through Xbox Developer Direct event Microsoft has started its new year strong in the video game industry, as the company has more than one distinctive exclusive that it is preparing to release during the current year, such as Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which is awaited by millions of players around the world, which continues Senua’s journey, and the new Avowed game from the Obsidian development team, owner of Fallout New. Vegas and The Outer World, but unfortunately we did not know the release date of any upcoming Xbox exclusives in the coming period.
For this reason, Xbox returned again with the Xbox Developer Direct event, in which last year 2023 a surprise was revealed to Xbox fans, which was the game Hi-Fi Rush. Although the current 2024 event did not contain any surprises, it did contain 4 exclusives. Featured by the Green Genie, they were reviewed for about an hour and the release date of some of them was revealed. Now we present to you a summary of the event!
An extended review of Avowed with the release window revealed
Xbox began the event with a lengthy and expanded review of Obsidian Games’ upcoming game, the first-person RPG Avowed, which focused on combat methods and how the game will give us freedom in combat so that there is diversity. In the beginning, the game’s events take place in a distinctive world called Living Lands, which is a colorful world with a wonderful and picturesque appearance and diverse in terms of the existing areas because it contains forests, volcanoes, barren lands, and more. According to Obsidian Studio’s description of it, it is a strange game, but at the same time it is vibrant and full of secrets that must be… Discover it like the rest of the studio’s games.
As we already know, the game gives you the option to create your own character from scratch, and you will visit a distinctive world full of secrets in an attempt to end a plague that threatens this world, while Avowed gives you many options for players while playing and progressing in the story, and of course it affects the story, But beware As you explore the world of Living Lands, the game will always put you in complex and difficult situations that force you to make difficult choices with dire consequences, whether in the main story missions or in side content.
From the first moment, combat in the game seems to be one of its most enjoyable elements, along with the design of the lively and diverse game world. The goal of the Avowed developers is to make players able to choose in almost everything, and even combat has taken its share of this matter. A flexible combat system has been introduced that enables you to switch between… Different elements quickly. Combat gives players a good variety, starting with long-range weapons such as firearms and magic wands, which reminded me a lot of the Harry Potter series, and close-range weapons such as swords, and with all of these tools you will fight many diverse enemies and strange creatures.
Combat in Avowed makes players make decisions such as when to use this weapon and when not to use this. It is possible to perform distinctive magical abilities, fight enemies with a sword, counter their attacks with a shield or dodge them, use dual pistols and a bow, or even combine all of this through quick switching. The most distinctive thing is the magic wand that makes you feel like a wizard coming from the world of Harry Potter, and which gives you many abilities on the battlefield. For example, there is an ability called “Tangelfoot” It stops any enemy for a while, which makes you focus on weak or strong enemies only, and the ability to freeze enemies in place so that you can then use the sword and destroy them while freezing, and more.
Finally, the game contains a large amount of customizable weapons that can be chosen from or switched between quickly during combat. For example, you can carry a sword and a shield and enter battles, dual pistols, or even a dual magic wand to unleash a large amount of magical abilities. Avowed really seems to be a promising game because of the huge variety in it, from the wonderful world and the choices that the game gives you to the diverse combat that is suitable for all players. We hope that it actually lives up to expectations.
Avowed will be released during the fall of this year 2024, that is, between August and October, exclusively on the PC, Xbox Series
The release date for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 has finally been revealed
Over the past two days, a leaker has already leaked an exclusive release date Xbox The anticipated Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 was released by Ninja Theory before the launch of the Xbox Developer Direct event, and with the official launch of the event, it became clear that the leak was correct, as it confirmed that the game is coming on May 21, 2024. Aside from the release date, some things were reviewed from behind the scenes of development and other things related to the game’s story and Senua’s journey full of dangers were revealed.
The events of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 take place in the tenth century after Senua’s arrival in Iceland, and this time her mission has changed from the first game, as Senua is now trying to get rid of the Vikings who invaded her village and enslaved her people, and she is trying to fight them with all her might, while our heroine has learned how to deal with the voices in her head that… She is caused by psychosis, and throughout her journey she will meet new companions and also new enemies.
