Want to get an idea of what Microsoft Studios is working on? You can check out what games they have recently finished, and what they’re working on now, in this list below.
Bear in mind that this list has been updated since Gamescom, and includes a lot of DLC for completed projects, as well as a large number of unannounced projects.
•343 Industries – Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One) / Halo: The Master Chief Collection updates (Xbox One) / Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One/PC)
•Big Park – Entertainment and sports apps (Xbox One)
•Decisive Games – Unannounced strategy game
•[Fun]ction Studios – Hololens development
•Good Science Studio – Hololens development
•Lift London – Hololens development
•Lionhead Studios – Fable Legends (Xbox One/PC) / New IP
•LXP – Hololens development
•Mojang – Minecraft (PC/Mobile/Hololens)
•Press Play – Unannounced new project
•Rare – Sea of Thieves (Xbox One/PC) / RareReplay (Xbox One)
•Team Dakota – Project Spark (Xbox One/PC)
•The Coalition – Gears of War 4 (Xbox One) / Gears of War Ultimate Edition (Xbox One/PC)
•Twisted Pixel – “AAA” game
•Turn10 – Forza Motorsport 6 (Xbox One)
Second party studios (publishing relationships or contract work):
•4J Studios – Minecraft: Xbox Edition DLC (Xbox One/Xbox 360) / Rare Replay (Xbox One)
•Armature Studios – ReCore (Xbox One)
•Cloudgine – Crackdown 3 (Xbox One)
•Code Mystics – Rare Replay (Xbox One)
•Comcept – ReCore (Xbox One)
•Fatshark – Cobalt (Xbox One/Xbox 360)
•Harmonix Music Systems – Dance Central: Spotlight DLC (Xbox One)
•Iron Galaxy – Killer Instinct: Season Three (Xbox One/PC)
•Moon Studios – Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition [DLC Expansion] (Xbox One/PC)
•Motiga – Gigantic (Xbox One/PC)
•Oxeye Games – Cobalt (Xbox One/Xbox 360/PC)
•Platinum Games – Scalebound (Xbox One)
•Playground Games – Forza Horizon 2 DLC (Xbox One)
•ReAgent Games – Crackdown 3 (Xbox One)
•Remedy Entertainment – Quantum Break (Xbox One)
•Saber Interactive – Halo Online (PC)
•Splash Damage – Gears of War Ultimate Edition (Xbox One/PC)
•Undead Labs – State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition (Xbox One/PC) / Unannounced project
•Sumo Digital – Crackdown 3 (Xbox One)
•Vanguard Games – Halo: Spartan Strike (PC/mobile)
•Wargaming.net – World of Tanks: Xbox Edition (Xbox 360/Xbox One)
Third-party relationships (exclusives games that are third-party publisher titles):
•Creative Assembly [Sega] – Halo Wars 2 (Xbox One/PC)
•Crystal Dynamics [Square Enix] – Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox One/Xbox 360)
Recent publishing or third-partnerships partnerships with no announced active exclusive project:
•Certain Affinity – Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox One)
•Frontier Developments – Screamride (Xbox One/Xbox 360)
•Harmonix Music Systems [Disney Interactive] – Fantasia: Music Evolved DLC (Xbox One/Xbox 360)
•Insomniac Games – Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One)
•Ruffian Games – Halo The Master Chief Collection: Halo 3 / Halo 4/Halo 3 ODST (Xbox One)
Other information/hints:
•Contract partners: •One Bit Labs – “Top Secret” on Xbox One box art under current work (Not updated post-Gamescom as yet)
•Skybox Labs – Unannounced Xbox One project (Not updated post-Gamescom as yet)
•Lift London •Hololens development
•New studios: •Decisive Games •“AAA title within an established and well-loved strategy game franchise”
•Games for Windows and Xbox
•Platform Next Studios – Hololens
•Phantom Dust – Currently without a developer but not cancelled
•Team Dakota – Incubation team for their next project
Looking at this list, it’s hard to argue that Microsoft Studios has been neglectful of the Xbox One, and yet it feels like these exclusives have not been enough for gamers, most of whom went for a PlayStation 4.
Which of these unannounced projects do you think Microsoft Studios should announce next? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
