Its eerie trailer ended with an announcement that the new game would launch in 2016. When the program launches for all users, Bohemian Interactive's open-world, early-access hit DayZ will also launch on Xbox One-and that news gave DayZ co-creator Dean Hall an opportunity to unveil a new space-survival game, Ion. The feature will launch later this year for all Xbox One owners, but console owners who are in the system's dashboard preview program can jump in today and download the games Elite: Dangerous and The Long Dark. The new feature will allow Xbox One game developers to launch games that are technically unfinished, providing users with a chance to sample and beta test before the game's formal launch. LOS ANGELES-Microsoft's E3 press conference included the announcement of Xbox Game Preview, a service that largely mimics the Early Access feature of the Steam PC games store.

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Watch Ars try out E3’s virtual reality rigs-and see how dizzy we got.Looking ahead, Subnautica is also planned for PlayStation 4 and it’s getting a snow-capped expansion.

On launch day you will be able to download the 1.0 update, and enjoy a big increase in performance, smashed bugs, and new content.” Your feedback has been invaluable in helping us to craft the upcoming 1.0 release.

“You have waited for months, enduring awful bugs and tanking frame rates. “We extend our most heartfelt thanks,” developer Unknown Worlds told Game Preview players. The full 1.0 launch for Subnautica on Xbox One is set for December 4, 2018.ĭigital copies will update automatically for free, while a physical copy will be available through Gearbox Publishing on the same day in the United States and beginning December 7 in Europe. Next month, Subnautica will ditch the console’s Game Preview program at long last. It’s best on PC, but there’s also an Xbox One version if that’s where you’re looking play. The underwater alien adventure game does a masterful job of stoking curiosity and fear. Exploration fans shouldn’t miss Subnautica.

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