During today’s Xbox Games Showcase, as well as pre-show, quite a few games got announced. Here’s our breakdown of everything else that was announced today, complete with available release dates.
Microsoft held its Xbox Games Showcase E3 replacement event today, in a presentation filled, as promised, with games, with an emphasizing of course first-party offerings. We saw Forza Motorsport, Halo Infinite campaign gameplay, an announcement of State of Decay 3, the Peril on Gorgon DLC for The Outer Worlds, a new trailer for Rare’s Everwild, a full-on first-person RPG from Obsidian called Avowed, the long-rumored confirmation of a Fable reboot, and even some third-party surprises like S. T. A. L. K. E. R.2, Tetris Effect: Connected, and Warhammer 40K: Darktide. Believe it or not, there was even more shown during both pre-show and the showcase, so let’s dive right in. Though the main showcase did have quite a few world premieres, the pre-show hosted by Geoff Keighley wasn’t too light on those either. Beyond Dragon Quest XI S, namely the announcement that it would hit Game Pass, PC, and Xbox One on December 4, there were some other reveals too. Coming from developer TwistedRed is EXOMECHA, a free-to-play online shooter which features team-based large-scale battles, an objective-based mode, a battle royale, and of course, mechs. It’s coming in 2021 for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC. After making an appearance during Ubisoft Forward a few days ago, Watch Dogs: Legion was once again shown during the pre-show, reiterating its October 29 release date on current-gen consoles, PC, and next-gen consoles when those launch. Landing in 2021 from developer Canadian developer Cococucumber is Echo Generation, a turn-based adventure game about kids investigating supernational occurrences. It’s coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X. As you may remember, last year at E3 during the ID@Xbox sizzle reel, the multiplayer-focused version of Hello Neighbor, namely Secret Neighbor was shown. Well, for those who wanted an actual sequel, it was announced during the pre-show, and it even got a gameplay trailer. It’s coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X – with Smart Delivery support -, as well as PC, and you can actually play the alpha right now. The release year is 2021, and it’s also coming to PlayStation 5. Microsoft also took the time during the pre-show to highlight some smaller games via its ID@Xbox sizzle reel, all of which are console launch exclusives for the Series X and will be optimized for the next-gen console.
