Xbox Game Studios and Avalanche Studio present a new IP, set in the fictional world of Bayan from the 70s – it’s one of the great surprises of E3.

We knew we were going to have surprises at the conference Xbox from the E3 2021 and there were. Xbox Game Studios and Avalanche Studio have surprised with the announcement of a new cooperative and open-world video game, which will be released exclusively for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC platforms. Contraband is a new Xbox IP, although at the moment there is a lot of mystery in what we can find in the video game.

Contraband will be “a cooperative smugglers haven set in the fictional world of Bayan in the 1970s, ” according to the first description that has been officially shared. At the moment we have to settle for the first trailer, in which we have seen the graphics that the game will have, very detailed and that look like next-gen. There is currently no launch window.

The new Avalanche Studio video game will be released on Xbox Game Pass from day one and – the subscription service that we can join by paying one euro for the first three months. Microsoft promised that we would see a lot of video games at the conference and they have not broken their word, as they have started with the first Starfield in-game trailer and its release date.

Avalanche has called it the ” most ambitious and spectacular game to date”, after 18 years of experience in the industry. The studio is mainly known for the Just Cause series and has explained that it will use its improved Apex Engine to take advantage of the power of the new generation. “We built the engine to unleash the creativity of our developers and we are excited to take full advantage of the unique capabilities of Xbox Series X | S.”