Xbox 20/20 has officially started with today’s Inside Xbox, upcoming games from third party developers has been revealed with a few surprises along the way, sadly for the Xbox Team, the Xbox community did not seem to pleased about today’s Inside Xbox. The dislike ratio is three to one for this edition of Inside Xbox, the main reason is not that the announcements where not exciting as there are big reveals during the 25 minutes event. Is the lack of gameplay that annoyed fans.
Fans may be disappointment about not seeing actual gameplay from Xbox Series X, but today’s Inside Xbox did an amazing work at revealing whats next for Xbox fans, the event highlighted thirteen new titles coming for Xbox Series X, some will feature smart delivery and others will release before the launch of Series X. According to Microsoft, this was just the beginning, literately they can confirm that “hundreds” of titles are already in the work for Xbox Series X, more information will arrive in the coming months.
According to Microsoft, all the games revealed today are Xbox Series X Optimized, this means that they can take advantage of the powerful console and will run in 4K and up to 120 frames per second, other features like DirectStorage, hardware-accelerated Direct X RayTracing are also featured.
Putting the power of the console in the hands of developers to decide what’s best for their games is one of our core beliefs and we’re excited for this first look at how they are choosing to leverage the Xbox Series X.
Some of the games will also feature Smart Delivery, this means that players will only have the game once and will be able to play it on their current Xbox One and the upcoming Xbox Series X nine of the thirteenth title revealed today takes part of the Smart Delivery feature of Xbox.
Now, lets go through the games revealed today:
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Ubisoft shared a few details about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players will take the role of Eivor, a legendary Viking raider on a quest for glory. The game features a dynamic and beautiful open world set against the brutal backdrop of England’s Dark Ages.
Bright Memory Infinite: this game is an all-new lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by FYQD-Studio. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.
Call of the Sea: Developed by Raw Fury, this game is a first-person adventure puzzle game set in the 1930s that tells the story of Norah, a woman on the trail of her missing husband’s expedition.
Chorus: The latest from Deep Silver will take players in an immersive single-player experience that tells a mature and dark tale of redemption. Takeing the role of Nara, an ace pilot with a haunted past. According to the develpers, Chorus is “a true evolution of the space combat shooter.”
Madden NFL 21:As it was confirmed by the EA recently, the EA Sports’ Madden NFL games are not stopping, the three decades franchise received a touching trailer. Other than that, there is not much revealed on the new NFL simulator.
Scarlet Nexus: Bandai Namco Entertainment was also present with this very interesting game, players take on the role of Yuito Sumeragi, a new recruit to the OSF aiming to become an elite psionic like the one who saved him as a child.
Scorn: This game is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game . It is designed around the idea of “being thrown into the world”. Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world, you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character itself. Every location contains its own theme (story), puzzles and characters that are integral in creating a cohesive world.
Second Extinction: From Systemic Reaction arrives this 3 player cooperative shooter, player’s goal is to wipe out the mutated dinosaurs that have taken over the planet.
The Ascent: This is a single player and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The plot tells the story of a mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, but the corporation has just collapsed leading to confusion and chaos.
The Medium:Bloober Team is producing this next-gen psychological horror game, players take the role of Marianne, a medium living in two worlds: the real and the spirit one.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2: Paradox Interactive also said present, players will soon be able to rise on the vampire society
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Announced today, the game follows the same formula than its predecessors, the game is confirmed to feature Smart Delivery at launch, cross save functionality is also supported.
