The Microsoft console aims to become the most powerful system of the next generation. We review the most important, its catalog of games.
Xbox Series X. A name that means much more than just the next generation of Microsoft consoles. It has been a hard cycle, marked by the loss of market share due to several complex business decisions; but also for being a cycle where everything that will come after the Xbox One legacy has been cultivated. Phil Spencer's team will launch at Christmas 2020 the one they expect is the most powerful console on the market, where the best practices seen are already combined in recent years and where the video game is the main protagonist.
It was at The Game Awards when, by surprise, Microsoft revealed that Project Scarlett was actually Xbox, which is the real name of the next American generation; with a first model, Xbox Series X, which opens a range that leaves the doors open to much more.
Because there are few who think that generations, although not earned before starting them, can be lost before seeing the light in the market. The team led by Phil Spencer knows what it is to win his great competitor in the domestic market, PlayStation, with Xbox 360, where the dominance in North American territory was undeniable. Japan is another issue, as is Europe, where the Play has a great lead.
We are approaching the generation of services, that of streaming, which seems to value more than ever the backward compatibility, immediacy and quality above all. Xbox Game Pass is an intrinsic element in that complex equation, one where the common denominator is none other than the video game. Let's review today all the confirmed video games for the Microsoft bug: Xbox Series X.
Xbox Game Studios: 16 teams working exclusively for Xbox
We must make something clear from the beginning, and it is the state of the Xbox Game Studios brand. That seal is not only composed of Microsoft itself, but has an alignment of fifteen teams working exclusively for the future of Xbox, whose first two years will be intergenerational releases (both on Xbox One and Xbox Series X).
We talk about 343 Industries; The Coalition; Compulsion Games; Double Dine Productions, The Initiative; inXilie Entertainment; Mojang; Ninja Theory; Obsidian Entertainment; Playground Games; Rare; Turn 10 Studios; Undead Labs, Moon Studios, World’s Edge and Microsoft Casual Games.
Phil Spencer, during the Xbox Series X presentation at TGA 2019
There are dozens of intellectual properties postulated to see the light on Xbox Series X, if we stick only to the existing ones; but there can be many more if they dare to work on something new, on new IPs, such as The Initiative.
Today we are only going to focus on what has a name and surname, so the following list will not be considered as “the new” video game of The Coalition, no matter how much the parents of the current Gears have started working on the next project. Let's start
Last update: February 21, 2020
Halo: Infinite
Surely the most important video game on the console and even a generation. Although the initial plan was that Halo: Infinite had seen the light before Xbox One faced the final stretch of his life, the fact of finally being an intergenerational title is not necessarily something negative. 343 Industries promises to be working on its most ambitious video game to date, one that truly redefines the saga and is, in spirit, that Halo 6 that really is, only with a name that best conjugates with the aspirations of the American studio.
Halo: Infinite
Jeff Easterling, of 343 Industries, said: “This is Halo 6. You should consider it Halo 6. Don't think it's a kind of prequel or something like that. It is the next great story. It is the next episode in what was already happening. ”
We have not heard from him for a long time, although his plans in electronic sports are ambitious. They intend to design a memorable individual campaign; but also a multiplayer mode that can last for years. The new graphic moor to work with, which is called Slipspace, allows them to do unimaginable things with current hardware.
Despite its views on the future, Halo: Infinite "will expand the universe of the saga and return to its roots." They will not refuse what they did in the past, but they do want to improve what they did not succeed as much as they would have liked (them and the millions of fans of this important saga).
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Ninja Theory is a studio capable of working on several projects at the same time. They like it, it allows them to grow on several fronts without neglecting their main focus of income, which are the big video games. After Bleeding Edge, the next big challenge is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, also announced without notice in The Game Awards 2019 with Xbox Series X.
