Nowadays if we talk about games as a service, there is no better exponent when it comes to understanding the business than Fortnite, which does not stop renewing itself every season beyond the usual changes in the map, mechanics or weapons, by embracing all kinds openly of extremely popular licenses, such as Marvel, NBA, DC Comics or practically everything that is third within art culture in all its variations, even touching sports figures like Neymar Jr. It is a brand .
The last Call of Duty have incorporated Rambo and John McClane as a claim in a special event of its third season, but they are not the only video games either. Now, they all have something in common: they are limited events , unlike the future multiplayer of Halo: Infinite, which will fight this annoying FOMO. It was not the only news that E3 2021 left us by Microsoft , seeing how it will bet fully on renowned licenses.
Jack Sparrow will soon sneak into Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is one of the most colorful and fun IPs on Xbox One, although its debut was not as expected. RARE took time to refine its proposal , being today the game that many of us had dreamed of, especially sharing the experience with other people. However, he needed a boost to return , a weighty content for his new seasons.
Because in this kind of game everything is usually reduced to the same, creating new challenges, maps or treasures, hence someone who has put it aside for a while does not find the necessary incentive to return. Unless it offers a significant change. And here the Fortnite mirror is ideal , otherwise we would probably not run into the surprise of seeing Jack Sparrow himself from Pirates of the Caribbean as an exceptional guest for the adventure.
Being a game that recreates the life of pirates, the options to offer something in this way could be the aforementioned Disney movie or Monkey Island, being a success by Microsoft to renew the brand of RARE’s Sea of Thieves .
Thus, the third season of Sea of Thieves , which will start on June 22, will carry the nickname of A Pirate’s Life to further reinforce the idea of living a pirate life in this adventure, for which there will be a new plot which will revolve around the aforementioned Captain Jack Sparrow and the rest of his famous crew.
Tomorrow, on the occasion of the new Microsoft Showcase, we will see in depth a portion of gameplay , but from the outset we know that neither The Black Pearl nor The Flying Dutchman will be missing, as two of the most iconic ships of the saga. Apart from the presence of Davy Jones himself , of course, as we saw in his presentation trailer. And there will be more surprises from the movies, for sure.
Not in vain this collaboration between Xbox, RARE and Disney will take us to visit some of the locations of Pirates of the Caribbean, adapted to Sea of Thieves , so it will be interesting to see how it has been integrated with respect to Kingdom Hearts III, for example, a of the last times we saw all that troop in a different video game. The advantage is that this content is completely free , both for those who bought the game and for those who have Xbox Game Pass.
Microsoft Flight Simulator will bet on Top Gun
On the other hand, we have the surprise of discovering that a video game as serious as Microsoft Flight Simulator will embrace this kind of commercial trickery to promote Top Gun’s return to theaters at the end of the year.
It is the first license of its kind that you will receive, being very much appreciated by fans of aviation and for proposing a different style within this legendary simulator with almost 40 years of history , which the first one debuted in 1982, there is nothing. Because one thing is thematic updates on countries with extremely beautiful landscapes and another thing is this type of content that will undoubtedly come in handy to scratch other types of clientele, without forgetting that on July 27 you will enjoy a perfect showcase with your arrival to Xbox Series , another great milestone.
And it is that this saga was always the exclusive preserve of PC, taking this maxim to the letter, unlike Football Manager, with slight dabbling in consoles until its return with Football Manager 2021. But returning to Microsoft Flight Simulator , it is an interesting twist to its policy with updates, in the same way as Sea of Thieves , where the issue of licenses until now remained at home, with themed ships on other Xbox Game Studios products.
Saving the distances, this class of licenses is a step forward with respect to what had been done with the Forza Horizon , where the third one put us fully on the tracks with eternal loops of the Hot Wheels or already Forza Horizon 4 with the implementation of the iconic LEGO. What will the future Forza Horizon 5 surprise us with? It is still early, but any madness can fall …
Of course, the next thing in Sea of Thieves is Monkey Island , please.
