Pentiment News

Nintendo is putting on its first Nintendo Direct of the year today, February 21, and you can can watch it with us!

This particular Direct was in the rumour mill a lot prior to the announcement of it earlier this week, with the fact the Nintendo Switch was being brought up in dicussions about Xbox taking some of its games multiplatform having arguably generated even more hype than usual aroung what Nintendo's got cooking.

You can watch today's Nintendo Direct via Nintendo's official YouTube channel when it airs at 2PM GMT/9AM ET/6AM PT. We'll add the exact video to this article as soon as Nintendo puts it live.

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Hello there. It’s now been announced that we’re set for a Nintendo Direct tomorrow, February 21, so naturally a lot of people have reacted to that by turning expectant gazes towards Microsoft. Well, aside from fans of Hollow Knight: Silksong, who’re just contemplating what Vaas said in Far Cry 3.

Yep, after Xbox’s update on its multi-platform plans via a snappy little podcast last week, we’re now getting the Nintendo showcase that’d been rumoured to be happening around the same time as Phil Spencer’s chat. What will we see? Well, naturally, a lot of the speculation surrounds the games people reckon are part of that mysterious group of four Xbox games headed to different consoles.

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Update: In a official Xbox podcast featuring Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sarah Bond, the trio stood by the companies' hardware, while stating that games built for Xbox will "also be able to be accessed any screen because of all the other investments we make."

This follows prior statements made by Xbox staff last week in an internal meeting, in which they reportedly stated that "Every screen is an Xbox". While these words weren't said verbatim in today's podcast, the messaging lines up.

When promoted to speak on Xbox's approach to hardware, Sarah Bond (president of xbox) stated the following, "When we look at our hardware, it's where you get the most flagship seminal experience of Xbox. It also represents a developer target. Our developers can build to the specs of our hardware, and we invest to make sure when they do that, that the games will run great on our hardware, but they'll also be able to be accessed any screen because of all the other investments we make. We're giving them an easy way to access as many players as possible.

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Following a bad week to be on Twitter if you’re not a fan of arguing with people about video game boxes, the big update on Xbox’s future plans that Phil Spencer mentioned now has a concrete time and date. It’s coming via a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast. Yes.

If you’re out of the loop, recent reports suggesting that the green company is considering bringing the likes of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Starfield to PS5 down the line, rather than keeping them exclusive until the sun burns out, have caused a not insubstantial amount of discourse. Thankfully, Xbox faithful have now been informed of the place to show up if they want some concrete info on what the company has planned.

Got your calendar ready? Ok, note down ‘special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast, at 8PM GMT/3PMET/12 PM PT’ in the box for February 15, 2024. Yes, it’s gonna be a podcast episode, the ideal place for sober discussions about the future of a multi-billion dollar company.

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В недавнем интервью глава Xbox Фил Спенсер обсудил возможность возрождения ряда серий из классического портфолио Microsoft и Activision Blizzard, упомянув, в частности, франшизу Banjo-Kazooie от Rare.