His first trailer left more than one with his mouth open, and it was not for less: his graphic section was outrageous. We do not know in what temporal context the game will be set with respect to the original delivery, because until now they are all only speculations, but those who were looking for single-player adventures, one of the great pending tasks of Xbox One if we look at the proportion that has offered PlayStation during this long five years, this will be the main answer.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
The first part liked both critics and audiences, a video game with an outstanding interpretation, recognized even at the British BAFTA awards, where Melina Juergens won an award for the best interpretation of a video game in 2017. Psychosis was the main theme of the game original, available on the main current platforms.
This time, Ninja Theory wants to continue getting muscle in the technical with a system of animations, lighting and facial expressions that bring us closer than ever to a film videogame without giving up gameplay.
A recent study development journal ensures that the title will be twice as long as the original, that we could complete it around 8 hours. Although it has no departure date, this Hellblade sequel will not be released before Christmas 2020; In fact, it does not even have the guarantee to go on sale this year.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is one of the most prominent names on the list, precisely by name. This past January we knew the first details of the game, planned for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X; a title that will come developed with Unreal Engine 4 and that will tell “the story of Gollum from a perspective never seen before”.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
The parents of Deponia are taking care of the game, although the project goes for long as it is an ambitious project and with the sights set on the next generation: they are in no hurry. The objective is to see the light from 2021. We define it, as we know, as an action and stealth videogame where the double personality of such a charismatic character will be treated, elements that will directly affect the adventure.
Additionally, we know that there will be “levels of gigantic dimensions and aesthetically inspired by the drawings made by Tolkien himself”.
Although Daedalic Entertainment has acknowledged to be going through economic problems due to the latest financial results, this video game is apparently not in danger; No, at least, for now. We don't know if there will be more information about the game in E3 2020.
Rainbow Six: Siege
To talk about Rainbow Six: Siege is to make it one of the most successful video games of the current generation of consoles; perhaps not so much for its media power but for the power of its community, which exceeds 50 million players. The title has been enshrined as one of the multiplayer stars of PS4, Xbox One and PC, but will also be released on PS5 and Xbox Series X from day one.
Leroy Athanassof, director of the Ubisoft title, was in charge of delivering the news just a few days ago, clarifying that the four consoles will be able to live together without affecting the video game. That is, there will be intergenerational cross-play on the PlayStation (PS4 with PS5) and Microsoft servers. (Xbox One with Xbox Series X and PC).
Rainbow Six: Siege
Regarding the release date, it is somewhat more complicated to adjust because it depends on the output of both consoles. There is something certain: it will be available from the same day of launch of the new generation machines. Whenever they leave at Christmas, there will be Rainbow Six: Siege.
“I can't give you a date because those dates depend, in the end, on the people who are making the new generation of consoles,” he began by saying about the release date of Rainbow Six Siege on PS5 and Xbox Series X. “What I can tell you is that we will be there (PS5 and Xbox Series X) since launch. ”
Watch Dogs Legion
When the Ubisoft financial results for the last quarter (Q2 / FY2019-20) were presented in October, Yves Guillemot, the CEO of the gala company, said Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine and Gods and Monsters were finally going to be cross -gen. The delay to fiscal year 2020-2021 was not only to improve the quality of the title and not to happen as with Ghost Recon: Breakpoint and The Division 2, two commercial trips in their respective sagas, but also to take advantage of the new user base that It will be installed with Xbox Series X and PS5 starting this Christmas.
Watch Dogs Legion
From Watch Dogs Legion we know that it will come out between April 2020 and March 31, 2021 and intends to become the most ambitious title of the entire license; the biggest, with more things to do and more justify the technological developments. Ubisoft wants to have a total of three AAA video games ready for the last quarter of 2020. Maybe at E3 2020 we know if its launch stays in 2020 or goes to next year.
Although they have not yet mentioned what changes this version will have compared to that of PS4 and Xbox One, Ubisoft has confirmed that it will have improvements in Xbox Series X and PlayStation. You can read our impressions here after trying it for 45 minutes at E3 2019.
