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New full list of ID@XBOX Games Coming to Xbox One

mocoworm

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[EDIT] The XBOX NEWS WIRE article that I link to says 'exclusive' but it would appear that they are 'timed exclusives'. I just took the article title without realising it was a bit misleading. - please take a chill pill and discuss the games, not the thread title.

http://news.xbox.com/2014/08/gamescom-id-xbox-games-coming-to-xbox-one

All of the ID@Xbox games shown during the Xbox media briefing are coming first to console on Xbox One, but these are only a fraction of the hundreds of games coming to Xbox One from independent developers.

ID@Xbox games at gamescom this year, including additional games playable in the Xbox booth, include:

#IDARB by Other Ocean – Couch competitive eSports mayhem for 1-8 players! #IDARB is the world’s first crowd-sourced-platform-hockey-soccer-basketball-rocket pack game, inspired by games like Super Smash Bros., Bomberman and NBA Jam. Features a limitless character creator and a mechanic where spectators can play along using nothing but their Twitter account.

Aztez by Team Colorblind – Aztez is a real-time action and turn-based strategy hybrid set in the world of the Aztecs. Push on the borders of the empire and manage political chaos with thrilling combat segments, where victory or defeat has immediate ramifications in your burgeoning empire.

Below by Capy Games – An atmospheric and mysterious exploration and combat game, Below will be coming to Xbox One next year.

Blues and Bullets by A Crowd of Monsters – Blues & Bullets is an episodic noir story, where the player will need to survive thrilling shootouts, dark investigations, difficult decisions to make and unexpected story twists in the skin of Patton, a former detective who struggles with his own demons trapped in a decadent city.

Chariot by Frima Studio – Chariot is a humoristic physics-based couch co-op platformer in which a brave princess and her suitor carry a funeral wagon through ancient caves, fending-off swarms of looters while amassing riches, to bury the King's remains in a worthy gold-filled tomb.

Cuphead by Studio MDHR – Cuphead is a single player or co-op run-and-gun platformer, heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by 1930s cartoons, the visuals are hand-drawn and inked, and the music is all original jazz recordings. Cuphead & Mugman traverse strange worlds, acquire new weapons, learn powerful super moves and uncover hidden secrets.

Dungeon of the Endless by Amplitude – Dungeons of the Endless is neo-retro adrenaline-fest; a fresh mix of Rogue-like and Tower Defense with a pinch of RPG! Your team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out... so what could go wrong... open the door!

Fenix Rage by Reverb Triple XP, Green Lava Studios – Fenix Rage is an inspired, frenetically-paced, challenging and aggressively addicting 2D-platformer that will keep your palms sweaty, your thumbs fatigued, and your wits sharp. Gamers take on the role of Fenix, whose village is decimated by a huge explosion, leaving only two survivors – Fenix and Oktarus, a mysterious figure who manages to elude Fenix’s best efforts at capture.

Flockers by Team 17 – New from the creators of Worms, Flockers is a modern day take on the classic A-to-B puzzle genre with a generous helping of dark humor for good measure. Held in captivity within the evil thrall of their diabolical masters, the sheep are finally making a dash for freedom. But without your guidance they are destined to die in the most horrific ways as they follow each other into diabolical traps, giant meat cleavers, spikes and other deadly obstacles.

Funk of the Titans by A Crowd of Monsters – Funk of Titans is an addictive and fun action/platform game. The player will control Perseus through use of the Greek mythology, jumping platforms, collecting vinyl, beating enemies, riding Pegasus and confronting the evil Music Titans in epic dance battles to recover the real and only holy music: the funk!

Ghost of a Tale by SeithCG – Ghost of a Tale is a third person action adventure game set in a medieval world inhabited only by animals. The story follows the quest of Tilo the minstrel mouse – searching for his lost family. With highly immersive visuals, it weaves an epic yet intimate story.

Gunscape by Blowfish Studios – At its heart, Gunscape is an FPS construction kit: a game with solid action gameplay, a welcoming approach to map building and a huge toolbox of iconic weapons, monsters and level elements that can be extensively combined to create new and exciting gameplay experiences.

Goat Simulator by Coffee Stain Studios, Double 11 – Goat Simulator is the latest in goat simulation technology, bringing next-gen goat simulation to YOU. You no longer have to fantasize about being a goat, your dreams have finally come true! ABXY to write history.

INSIDE by Playdead – From the creators of LIMBO, Playdead is bringing INSIDE to Xbox first in 2015. For more information, visit playdead.com/inside.

