Microsoft is setting expectations for its huge Xbox Video games Showcase on Sunday, saying that the roughly two-hour present gained’t overpromise the way in which that earlier showcases and E3 keynotes have. However the firm can be not tempering expectations about what’s coming from Xbox Recreation Studios and Bethesda Softworks — Xbox followers might be handled to “video games, video games, video games, video games, and Starfield,” vice president for Xbox games marketing Aaron Greenberg said on Twitter.
Greenberg also said that none of Xbox’s first-party video games on the Xbox Video games Showcase “are full CG trailers,” seemingly a response to a current CG-heavy showcase from PlayStation maker Sony and a few of Microsoft’s previous showcases, the place early-in-development titles like Fable, Good Darkish, and Avowed had been revealed. Greenberg pledged that “Every thing is both in-game footage, in-engine footage, or in-game footage with some cinematics. Every of our trailers might be labeled so it’s hopefully clear for our followers.”
The Xbox VP also confirmed, maybe cheekily, that “there might be no film trailers in our video games present.” Sony confirmed a trailer for its live-action Gran Turismo film throughout final month’s PlayStation Showcase, you’ll recall. And Microsoft used a few of its time at The Recreation Awards in 2021 to hype up its Halo TV collection.
And in contrast to final yr, the Xbox crew gained’t promise that every thing it reveals this yr will come out throughout the next 12-month window, Greenberg said. Microsoft made that dedication on the 2022 Xbox Video games Showcase, a promise it couldn’t ship on for video games like the brand new Forza Motorsport, Ark 2, and STALKER 2.
Microsoft’s Xbox Video games Showcase will air Sunday, June 11, beginning at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CEST, and can stream on Xbox’s YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook channels. Instantly after the present, comes Bethesda Softworks’ Starfield Direct. The showcase for Starfield guarantees “new gameplay, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes insider info” for the upcoming Home windows PC and Xbox Sequence X recreation.