Grand Theft Auto 6 will undoubtedly act as a black hole when it releases next year - sucking up player time, space, and attention like a cosmic force - and Microsoft is just as eager to avoid it as the rest of the industry.
This year's Xbox Game Showcase had a healthy barrage of big trailers that closed with a nebulous 2025 promise and nothing more. The Fable reboot, Doom: The Dark Ages, and South of Midnight are all slated for next year, while games such as Gears of War: E-Day, State of Decay 3, and Perfect Dark showed up with no such promises - just 'hey, we're making these' trailers.
