It is that time of the gaming year where every gamer gets a peak at what all the major platforms have been working on for the last year but also what they have in store for the year ahead. With the world slowly coming out of the Global Pandemic, the world is still a digital one for such briefings and again Xbox will be hosting their big briefing on Sunday June 13th as confirmed, following leaks, today by the official Xbox Twitter accounts:
By the promotional imagery above and from what reports have already said, this will be a joint Xbox and Bethesda briefing which in itself is very interesting now that Microsoft owns Bethesda Softworks and rather than treating it as another Xbox Studio, this briefing is placing both Xbox Side by Side with Bethesda for their announcements, no doubt because there is expected to be some huge news from both. From the image we can see that HALO Infinite, the delayed and originally planned launch title for the Xbox Series X/S console launch in November 2020, will be taking a frontal position for Xbox and seeing how similar the layout of the picture is to Bethesda’s STARFIELD logo, I would imagine the long awaited reveal of possible gameplay as well as the rumoured Xbox and PC exclusivity deal for Starfield and potentially more Bethesda titles, will be announced.
Now a lot of titles from Xbox Studios announced in 2019/20 have still yet to surface, no doubt down to the global pandemic having an impact on development schedules so this briefing will be the biggest opportunity to get updates on titles like Forza Motorsport 7, Senua’s Sacrifice 2 and more on HALO infinite as well as everything else that the 15 Xbox Studios have been working on over the last 16 months at lease with what I would expect to be a focus on brand new IPs as well as building on the newly adapted focus on Xbox exclusive games, finally adopting the model that PlayStation has been so successful with for two console generations now.
So, order a takeaway and make a cuppa because if you are an Xbox gamer or just a gamer, this is one briefing, you will not want to miss!!
For more information head to the official Xbox News site: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-bethesda-games-showcase
