For all readers and curious folks, here's an article, that reiterates ALL that Microsoft has literally said/mentioned so far, concerning X018 and the Fanfest, so I hope that adds some clarity, and/or fuel to the fire: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/11/03/xbox-x018-surprises-b...
@nesTALgia Well, they better crack down on Crackdown 3, and finally get this stranded IP finished, or else they can probably expect quite a bit of flak, because delaying it AGAIN would be beyond ridiculous...
Drives, or rather: the drive on this side of the ocean isn't spinning, just slowly lighting up, and then dimming again after a set period of time. First I did think it was reading/writing/updating/whatever, but in true OCD-NEStalgia fashion, I decided to time it, and that resulted in a fixed sequence of stationary for 30 seconds every time it lights up, but no more than one or two times per hour at most.
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I might just have to break out Fable 3 if the fourth is announced at the event. Been a long time since I touched it. Fable 4 is the only one I know that's rumoured, but I'm pretty sure people have seen Battletoads is making a return and saying Banjo-Kazooie could be next [pretty sure that was also fuel for the duo getting in Smash Ultimate as well].
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@DarthNocturnal Other rumors mention a new Banjo Kazooie game, an Age of Empires game, there were also rumors about a new Halo title, but these have already been denied by 343 themselves (or have they?), there's a rumor about a new Batman game, and then there's even a rumor that the newest game in the Splinter Cell series will be announced at X018.
Other than that, it's mostly just people throwing coins in the fountain, and hoping their personal wishes come true, but the rumors I mentioned, have some more weight to them, because all of them have various sources and can be found all over the web (the Banjo Kazooie rumor especially, is all over NeoGAF and Reddit), so some of them might be true.
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@DarthNocturnal Fable, if real, would be pretty huge though. Other rumors are AoE remaster, and....I can't remember others!
@thaNOSrExxx They are between a rock and hard place, because they keep releasing games to not have too huge delays between exclusives, but then they end up getting so-so critical scores and kind of drifting along. FH4 is polished, Playground is reliable, but their other studios feel rushed. They need Crackdown 3 to be a "must have" the way Sony games tend to cement the platform. Hopefully this time they're there.
Interesting that with 3 Xboxes we have 3 different behaviors. One never lights the drive, one does it every hour, and one does it ever other minute. (With official drives they seem not to spin up, with 3rd party drives they seem to spin up.) Before the October update, I'm pretty sure that behavior didn't happen.
@NEStalgia Weird indeed. No spinning on these officially licensed drives, though, if I can assume that mine is behaving as it should, just lighting up in a rather modest fashion, not as bright as when it's actively doing something, such as being busy for several hours, downloading Battlefield 1...
As far as X018 rumors are concerned: I named most of them, in the comment right above yours.
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Forgot to mention that there's also quite a few people discussing/wondering what Rocksteady has been doing lately, and if they might also reveal something at X018.
@ThanosReXXX Yeah, the lights are different between the 2.5" and the 3.5" drive. The 2.5" has the thin line for a light. The 8TB hub has a Seagate logo that lights up to full, but pulses in a slow fade in and out during read/write. Why you'd want to advertise to the world in lights that you bought a Seagate, I don't know, but there it is.
Yeah, what I definitely am expecting at X018 is "World Premiere" type things for some 3rd parties. They make a bid deal of that at E3 (DMC5, Just Cause 4, etc.) Things that will also be on PS4 and/or Switch, but you "see it at XBox first." Sony did that sort of thing first, but MS has kind of perfected the formula. Maybe because they're not moneyhatting kickstarts when they do it.
@NEStalgia somebody call me? And I am not that bad...
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@NEStalgia what. Why did your order them like that? That isn’t chronological order story wise. Or release order. Is there some sort of dev order as to why you did that? Am I missing something? Aww dang let me go check the wiki. Brb.
Oh gosh that bothers me. Why did you do that? There has to be a reason. That makes no sense. Ok I just checked. I’m confused. And bothered. Why. Sigh. Seriously why would you list them like that?
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@DarthNocturnal For me that would be Stubbs the Zombie. Still got that OG Xbox Classic installed on my Xbox 360, but it isn't compatible with the Xbox One (yet), so it's not on my "Ready to Install" list, if I go there on my Xbox One.
As for AoE: that most definitely would add up, seeing as it would be a new IP on the Xbox One, so whatever that series has done on other platforms is kind of irrelevant. And personally, I would love to see an Age of Empires game on the Xbox. Not the smart device version, though, because those are far inferior to the original games.
@DarthNocturnal Oh, don't get me wrong: I'm not saying it's new (although it would be a first for the Xbox), but it is one of the titles rumored, and seeing as you asked about that...
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