Bethesda reiterated that Arkane’s next sniper, Deathloop [31 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/deathloop/ “> Deathloop remains a PlayStation 5 [1,171 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/ “> PlayStation 5 console exclusive, despite Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) [1,171 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ “> Microsoft’s acquisition of the company.
The latest issue of Game Informer magazine – which features Deathloop as its cover story – includes a statement by a Bethesda spokesperson suggesting that Arkane Studios [18 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/arkane-studios/ “> Arkane Studios is not currently working on an Xbox [2,798 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox version of the game.
“The acquisition did not affect the daily development of Deathloop, which we are developing exclusively for PlayStation 5 on the console and also on the PC [2,978 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/ “> PC”, says the statement.
After announcing last September that it intended to acquire ZeniMax Media and its game publisher Bethesda Softworks [177 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/zenimax-media/bethesda-softworks/ “> Bethesda Softworks for $ 7.5 billion, Microsoft finally confirmed yesterday that the deal was completed.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer [264 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/ “> Phil Spencer also confirmed in a statement that” some “Bethesda games would be exclusive to Xbox and PC in the future. However, Xbox has also said earlier that it would honor two Bethesda timed PS5 exclusives, Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo.
Announced at E3 2019 [283 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/events/e3/e3-2019/ “> E3 2019, Deathloop is a first-person shooter from Arkane Lyon, the team behind Dishonored, scheduled to launch for PC and PS5 on May 21, 2021.
“Deathloop is a murder puzzle in which you play a murderer trapped in a time loop,” game director Dinga Bakaba [11 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/dinga-bakaba/ “> Dinga Bakaba explained in a gameplay trailer released last week.
Players take on the role of the killer Colt, who wakes up every day on the island of Blackreef and discovers that he is the target of a manhunt across the island.
To escape the loop, players must kill a group of eight targets called Visionaries before the day restarts.
The most powerful Visionary is the “smart” and “unpredictable” Julianna, who can be played in an optional multiplayer element that allows players to invade other people’s games.
According to a GamesBeat report published on Monday, Microsoft will publish a video presentation on Thursday answering questions about the acquisition of Bethesda.
Phil Spencer said this week that Bethesda would share more about what’s to come for their teams later this year. “In the meantime, to properly celebrate this special moment, we are bringing additional Bethesda games to the Xbox Game Pass later this week,” he confirmed.
In a separate statement written by Bethesda’s head of marketing, Pete Hines [7 articles]”href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/pete-hines/ “> Pete Hines, the company echoed Spencer’s comments that it would continue to operate as before.
“First, let me say that we are not making any major announcements or changes at the moment,” wrote Hines. “As we all share, the expectation is that Bethesda Softworks and our studios will continue as they did in the past, with just more support and resources than ever before.
“Obviously, the Game Pass was an important initiative for the Xbox, and we will be working to put even more games on the Game Pass than ever before. Furthermore? Stay tuned, we’re just getting together. “