Some job announcements revealed that Microsoft Vancouver seeks staff for a new title in development, an action game "AAA core". The ads suggest that the game will be a shooter that will include "the best gaming experience on the net and online services".

Research to Senior company Engineer "with at least 7 years of experience in the construction of the systems on various titles, especially on action and shooter games".

It also seeks a Lead Online Engineer "with experience in navigating online games action/shooter" . Ads are also cited co-op and user-generated content.

Another open position suggests that the game will be powered by Unreal Engine by stating that "the experience with the Unreal engine is preferable".

It is unclear whether the game will be devoted to this console generation or the next.

However are mentioned in the ads the DirectX10/DX11 and know that the Xbox 360 's architecture is based on Directx9.

Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver was opened by Microsoft in 2010, developing Flight Simulator free to play Microsoft Flight and had started working on a project for children called kinect Project Columbia.

In July 2012, however, the study had been verified several layoffs due to the closure of Microsoft Flight. At the time Microsoft has confirmed only that the studio is working on several projects.