This is an absolutely massive deal and it’s right in line with MS’s brand.. Great pickup for them. And good riddance to Bobby Kotick.
I don't know much about the Bond license, but I guess that would explain all the rumors about Golden Eye coming back.On Google News I just read that Bandai Namco are rumoured to be making a new Killer Instinct...
New Killer Instinct Game Could be Coming to Xbox
It's been a few years since Xbox fans have had a new Killer Instinct game to look forward to, but [...]comicbook.com
Also...
Here’s something that I just realized...
I believe Activision still has the James Bond license, Rare Ltd made 007 GoldenEye & soon both are owned by Microsoft also Rare an Xbox Studio released Banjo-Kazooie on Nintendo Switch after 24 years since it was released on the Nintendo 64 & their first appearance on an Nintendo console in coming up 22 years (Banjo-Tooie, 2000).
From what I have read, Microsoft needed Activision (James Bond License), Rare Ltd (Developer) & Nintendo (Publisher & owner of the game) to legally make 007 GoldenEye on Xbox. Could this be connected in a way?
Or am I think too much about it?
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bandai namco is very reliable when it comes to quality games. but i understand this news as if theyd only assist another dev (like iron galaxy maybe)
If MS goes the "assist" route with Namco, then we know this is another budget title like was done in 2013...which could be fine, but I'd like to see KI get some AAA treatment. Who knows if the KI brand could produce the right returns to support that type of investment, but I still want to see a KI given it's proper due. ESPECIALLY with all the new guest characters they could put in there.
I would have been surprised had it not.
For awhile now it looked like it wasn't unless Call of Duty was seperate from Activision-Blizzard as the CMA was firmly against it for awhile now then suddenly in the end:
Now the CMA have to talk about Cloud Gaming & GamePass next month before Microsoft/Xbox finally get the okay. I think they have to talk to the FTC next before it finally happens.
All not surprising. Again, while the Xbox brand is still in "last place," it's a far cry from the rock bottom they were in earlier last generation. They took the time to broaden out, secure studios, and offer great services while Sony stuck with the "eggs in one basket" strategy. Sony's worried for the future and waning dominance and they should be.
Sony has been protesting and pressuring against the merger for several months now. Digital Foundry was talking about it around the holidays, and the BS that both Sony's lawyers and Microsoft's lawyers were saying.
Folks need to remember, Call of Duty wasn't always the top of the FPS-chain & wasn't always the best FPS game during its lifetime. I still remember a time where Medal of Honor, Rainbow Six, Halo & Quake pretty much ruled the online FPS genre before Call of Duty. There's been plenty of multiplayer games to have iterations that surpassed Call of Duty or at least gave them a run for its money such as some Halo Reach, Brothers In Arms, Counter-Strike, Titanfall 2, Battlefield (pre-1), ARMA & Overwatch. When it comes to single-player campaigns, Call of Duty has been surpassed years ago.
Yup. A lot of casuals prefer Call of Duty over Halo, for example, because they get confused by the concept of energy shields in Halo and don't understand you have to knock out their shields before you can properly kill your target.
Then there’s Apex Legends who put too emphasis with shields which turned even me off & having different strengths of shields. Also the hit detection system is fucking ridiculous. I love the guns in Apex Legends though (because I love Titanfall).
They're really not and they've done some very cool things under challenging circumstances. While there's obviously room for improvement, they're games are not dumpster fires. The problems the studio faced, a studio that seemed to have more contractors than full timers, seem more management/publisher related.
They weren't incompetent for decades. A decade ago today the Xbox 360 was still going strong and dominating over the PlayStation 3, but it was beginning to wain and we were coming up on the disastrous Xbox One reveal.
They’re aggressively mediocre compared to previous Halo games. I like the infinite campaign and game mechanics a TON, but there’s a reason the player counts took a dive, and why Halo 3 was played for years. Did you see the video of that 343 dev reacting to the terrible shot registration on the battle rifle in halo 3 MCC and just laughing about it, and still not fixing it.
I'm know really late to the party on this, but that is also EXACTLY why the FGC is so small. No one wants to learn match-ups, frame data, etc. No one wants to take their lumps. And when they inevitably lose, they have no teammates to pass blame to. That's simply too much for the average gamer to handle nowadays.
Exactly lmao, people want to make 0 effort and feel like pros when playing games.
