After lagging behind the competition for ages, and after the disastrous launch of Redfall, all eyes were on Xbox to come out swinging at the Xbox and Starfield showcase – and swing it did.
The Xbox and Starfield showcase would've been a winner from Starfield alone for most gamers. However Microsoft delivered one of the most packed and exciting showcases in recent years showing off the new Star Wars Outlaws game from Ubisoft, the upcoming Fable starring Richard Ayoade, three new games from the Persona team (even if two did leak beforehand), Sea of Thieves announcing the extremely obvious winning crossover with Monkey Island, and Like a Dragon 8 finally being revealed with a look at Ichiban Kasuga naked on a beach.
These titles were showcased alongside a bunch of first party Xbox titles like Avowed, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Forza Motorsport.
As with the PlayStation Showcase in May, a lot of the games will be available on other platforms; in fact every title shown will be available on PC, and most will be available on PS5 (as we saw last year with the announcements of ports of Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal, Xbox often has a short window where games aren't announced for other platforms) but regardless, it was a great showing from Microsoft.
All games announced at the Xbox showcase
The following list is everything shown off at the Xbox showcase:
- Starfield – new story trailer and 45 minute deep-dive
- Xbox Series S – new Xbox Series S with a 1TB SSD releasing
- Forza Motorsport – October 10, 2023 release date
- Fable – first look, Richard Ayoade stars
- Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth – Yakuza / Like a Dragon 8 takes the series to US for the first time
- Persona 3 Reload – remake of Persona 3 in Persona 5 engine, Early 2024 release
- Persona 5 Tactica – Persona 5 Tactics spinoff, releasing November 17, 2023
- Metaphor: ReFantazio – new RPG from creator of Persona, coming 2024 (previously known as Project Re Fantasy)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – first look at gameplay, coming September 26, 2023
- Avowed – first look at gameplay, coming 2024
- Star Wars Outlaws– open world Star Wars game from Ubisoft Massive, coming 2024 (more being shown at Ubisoft Forward)
- South of Midnight – new game from We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games
- Sea of Thieves – Monkey Island expansion releasing July 20, 2023
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – new Microsoft Flight Simulator game, adds jobs like firefighting and mountain rescues
- Microsoft Flight Simulator – Dune expansion arriving November 3, 2023
- Clockwork Revolution – first look at gameplay, new game from InXile
- Towerborne – new game from the creators of The Banner Saga
- Cities: Skylines 2 – releasing October 24, 2023, will be on Xbox Game Pass
- Dungeons of Hinterberg – announce trailer
- Justant – new game from Don't Nod, coming autumn 2023
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess – new action game from Capcom
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 – new cinematic trailer
Fallout 76 – Atlantic City update
Still Wakes the Deep – announce trailer
33 Immortals – 33-player co-op game from Spiritfarer devs
Payday 3 – gameplay trailer, coming September 21, 2023, will be on Xbox Game Pass
Overwatch 2 – Invasion update trailer, coming August 10, 2023
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom – Shadow Over Morrowind trailer, coming June 20, 2023
It was a packed showcase from Microsoft, hopefully the momentum Xbox has coming out of this will continue and it can build a compelling enough lineup to compete with the PS5.
