is in shambles. I don't know how a company of their stature can mismanage so many IPs. Halo was their biggest and what Xbox is known for but now it is becoming irrelevant. They are killing Halo and imo have killed off Gears, so what big IP do they actually have now?

 

[Alex Anderson]

Imagine looking into the future and reading this headline 25 years ago

 

[Roufianos]

Ugh. Studio was founded in 2018. It's really gonna need 7 years to make a game?

I defend them a lot but MS really are becoming a joke.

 

[Moses85]

Very smart decision to fire employees from The Coalition then…

 

[Banjo64]

Relegating the Series S to the living room so my kids can use it after I’ve played Starfield. Sounds like Fable and Perfect Dark are end of gen games. Only other exclusive I’m interested in is Avowed. What a way to screw the generation with 20+ studios. Never seen anything like it.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Perfect Dark 2026 or 2027 then, fighting with Fable for worst development cycle of recent memory

If only we knew of something that connects those two franchises together..

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Not going to Post the source but dude is legit.

This shouldn't be allowed, imo.

No offense intended Ronin_7 , and I can understand wanting to share some news, but this place is full of wildly ill informed console war bullshit when people are declaring their sources. Things will get even worse if this is allowed to become the standard.

 

[Skifi28]

Relegating the Series S to the living room so my kids can use it after I’ve played Starfield. Sounds like Fable and Perfect Dark are end of gen games. Only other exclusive I’m interested in is Avowed. What a way to screw the generation with 20+ studios. Never seen anything like it.

Quick, somebody give Phil an award!

 

[Moses85]

Quick, somebody give Phil an award!

 

[Mr Hyde]

Good to hear that Tomb Raider is full steam ahead at least. Hoping for a new trilogy of quality adventures from Miss Croft. Sucks to hear about Perfect Dark but it seems like XGS is in complete turmoil going from all the reports that are popping off left and right.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Quick, somebody give Phil an award!

FYI -- Phil Spencer did just win one more award earlier this week.

New York Game Awards 2023: Elden Ring Wins Two Awards as Phil Spencer Is Honored - IGN

The New York Game Awards 2023 have arrived and, alongside honoring CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox Phil Spencer with the Andrew Yoon Legend Award, the show saw Elden Ring walk away victorious with the Game of the Year and the Best World awards.

www.ign.com

"Phil isn’t just an executive in games, he is a gamer himself and because of that he knows exactly what fans want when it comes to the Xbox brand."

 

[balls of snow]

All will be forgiven when ms greenlights Evil Within 3, Wolfenstein 3 and Quantum Break 2.

 

[Banjo64]

All will be forgiven when ms greenlights Evil Within 3, Wolfenstein 3 and Quantum Break 2.

Can’t wait to see how they all pan out in 2035.

 

[Ozriel]

fighting with Fable for worst development cycle of recent memory

Back to using discredited 4chan rumors as a source, eh?

 

[Bragr]

Is Microsoft cursed? what is going on?

 

[MasterCornholio]

I know it's already been posted but always give us the source.

 

[Clintizzle]

I'm telling you now. 2026 is going to be Xbox's year. Just you wait!

 

[Filben]

There was a Perfect Dark in development? Hm

 

[Ozriel]

I guess it’s up to MS to actually do more to show they’re making progress on these titles. These long periods of silence don’t help.

Perfectly valid to keep big announcements for showcases, but they really should be providing release windows for most of their announced titles.

 

[Banjo64]

Back to using discredited 4chan rumors as a source, eh?

The purples are taking it with credibility, and it’s not like MS run a tight ship in terms of leaks. Especially when it comes to the health of their studios. Personally think it’s time for a change in terms of Matt Booty and whatever the senior leadership team looks like. They just can’t deliver. I worry that their aura will rub off on companies like Double Fine and Bethesda if things aren’t rectified now.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Perfect Dark hit road bumps​

Was it because of how perfectly dark it was on the road?

 

[Banjo64]

I guess it’s up to MS to actually do more to show they’re making progress on these titles. These long periods of silence don’t help.

Perfectly valid to keep big announcements for showcases, but they really should be providing release windows for most of their announced titles.

Amen brother. I’d take a deep dive even if it’s just a bit of Alpha footage with the studio heads talking candidly about progress even if that means they say it’s a 2025 release window - it’s just maddening to think these games could come at any time from 2024-2027 and to not know anything about them.