Xbox Game Pass Soldiers on With June Wave 2 Lineup - Daily Fix

[00:00] What's up everybody? Damon here and for

[00:01] today's daily fix, we have new Xbox Game

[00:03] Pass games for June and more Xbox

[00:05] studios on the chopping block. This is

[00:07] your daily fix.

[00:19] Presented by Universal Orlando Resort

[00:21] and its newest theme park, Universal

[00:22] Epic Universe.

[00:25] Amid reports of potential studio

[00:26] closures and mass layoffs, Microsoft has

[00:28] announced the Xbox Game Pass June wave 2

[00:31] lineup of games. It has yet to comment,

[00:33] however, on this week's rumors that the

[00:34] likes of Hellblade developer Ninja

[00:36] Theory, Psychonauts developer Double

[00:37] Fine, and South of Midnight developer

[00:39] Compulsion may always be shut down.

[00:41] Anyway, coming to Game Pass during the

[00:43] second half of June in the early part of

[00:44] July are EA Sports F26, which is of

[00:47] course timed to coincide with the

[00:48] ongoing World Cup. There's also RV There

[00:51] yet, and Winds of Arcana Ruination.

[00:53] Meanwhile, the 2021 Call of Duty game

[00:55] Vanguard hits Game Pass this month.

[00:57] Abyssus is out June 25th, and Tony

[00:59] Hawk's Pros Skater 3 and 4 joins the

[01:01] Ultimate and PC tiers on July 2nd. There

[01:04] are no day one releases for the rest of

[01:06] June with Jungster out today. Game Pass

[01:08] soldiers on amid new Xbox boss Asha

[01:11] Sharma's reset of the gaming business,

[01:13] which looks like it will result in a

[01:14] number of high-profile casualties.

[01:16] Yesterday, the game business reported

[01:17] that Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan

[01:20] had stepped down and news of various

[01:22] Microsoft studios potentially closing

[01:23] down emerged soon after. IGN has asked

[01:26] Microsoft for comment, but it is yet to

[01:28] respond. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has

[01:30] said, "No one can accuse Microsoft of

[01:33] not having invested for the last 25

[01:34] years." Now, we have to turn this into a

[01:36] sustainable business that delivers what

[01:38] is fundamentally one of the best sources

[01:40] of entertainment. Still moving on. As

[01:42] mentioned previously, Hellblade

[01:44] developer Ninja Theory and Psychonauts

[01:45] developer Doublefine are reportedly

[01:47] among the studios fighting to avoid

[01:48] closure as Microsoft makes significant

[01:50] cuts to the Xbox business. Bloomberg

[01:52] reported that Compulsion, Ninja Theory,

[01:54] and Doublefine are all negotiating with

[01:56] Microsoft to potentially go independent,

[01:58] although doing so would still likely

[01:59] result in significant layoffs. UK studio

[02:02] Ninja Theory is behind the technically

[02:03] impressive Hellblade franchise, which

[02:05] has struggled for commercial success.

[02:07] The developer announced sequel Senua

[02:09] just over a week ago at the Xbox games

[02:11] showcase reveal event. It is unclear

[02:13] what will happen to the game now.

[02:15] Earlier this year, Doublefine, which is

[02:17] behind the Psychonauts franchise,

[02:19] released online multiplayer pottery

[02:21] party brawler Kilm. Like Double Fine's

[02:23] 2025 effort, Keeper Kilm failed to make

[02:25] an impression. Double Fine has responded

[02:27] to the reports of its potential closure

[02:29] with a single emoji.

[02:32] And that is your daily fix for Tuesday,

[02:33] June 16th. Now that you're caught up on

[02:35] the news, watch the launch trailer for

[02:37] Jason Vorhees and Dead by Daylight. I'm

[02:39] Damon Hatfield and for all your video

[02:40] game news, stay tuned IGN.