The Summer Game Fest stampede continues today with a big one: the Xbox Game Showcase. The show starts at 6pm UK time and we’ll be covering all the major talking points right here, in a blow-by-blow account. As ever, you can watch the stream right here and chat about everything in the comments with us below.
What do we expect to see? Indiana Jones and the Great Circle from Wolfenstein developer MachineGames, the Shattered Space expansion for Starfield, and possibly Flight Simulator 2024. I’m also holding out hope for a proper look at the Fable reboot, and there’s a chance we may see the new Gears of War game that The Coalition has been working on. That’s a pretty solid line-up, if it all comes to pass.
However, it’s against the backdrop of studio closures and redundancies that Microsoft takes to the stage, so it’ll be interesting to see if there’s any reaction or reference to that. Microsoft has also made some bold moves in recent months to make previously Xbox-exclusive games available on PlayStation, so I wonder whether that initiative will continue with other games. It’s an important moment for Microsoft; let’s see what it’s got.
