Blade, big Marvel game from Microsoft studio announced, yet Xbox hasn't claimed it as an exclusive

Blade, a blockbuster Marvel game from a Microsoft-owned studio, was announced at The Game Awards last night, but without any mentions of Xbox - or any confirmation as to whether it’ll be an Xbox exclusive.In case you went to bed at a reasonable hour or decided just to wait for the inevitable roundups, one of the biggest announcements at 2023’s The Game Awards was that Arkane Lyon is working on Marvel’s Blade. It’s an official tie-in that’ll no doubt have a lot of people interested, but all of the promo surrounding it has been strangely devoid of mentions of Xbox, which owns Arkane through the developer’s parent company Zenimax.Yup, if you look through the announcement trailer for Marvel’s Blade or the show segment that followed its appearance (it starts at around the two hour and 20 minute mark) you won’t find the usual splashes or mentions of Xbox that came with the likes of Starfield, just to use a recent example. Read more