After a troubling few months that left fans questioning the future of Xbox, Microsoft is letting the games do the talking.
The company revealed a line-up of flagship releases from its top franchises at the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday (June 9), including Call of Duty, Gears of War, and Doom. We also got new looks at exciting new games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the Perfect Dark reboot, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and more.
For those that haven’t joined the Xbox fray, Microsoft announced three new versions of its latest consoles that offer more storage space (the lowdown on those below). And that Xbox handheld we keep hearing about? Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed that it’s in the works and will be able to play games locally like a Steam Deck.
To say it was a home run would be an understatement. Clapping back at the naysayers, Microsoft went all guns blazing with arguably its best Xbox Games Showcase ever. We’ve listed all the games that were announced below, many of which will be on Xbox Game Pass the day of their release, followed by their trailers and synopsis.
Xbox Games Showcase June 2024 - All the games
Microsoft announced a total of 30 games and DLCs during the almost two-hour-long presentation:
First-party games
- Age of Mythology: Retold (September 4, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Avowed (2024, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (October, Xbox/Game Pass, PlayStation, PC)
- Doom: The Dark Ages (2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PS5, PC)
- Fable (2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Gears of War: E-Day (TBC, Xbox, PC)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (November 19, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Perfect Dark (TBC)
- South of Midnight (2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- State of Decay 3 (TBC, Xbox, PC)
Third-party games
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows (November 15, Xbox, PS5, PC, Mac)
- Atomfall (2025, Xbox, PlayStation, PC)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Xbox/Game Pass, PS5, PC)
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard (TBC, Xbox, PS5, PC)
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (July 18, Xbox/Game Pass, PlayStation, PC)
- FragPunk (2025, Xbox, PC)
- Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (October 29, Xbox, PlayStation, PC)
- Mecha Break (2025, Xbox, PS5, PC)
- Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (TBC, Xbox, PS5, PC)
- Mixtape: Nothing But the Hits (2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl (September 5, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Winter Burrow (Q1 2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (2025, Xbox/Game Pass, PS5, PC)
DLCs
- Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (October 8, Xbox, PlayStation, PC)
- Fallout 76 Skyline Valley (June 12, Xbox/Game Pass, PlayStation, PC)
- Sea of Thieves Season 13 (July 25, Xbox/Game Pass, PS5, PC)
- Starfield: Shattered Space (2024, Xbox/Game Pass, PC)
- World of Warcraft: The War Within (August 26, PC)
- Elder Scrolls: Gold Road (June 18, Xbox, PC (out now))
The biggest announcements and trailers from the night
These were the most eye-catching reveals and clips from the night:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
What is it?
In the world of Call of Duty, the Black Ops spin-off series features an era-hopping story of clandestine missions and hidden conflicts, which sound like the ravings of a conspiracy theorist on paper. Game number six is set during the Gulf War and will be the first Call of Duty title to come to Game Pass, where it will be available on day one. The latest trailer, set to the revving beat of Prodigy’s Firestarter, plays like a blockbuster spy thriller. Taking cues from past entries, it looks like it will mix stealth-based objectives with cinematic action sequences, whisking players from the gilded palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to the streets of Washington D.C., which appears to be under siege. Roll on October 25.
Gears of War: E-Day
What is it?
Set 14 years before the events of the first game, the sixth installment in the gruff action series is a prequel starring a young Marcus Fenix. The new entry depicts the horror of Emergence Day, when the game’s monstrous villains (the Locust Horde) emerged from their subterranean lair, sparking the existential war that plunged the once tranquil world of Sera into chaos. Surprisingly, there was no mention of a Game Pass release for the highly-anticipated game.
Doom: The Dark Ages
What is it?
In Doom, you shoot first and ask questions later. Next up, the heavy-metal demon-slayer is going medieval in a bullet-strewn story of gods and monsters. Alongside your arsenal of deranged guns, this time you’ll pack a motorised chainsaw shield, and be able to summon all sorts of spiked weapons. When you’re inevitably swarmed by the abominations, you can jump in a mechanoid robot or take to the skies on a dragon. You know the drill Doom Slayers: rip and tear until it is done.
Fable
What is it?
A theme is starting to appear in the promos for Xbox’s lavish fantasy RPG. Both teasers released thus far are fronted by British comics and wink to the game’s whimsical blend of humour and magic. This time around, a virtual Matt King, who replaces Richard Ayoade as narrator, plays a down-on-his-luck hero who mentors the game’s plucky heroine. Speaking in a thick slur, King recounts the fledgling warrior’s exploits as we see her making fans and haters, exploring lush environments and decrepit dungeons, and bumping into a giant toad. “She made all the wrong choices,” he concludes, before getting a big surprise. The end result is opium for the eyes of Skyrim and The Witcher fans.
South of Midnight
What is it?
The brand new title from Compulsion Games, the makers of dystopian oddity We Happy Few, is a southern gothic fantasy that revels in the trappings of the sub-genre. A giant crocodile named Two-Toed Tom, which we’re told has its own theme tune, loomed large over the first gameplay trailer. At first glance, the game looks like a swampy take on Forspoken, with a female heroine who can glide over its flooded environs, inspired by the Mississippi Delta. Did we mention her best friend is a talking catfish?
Starfield: Shattered Space
What is it?
The fan theories were right. The expansion to Bethesda’s sprawling galactic adventure will focus on House Va’ruun, the faction of religious zealots mentioned throughout the base game. Starfield is about to take a turn for the sinister as players battle celestial beings and arachnids after responding to a distress call on an abandoned craft. The action continues on Va’ruun’s home planet, cloaked in a menacing red mist and home to some sort of massive weapon or satellite that does something with particles. Shattered Space’s mysteries will be revealed later this year (no, we still don’t have a concrete release date).
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
What is it?
In the first trailer since its name change, we got to see the titular Veilguard, the companions who form a central part of the fourth game in the fantasy series, where your choices can shape the arcane world of Thedas. More footage is around the corner: Developer Bioware will unveil 15 minutes of gameplay on Tuesday (June 11) on YouTube.
Perfect Dark
What is it?
How do you follow an instant classic like Goldeneye? Make your own spin on James Bond, of course. The original Perfect Dark, released by British developer Rare in 2000 to universal acclaim and disappointing sales, pitted a super-spy named Joanna Dark against aliens and crime lords. More than two decades later, Rare’s highly skilled agent is back in an eco-terrorism parable designed to reboot the series for a new generation of players. Like any action blockbuster worth its salt, the game contains exotic locales (a futuristic Cairo in this case), enemy-tracking gadgets, stealth takedowns, and parkour stunts.
New Xbox consoles
In a sign of its digital-only future, two of Xbox’s new machines can’t play physical games. The trio of consoles comprises the affordable Xbox Series S 1TB, a discless model of the high-end Xbox Series X, along with a separate 2TB version that has a disc drive. They’ll go on sale during the festive stretch from late November to early January. Microsoft has yet to announce UK pricing for the new models, but the US and EU pricing should offer clues about what to expect:
- Xbox Series X (1TB, all-digital, robot white) – $449.99/€499.99
- Xbox Series X (2TB, disc drive, galaxy black) – $599.99/€649.99
- Xbox Series S (1TB, all-digital, robot white) – $349.99/€349.99
