The week of the Summer Game Fest continues and Microsoft decided to brighten us up on Sunday with a content-packed event, in which it announced almost 30 games, all planned for the next 12 months. While Starfield, the game from the creators of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, was the star of the broadcast, there were big announcements, reveals, and new glimpses of titles already presented, plus plenty of release dates.
You can relive the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase on the Xbox YouTube channel, but we choose the most important announcements, so you know which games you can’t lose sight of in the coming months.
Studio: Mojang
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: 2023Mojang, the studio that created the Minecraft phenomenon, continues to expand the mythology of the series and the universe. A few years ago Minecraft Dungeons proposed an action role-playing experience, and in 2023 Minecraft Legends will do the same with real-time strategy with direct action elements, such as a mixture of Age of Empires and Minecraft.
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 5
Release: October 4Although the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is still awaiting approval, Blizzard was twice present at the showcase. The company announced Overwatch 2 as a free game that we will be able to test from October 4, and presented one of the new characters of the sequel, which will be revealed more in depth on Thursday 16 during a broadcast on the official channel of the game.
Studio: Atlus
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: October 21The Persona saga has historically been related to PlayStation but in recent years it came to PC and Nintendo Switch, so the announcement of the last three games in the franchise (Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal) is not surprising. Still, it was very well received by Xbox users, who will be able to enjoy the games on Game Pass starting with Persona 5 Royal in October.
Studio: Plot Twist
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: 2023In every presentation there is always a standalone title that particularly catches our attention, and this year’s game was The Last Case of Benedict Fox, a 2D adventure starring Benedict Fox, a self-proclaimed detective tied to a demon that forces him to explore the minds of the dead to reveal the mystery of an old mansion and the disappearance of a child.
Studio: Kowloon Nights
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: October 21One of the games that caught our attention since its announcement in 2020, Scorn is a first-person action and exploration adventure in which we wake up in the middle of the ruins of an old civilization, surrounded by biomechanical structures reminiscent of the work of H.R. Giger. Not suitable for weak stomachs.
Studio: Interior/Night
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: July 19As Dusk Falls is a narrative adventure in which we get into the lives of two families over 30 years, which begins in 1998 during a robbery. The game is an interactive drama with a unique aesthetic in which every decision counts and will define the future of the characters. As Dusk Falls can be played alone or with up to seven players.
Studio: Obsidian Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox, PC
Release: NovemberThe new project of Josh Sawyer, the mind behind Icewind Dale and Fallout: New Vegas, takes us to the kingdom of Bavaria in the 16th century, with a narrative adventure inspired by the great Disco Elysium, in which the artist Andreas Maler will undertake a journey of discovery that will force him to make decisions that will affect the course of history.
Studio: Turn10
Platform: Xbox Series, PC
Release: 2023The new installment of the Forza Motorsport franchise abandons the numbering to represent the beginning of a new era in the current console generation. The presentation video was focused on the new photorealistic graphics and the incredible level of detail that the game will present, taking advantage of the capabilities of the new Xbox consoles.
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC, PlayStation 5
Release: 2023Blizzard made a second visit to present the fifth and final class of Diablo IV: Necromancer, in addition to making a small review of the main novelties of this fourth part, which includes an open world with dynamic missions and an artificial intelligence system that reacts to the actions of the player, in addition to large-scale confrontations with several players.
Studio: Riot Games
Platforms: PC, mobile
Release: 2022One of the big surprises of the event was the announcement of the arrival of Riot Games games to Xbox Game Pass: League of Legends, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, Valorant and Teamfight Tactics will include all the characters or cards already unlocked as the main benefit for subscribers.
Studio: Arkane Studio
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: 2023Redfall presented the first gameplay trailer, in which it showed a little more of the town that gives it its name, invaded by vampires and various factions that will have to face while we fulfill missions both alone and in cooperative mode. From what it looks like it seems to point to a structure similar to that of Destiny, replacing the alien races with a supernatural threat.
Studio: Bethesda
Platforms: Xbox Series, PC
Release: 2023The project that took more than two decades to become a reality is closer than ever, and in the first gameplay trailer Bethesda showed what it was working on all this time: Starfield is shaping up to become one of the biggest and most comprehensive games we’ve ever played, a universe with almost endless possibilities that combines systems and mechanics into a single experience.
While it was not the announcement of a game itself, Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear Solid saga, said present to confirm that he reached an agreement with Microsoft to develop a new project that will take advantage of the possibilities offered by cloud gaming to create an experience like it has not been seen before. What it will be or when we will see it, are questions whose answers will have to wait a long time.
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