Microsoft is hosting a major conference on Sunday, June 9, in a time that would have once been E3. Big announcements are expected from the multinational.
E3 may be dead, but the habits remain. As part of the Summer Game Fest, which started on June 7, Microsoft is holding a conference called Xbox Games Showcase, this Sunday, June 9. It promises to be crucial for the future of a brand that has had a troubled image for several months. Fans are hoping for great revelations, especially after Sony’s far from stellar State of Play. Numerama offers you live monitoring, ad by ad.
What is Xbox really up to?
It seems like we’re repeating ourselves a lot, but Microsoft is playing big with this Xbox Games Showcase conference. On strategy, we are navigating in the dark with the gaming brand, accused a few months ago of killing its consoles out of a desire to put an end to exclusive games. We don’t really know where the multinational wants to go, which is making redundancies at the end of a long period of buyouts. On this subject, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, long uncertain, caused a lot of noise. Today, Microsoft has a lot of balls in its bag to make people dream, even if the test is still slow to be transformed.
On the software side, it is time for Microsoft to reassure on titles announced for a very, very long time. They would supply the Xbox catalog over the next twelve months, knowing that the calendar is hardly full. Renowned licenses could pass a head, like Doom And Gears of War. We should also have news of the extension of Starfield, the biggest exclusive in recent months for Microsoft. It is imperative to also think in the shorter term, in order to have a good second semester.
We still know that there will be the presentation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, future opus of the saga published by Activision. The war FPS, which will be available upon its release in Xbox Game Pass, will be entitled to a Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct segment just after the Xbox Games Showcase – which will extend the evening accordingly.
Will Microsoft announce new hardware features? It’s possible, since the company has repeated that it is working on new consoles. We have even seen images of a cylindrical Xbox Series X, or a white Xbox Series X. The big bet concerned a portable console, a market that has been doing quite well since the arrival of Valve’s Steam Deck.
All Xbox announcements live
7:47 p.m. : third “world premiere” (in less than an hour). A new hero shooter with a card system.
7:45 p.m. : yet another return, that of the reboot of Fable, designed by Playground Games. The humorous tone will always be there. Graphically, the RPG looks very, very ambitious. We have a very big exclusivity for the Xbox catalog. Guess when the game comes out? (in 2025)
7:41 p.m. : Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred offers its opening cinematic (it’s incredible, Blizzard obliges). The character Neyrelle completely loses her footing and sees visions with her mother, created by Mephisto. Goodbye Neyrelle? The hack’n’lash expansion, which will introduce a new class, will be available on October 8.
7:40 p.m. : Matt Booty comes to give us a summary of what we have just seen. That’s very nice of him.
7:36 p.m. : Crystal Dynamics (Tomb Raider) and The Initiative are working on the new Perfect Dark. On the menu: hacking, infiltration, parkour and, at the end, action.
7:34 p.m. : a remake for Age of Mythology ! Released September 4 (Xbox Game Pass).
7:32 p.m. : a new souls-like, from the creators ofAshen. Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn will be available from July 18 (Xbox Game Pass). Objective ? Killing gods. Be careful, it might be hard.
7:31 p.m. : always more content for Skull & Bones season 13 of Sea of Thievesincluding a super-powerful ship (the most powerful)
7:29 p.m. : we know why the remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater wasn’t at Summer Game Fest. Konami reserved the trailer for Microsoft. The best opus of the cult infiltration saga is reinvigorated, with a cast that is still as hot as ever. No release date, unfortunately.
7:26 p.m. : we move on to Blizzard Entertainment with World of Warcraft, aka the MMORPG that has unleashed passions for 20 years. August 26 for The War Within. Darkness is calling, it seems.
7:22 p.m. : gameplay images for South of Midnight. The action/adventure game is very pretty, both visually and artistically (the slightly jerky animations give it a real character). The heroine has several skills — which recharge — to defend herself. She is also very comfortable when traveling. Another Xbox Game Pass game. But one more game for 2025…
7:19 p.m. : second “world premiere” (already). Expedition 33 promises to be an action game with in-depth artistic direction. We will play a team of heroines and heroes. You will have to wait until 2025, with immediate availability in Xbox Game Pass.
7:17 p.m. : the success of the Fallout series on Amazon has given a huge boost to the saga from which it is based. The proof with the formalization of an extension for Fallout 76, entitled Skyline Valley, structured around a new region and available from June 12. We will be able to play a Ghoul in 2025!
7:14 p.m. : as expected, Bethesda comes back to reveal the first images of the extension of Starfield, its space RPG released in 2023. Mysterious, the Shattered Space DLC will be available in 2024, without further details. Other big updates are planned, including this evening.
7:12 p.m. : Electronic Arts chose this Xbox Games Showcase to present Dragon Age: The Veilguard , an ambitious RPG where we can visibly embody various rather exotic classes (mage-slayer, necromancer, dragon hunter, etc.). We will have to challenge the Gods there. Release planned for the end of 2024.
7:09 p.m. : finally news of State of Decay 3, a survival game with zombies (spoiler: some will be very big). For the moment, this Xbox Games Showcase is all violence. Still no release date, however…
7:06 p.m. : first “world premiere”, with a game from Bethesda. This is the new opus of Doom! Fast-fps is back with new weapons and new enemies. Doom: The Dark Ages will be available in 2025, from day one on Xbox Game Pass.
7:04 p.m. : Phil Spencer welcomes us by talking about Call of Duty and reminding us that Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Game Pass from the day of its release. “ I’m excited for today’s show », he promises.
7:02 p.m. : it starts with a campaign trailer Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, who will be entitled to an entire 25-minute segment at the end of the conference. We don’t change a winning team for this opus: a great spectacle and a plot with twists and turns, which takes place after the Cold War.
7:02 p.m. : let’s go for this Xbox Games Showcase 2024!
6:45 p.m. : the show will start soon.
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