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[Draugoth]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com...el-that-it-says-may-take-10-years-to-develop/

Xbox currently has a mystery sequel in development that could take as long as a decade to make, it's been revealed.

As spotted by Axios' Stephen Totilo, the game was mentioned in court documents relating to an ongoing legal challenge in which a group of self-indentified gamers are trying to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

At one point the document explains that triple-A games can take a long time to make, using Halo Infinite as an example (though the length and cost of development is redacted).

It then says: "For instance, according to one Microsoft executive, [redacated], a forthcoming title from the [redacted] franchise, may take a decade to develop."

 

[diffusionx]

Isn't that every Xbox game in development at this point?

 

[CrashNBurn_281]

With the way Microsoft studios are managed, alot of their games could take a decade to make.

 

[Flutta]

Nvm

 

[bluecowboys]

Elder Scrolls 6.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Guess Elder Scrolls fans will have to wait some more

 

[Nothing1234]

Elder Scrolls surely.

 

[Punished Miku]

That guy who turned down the lifetime Gamepass prize is probably feeling pretty stupid right about now.

 

[kyussman]

Interesting.....I expect a cgi trailer any day now,lol.

 

[Kvally]

Isn't that every Xbox game in development at this point?

How so?

 

[Umbasaborne]

How so?

Most were announced years ago and they still have nothing to show for it.

 

[M1chl]

 

[The Tourmaline Gorilla]

Isn't that every Xbox game in development at this point?

Sounds about right. It's tiring.

MS better put up soon, or shut the hell up!

 

[Unknown?]

Guess Elder Scrolls fans will have to wait some more

That's okay they'll repackage Skyrim two more times.

 

[Topher]

I'm going to be in my 60s before I play another Elder Scrolls?

 

[Esppiral]

Isn't that every Xbox game in development at this point?

We can close the thread now.

 

[Dr_Salt]

Phantom Dust.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Elder Scrolls VI, surely. If you include pre-production. Probably not coming out til 2026/2027

 

[feynoob]

Bethesda shouldn't have revealed TES6 way early.
It's been 4-5 years since last trailer.

 

[Laptop1991]

Bethesda shouldn't have revealed TES6 way early.
It's been 4-5 years since last trailer.

Damage limitation due to the Fallout 76 debacle that followed and got even worse lol

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

If this game is really an entire decade off, why did they even announce the game? It just makes the wait more unbearable and raises expectations.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Better not be Shenmue 4.

 

[feynoob]

Damage limitation due to the Fallout 76 debacle that followed and got even worse lol

It felt like that.
They were working on starfield full deck on. And working on tes6 meant that they had to finish that game first.

 

[Matt_Fox]

Almost certainly Elder Scrolls VI.

(but it's poor form to use an outlier as the basis of a legal argument)

 

[nush]

I'm going to be in my 60s before I play another Elder Scrolls?

Great timing, you'll have enough free time to play it when you're retired.

 

[Captain Toad]

Bethesda shouldn't have revealed TES6 way early.
It's been 4-5 years since last trailer.

Most pointless reveal ever.

SquateEnix could do the same with Final Fantasy XXII. It will be made, eventually.... but all we got now is the name.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Just one? There's already like 3 of them. Fable, perfect dark and everwild.

 

[feynoob]

Most pointless reveal ever.

SquateEnix could do the same with Final Fantasy XXII. It will be made, eventually.... but all we got now is the name.

Worst part is that the game was still in pre production since Todd's last interview (2021 or 2022).

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Just waiting on the Microsoft games to release that have already been in development for the last ten years

Any day now

Soon

 

[Stare-Bear]

All fart no poo…

 

[LordCBH]

Add it to the pile of other mediocrities they're taking a decade to make.

 

[SportsFan581]

Bethesda shouldn't have revealed TES6 way early.
It's been 4-5 years since last trailer.

They did talk about it way too early. Although at least with this one it isn't like everyone didn't know it would eventually come anyway.

 

[adamsapple]

They did talk about it way too early. Although at least with this one it isn't like everyone didn't know it would eventually come anyway.

Revealing it too early was probably to appease the shareholders about it as Starfield was already taking too long as it was. (before the 2022 to 2023 delay even).

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

make it 20

 

[Kvally]

Most were announced years ago and they still have nothing to show for it.

I am not familiar with any 10 year games on Xbox previously or currently. Same goes for PS. And especially with any consistency. Please elaborate.

 

[killatopak]

Fable, Phantom Dust, Crackdown, Banjo

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Bethesda shouldn't have revealed TES6 way early.
It's been 4-5 years since last trailer.

They kind of had to. They announced Fallout 76 being not a game most of us wanted to hear they were making instead of an open-world single-player RPG. So they knew they had to also mention they were still planning to make their more traditional games like TES, and Starfield as sort of pre-emptive damage control announcement.

 

[Pelta88]

A history of the XBOX wait for games narrative...

Wait till E3
Wait till the Tokyo games Show
Wait till XBOX Direct
Wait for game pass to grow
Wait Until Next Generation
Wait for the series X tools to mature

And now... Wait a whole decade.

 

[HYDE]

Isn't that every Xbox game in development at this point?

Truer words never spoken

 

[Dr. Suchong]

At this point I'd settle for a Custers revenge remaster.
Christ, give us something!

 

[DeepEnigma]

"Just wait till decade"

 

[Nemesisuuu]

TLOU 3

 

[Spaceman292]

That guy who turned down the lifetime Gamepass prize is probably feeling pretty stupid right about now.

At this rate he could have had 4 or even 5 games before dying of old age

 

[Kvally]

At this point I'd settle for a Custers revenge remaster.
Christ, give us something!

If in 2023 getting Age of Empires 4 for Xbox, Hi-Fi Rush, Minecraft Legends, FH5 Expansion, Starfield and Forza Motorsport 8 isn't "something", then I think it is high time you sell your Xbox. Sadly, it will never get better than that. If people don't like upcoming games such as those, as well as games like Avowed, Hellblade 2, Fable, Perfect Dark, Everwild, Indiana Jones or whatever else MS is making, you will never like Xbox.

My Xbox sat DEAD in 2022. If that were to happen again, that thing is getting kicked to the curb. This better be the start of them finally releasing games on a cadence. Otherwise, I am going all PS/PC.

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

One thing we can all count is for our annual Halo/Forza/Gears announcement.

 

[Kvally]

One thing we can all count is for our annual Halo/Forza/Gears announcement.

Halo is dead. Forza Horizon is now on a long term break. It's been 6 years since the last Forza Motorsport. That trio isn't what it used to be. Nobody is asking for Gears 6.

 

[Pelao]

2033 is the year of the Xbox.

 

[Upper_Management]

It was only a matter of time until they started working on a sequel....

 

[FoxMcChief]

Call of Duty

 

[Mr Moose]

See you in 2028.