A number of Microsoft studios are already preparing projects for the next generation Xbox.
It adds: "Rare, Lionhead and Turn 10 all have teams in place too. Rare, we hear, are even prototyping ideas for a new 'mature title'.
Lionhead is busy working on Fable 4 for release in 2013, according to the rumour section in the October 2011 issue of the US Official Xbox Magazine.
Microsoft has long spoken of its ten-year plan for Xbox 360, which launched in late 2005, but that doesn't rule out a successor launching during the period, according to European Xbox boss Chris Lewis, who said in August:
"We think we're a little over halfway with the life cycle of the console, but that's not to say there won't be an overlap. I'm not going to announce specifically or talk about timing. But you could imagine there could be overlap, it depends. We're not being specific about the next generation at this stage."
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StonecoldMC on 4 Oct '11 said:
Alan Wake on a next Gen console?
*Drools*
*Swoons*
If that would be the launch lineup for the NextBox then that would be pretty darn good as well.
Just hurry up and give us the next installment of Mr Wakes journey though Remedy, you did say you would reveal what you've been working on this Fall. So hurry the Hell up, its not a lake its a bloody Ocean!
FlacidDonkeyGuy on 4 Oct '11 said:
let's just hope this one don't take best part of a consoles life cycle to to go gold.
mogel94 on 4 Oct '11 said:
I like this news a hell of alot
Also gets me thinking that perhaps Microsoft might be turing the 360 into a family friendly console to pave the way for a new system for actual gamers, allowing people to choose between waving your arms arouns like a loon and getting it on with a controller and lots moar graphics to look at.
Black Mantis on 4 Oct '11 said:
Very plausible to me, hope it's true. It would be a great lineup, but with that many big names, Microsoft would definitely stagger the release dates a month or so apart.
spam23 on 4 Oct '11 said:
Never played the first game but I heard it was pretty good. I had been planning on buying it for the PC - any news as to weather it will ever appear on the PC?
Fr33Kye on 4 Oct '11 said:
So...we getting a new xbox? I'm down..
MrMoobs on 4 Oct '11 said:
Will we see this one at launch or 4 years in?
Cant wait though, unlike a lot of others I personally adored Alan Wake and his torchlight shenanigans ^_^
martinawatson on 4 Oct '11 said:
I reckon they will announce next year with a launch in 2013
dubplate240 on 4 Oct '11 said:
Good news as really enjoyed Alan Wake and would happily pick the sequel up as a launch day title for the new Xbox.
totakeke on 4 Oct '11 said:
I would love a new Alan Wake, I only picked it up earlier this year, but it was a fantastic story driven horror. Pick it up if you can, it's less than 8 quid on amazon at the moment and would be a bargain at twice that!
ladycroft142 on 4 Oct '11 said:
A next gen Alan Wake would be great! I loved the way they constructed the chapters into episodes echoing a TV series and it has one of the best soundtracks found in a game. However I hope Microsoft don't rush out their console to get ahead in sales race because I don't remember that working out very well for them last time
Cogglesz on 4 Oct '11 said:
Well i'm looking forward to next years E3 thats for sure, i switched on to pc gaming early this year and when i occasionally go back to the consoles for a session its incredible how less powerful they are and i paid more for those consoles than i did building my own gaming pc, games on the current consoles have alot of jaggies, screen tear, lag spikes, low fps and fake hd resolutions, i never noticed it though until i started pc gaming, i aint a pc fanboy however, i'll always love the consoles we just need an upgrade bad in my opinion, sure they're pushing the new games to the consoles limits but the cost of that is ruining the experience for me.
Beetle Bum on 4 Oct '11 said:
New PS4 and Xbox720 announcments at next years E3, can't wait.
billysastard on 5 Oct '11 said:
loved alan wake probably the second best limited edition of this generation (after gta 4) lets just hope that like the last one its a full game with very little dlc because i'd hate to have to pass on it and buy preowned to pay back the developers for gutting the game to increase the full price by stealth.
TykerD3 on 5 Oct '11 said:
720 announced at E3 2012, release Summer or November 2013. I can cope with that.
Alan Wake 2, Forza, A mature Kinect Game, Fable 4(5?), Gears of War 4 all as launch titles? Would be good, but MS need to push new IPS and new Exclusives next Gen, not just Timed DLC. Happy days ahead, get saving guys
woodins on 5 Oct '11 said:
Alan Wake 2 on Nextbox? Makes sense.
1st and 2nd gen games on a new system are always about showing the new graphical bells and whistles that differentiate it from what you already own so you will go out and purchase said new system. Not having a crack at Alan Wake, I own a copy and think its a good game. Like the way its parodying everything from Stephen King to Twin Peaks etc. and its a good 3rd-person romp, just not very meaty content-wise. Makes sense to bring this sort of game out first.