Ranking All Of Microsoft's First-Party Studios Worst To Best

14. The Initiative

Notable Games: Nothing, as yet

In Development: An unknown triple-A project

This brand-new studio was created with, well…the initiative of creating the type of AAA story-driven exclusive games that Sony has found such success with. It's a rather exciting shift for Microsoft, since their big exclusives tend to prioritize multiplayer over single-player campaigns.

Fortunately, the staff roster reads like a who's-who of great games, with Darell Gallagher (producer of Tomb Raider reboot), Christian Cantamessa (lead writer/designer of Red Dead Redemption), Drew Murray (game director of Sunset Overdrive) and Brian Westergaard (lead producer on the God Of War reboot) leading the charge, amongst several other cream-of-the-crop team members.

So with all that talent, how come it's on the bottom of the list? That’s because so far they’ve made zilch - so there’s not much to judge them on.

Yet, in a couple of years when what they've been cooking up is unleashed, one can expect their pole position to shoot way up.