The Xbox Games Showcase is returning June 9, along with a “special deep-dive into the next installment of a beloved franchise”
Look forward to a Starfield-style “Redacted Direct”
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MicrosoftGaming will host its annual Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The publisher promises that the event will feature “games from our portfolio of studios acrossActivision, Blizzard, Bethesda andXbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from our third-party partners,“says a post on Xbox Wire.
Xbox also confirms its plans to repeat the double-feature format which it introduced last year, where the mainXbox Games Showcase 2023was immediately followed by a dedicated Starfield Direct livestream. While we don’t know whatXbox exclusivewill be given the special deep-dive treatment, Microsoft says it’ll be the “the next installment of a beloved franchise.”
The Xbox Games Showcase will commence on June 9 at 1pm ET / 10am PT / 6pm BST / 7pm CEST. It will be available to watch on demand at Xbox’sYouTube,Twitch, andFacebookchannels.
This year’s showcase will slot into the widerSummer Game Fest 2024 schedule,following the cancelation of E3, and will most likely focus on upcoming titles for Xbox, PC, andXbox Game Pass– no word yet on whether more titles will be unveiled as part of Microsoft’s push of selected titles onto PS5 and Switch, following the release of Sea of Thieves, Grounded, and Pentiment in recent weeks.
In fact, Microsoft is yet to detail what exactly will be shown, but there’s a huge amount of potential here. Theupcoming Xbox Series X gamesfromXbox Game Studiosincludes aPerfect Dark rebootfrom The Initiative, Playground Games’Fable 4, Rare’sEverwild, Compulsion Games’South of Midnight, inXile’sClockwork Revolution, Undead Labs’State of Decay 3, andObsidian Entertainment’sAvowedandThe Outer Wilds 2.
Bethesda also has plenty to tease, includingArkane’sMarvel’s Blade, MachineGames’Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well asThe Elder Scrolls 6andStarfield’s Shattered Space DLCfrom Bethesda Game Studios. As for Activision Blizzard, there’s the Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred expansion, World of Warcraft: The War Within, and the ever-present threat of a new Call of Duty.
Even with all of this on the cards, we still have no idea what343 Industries, Double Fine, id Software, Tango Game Works, and The Coalition are currently working on. We’ll know more in the coming weeks, but right now all signs are pointing to this being one of the most anticipated Xbox Games Showcases in years.
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