The Xbox Wrap Up

A busy week has made this a rough episode to get out in a timely manner, but it's still Friday and you want the news! Bethesda announced that it will be delaying Redfall and Starfield till 2023. This leaves a huge hole in Xbox exclusives for the last half of 2022, leaving many to wonder what will actually be shown at the Xbox Bethesda Showcase in June. Gotham Knights released a gameplay demo that left many excited while others question if the gameplay loop will be interesting enough. Jim Ryan talks about sitting on the fence with his two cats and a brief look at this week's big release Evil Dead: The Game.

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Weird week for news but we did get some information regarding Halo Season 2, World of Warcraft's new expansion as well as a some reveals for new games and new on Outriders, Sea of Thieves, and Call of Duty.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/microsoft-could-find-news-ways-to-add-more-ads-to-xbox-games/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-looking-to-make-ad-program-for-playstation-games-report-says/

https://www.pcgamer.com/amy-hennig-is-taking-another-shot-at-making-a-star-wars-game/

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23783667/world-of-warcraft-reveal-news-round-up?blzcmp=app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0rPbFshrY

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/season-2-modes-preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUP6BbrZL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQ0bvmZWC0

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sonic-origins-is-remastered-classic-sonic-collection-coming-june-23/1100-6502606/

https://www.polygon.com/23031894/sega-crazy-taxi-jet-set-radio-reboots-super-game

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-confirms-destiny-2-easter-egg-next-game?utm_source=facebook

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-best-xbox-deals-available-this-week/1100-6501355/?PostType=image&ftag=ftag%3DGSS-05-10aab8e&UniqueID=5C013CB2-C0D2-11EC-82B7-99E1923C408C&ServiceType=twitter&TheTime=2022-04-20T17%3A50%3A26

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection-limited-edition-nintendo-switch/6505858.p?cmp=RMX&skuId=6505858&irclickid=Tf5XZeTrczAhTj40pczjWWUVUkGXHh3pQyUJVM0&irgwc=1&ref=198&loc=Narrativ%20Campaign&acampID=0&mpid=3139288

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sonic-origins-digital-deluxe?aff_track=CJ&CJEVENT=0e63aa9dc18f11ec830a13040a1c0e14&utm_source=CJ&cj_pid=7058984&cj_aid=13797872

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/19/game-pass-mid-april-2022-update/

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/21/outriders-worldslayer-revealed/https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/21/more-adventures-await-in-sea-of-thieves/

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/20/pc-game-pass-launch-southeast-asia/

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220422005136/en/Nintendo-News-Enter-the-Splatlands-When-Splatoon-3-Surfaces-on-Sept.-9

In this week's episode, we had some crazy news going on with Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, Halo and Square Enix!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/sony-and-nintendo-update-gaming-subscription-auto-renewals-after-uk-investigation/ar-AAWbPh4?ocid=uxbndlbing

https://www.polygon.com/23025422/bethesda-net-transfer-to-steam-april-27

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-mans-sky-outlaws-update-adds-criminal-underworld-and-overhauled-space-combat/1100-6502425/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hardspace-shipbreaker-is-coming-to-game-pass-for-pc/1100-6502477/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hideo-kojimas-xbox-project-is-still-underway-report/1100-6502486/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/halo-infinite-season-2-start-date-new-modes-and-lone-wolves-battle-pass/1100-6502329/

https://www.windowscentral.com/halo-mcc-flood-firefight-xbox-pc-cross-play-testing

http://www.nrta.gov.cn/art/2022/4/15/art_113_60105.html

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1514796895897468936

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/kingdom-hearts-4-nomura-interview-revelations/

https://gamerant.com/overwatch-organizations-blackwatch-null-talon/

https://www.ign.com/articles/overwatch-2-hero-sojourn-origin-story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPNNTMu4iko&t=2s

https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/1514287703956889611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1514290313128517635%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Fvideos%2Fcall-of-duty-vanguard-and-warzone-season-three-classified-arms-cinematic-trailer

https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-godzilla-event

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/04/ghost-of-tsushima-dev-is-moving-on-after-two-years-of-updates

https://www.ign.com/articles/destiny-developer-bungie-commits-to-remote-working

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-expansion-coming-in-2023-more-news-this-year/1100-6502491/

https://www.ign.com/articles/witcher-3-next-gen-not-in-development-hell-cd-projekt-asserts

https://www.polygon.com/23025514/kingdom-hearts-4-sora-appearance-quadratum-tetsuya-nomura-interview

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xcom-2-is-free-on-the-epic-games-store/1100-6476419/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/3-xbox-games-are-free-this-weekend-including-control/1100-6502488/

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/save-on-switch?irclickid=Tf5XZeTrczAhTj40pczjWWUVUkGV5J19QyUJVM0&irgwc=1&ref=198&loc=Narrativ%20Campaign&acampID=0&mpid=3139288

Unreal Engine 5 is out, who is going to jump on to start developing with it? There were a lot of partnerships this week instead of buyout with Epic and Lego getting together to make a metaverse. Day's Gone director is joining Crystal Dynamics. Activision is making it's QA employees full-time and Remedy worked out a partnership with Rockstar to remake the Max Payne games! Lots of other content covered in this week's episode of the Xbox Wrap Up.