Although Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 presents a fictional story in a fantasy world, attention will be paid to history here, according to the developers’ description, with the addition of some fantasy elements that add a lot to the experience. This is in addition to adding some new elements to combat. Through this game, the developers aim to make… The player is immersed in its dark world and feels the Senua experience to the fullest.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 will be released on May 21, 2024 exclusively on the PC, Xbox Series And texts.
The Mana series debuts on Xbox platforms
Before the official launch of the Xbox Developer Direct event, rumors appeared about the existence of a fifth game along with the other games that we already knew existed at the event. We were surprised by the appearance of Square Enix by announcing the arrival of the Mana game series for the first time on Xbox platforms through the Visions of Mana part. Coming during this year, in which the developers added everything they learned and presented in more than 17 previous parts in the history of the series.
During the event, Masaru Oyamada, the producer of the series, reviewed some things behind the scenes of the development process and also reviewed many other things, including diverse environments and fast and flexible combat. The monsters that you will encounter in the game world and how they were designed were reviewed, with the addition of new companion animals called “pickle” It helps in moving between different areas with large areas in the world and map of Visions of Mana.
Masaru Oyamada confirmed that there are more than 100 songs in the game, with the addition of an interactive music system that makes the music change instantly when exploring, entering a fight, or finishing a fight. Some of the different elements were reviewed and how each weapon has its effect on the battlefield, in addition to air combat, which allows the use of… Weapons and magic items on enemies while in the air, all of which makes combat fluid.
Visions of Mana will be released in the summer of this year 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series
Review of the strategy game Ara: History Untold
Among the games that were present at the event was the strategic game Ara: History Untold, which is considered a tribute to players who love strategy games, which makes them able to build their empire from the ground up until it becomes the largest country in the world in a living world that is affected by all your choices and what you do in the game world. , while the developers say that it challenges the concepts and elements presented in the genre before. The Oxide Games studio reviews many things such as manufacturing and various strategic choices in the game world, with a review behind the scenes of the development process with the ability to build many historical buildings such as the pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, and more. You can learn more about the game through the clip above.
Ara: History Untold will be released sometime in the fall of this year 2024, that is, between August and October, on PC and PC Game Pass.
After a long wait: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle adventure game review
Finally, Machine Games, the developer of the Wolfenstein shooting game series, has revealed for the first time the action and adventure game that has been awaited for years, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, directed by Todd Howard, which revolves around explorer and archaeologist Dr. Henry Walton, or as he is known as Indiana Jones, played by actor Troy Baker in the game. The game’s events take place between the events of the films Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, and will take us on a distinctive journey among the monuments of the entire world, starting from the pyramids in Egypt and the Himalayas to ancient temples, in an attempt by explorer Jones to solve an ancient mystery.
The game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be from a first-person perspective, with support for a third-person perspective in rare moments in the game. The reason for choosing the first perspective, according to what the developer studio said, is to make us go through the journey of discovery through the eyes of Indiana Jones and feel everything he does, not just play with him, but I think it would have been better to present it in a third-person perspective because it is an action and adventure game like Uncharted and Tomb Raider and is considered a competitor to them. But let’s wait and see what the gaming experience will look like upon release.
Although I am completely convinced so far that the first-person perspective is not suitable for this game, it seems that the studio knew how to make it suitable for this game, as it offers a good playing style in which you fight enemies in the way you want and in which you will rely on fighting enemies with hands or pistols, and it is not possible Forgetting the famous whip that Jones will use in the game to climb and fight enemies and the more distinctive tools that we will use, and because it is an adventure game, it contains many puzzles as we saw in the clip above.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be released sometime in 2024 exclusively on PC, Xbox Series
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This was a summary of everything that was revealed during the Xbox Developer Direct event, which confirms that Xbox will enter the new year with all its strength through a group of distinctive exclusives that await all Xbox fans and owners around the world. The entire event can be watched in Arabic below:
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