Rumor: Upcoming Xbox Console Exclusive Game Could Have 8-Player Co-Op

A recent update to Microsoft's website suggests that Square-Enix's upcoming Visions of Mana may be headed to Xbox Game Pass alongside its release. Square-Enix first announced the newest entry in the long-running RPG franchise during the 2023 Game Awards, surprising fans with the reveal of the newest Mana game. The RPG is set to arrive as the first brand-new main-series entry in the franchise in nearly two decades, with Mana's recent releases coming as remakes of older titles. Now, the newest Square-Enix game may be coming to Game Pass as well.

The first month of 2024 isn’t over yet, but it’s already been a brutal year for the games industry, with thousands of people having lost their jobs in a barrage of industry-wide layoffs. Microsoft recently added a significant chunk to that number when it announced that it would be cutting 1,900 jobs across its entire gaming division, and it seems those layoffs are also going to come at the cost of the company’s physical distribution.

For many of us, platformers were our first exposure to video games. Today, we’re living in a platformer renaissance. Tons of them have come out over the last five years and really reinvigorated the genre. A great platformer just feels right. What are your options if you’re playing on an Xbox One? We looked for the titles that have the tightest controls, the most original ideas, and the most interesting environments to come up with this list of the best Xbox One platform games.

China's previously proposed gaming restrictions seem to have been scrapped, potentially avoiding worldwide implications for tools that can encourage spending excessive time and money on games. 

The critically-acclaimed Immortality, that was previously only available on consoles through Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S machines, has made its way to the Sony PlayStation 5 today. This title, which used to be available on Xbox’s Game Pass service, was among the highest-rated games of its year, and it even won several prestigious awards.

According to a new rumor, Nintendo might be working on a new Star Fox game for its eventual Switch follow-up console. The Star Fox series stretches back to the days of the Super NES, where the first entry wowed players with cutting-edge-for-the-time polygonal graphics and blistering space-shooter gameplay. Since then, multiple Star Fox sequels have been released on various Nintendo systems, and characters like Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi have become mainstays in Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros crossover series. However, there hasn’t been a new Star Fox game released since 2016’s Star Fox Zero for the Wii U, which was met with mixed reviews from fans and critics alike.

The next Cyberpunk game from CD Projekt - currently codenamed "Orion" - might have multiplayer in it, according to co-CEO Michal Nowakowski. Please let it be some kind of deckhead 'passenger-seat-driver' mode, where you get to play a crusty celeb uploaded to another character's brain implants, who strolls around the landscape as a hologram, offering gritty commentary on your Night City-based endeavours. Watch those corners, samurai! Hey, you missed an ammo pack. SAMURAI ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME.

AI Limit is an upcoming action-roleplaying game that mixes Soulslike combat with Nier Automata's slick animation - and it could have some of the coolest boss battles of the year based on early looks. 

Evidence from an early Persona 5 build indicates that Atlus originally planned to incorporate cameos of characters from Persona 4. The original Persona 5 had a troubled development and was delayed multiple times before its eventual release in 2016. As a result of its development troubles, there were some things left on the cutting room floor.

Madame Web box office predictions suggest the Sony Spider-Man Universe movie could have a lower opening weekend gross than Jared Leto's Morbius, which infamously bombed.

Palworld developer Pocketpair has addressed why the Xbox version of the game only supports 2-4 players in co-op multiplayer.

The Generation 10 games can fix a major problem with the first partner Pokémon, also popularly known as starters. The next Generation is likely still a while away, but it is already being thoroughly discussed, as the first Gen 9 games have seemingly come to a conclusion with the release of the DLC and, subsequently, the Epilogue for . Though the titles set in Paldea are likely concluded in terms of story, Gen 9 is still occurring. There is no official confirmation of upcoming games, but several rumors suggest at least a remake.