"He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble.
GI Joe is there.
It's GI Joe against Cobra the enemy
Fighting to save the day.
He never gives up.
He's always there,
Fighting for freedom over land and air
GI Joe- A real American hero
GI Joe is there!"
Everyone who watched Saturday Morning cartoons in 1985 knew these words signaled the incoming of one of the greatest cartoon/comic series of all times. Unrivaled in scope and popularity in the boom of seemingly unlimited toys that continuously rolled out. Transformers had a foothold on our hearts, but GI Joe had a monstrous roster of heroes, villians, tanks, planes, ships, and buildings. The Pseudo-military cartoons and merchandise had grabbed hold of our imagination and let us build and lead our very own army.
1991 heralded the first and arguably the best GI Joe game for the NES. It had different characters which brought different skill sets and weapons as well as multiple vehicles to take down the forces of COBRA.
So what has happened since? Not a whole lot actually. 3 sequels on the NES, an Arcade GI Joe game, a forgettable foray in the movie-videogame tie-in, and nothing else.
The imminent release of Transformers:Devastation gives me pause for thought on what a GI Joe game could achieve.
I mean with all the FPS, Espionage, and Vehicular Combat games that are making new entries with each console generation, I have to wonder how we have been overlooking GI Joe for so long.
In the right Developer's hands, this could be an incredible gaming experience.
With the GI Joe canon alone there are multiple characters, each with quirks and different set of skills.
Duke: the well rounded leader
Snake eyes: Sneaky ninja/CQC
Scarlet: Sniper, distance kills
Heavy Duty: Gattling gun
Breaker: Well rounded espionage
Ripcord: CQC/ Aerial Attack
Plus all the ancillary characters like: Rock n Roll, Short Fuse, Stalker, Ace, etc. Dozens of characters with backstories galore, and all ready to be explored.
On the Cobra side there is almost limitless Antagonist potential beyond the normal Cobra grunts. Dr. Mindbender, Destro, Baroness, Storm Shadow, King Cobra, right up to the Cobra Commander.
The vehicles are as much of GI Joe legend as the heroes piloting them. Remember the Hiss Tank? Or the Warthog? These were the units I dug around in the sandbox hour after hour, but to play them in a video game? Sounds like the stuff of legend.
GI Joe is an icon and should be treated as such in the video game industry. How have we let such potential be wasted? When I see games like MGSV and COD, I just keep asking myself "When will there be a decent GI Joe game? It seems more and more developers are pushing out annual shooters with little to no story or character progression. I think its time to revisit the classics. I mean, this game pretty much writes itself. There is 20 years of content to delve into.
Of course the biggest challenge is getting developers to treat the game with the love and respect that the fans of the original series have shown. Its time to leave the forgettable movies behind and go back to Gen 1 GI Joe. Its time for the GI Joe game we deserve.
Dear team,
Xbox has always been different.
We started with a simple idea. Games should bring people together through shared experiences. That led to the first Xbox in 2001, Xbox Live in 2002, and new ways to connect, from friends lists and achievements to parties and play across devices. Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment.
re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Aww you’re hurt that they’re going back to exclusives!
The mask has slipped… we know you PS gamers LOVE Xbox games
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
The release on Steam of the anime-style gacha-less open-world RPG DragonSword: Awakening is facing a legal challenge from its gacha publisher.
After seeing Platinum work on GI Joe I can definitely see a GI Joe game in the same type of design style.
I imagine a Battlefield type of game where you pick either the Joes or Cobra. Each character you could pick would have a special set of skills. The maps would be huge and you would be able to access popular GI Joe vehicles like the cobra hiss tank or the rolling thunder.
Gameplay would have objectives like putting together the weather dominator or stopping cobra from collecting Dan to form Serpentor.
Yes...I'm talking about an online multiplayer game.
Great blog!
I always wanted Gears of war but skinned as g.i.joe. Just give a little more moves to the melee part of the game but it would be great. Toy soldiers has cobra and gijoe in it but tower defense games get old quick.