Ranking EVERY Xbox Game Studio From Worst To Best

22. The Initiative

Past Highlights: Nothing...as yet

In Development: An unknown triple-A project

Created by Xbox from the ground up in 2018, with the 'initiative' to build the type of AAA story-driven exclusive games that are more common on PlayStation consoles, as well as support their first-party brethren. Essentially, it's to be Microsoft's answer to Sony Santa Monica.

We can assume it will be something special due to the staff rooster reading like a checklist of all-star game talent: Darell Gallagher (producer of Tomb Raider reboots), 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), just to name a few...

That's all well and good, but as of yet, they've got nothing to show, not even a logo or teaser for their in-development first project...hence why it sits at the bottom.