What’s not clear is what kind of form that could take.
A mini Series S?
An Android powered streaming rig?

A cloud-based dedicated console?
Or a genuine Game Pass powered Steam Deck rival?
Goodbye AA batteries, be GONE.

We also don’t know what the price difference will be - good or bad.
The documents say it’ll be the “same great price”, but again these are from 2022.
In his predictions for this Xbox Games Showcase, our own Xbox expert (Xpert?)

Josh West said he wants to seea little less conversation and a little more action, hey.
So now, we basically just need some games.
So what about those games, then eh?

My personal pick would be to see more ofFable.
Another one from last year’s showcase wasClockwork Revolution.
Another very cool trailer that gaveseriousBioShock vibes.

Again no details on this one since then either.
Let’s take another look at that reveal trailer shall we?
There’s alsoSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Oh we’restartingwith Call of Duty then eh?
Start as we mean to end it.
This seems to be the full reveal trailer, complete with The Prodigy as backing track.

Treyarch and Raven working on it.
10 years since COD was last in an Xbox show.
We’re getting a look at the campaign, multiplayer and zombies later.

First COD game that’s coming to Game Pass Day One.
Bethesda world premiere up first.
Doom but make it medieval?

it’s possible for you to load a skull into a grinder and then it turns it into bullets.
Is that the most Doom thing ever?
Doom: The Dark Ages coming 2025.

State of Decay 3 up now from Undead Labs.
Taking a softer tone with the vocals questioning who the zombies were before the whole undead thing.
No release date for State of Decay 3 - not even a window.

Starfield: Shattered Space DLC up now - and it looks like it’s all about the Va’ruun.
“Until there’s no more you, only us”
That’s not sinister at all.
Much more horror sci-fi vibes than the core game.

That’s coming 2024, but no details on when.
Fallout 76: Skyline Valley details being outlined in a new trailer now.
it’s possible for you to play as a Ghoul starting 2025.
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New game from Kepler Interactive here.
Looks pretty cool actually, lots of dramatic boss fights and stunning backdrops.
Fo9ur main characters, who all seem to be playable in combat at least.

Expedition 33 coming 2025.
South of Midnight up now with a very cool art style and 24-frame-esque animation.
Our hero is riding on the back of a giant fish.

We’re getting our first look at gameplay here.
Third person, with grappling hook to get around.
Combat is with the little hooks but seemingly with some sort of power attached.

Defeating an enemy brings the flowers and nature back to an area that’s otherwise full of red pustules.
She’s also got some kind of magical wing or cape?
2025 on PC and Xbox Series X.

World of Warcraft: The War Within coming 26 August 2024.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater now?
Naked Snake - has to find his own weapons and equipment, and food.

“One man army”.
New content for Sea of Thieves coming July 25.
Brand new trailer for Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, coming July 18, 2024.

Game Pass, Xbox Series X, PC.
Age of Mythology Retold - coming September 4, 2024.
Game Pass, Xbox Series X, PC.

OMG IT’S PERFECT DARK
This is the first we’ve seen of this game since the original announcement.
Very crips visuals, stealth gameplay focus as you’d hope, lots of gadgets and equipment.
“There’s only one way forward, find the truth”.

Switches to full on combat, first person gunplay with some melee attacks.
Perfect Dark - day one with Game Pass but no date.
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred coming October.

New playable class, new region, new story content.
That cinematic certainly isn’t for the gore-phobic.
Actual date for that DLC - October 8.

Humphrey seems to have an ex that’s back and it’s problematic.
Day One Game Pass, Xbox Series X, and PC.
Definitely felt like there was a tease for a morality system in that dialogue.

Fragpunks - 5v5 hero shooter with cards that can change gameplay.
New Annapurna game now, which is so early 90s.
Minidisc player, cutie headphones, skateboarding, references to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Teen angst but with flying?
“Your greatest memories are locked in music”.
Game is called Mixtape.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 now, teasing more of its careers.
November 19, 2024 release date for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Elder Scrolls Online - for a limited time you could play all the DLC for free.
Reminder that Gold Road is coming June 18.
Life is Strange 3!!!
Murder Mystery story, can shift into parallel timelines where the victim (her friend) is still alive.
Can she save Sapphi?
New Max Caulfield adventure, coming October 29, 2024.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle up now.
Brand new story trailer.
Mention of finding the stones.
Himalayas segment in the freezing snow.
The faces are great.
Very Harrison Ford ticks on our Indy here.
No Indy release date.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers coming 2025.
Ah here comes Avowed at last!
Lengthy trailer here showing off combat, characters, enemies and locations.
Coming 2024 still - no release date.
Rebellion’s new game looks kinda bananas in a good way.
Mechs, glowing zombies, British pomp.
Phone box in the mountains.
Nice look at the two characters together.
Reminder of that November 15 release date.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl new trailer, lots of gameplay showed off, anomalies.
New Gears of War.
Gears of War E-Day.
Looks like a prequel featuring Marcus Fenix and Augustus Cole.