January is usually not the month when a big studio announces a new game, but the Xbox Developer Direct event, which was held by Microsoft in the evening on Wednesday, was an even more pleasant surprise. Although he didn’t show anything from his greatest hit Starfieldeven pesto managed to impress.
First of all, we managed to get a closer look at the upcoming strategy action from the world of Minecraft. Although the subtitle Legends is not very interesting, the game itself is a bit more interesting. In addition to campaigns in which we will try to stop the invasion of pigs, you can also go to multiplayer in several cooperative and competitive battles. Even if you look at the poor graphics, it’s a hit of at least the same caliber as Dungeons (our review). The game comes out on April 18.
The seductive Forza series is one of Xbox’s built-in gems, and Microsoft isn’t afraid to capitalize on it. split the character into two separate streams, we got the Forza Horizon arcade not a year ago (we review), now he drove to its external Motorsport variant. This fixed circuit simulator will be the answer to Gran Turismo from PlayStation, unfortunately the exact release date is still unknown.
The latest and actually the only surprising presentation was a new product from the Japanese company Tango Gameworks. The studio famous for the horror series Evil Within radically changed nr and released the rhythm action game Hi-Fi RUSH. Yes, it was actually released, unlike the content of other notifications, you don’t have to wait for anything and you can download the game from Steam or Xbox Marketplace. Moreover, at a reasonable price of about 1,000 crowns. And why should you chisel it? On the one hand, because of the great soundtrack from bands like Nine Inch Nails, Black Keys, Prodigy, The Joy Formidable or Zwan (do you remember them at all?), on the other hand, because it’s a really good game. At the time of writing this link, it has a 100% rating on Steam from over a hundred amateur reviewers.
And then there’s Redfall, especially the most ambitious game that Xbox fulfills for the first half of this summer. It is a cooperative action, outside you will try to save the world from the invasion of op. We were skeptical for a long time, because the game does not resemble Arkane’s previous productions (Dishonored, Prey), but in the end we take it for granted. No, this really wasn’t a clone of Left 4 Dead, which everyone will be able to convince themselves of on May 2.
The whole show lacked the bombast of PlayStation exclusives, but Microsoft’s decision is nothing to be ashamed of. The trend is clear, especially not for the first time, but for persistent worlds that you will return to for a long time. And of course I have to pay for Game Pass subscription, where all the game changers can be released right from the first day.
