As the top of Microsoft’s Xbox Video games Showcase, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer teased the corporate’s plans for 2026, which marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Xbox.
Spencer stated Gears of Struggle: E-Day, the brand new Fable, and the following Forza sport will launch in 2026. He additionally teased the “return of a basic that is been with us because the starting.”
Many are taking that to be a reference to the Halo franchise. Microsoft is engaged on a number of new Halo video games, one in every of which may very well be a remaster of 2001’s Halo: Fight Advanced. It was beforehand reported {that a} remaster of the primary Halo sport was within the works and may additionally come to PS5.
In 2024, Microsoft introduced that it was engaged on new Halo video games and that the franchise was shifting from utilizing the corporate’s personal sport engine to Epic’s Unreal Engine. As a part of this, Microsoft additionally modified the identify of 343 Industries to Halo Studios.
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Fable, Forza, Gears, and Halo are a number of the most iconic and recognizable Xbox manufacturers, and all 4 franchises popping out in 2026 to have fun the franchise’s twenty fifth anniversary may very well be a giant second.
As for what Microsoft has on faucet for 2025, Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 is on the way in which from Activision, as is The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian. Whereas followers have to attend till 2026 for Gears of Struggle: E-Day, the Gears of Struggle 1 Reloaded remaster is releasing this August.