Will we finally see Starfield in action?
This year’s Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase will take place online on June 12th, Microsoft have announced todayvia Xbox Wire. The announcement is light on details right now, as you might expect, but there’s the promise of a “diverse line-up of games coming soon to the Xbox ecosystem, including upcoming releases to Game Pass on Xbox and PC”. Personally, I’m hoping we’ll see our first proper gameplay footage ofStarfield, given it launches almost five months to the day from that date. There could also finally be some movement on in-development projects like the nextFablefrom Playground Games and Undead Labs’State of Decay 3too. Here’s hoping!
There’s plenty of options for what else Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda could show off in June. Obsidian are still beavering away on their first-person RPG set in the Pillars Of Eternity universe,Avowed, along withThe Outer Worlds 2. The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics are rebootingPerfect Dark, so that might sneak in - although given the recentmass of departures, this one might need a little longer in the oven all things considered. Could we even hear confirmation ofFallout: New Vegas 2? Game Pass for PCworking properly on Steam Deckwould be nice. My mind’s agog at the possibilities.
So what else do we have down on the bingo card for this one? New Forza Motorsport, check.Halo Infinitestuff, oh aye. Another Wolfenstein, maybe? Some Sea Of Thieves updates, okay then. Probably notThe Elder Scrolls 6, I guess. What do you, dear readers, want to see Phil Spencer and Todd Howard gesture their hands enthusiastically towards on stage? Pray to your gods that it’s notFallouts 5 through 75on arevivified Bethesda Launcher. I really hope the entire thing is just multiple bizarre reveals of novelty Xbox controllers like this week’startan one.
You can tune in to the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase stream onYouTubeandTwitchon Sunday, June 12th from 10am PDT/6pm BST/7pm CEST. Don a comically large green foam hand and/or Dragonborn helmet for the duration, if you so wish.
