Xbox Has 'At Least Two' Big Unannounced AAA Games Coming in 2021, According to Rumor - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2021 / 2,712 Views
The biggest console exclusive coming to Xbox consoles this year has to be Halo Infinite, which will launch in late 2021. Other confirmed Xbox console exclusives coming in 2021 includes The Medium, The Gunk, CrossFireX, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Scorn, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, and more.
Windows Central's Jez Corden speaking in the Xbox Two podcast said he is aware of "at least two" big unannounced AAA games coming to Xbox this year.
It isn't known what these titles are, however, speculation has led some to think of possible unannounced Xbox console exclusives for 2021 includes Forza Horizon 5 and Wolfenstein 3.
Microsoft is in the middle of acquiring Bethesda parent company ZeniMax. The deal was announced in September 2020 and is expected to finalize sometime this year.
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Forza Horizon is obvious. Beyond that, wtf knows?
Next generation Minecraft.
Two more AAA games than the entire Xbox One generation...excellent! Kidding of course. Now that we have Perfect Dark announced, Banjo would be ideal either by Rare or Playtonic. A new Conker game would be great. Wolfenstein works for me as well.
Don't care for Forza, show us some Fable.
Banjo 3. Let me dream.
Sounds right. And since they’re talking about “unannounced” games, Forza Horizon 5 and Wolfenstein 3 are the safest bets. It could as well be a second-party game, as a LinkedIn profile from a Xbox Game Studios Publishing dev referred to a new AAA game a couple of months ago.
Your info on Starfield is a little off. In an interview in October 2020, Todd Howard said that although they "started putting ideas to paper 5, 6 years ago" that "active development only started sometime after Fallout 4" and Starfield is believed to be around 3 & 1/2 years into full development right now. Believe me, no one is more excited for that game than me, but I am giving it approximately 0% chance of releasing in 2021 lol. I do think it will ship in 2022 though; and I also think it will be a full (not timed) Xbox Series S|X and PC exclusive title.
I stand corrected; the article I was reading was dated Oct 2020, but the actual interview they were talking about was before then like you said. Hmmm - maybe there is a chance it will release this year? Bethesda has been doing what you said more recently: not showing games until they are nearly ready to go. Big E3 2021 blowout and then Holiday 2021 release?! I'm excited now. I am still predicting Xbox Series/PC exclusive though. I'm actually hoping for it lol, because by focusing on just those platforms it would considerably help out development with all the engine upgrades and make a 2021 date that much more likely.
Give it another 3 years at best
Where did you read 5 years active development?
i wonder if fallout 76 caused a halt on development, if they needed the team to help out.
