Xbox Series X Launch Plans
Microsoft is finally talking about launch
Microsoft is planning some kind of showcase every month until launch in a series called Xbox 20/20, which kicks off with Inside Xbox on May 7th.
Last week, Microsoft started opening up about their Xbox Series X plans and announced that the first third-party games would be showcased in a live stream on May 7th. Xbox Game Studios will show off their own work sometime in July.
- Xbox Series X and Halo Infinite will both launch this year
- All fifteen Xbox Game Studios teams are working on next-gen games
- Four titles have been confirmed for PC Game Pass: Microsoft Flight Simulator, Wasteland 3, Minecraft Dungeons and Halo Infinite
- Xbox Game Pass users will gain access to Project xCloud later this year
What’s that sound? Microsoft just dropped a short video which fans speculate features the Series X startup chime. We will probably learn the truth on May 7th. In the meantime, you can chew on this blog post.
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Daily Fact
Shenmue: A Long Time Coming
It took nearly 20 years for the third Shenmue game to reach fans, but that’s a bit of a series tradition.
The first game was originally designed for the Sega Saturn, acknowledged by the presence of a Saturn console in a cupboard beneath the TV in Ryo’s home. Shenmue was also supposed to feature a bicycle that would speed up traversal, but that’s just one of the many features that didn’t make the cut.
The development process didn’t exactly go smoothly – especially since the game was ported to Dreamcast midway through – and ended up costing $47 million dollars – probably playing a significant part in Sega’s retreat from the console market in the early 2000s.
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