Knight Squad by Chainsawesome Games – Knight Squad is a one-to-eight player action game that can be described as Bomberman meets Gauntlet. Play as a Knight in the arena and defeat your opponents using epic weapons and power ups. Challenge your friends in the Versus mode or play as a team as you complete the challenges on each floor of Destiny's Tower.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime by Asteroid Base – The game is a frantic co-op platformer-inside-a-shooter, in which players work together piloting a neon-drenched battleship to save space animals, explore the galaxy, and fight evil robots. Deep space is a dangerous place, but at least you don't have to face it alone!

Massive Chalice by Double Fine Productions – Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign built for replayability. Massive Chalice is structured into two main layers: strategy and tactics. In the strategy layer, you oversee your kingdom, arrange royal marriages, conduct research and make the far-reaching decisions that will determine the fate of your legacy. In the tactics layer, you fight brutal turn-based battles to defend your kingdom using small squads of customizable heroes.

Never Alone by Upper One Games – Built in partnership with the Alaska Native community, Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) delves deeply into the traditional lore of the Inupiat people of the Arctic to present a game experience like no other. An atmospheric puzzle platformer of wondrous adventure and survival in a place where survival shouldn’t be possible.

No Time to Explain by tinyBuild – “I am you from the future, No Time To Explain, follow m-ARGHAWAWAA.” A game about time travel, jetpack guns and enemy crabs. Random things happen when you from the future interrupts your dance session and drags you away by a giant crab, only to leave a futuristic jetpack gun behind.

Overruled! by Team 17 – Overruled! is a multiplayer brawler like no other - players change the rules as they play, directly influencing the dynamics and direction of combat. Choose from a diverse cast of characters and challenge up to three friends to a battle with both local and online multiplayer! All you have to do to win is score the most points by the end of the game. But the rules are yours to play with and with over 25 change ‘em up cards, you’ll never know how the battle will go and no game is ever the same!

Plague Inc: Evolved by Ndemic Creations – Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has infected Patient Zero - now bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself!

Pneuma: Breath of Life by Bevel Studios, Deco Digital – Pneuma: Breath of Life is an enthralling first person puzzler putting gamers’ minds to the test in a visually stunning world using Unreal Engine 4. Pneuma provides players with an unrivaled sense of adventure and a relentless determination to solve each puzzle and progress through a story of self-discovery, exploring the fundamental nature of being.

Rivals of Aether by Dan Fornace – Rivals of Aether is an indie fighting game set in a vast new world featuring a unique roster of characters - rivals. Instead of looking toward traditional fighting games, Rivals of Aether is primarily inspired by the platform fighting series Super Smash Bros.

SlashDash by Nevernaut Games – SlashDash is a competitive party game for up to four players. Combat is fast paced, strategic and deceptively simple. The first game mode is Capture the Flag, where two teams of ninjas slash and teleport their way to flags and glory. Cooperation is key — when your teammate has the flag, slash them to make them dash!

SMITE by Hi-Rez Studios – SMITE is a third-person action MOBA. Instead of having a traditional isometric view (RTS), you are IN THE ACTION with a tight third-person camera. Enjoy detailed graphics and visual effects. Experience ACTION combat, dodging, and aiming with almost all attacks being skill-shots. SMITE is Free-to-Play but not pay-to-win.

Space Engineers by Keen Software House Ltd – Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining. Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed. The game comes with two game modes: creative and survival.

Spectra by Gateway Interactive – From new studio Gateway Interactive and Chipzel (the amazing chip-tune artist behind the Super Hexagon music) comes Spectra, a fast paced retro style racing game destined to get your heart pumping and test your skill like no other!

SpeedRunners by tinyBuild – In a city filled with superheroes, getting to crimes becomes a competition on its own. Fortunately there are enough rockets, bombs, grappling hooks, spikes, and other goodies lying around — to make the competition fun and fast. Welcome to SpeedRunners.

SUPERHOT by SUPERHOT – SUPERHOT is a unique first-person shooter where time moves only when you move. Hails of bullets and unrelenting enemies freeze in place as you carefully plan the choreography of destruction around you. Take your time. You have as much as you want.

The Escapist by Team 17 – The Escapists is a time management prison escape game that gives you the “freedom” to live the life of a prison inmate, ultimately plotting and pulling off a daring escape!

Threes! by Sirvo / Hidden Variable – Threes! is a tiny game about matching numbers that grows on you. Learn it in a minute. Play it for a lifetime. Featuring cute, charming characters, a catchy score, and deceptively deep gameplay, Threes! is a tiny game that will wrap up your heart and mind in a warm hug and never let go.

Volgarr the Viking by Crazy Viking Studios – Return to the Golden Age of arcades with an all-new hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Volgarr the Viking possesses all the hallmarks of the true classics - simple controls, high challenge, and meticulous design - combined with hand-made pixel animation, an epic soundtrack, and buckets of blood.
 

