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Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Would Love a MechAssault Revival, but ‘We Don’t Have a Plan Today’
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 60760" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed the one game we would love to see revived: MechAssault.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault" target="_blank">MechAssault </a>launched for the original Xbox in November 2002, and was one of the first games to support Xbox Live online multiplayer. Day 1 Studios’ third-person action game went down well with fans, and spawned a sequel <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault-2-lone-wolf" target="_blank">MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf</a>, released in 2004. A Nintendo DS game, <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault-phantom-war" target="_blank">MechAssault: Phantom War</a>, launched in 2006. Day 1 Studios is now known as Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore, and works on World of Tanks.</p><p></p><p>In 2017, Mitch Gitelman, who previously worked as the head of FASA Studio (Day 1 Studios worked with FASA on MechAssault), <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/20/why-mechassault-franchise-didnt-continue-a-ign-unfiltered" target="_blank">revealed</a> Microsoft decided to pull the plug on the franchise after MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf didn't sell well enough. “It didn't turn into the franchise that Microsoft was looking for. That's all,” Gitelman said. "At the time there was sort of a sales bar. You don't hit that sales bar and it's like, 'Okay, that was that.' “</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now, 21 years after the first MechAssault game came out, Spencer has said he’d love to see it come back. Speaking in an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/pZBlcinxbGA?feature=shared" target="_blank">IGN Japan Q&A at Tokyo Game Show 2023</a>, Spencer namechecked the series.</p><p></p><p>“I've always wanted us to go back and revisit the Mech Assault/Mech Warrior space,” he said. “I think there's a lot we could do. There was so much about that whole franchise that in some ways I think was ahead of its time and it would be nice to get to go back and revisit. We don't have a plan today, so it's not a leak of anything - speaking of leaks - but that would be a nice one.”</p><p></p><p>Spencer's mention of leaks is a reference to last week's <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/all-the-major-revelations-from-the-ftc-vs-xbox-court-document-leaks" target="_blank">huge Xbox leak</a> that revealed the company's hardware plans for a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-mid-generation-refresh-consoles-planned-for-2024-release-according-to-court-docs" target="_blank">mid-gen console refresh</a>, a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/huge-microsoft-leak-reveals-plans-for-2028-next-gen-cloud-hybrid-xbox" target="_blank">next-gen Xbox for 2028</a>, and even <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/oblivion-remaster-fallout-3-remaster-and-more-leaked-from-microsoft-document" target="_blank">Bethesda's release schedule</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, fellow Xbox executive Sarah Bond said she was aware of fan requests to revive Blizzard’s StarCraft series, and wondered aloud whether the much-loved real-time strategy series could enjoy a comeback.</p><p></p><p>“Especially since I've been here this week, a lot of fans, and I've had a lot of people ask me in interviews about StarCraft. So I know a lot of you want that [points at audience] which is what's most important, so it'll be fun to see if that's something we can do in the future.”</p><p></p><p>StarCraft’s last release was 2015’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/21/starcraft-2-legacy-of-the-void-review" target="_blank">Legacy of the Void</a>, a standalone expansion pack to <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty" target="_blank">StarCraft 2</a>. Blizzard has since favoured its other franchises, including Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. With <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoftactivision-buyout-looks-set-to-close-in-october-after-uk-finally-approves-deal" target="_blank">Microsoft set to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion in October</a>, Bond’s comments are particularly eye-catching.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-would-love-a-mechassault-revival-but-we-dont-have-a-plan-today" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 60760, member: 1"] Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed the one game we would love to see revived: MechAssault. [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault']MechAssault [/URL]launched for the original Xbox in November 2002, and was one of the first games to support Xbox Live online multiplayer. Day 1 Studios’ third-person action game went down well with fans, and spawned a sequel [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault-2-lone-wolf']MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf[/URL], released in 2004. A Nintendo DS game, [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/mechassault-phantom-war']MechAssault: Phantom War[/URL], launched in 2006. Day 1 Studios is now known as Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore, and works on World of Tanks. In 2017, Mitch Gitelman, who previously worked as the head of FASA Studio (Day 1 Studios worked with FASA on MechAssault), [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/12/20/why-mechassault-franchise-didnt-continue-a-ign-unfiltered']revealed[/URL] Microsoft decided to pull the plug on the franchise after MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf didn't sell well enough. “It didn't turn into the franchise that Microsoft was looking for. That's all,” Gitelman said. "At the time there was sort of a sales bar. You don't hit that sales bar and it's like, 'Okay, that was that.' “ Now, 21 years after the first MechAssault game came out, Spencer has said he’d love to see it come back. Speaking in an [URL='https://www.youtube.com/live/pZBlcinxbGA?feature=shared']IGN Japan Q&A at Tokyo Game Show 2023[/URL], Spencer namechecked the series. “I've always wanted us to go back and revisit the Mech Assault/Mech Warrior space,” he said. “I think there's a lot we could do. There was so much about that whole franchise that in some ways I think was ahead of its time and it would be nice to get to go back and revisit. We don't have a plan today, so it's not a leak of anything - speaking of leaks - but that would be a nice one.” Spencer's mention of leaks is a reference to last week's [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/all-the-major-revelations-from-the-ftc-vs-xbox-court-document-leaks']huge Xbox leak[/URL] that revealed the company's hardware plans for a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-mid-generation-refresh-consoles-planned-for-2024-release-according-to-court-docs']mid-gen console refresh[/URL], a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/huge-microsoft-leak-reveals-plans-for-2028-next-gen-cloud-hybrid-xbox']next-gen Xbox for 2028[/URL], and even [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/oblivion-remaster-fallout-3-remaster-and-more-leaked-from-microsoft-document']Bethesda's release schedule[/URL]. Meanwhile, fellow Xbox executive Sarah Bond said she was aware of fan requests to revive Blizzard’s StarCraft series, and wondered aloud whether the much-loved real-time strategy series could enjoy a comeback. “Especially since I've been here this week, a lot of fans, and I've had a lot of people ask me in interviews about StarCraft. So I know a lot of you want that [points at audience] which is what's most important, so it'll be fun to see if that's something we can do in the future.” StarCraft’s last release was 2015’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/21/starcraft-2-legacy-of-the-void-review']Legacy of the Void[/URL], a standalone expansion pack to [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty']StarCraft 2[/URL]. Blizzard has since favoured its other franchises, including Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. With [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoftactivision-buyout-looks-set-to-close-in-october-after-uk-finally-approves-deal']Microsoft set to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion in October[/URL], Bond’s comments are particularly eye-catching. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-would-love-a-mechassault-revival-but-we-dont-have-a-plan-today"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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