Microsoft has introduced its E3-esque Xbox Games Showcase for June 9, 2024, with bulletins from Xbox Recreation Studios, Activision Blizzard, and Bethesda all promised.
Revealed on Xbox Wire, the showcase will happen at 10am Pacific / 1pm Japanese / 6pm UK although Microsoft did not say how lengthy it might final. It did share a “Redacted” teaser picture for what seems to be the subsequent Name of Responsibility, nevertheless, which can have a devoted Direct instantly after the Xbox Games Showcase. 2024’s Name of Responsibility recreation is reportedly Black Ops Gulf Battle, with Treyarch main improvement.
Microsoft definitely seems assured within the content material it is displaying off within the further Direct, evaluating it to final yr’s Starfield Direct, which gave a deep dive into Bethesda’s sci-fi position taking part in recreation which arrived in September.
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Tune in to the Xbox Games Showcase adopted by [REDACTED] Direct on Sunday, June 9 @ 10am PT: https://t.co/z78G8h75r2 | #XboxShowcase pic.twitter.com/XgOGJy2gLv
— Xbox (@Xbox) April 30, 2024
Name of Responsibility bulletins normally happen in the summertime, and Xbox promising Activision Blizzard bulletins would line up completely. What’s extra, in keeping with Name of Responsibility fan web page CharlieIntel, the three wolf heads picture featured within the announcement matches information present in 2023’s Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 3.
“We’ll be airing a particular deep dive into the subsequent installment of a beloved franchise,” Xbox stated. “We will’t say a lot, so for now we’ll name it the Xbox Games Showcase adopted by [REDACTED] Direct.”
As for what would possibly seem in the principle showcase, Starfield’s Shattered Area enlargement, which was simply revealed to reach fall 2024, is a probable candidate. Xbox has Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, a extremely anticipated Fable recreation, Uncommon journey Everwild, and way more in improvement too. The likes of Gears of Battle and Good Darkish have additionally been lengthy dormant, so followers of these franchises will probably be hoping for an announcement on the showcase.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.