Not excluisve to Xbox. PC definitive version.

It wasn't bad, just wasn't DMC.

STFU, that game was awesome... They also made heavenly sword and Hellblade...this is a huge huge huge acquisition, one Sony should have done, especially with how they've courted Sony over the years...

I congratulate MS... This is a master stroke of an acquisition. I'm just sad NT games won't come to PlayStation after Hellblade. 😭😭😭
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DmC is was trash to begin with IMHO. That's minority thinking around here I know.

And the recently critically hellblade.

That acquisition was a big win for ms. Smart move.

DmC Devil May Cry was a fantastic action game, and is the only pure action game that a western studio has ever developed. Ninja Theory got flak that they didn't deserve (apart from the mocking of classic characters during their PR for the game and contemplating them using homophobic references in one of their interior meetings).

The major disappointment for the fans with DmC was just that the in-house Capcom team and their original franchise, were insanely superior in complexity in gameplay compared to anything in the world and only a handful of japanese developers even can match their quality in action games standards. There was literally nothing wrong with DMC4. So, they wanted this game that we're seeing today, back in 20012/2013.

Acquisitions are all good but look at Rare and how bad MS ruined them. Ninja Theory better not get looped into making an online/MP tactical shooter.

Funny how when they made heavenly sword they were gods amongst PS3 fanboys lol

It was only trash to the whiners who are against change in any way. Called something else, 90% of the babies would have been happy with the game, and saying it was a rip-off of the same game they claimed they ruined with it.

Some of us thought it the superior product.

septic

bro so far besides this announcement what have they shown which killed it for you?

Oh, yeah, we didn't forget. Rare is doing games. Oh, god.

Ninja Theory seems to have a shorter memory than I thought. Look what happened the last time they had direct dealings with Microsoft.

I agree,out of the whole confrence that was the biggest surprise.

@BiggerBoss

"When buying Ninja Theory is the only exciting thing, then you know you have a problem."

Yeah, because Playground as a Microsoft´s first party studio is not exciting. /S

I told fanboys that Microsoft would acquire Playground Games and they got mad because they were thinking their new Open World AAA Action RPG was comming to Playstation.

And now the crow is served. ;)

That’s what worries me!! They might start shoving lame ips down their throats! I just hope they allow them to create freely!!

Obsecure
"I told fanboys that Microsoft would acquire Playground Games and they got mad because they were thinking their new Open World AAA Action RPG was comming to Playstation. "
This is the lamest comment I have ever read. Dude, PS4 fans are smart enough to know PG makes games for Xbox Only.. I wasn't even surprised when Phil said they acquired PG. So stop with those Fake news ..

Also the deal between NT, Compulsion with MS is that they get Full autonomy in what they do.. So let's see how it Pans out.

Hey Obscure, dude you need to lay off the good stuff for a while...

MS will likely ruin any studio's creativity. They are not a creative force. Rather they are a business software company looking at trends and trying to capitalize. MS buying a new studio is like people who buy new houseplants. They look good or a short while but eventually those without a green thumb end up killing the plants.

@ obscure Observer

You mean kind of like how crow was served when you were doing damage control about the crackdown 3 delay, and a day later it was confirmed? How'd that taste?

Anyway, in topic. I don't think anyone is suprised by the acquisition of playground games and undead labs as they have been dealing with Microsoft as second party studios for a while now. Ninja Theory is a good acquisition in my opinion since I really like their games, I think they are talented in their craft.

I personally liked Microsoft's E3 conference for what it was, a nice showcase of games and a message to their fans about their future commitments, albiet a pretty long ways away. I also understand why people may have their reservations since the conference didn't showcase the more immediate future for current Xbox gamers (2018 and 2019), which is magnified by the fact the last few years have been pretty lackluster exclusive wise. The show highlights where third party content and content pertinent to the next Xbox.

Rare was downhill before Microsoft bought them tho. Are you jealous?

@gottabjimmyb
"Man this level of salt is sad. MS had an amazing conference and they expanded their first party like every has been saying they need to."

They barely showed any new gameplay and nothing for 2018, plus no release windows. In addition the bit that makes me think i am done with ms after this gen is gears of war. Three new gears games, great news right? No gears 5 xbox and pc, gears pop ios only, gears tactics ( xcom like) is a pc exclusive mo xbox. Every xbox and gears fan should be letting ms know this is unacceptable. Play anywhere should work both ways. When they lack games they should not be making exclusives for windows or ios. Now according to my ms annual report i am in the top 1% of gamers for playtime and achievements, so this is not a fanboy teply. I hope the community joins in with their disapproval online direct to ms.

Exclusive flashes up on the screen twice and it's crackdown and sea of thieves. I mean, wtf

This looks jealous comment......sigh. Why do you think this is bad for you?

@Link - it's never too late to make an acquisition. They will be making good games for MS now for years to come.

@Neon

For those games to show up before next gen starts it is too late.

I wouldn't exactly call that list of studios an 'A' list. MS problems are deeper than their checkbook can fix. It's a culture problem. But every E3 they keep poking at the dwindling fire which is their customer base stoking the small flame. Guarantee we'll hear the same cast of characters say "this is the year MS turns it around". I've been hearing this for years now. Who really believes in MS anymore? They are a shadow of their former self.

@yomfweeee
I am not sure all gamers feel the same way you do.

Undead labs State of Decay 1 and 2 are good games. Most open world zombie games do not rate high to begin with and Undead was an indie with limited resources playing in an arena with Capcom Vancouver and Techland funded through Warner Brothers. They needed a first party or big third party to pick them up so they can make a AAA game. Anyone thinking Undead was going to make something that is priced less and made by an indie better than the big studios is delusional.

Playground could do anything they wanted. They chose to be part of MS. That speaks to where they think things are going.

Compulsion is a newer studio for sure, but buying them now, is much cheaper then waiting for them to have a great release.

The Initiative shows a commitment on first party and building first party. First party studios starting from scratch take many years to build a big game. This is a future investment.

And nobody can under sell Ninja Theory. They have made very solid hack n slash games. Something MS has really never had a good exclusive in. To me that was huge because not only is it genre they haven't really played in, it is also what I call a Japanese centric genre. Meaning most of the great games in the genre are shipped under Japanese publishers.

True these studios won't be shipping many games in the next 1-3 years, but beyond that they will be shipping at least 1-2 games a year. I doubt many people were looking at MS to have much out of the ordinary within the next year on the first party side.