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More Powerhouse Designers on Next-Gen Xbox

Posted by Zonk on from the throw-a-stick,-hit-a-genius dept.

Just a few days after the announcement that the creator of the Final Fantasy series was joining Microsoft Games Studio, Voodoo Express has the news that more venerable designers will be joining the company. Yoshiki Okamoto and Tetsuya Mizuguchi will be teaming up with Microsoft Games to produce titles for the next generation Xbox. From the article: "Microsoft is now happy to announce that the driving creative minds behind the likes of Resident Evil, Rez, Street Fighter and Space Channel 5 have joined forces with the company to create exciting new titles for the Xbox Next, primarily designed to attract Japanese gamers to the system:"

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  1. I can see it now.... by LordPhantom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thunderhead (or some other "cloud"/"Squall" derivative)
    "Wow - that looks like a save point"
    --
    Would you like to save??
    (YES) (NO)
    --

    Saving...........
    Error: *** Stop: 0x000000 ED (0x86371900, 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) Microsoft has not paid our fine devlopment staff enough to ensure stability in your shiny new FFXXI game... please reboot to start your game over!

  2. Hold off... by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    Sounds good, but I won't be buying one until Team Xecuter is designing product for the xbox2.

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    Trolling is a art,
  3. Wow! I bet they make as many games by the_skywise · · Score: 4, Funny

    for the XBox as Rare has!

    Although Conker should be out just in time before the XBox 2 gets released...

  4. Re:Wow! I bet they make as many games by the_skywise · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which is great news for those of us who have XBox 1's...