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Xbox presented today a quite unique direct, in which the developers themselves talk about the games they are working on for either Xbox, PC or Game Pass. The quite-lengthy 44 minutes direct goes over many of the technical and artistry aspects of the many games that the teams have been working on to present their games into the world.

The presented games go as follows:

• Minecraft Legends, an action-strategy game based on the Minecraft IP, presented by Executive Producer, Dennis Ries. Coming April 18th, 2023.
• Forza Motorsport, the newest entry in the Forza franchise with over 800 cars, and 800 features to customize them, presented by creative director, Chris Esaki. They showing their incredible realism in terms of using a spectophotometer for light sources, life-like reflections and gloss, and even simulatig dirt accumulation in the car's chassis. Coming in 2023.
  
• Hi-Fi Rush, an interesting rhythm-action game with a cartoony/cel-shaded stylish artstyle, in the vein of something similar to Bayonetta or Red Steel, but with the twist that the better the player flows with the music, the better the effect of abilities and attacks get, presented by none other than Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil and The Evil Within fame as the studio head of Tango Gameworks, and director John Johannes. Available right after the Direct, January 25th, 2023.
• The Elder Scrolls Online gets a brand new cinematic teaser, with a new chapter called "Necrom" with a new class called Arcanist, presented by Matt Firor, head of Zenimax Studios. Coming June 5th, 2023 for PC and June 20th, 2023 for Xbox.
  
• Redfall gets a brand new trailer. A vampire-slaying FPS that can be played single player or co-op, with 4 heroes to choose from, each with unique abilities, presented by director Harvey Smith and creative director Ricardo Bare. Coming May 2nd, 2023.

 

[RonanCarter]

Minecraft Legends is definitely not something I'm looking forward to.