Highguard's High Drama

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest developments in gaming, including the Xbox Developer Direct 2026 announcements and controversies surrounding Ubisoft's policies and project cancellations.

Highguard has done the most amazing race to the bottom we've ever seen.It has managed to out-concord Concord! But that's not all the drama for this week. Ubisoft has decided to Ubisoft all over themselves yet again, Xbox Wrapped didn't happen because apparently Microsoft ran out of money and people are still developing for the Xbox One...Welcome to the start of 2026, I suppose. 🎮Everything Announced at Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Xbox Developer Direct 2026 focused on four games, all launching in 2026: Forza Horizon 6, Fable, Beast of Reincarnation, and Double Fine’s surprise new title Kiln. The show leaned into extended gameplay and developer commentary, with Playground Games, Game Freak, and Double Fine all explaining how and why they’re building these projects. A key message was predictability and variety—no vague CG teases, just games you’ll actually play this year. How do you feel about it? Because we're not very impressed (apart from Fable of course). And now the Ubisoft news... 🧑‍💼Ubisoft Team Lead Suspended Over RTO Comments An Assassin’s Creed level designer reported being suspended for publicly criticising Ubisoft’s newly enforced full return‑to‑office policy. The…

Topics covered

• Xbox Developer Direct
• Ubisoft news
• game development
• 2026 game releases
• return-to-office policy
• studio closures
• layoffs

Keywords

• Xbox
• Ubisoft
• game announcements
• 2026
• Fable
• Forza Horizon 6
• game development
• RTO policy
• studio closures
• layoffs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubisoft, Microsoft, Playground Games, Game Freak, Double Fine

Products: Forza Horizon 6, Fable, Beast of Reincarnation, Kiln

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