Xbox Game Pass continues to be arguably the most attractive service in video games. Giving players and possibly even more important, developers a platform to get their games in front of more eyes at little cost for consumers. This is even more relevant for all the developers a part of Xbox Game Studios. In an
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Phil Spencer is a busy man. Just a few days after returning from a trip to Japan, the Head of Xbox tweeted Tuesday that he received an update from Microsoft’s internal studio, The Initiative, and may have included a small tease as to what the team might be working on. The key here is that
We Happy Few is far from the success that developer Compulsion Games wanted it to be. However, the team did do a commendable job of keeping up support on the game well past its August 2018 release. In a recent interview with US Gamer, founder Guillame Provost spoke to how the team plans to use
According to a LinkedIn update, former Naughty Dog developer Robert Ryan joined Microsoft’s newest game studio, The Initiative, as a senior systems designer back in April. Despite being less than a year old, The Initiative is already filled with brilliant minds likeGod of War lead producer Brian Westergaard and Red Dead Redemption lead writer Christian
UPDATE (11/11/18): During yesterday’s Inside Xbox: X018 Special, Microsoft revealed that it had acquired two more studios: Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. As such, I have updated this article to reflect that and give insight about these newly acquired studios. During Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, the large publisher announced the acquisition of five brand new
In just two days, Compulsion Games and Gearbox Publishing will releasing We Happy Few on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. That being said, the developers revealed today on PlayStation Blog that PlayStation VR owners will be able to try out an exclusive side story called Uncle Jack Live VR for free starting today. At the
After spending the past few years in an early access state, the long-awaited We Happy Few will finally deliver its particular brand of dystopian “fun” (if that’s what you might call it) to players this week, though Compulsion Games has revealed that more in store for players after release in the form of post-release content. Developer
Compulsion Games, who have recently been acquired by Microsoft, will be releasing We Happy Few on PC, PS4, and Xbox One next month. Just a month before release, some new screenshots and an overview trailer delivered in a somewhat disturbing way have been released. The new video is titled Always Be Cheerful: The ABCs of
The Bioshock games have done something interesting where they not only combine fantastic gameplay and story, but they do it all within some genuinely fascinating worlds. Unfortunately, Bioshock: Infinite was released in 2013, and ever since then I’ve had this desire for a game set within mysterious and detailed worlds, but it seemed like interest in those types
Gearbox Publishing and Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few was denied by the Australian Classification Review Board in May, which meant the game could not release in that region. Fortunately, after fighting this decision for quite a bit, the developers got this decision overturned, with We Happy Few receiving an R18+ rating and permission to release in
One of the last occasions in which we heard news about Compulsion Games’ upcoming survival game We Happy Few, the title had been delayed into Summer of 2018. Today, that silence was broken. Compulsion Games released a short new gameplay teaser on their YouTube channel today which shows off a couple quick new glimpses of action from We
Last year, developer Compulsion Games announced a release date for their highly anticipated and successful game We Happy Few, which has been in Early Access since July of 2016. They even revealed then that Gearbox Publishing would help publish the game on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. Unfortunately, the developers announced today that they have delayed
It has been a busy week for UK developer Compulsion Games. First, it announced that its popular action adventure title, We Happy Few, was poised to leave Early Access and launch on April 13th. It also announced that it was now coming to PS4 in addition to Xbox One and PC, and had picked up a publisher