Seagate Announces Official 2TB Game Drive For Xbox One

We have first-party publishing, which is something I’m responsible for, and that’s a very tight partnership where we typically have as many Microsoft people on the title by the end of the game as the developer does. Microsoft apparently plans to incrementally curate the games over a period of time armed with the might of community-driven support (feedback, testing and, of course, money).

Early Access to Halo on the Horizon?

Xbox Game Preview is Microsoft’s own spin-off of Steam’s early access, a program that lets preview members beta test unreleased Xbox One games for a fee.

“When we announced the pilot program it was really just to see if it was a viable approach to game development”, Shannon Loftis told me in an interview at Gamescom. Loftis says that game developers have flocked in droves to the idea, leading to a “mad rush” in the dev community.

Xbox Game Preview still has a bit of a ways to go before it becomes a trusted and natural part of the development process, but it’s progressing quickly enough. “We want to make sure that the gamer can complete the experience but know that some things will be unfinished”. “We are curating that program”, said Loftis. Best Buy right now has an incredible Back to School deal that includes an Xbox One and a 40-inch Samsung Smart HDTV that are being sold together at a shockingly low price.

While it’s likely Microsoft will use the service for smaller titles, this announcement will mean that future installments of iconic Microsoft franchises such as Halo and Gears of War could very well get the early access treatment, a move which should please fans of Xbox’s exclusive titles.