A highly anticipated RPG by fans of the genre will only be available on Xbox and PC, bad news for PS5 gamers who are fans of RPGs.
The hearing between Microsoft and the FTC in a federal court in California is heating up. Many important insights emerge from this conflict between the Federal Trade Commission, the competition regulator that wants to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and the Redmond-based company. During the hearing, the American organization referred to a private email from Matt Booty, director of Xbox Games Studios, in which he clearly expressed his desire to bankrupt Sony. But this trial is also an opportunity to learn more about some games in development, such as The Elder Scrolls 6
Project Dragon will be exclusive to Xbox
The FTC also had an analysis by Xbox of the benefits and risks of acquiring various studios on a case-by-case basis. This document contains a study by IO Interactive Studios, developers of the last three episodes of the license hit man. Then we learn that the next title is from the Danish studio that would now be codenamed project dragonwill be exclusive to Xbox.
Rumors already indicated that the game could skip to Sony consoles when it was announced in March last year, but with the submission of this document by the FTC, which is primarily concerned with the submission of this document, it is now official. Until then, IO Interactive used the name project fantasy
An RPG to seduce Game of Thrones fans?
Will dragons be the focus of the game? project dragon developed by IO Interactive, as in another expected role-playing game, viz Crimson Desert ? Note that the game is also referred to as a shooter, inevitably reminiscent of free-to-play Century: Age of Ash. In any case, there is no doubt that fans of game of Thrones I’ll take a closer look at the project from now on. The Xbox exclusively by project dragon is obviously bad news for PS5 owners who would certainly like to enjoy it on their console.
Let’s hope for them they can digest this, as Microsoft looks set to continue multiplying acquisitions and exclusivity deals around the genre. The hearing between the American giant and the FTC revealed that SEGA may have come under the control of Xbox Games Studios. Given that Microsoft wants to strengthen its position in the Japanese market, there is nothing to suggest that the company has abandoned this idea. In any case, the two industry giants seem to have reached an agreement on the Xbox Game Pass.