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[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Daniel

… What’s this whispering into the wind?

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LAUNCH ≠ LEGS and Ill just point to @Vivir post from now on

Gears Discussion Thread: What should the future of the series be?

Those Gears numbers remind me of when Netflix announces a new movie that nobody ever talks about breaks it’s viewership records lol. Like of course it’s going to be the biggest launch of the X1 generation up to that point lol, what else is it competing ? Can’t use FH4, gamepass subscriber base was in it’s infancy when FH4 launched lol. “Gears 5 was the highest Steam launch in Xbox history.” Of course it would be, there hasn’t been any notable XGS debut on Steam until Gears 5 lol, virtually eve…

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Ser_Bloodraven

There’s a dedicated thread for whining about Gears

Promise I didnt start it this time

[mcolt]

Do we know if inXile is working on more than one game?

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@mcolt

Do we know if inXile is working on more than one game?

Its rumored to be working on 2 games. Go to the projects thread.

[solis74 (solis)]

so cool

Daniele Galante

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@solis74

so cool

Sound is such an underrated aspect in games. Cant wait for the final full range in Hellblade cause its gonna be insane.

[mcolt]

@javycane

Its rumored to be working on 2 games. Go to the projects thread.

Thanks, didn’t know about the projects thread!

I knew about the “current events” game, but I don’t know why I thought it’s same steampunk game.

I assume Project Cobalt is the one that Microsoft was interested in before the acquisition.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@mcolt

Thanks, didn’t know about the projects thread!

I knew about the “current events” game, but I don’t know why I thought it’s same steampunk game.

I assume Project Cobalt is the one that Microsoft was interested in before the acquisition.

I believe the project Microsoft was interested pre acquisition was Avowed from Obsidian chief.

[mcolt]

@javycane

I believe the project Microsoft was interested pre acquisition was Avowed from Obsidian chief.

Maybe. But Fargo definitely mentioned that Microsoft was very interested in a game that they were working on.

[solis74 (solis)]

@javycane

Sound is such an underrated aspect in games. Cant wait for the final full range in Hellblade cause its gonna be insane.

watched the trailer a dozen times, but with some headphones on it hits even more impactful, so good.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@solis74

watched the trailer a dozen times, but with some headphones on it hits even more impactful, so good.

Oh I have a dolby atmos setup and you can pin point most sounds in the main soundbar being placed in the correct spots but I want the full 3D experience like Senua talking in that cave should sound insane in my set up and such.

[Rumble]

@javycane

I believe the project Microsoft was interested pre acquisition was Avowed from Obsidian chief.

I believe the specific reference is to Brian Fargo from an interview in 2018.

InXile acquired by Microsoft: the interview

Are you working on something now?

Brian Fargo: Well, we’ve had a project in development for some time we haven’t announced that they’re quite keen on, so we’ll be looking at that and saying, ‘Okay, what does this product look like now we’re going to be given extra time and resources?’ Evaluating how we could make it better.

Was that game part of the deal? Or was it more Microsoft acquiring inXile and then looking at what you could do?

Brian Fargo: They were certainly looking at what we had in development as an indicator of where we were going. They were interested in us because we are a self-sufficient company that can do good product without hand-holding which they could see, with a little extra resource, could really be pushed up a notch. That, as a general sense, was a motivator, and then in addition they were able to look at what was in the pipe and say, ‘These guys are really doing some interesting, innovative things.’

He was probably talking about Project Cobalt.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Rumble

Bet! I know they said xbox acquired Obsidian cause they were super interested in what would become Avowed.

[Klobrille]

@Mohammed_Gamal

@Klobrille
You saw Avowed, i know what you saw is not finished and polished and miss staff but can you answer
How close it to Hellblade ii (The quality of the visuals ) ? Obsidian wasn’t as good as ninja theory in that area but if it near from it (80%~90%) that’s will be a huge upgrade from what we have before from obsidian obsidian didn’t give us an update as they promised “soon” : (
but you can : )

Hellblade II is on a completely different level. But it’s also a very different game, so I don’t think it makes too much sense too compare these two.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

Well hope I can do some actual Halo progress today and not spend my day collecting cores and armory items lol.

[pg2g]

@mcolt

Thanks, didn’t know about the projects thread!

I knew about the “current events” game, but I don’t know why I thought it’s same steampunk game.

I assume Project Cobalt is the one that Microsoft was interested in before the acquisition.

Yeah, I think the second game is just in early pre production. Will be the project folks move to once Cobalt is released.

[QuietGamer90 (Tawsif (Rafee))]

@javycane

Well hope I can do some actual Halo progress today and not spend my day collecting cores and armory items lol.

Same here - The moment the game dropped me in Zeta Halo, exploration mode took over and my plan of sticking strictly on the golden path went out the window

[ProgStopper]

Somebody said on OtherERA that the Design Director left the Initiative after 3 years?

Can somebody confirm?

[pg2g]

@ProgStopper

Somebody said on OtherERA that the Design Director left the Initiative after 3 years?

Can somebody confirm?

That is the guy who went back to Insomniac isn’t it?

[ProgStopper]

@pg2g

That is the guy who went back to Insomniac isn’t it?

Was it?

OtherERA seems to make it think it was recent.