Nabs

Member
Off what I've played, Volgarr, SpeedRunners and Goat Sim are the real deal. Do not sleep.

exclusives*
 

JJD

Member
Misleading thread title. Are the games really exclusive or only "first to console" on the xbox?

Really interested on Massive Chalice and Below! I love Capy and Double Fine.
 

Dyna

Member
Are these all really fully exclusive to Xbox One? I thought a lot of them said "first on Xbox One" or something during the E3 & Gamescom press conferences. Cuphead, Smite, Below and Ghost of a Tale interest me the most out of those games.
 

pswii60

Member
'The Escapist' sounds like Ocean's 80's classic 'The Great Escape', one of my favourite games from that era. No doubt that's where Team 17 is getting their inspiration being a studio from that era themselves. Hope it turns out well.
 

nbnt

is responsible for the well-being of this island.
Do we know of any indie title that is fully exclusive to XBO and not also on PC or "first to console"?
 

Dredd97

Member
Well it says in the article itself that they're "first to console" on Xbox One. They were pretty clear about that during the briefing too. I think they've been pretty upfront about their levels of exclusivity when it comes to indies.

Their not exclusive forever though, just a timed exclusive while the developers work on the next console port..
 

Kayant

Member
I'm pretty sure a lot of those are "timed" though.

They are all most likely timed since they are grouping them together. Also misleading title but cannot blame OP too much because of the headline on news.xbox being "Unleashes Slew of Exclusive Games Coming to Xbox One".
 
Their not exclusive forever though, just a timed exclusive while the developers work on the next console port..

I wasn't disputing that, sorry if that wasn't clear.

"First to console," has always seemed like a pretty cut and dry term to me. Timed console exclusive with no bearing on the PC version.
 

Alx

Member
It's kind of funny that although "indies" are usually sought out for innovative gameplays rather than production value, those that caught my attention are mostly focused on a visual style, with a gameplay that seems very traditional. Namely, Cuphead and Ghost of a Tale.
Space Engineers sounds interesting too, and more original in its concept.
 

mocoworm

Member
[EDIT] The XBOX NEWS WIRE article that I link to says 'exclusive' but it would appear that they are 'timed exclusives'. I just took the article title without realising it was a bit misleading. - please take a chill pill and discuss the games, not the thread title.
 

HORRORSHØW

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but a fine list of games nonetheless. why isn't ori on there? that's one of the best looking games, full stop.
 
Haven't looked at all the games on this list but the fact that even a few stand out for me makes me happy as I don't own a PS4 and these indies are generally more to my liking than Sony's (not to say I won't miss Hell Blade, No Mans Sky and another I can't remember the name of).

Cuphead, Super Hot, Ghost of a Tale will definitely be purchased if they continue to impress.

Below is already bought.
 
Grimløck;125333339 said:
but a fine list of games nonetheless. why isn't ori on there? that's one of the best looking games, full stop.

Ori is published by Microsoft, so while there will be a PC version it's a 100% console exclusive.
 

Dredd97

Member
I wasn't disputing that, sorry if that wasn't clear.

"First to console," has always seemed like a pretty cut and dry term to me. Timed console exclusive with no bearing on the PC version.
Sorry Banana not knocking you, just quoted you as a rough reference for the thread..
 

JJD

Member
I wasn't disputing that, sorry if that wasn't clear.

"First to console," has always seemed like a pretty cut and dry term to me. Timed console exclusive with no bearing on the PC version.

Really? Well to me it seems like it's coming first to xbox and then later to other consoles. MS used "only on XBOX" when the game was really console exclusive. And they have used "only on xbox" on games that came to PC later.

Capy's Below was going to be published by MS, but now it seems like it will be self published right? I really don't believe it's exclusive anymore but they are probably in a Diablo situation and can't talk about other versions at all since MS is heavily promoting the game. PC version later is pretty much a given and probably PS4.
 

Jito

Banned
Why are people so bent out of shape by "exclusive to console" and "first on xbox"? These phrases were about last gen too, a fair few "only on xbox" games were on PC or ended up on other consoles yet I don't remember such a huge bitchfest. These games look great, regardless of what platform they are on.
 

Rembrandt

Banned
blahblahblahexclusivesnotactuallyexclusiveblahblahblahmicrosoftblahblahblah.

A lot of these titles sound great. Can't wait for some of them to actually launch. ID@xbox seems to be taking its time, but at least they secured a nice lineup.

Please read OP. This thread is about the games, not the exclusivity!

Not gonna happen. Xbox One + exclusive just isn't going to end well.
 

coughlanio

Member
XB1 preordered, so I'm looking forward to playing some of these. I can see myself mainly buying Indies on Sony platforms though, Cross-Buy adds way to much value for me ..
 
But I read this morning on Eurogamer that Never Alone is coming out on the PS4, Xbox One and PC on the 4th of November. Not true?
 
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