Sources:

https://www.ign.com/articles/ghost-recon-breakpoint-final-support

https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-enters-agreement-with-rockstar-games-for-new-max-payne-12-project/

https://www.windowscentral.com/should-xbox-move-its-pc-game-pass-operation-battlenet

https://www.ign.com/articles/max-payne-remake-remedy-rockstar-ps5-pc-xbox

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-studio-epic-teams-up-with-lego-to-make-an-immersive-new-digital-metaverse-experience/1100-6502279/

Unreal Engine 5 Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLibi6s_ew

https://www.polygon.com/23011548/unreal-engine-5-release-date-launch

https://www.ign.com/articles/days-gone-director-jeff-ross-joins-tomb-raider-reboot-dev-crystal-dynamics

Lots of news this week but the biggest takeaways are the changes coming to Sony and Xbox's subscription services. Also, E3 is dead and I'm going to miss it and Fortnite is adding a boomer mode permanently.

Links:

https://www.ign.com/articles/fortnite-zero-build-is-a-no-build-battle-royale-mode-that-is-here-to-stay

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-sues-fake-youtube-copyright-claims-before-it-knows-who-they-are

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996408/gta-online-rockstar-games-subscription-service

https://opencritic.com/game/12939/weird-west

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-backtracks-removing-twitter-share-option

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-games-with-gold-april-2022-revealed

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/03/29/new-games-with-gold-for-april-2022/

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-moving-ahead-xbox-game-pass-family-plan

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/31/23005173/microsoft-xbox-minecraft-ray-tracing-preview-removal-mistake

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/gran-turismo-7-e2-80-99s-developers-apologize-for-the-grind-promise-fixes-and-a-million-free-credits/ar-AAVv3oF?ocid=BingNewsSearch

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/spring-sale-promotion-comes-to-playstation-store/

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/30/playstation-plus-games-for-april-hood-outlaws-legends-spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-rehydrated-slay-the-spire/

Don't bother going to this link:

This week in the Xbox Wrap up it's time to talk about the Halo TV show, Ghostwire: Kirby, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands as well as console software updates and Fortnite ditches building!

Twitter: @Capt_Logun or @TheXboxWrapUp

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Links:

https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/21/nintendo-switch-folders/

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58092

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/03/22/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-inspired-xbox-controllers/

https://www.windowscentral.com/idxbox-2-5-billion-revenue-indie-developers

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22995291/activision-blizzard-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-lisa-boom-jane-doe

https://www.axios.com/microsoft-activision-unionization-raven-software-letter-43f0d3ac-a797-4420-a494-983269157e7a.html

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-adds-two-more-games-204618641.html

https://opencritic.com/game/12353/tiny-tinas-wonderlands

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ghostwire-tokyo-review-shibuya-scramble/1900-6417848/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-ps5-update-out-now-vrr-support-coming-in-the-months-ahead/1100-6501809/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-stranding-directors-cut-comes-to-pc-next-week/1100-6501890/

https://www.razer.com/console-controllers/captain-america-controller-and-charging-stand/ELMVXBWCR-0UCPO

https://www.onmsft.com/news/these-new-controllers-highlight-the-xbox-spring-collection

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22988901/fortnite-ukraine-relief

Lots of interesting stuff going on this week if whether you're a fan of indie games, the Wizarding World, or the upcoming new IP Starfield from Bethesda Studios.

Links:

https://www.ign.com/videos/starfield-into-the-starfield-made-for-wanderers-video

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/03/16/icymi-idxbox-showcase-with-twitchgaming/

https://www.ign.com/articles/dead-space-remake-early-2023-release-date

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-play-2022-canceled

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/17/hogwarts-legacy-your-first-look-at-extended-gameplay/

https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-has-already-sold-12-million-copies-worldwide

This week we had a Sony State of Play that announced a handful of 3rd party games as well as some news from Overwatch 2, Skull and Bones, and Gotham Knights! Nintendo joins Xbox and Sony in stopping sales in Russia and Xbox commits to going 100% sustainable resources by 2030. There's a lot more that I dive into this week.

Link Dump:

https://www.ign.com/articles/ukrainian-game-studios-industry-support-ukraine

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-playstation-suspends-software-hardware-sales-russia

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-russia-sales-xbox

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-halt-sales-russia-ukraine

https://www.ign.com/articles/how-to-help-ukrainian-civilians

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/beta/

https://youtu.be/GgaWQMkS0AI

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/here-s-why-microsoft-s-carbon-footprint-grew-21-last-year-as-profits-swelled/ar-AAUTre9?ocid=BingNews

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/03/10/an-update-on-xbox-sustainability-efforts/?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Link_lrn_3.10.1

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22971187/xbox-energy-saver-mode-download-updates-microsoft

https://www.ign.com/articles/gotham-knights-release-date-2022

https://www.ign.com/articles/skull-bones-long-delayed-ubisoft-pirate-game-opens-applications-for-public-testing

https://twitter.com/skullnbonesgame/status/1501603730956947465?s=20&t=NjS3ydDqT2BOUOgM5nUTRg

https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/10/dead-space-devs-push-remake-release-target-out-of-2022/

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/03/10/idxbox-spring-showcase-with-twitchgaming-march-16/

https://opencritic.com/game/12852/wwe-2k22

https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-ps4-state-of-play-march

https://www.ign.com/games/gundam-evolution

https://www.nintendo.com/store/special-offers/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1132980/There_Is_No_Light/

https://youtu.be/L5NMQyfyX9s