Microsoft owns Bethesda, but Sony called dibs on Deathloop. <\/p>
Deathloop is the big new game from Arkane Lyon, one of the studios within Bethesda, but the Xbox release date for the game is still quite a way off, despite the fact that PS5<\/a> owners and PC players will be able to play the game from 14th September 2021.<\/p>\n Since Bethesda became part of Microsoft recently, you might be wondering why Deathloop<\/a> isn\u2019t launching on Xbox Series X<\/a>\/S or Xbox One. Those are Microsoft-produced consoles, after all, so what gives?<\/p>\n It\u2019s almost certain that this will be the last time a Bethesda game launches on PlayStation but not Xbox. In future, the opposite might even be true, with lots of fans wondering \u2013 since the Xbox acquisition of Bethesda \u2013 whether Microsoft will put future Bethesda titles exclusively on its own platforms.<\/p>\n This is an interesting point in console history, then, when we have a Microsoft-owned game launching on a Sony-owned platform instead of the Xbox. So why has this happened, and when will the Deathloop Xbox release date finally roll around? Keep on reading for the answers to those questions!<\/p>\n When Deathloop was first revealed at the E3 conference in June 2019 (long before Microsoft bought Bethesda), plans were announced for the game to launch on PC and PS5, with the PS5 release being a \u2018timed console exclusive\u2019. The intention was clear \u2013 the game will launch first on Sony\u2019s PlayStation 5 before coming to any other consoles.<\/p>\n More than a year later, in September 2020, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Bethesda and all the companies within it (including Arkane Lyon, the team behind Deathloop). Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox at Microsoft, told Bloomberg<\/a> that he plans to honour the pre-existing agreement between Bethesda and Sony over Deathloop\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the long and short of it, basically \u2013 we ended up with a Microsoft game launching exclusively on a Sony console because of a deal between Bethesda and Sony, which predated Bethesda being bought by Microsoft. Simples!<\/p>\n The Deathloop Xbox release date is expected to fall after 14th September 2022<\/strong>. That\u2019s one year on from the game\u2019s launch on PS5 and PC. We know the game can\u2019t come to Xbox consoles before this, thanks to a line in the Deathloop launch trailer that reads like so: \u201cNot available on other consoles until at least 09\/14\/22.\u201d You can see that disclaimer for yourself at 2 minutes 49 seconds in the video below:<\/p>\n\n It sounds like the pre-existing agreement between Sony and Bethesda stipulated that a full year would have to pass before the game could launch on any other consoles. Bearing that in mind, we\u2019d bet that Microsoft execs will be very keen to get the game on Xbox Series X\/S in the middle of September next year! Until then, Xbox-owners will have to wait their turn, unless they fancy buying a PS5 or a PC.<\/p>\n Deathloop is launching on PS5, and an Xbox Series X\/S release will surely follow in a year\u2019s time, but what about the previous generation of consoles? Will the game ever come to PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch? What about the Nintendo Switch OLED<\/a>? For now, no such plans have been announced, with Bethesda reiterating time and again that Deathloop is seen as a next-gen title.<\/p>\n Deathloop\u2019s game director Dinga Bakaba even told PLAY Magazine<\/a> (via GamesRadar<\/a>), \u201cI don\u2019t think that we would have been able to preserve the level of ambition of this game were it not for the move to next-gen.\u201d So we wouldn\u2019t count on a previous-generation release happening any time soon.<\/p>\n Most of Microsoft\u2019s first-party games launch on Xbox Game Pass, so will Deathloop come to that trusty subscription service? It has not yet been confirmed whether or not Deathloop will come to Xbox Game Pass when it is allowed to launch on Xbox consoles, but let\u2019s put it this way\u2026 we\u2019d be very surprised if it didn\u2019t come to the service eventually.<\/p>\n Deathloop\u2019s game direct Dinga Bakaba recently showed some love for Xbox Game Pass, speaking to Press Start<\/a> after the company\u2019s previous games came to the service.<\/p> Bakaba said: \u201cBeing able to be apart of the Xbox Game Pass ecosystem makes things a bit different for us, because we can occupy a space in that service, and we will continue to make the kind of games that we make and make them well.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019ve looked on social media, you\u2019ll see that games like Prey and Dishonored 1 and 2 coming to Xbox Game Pass, a lot of people are saying that you need to play these games and have no excuse not to, so it\u2019s been very encouraging.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a service that will allow us to remain creative and have the audience and build that relationship over time and that\u2019s really exciting.\u201d That quote only makes it seem more likely that Deathloop will come to Xbox Game Pass at some point. 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When is the Deathloop Xbox release date?<\/h2>\n
Will Deathloop come to PS4, Xbox One or Nintendo Switch?<\/h2>\n
Will Deathloop come to Xbox Game Pass?<\/h2>\n
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