Gods and Monsters
One of the freshest and most striking titles in the Ubisoft catalog for 2020 onwards. Its launch is not expected until the period between April 2020 and March 31, 2021; Although the plan is very ambitious: they want it to become a saga. When the game's delay, developed by Assassin's Creed Odyssey parents, Ubisoft Quebec, became known, they said the following:
Gods and Monsters
"The ambition with Gods and Monsters has always been to create a unique and epic adventure where you can explore a beautiful world in which you face dangerous mythological creatures." For this reason, "we have made the decision to spend more time polishing our game, so that we can offer an even more incredible and memorable experience on all platforms."
The game will put us in the shoes of a forgotten hero in his expertise through territories populated by Greek gods, which he has to save. We will thus set course for the Island of the Blessed, which has been taken by mythological creatures of great power. Thus the game will justify its planning, an action adventure in a huge open world. We will have puzzles, dungeons and fantasy stories.
Rainbow Six: Quarantine
Apart from the successful Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft delegated to Ubisoft Montreal this new installment of the saga as a spin off. To begin with, he will be the first to set himself in science fiction. A cooperative title for up to three players in the task of trying to survive the infection of an alien threat
As far as we know, the game will be based on the Outbreak event that Rainbow Six Siege received some time ago. From what little has been revealed about the game, Earth has been the victim of an alien parasite capable of infecting every living being that passes by its side, whom it turns into hostile zombies.
Rainbow Six: Quarantine
Beyond PS4, Xbox One and PC, Ubisoft will also launch it on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
Outriders
People Can Fly is a darling studio in the industry. The Polish team, based in Warsaw, is known for its work with both Painkiller and Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment. Now they can work again with their own original IP, Outriders, by ceasing to rely on Epic Games. The Japanese Square Enix now acts as editor of this multiplayer shooter with RPG elements. FreeGameTips has already been able to play it for three hours.
Outriders
Although at first it was going to be in the current generation, its brief delay has led to it becoming an intergenerational title, a dream come true for the development team: “From the beginning we wanted to create an RPG shooter, since it is a genre in which we feel comfortable and have experience having released titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment, ”said Szymon Barchan, senior narrative designer.
It will not be a game as a service, despite the inclination of this type of games to that business model. Although its plot claim has not finished convincing us, the gameplay has wicker to fit the public that adopts the new machines in their homes at the end of 2020.
“It's our first game after leaving Epic Games. It is the title that we have always wanted to do and this idea has been growing to become the most ambitious project of People Can Fly, ”said its director, Bartek Kmita, on the occasion of the delay.
Gothic Remake
The city of Barcelona will be responsible for making the new project licensed by THQ Nordic a reality. Gothic Remake will be a reality, not in 2020, in the next generation of Sony and Microsoft consoles, both PS5 and Xbox Series X, in addition to PC.
Gothic Remake
After learning that the Austrian giant had taken the rights to this intellectual property and the original study, Pyranha Bytes, published a conceptual demo that has finally convinced both parties, which will allow THQ to establish a new headquarters in the Catalan city and A video game with great aspirations is developed there.
"We are ready for the challenge to develop a complete remake of Gothic, which will remain as faithful as possible to the original experience," they began pointing in the statement. Set in "the atmospheric world of Gothic" with new graphics and mechanics "carefully modernized" to respect the original product.
Only the demo of that teaser was played by more than 180,000 people and with more than 9,000 analyzes on Steam. The interest is there; Now we only have to know if the new studio located in Barcelona can meet expectations.
Nascence
Not everything could be big budget games. Dreamppainters also wants to open up in the next generation of consoles and will do so through a trilogy called Anna’s Song. The first video game will be Nascence, which will be available at the end of the year not only on PC via Steam, but also on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
Nascense
The game will base its gameplay on a first-person adventure with elements of terror, exploration and puzzles, with great support in the narrative. According to the first information revealed, we will put ourselves in the shoes of Thomas, a retired photographer who, after living in London practically forever, has to accept the mission of visiting a mysterious I can where an ancient witch, Anna, hides her ashes hiding a mystery safeguarded by an organization that wants to end everything. That religion, apparently unscrupulous, is the danger that haunts Thomas.
As we can see, the graphic style will bet on photorealism, a project that could only be possible in the next generation of consoles that will begin at the end of 2020.
