Microsoft’s 1 vs. 100 online game from 2009 was an odd experiment that didn’t dwell previous 2010. However now, current experiences declare that Xbox is growing yet one more title within the sport present sequence.
GamesBeat report Jeff Grubb spoke about it on his present on Big Bomb referred to as Grubbsnax, as picked up by way of Video Games Chronicle. Grubb acknowledged that Xbox was “undoubtedly making that sport” at AltspaceVR, which is in Microsoft’s Combined Actuality Division. AltspaceVR has completed experiences with musicians like Reggie Watts and Pitbull previously, however isn’t a standard online game developer. Nevertheless, it seems to be utilizing avatars, which is one thing prominently featured within the AltspaceVR digital actuality app.
“1 vs. 100 is coming again,” Grubb mentioned. “They’re undoubtedly making that sport… and it looks as if it’s coming from the AltspaceVR crew. They’re spearheading the mission and the entire avatars we noticed within the Microsoft Groups factor final week, they’re going to make use of these avatars and convey that stuff in.”
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Whereas Grubb has a dependable monitor document, this additionally backs up what Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has said previously. In October 2020, after the crew tried and didn’t placed on a sport present, he appeared to very particularly make a reference to 1 vs. 100.
“We’ll be taught. Possibly we must always even be constructing our personal trivia sport, like from our previous, that enables folks to play a trivia sport extra usually, perhaps that would occur,” he mentioned.
One 12 months earlier, he informed Stevivor that he, together with Head of Xbox Studios Matt Booty, have spoken concerning the chance lots. But it surely could be troublesome, given how it’s primarily based on an actual sport present.
“The issue with 1 vs 100 particularly is it’s an IP that’s owned by a a sport present firm,” mentioned Spence. “However I’ll say Matt and I’ve had a number of discussions concerning the concept, whether or not it’s that IP particularly or simply the concept of what it was, is one thing that we’d like to go do. So we’re on the market type of taking a look at concepts and speaking to groups. As a result of I feel that was a type of concepts — and it’s a cliché, virtually — which may’ve been a little bit forward of its time.”
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Microsoft spoke about 1 vs. 100 earlier than in the course of the Xbox One period, too. In 2014, Basic Supervisor for Way of life Leisure at Microsoft Studios Dave McCarthy informed Polygon that one thing like 1 vs. 100 was coming to Xbox One. Nevertheless, nothing ever got here of that.
As its title implies, 1 vs. 100 was a dwell sport present on the Xbox 360 with hosts and was free to everybody on Xbox Reside. It put a single participant, dubbed “The One,” towards 100 others, also called “The Mob” in a trivia sport. The One had an opportunity to win 10,000 Microsoft Factors. The earnings could be divided up with the surviving members of The Mob and they might all win a downloadable sport if they may take down The One. There have been solely two 13-week seasons.