Summary
Near the end of the latest Official Xbox Podcast,Xboxhas confirmed it’s planning its June showcase for 2024. The June games showcase isXbox’s biggest event each year, giving fans a glimpse at what they can expect from its first-party studios and the games they’re building. The showcase is also usually filled with a smattering of third-party Game Pass partnerships, revealing new games coming to the service throughout the second half of the year and beyond.
As a response to the swirling third party rumors that have caused an uproar in the gaming community over the past several weeks, Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sarah Bond recently hosted a business update episode of its Official Xbox Podcast. In it, Phil Spencer confirmed that four Xbox exclusive titles will make their way onto rival platforms sometime soon. While he didn’t name these games, he let on that two of them are live service titles, and the other two are smaller experiences. The running theory is thatHi-Fi Rush,Pentiment,Sea of Thieves, andGroundedare the four games Spencer is speaking of. He also confirmed thatStarfieldandIndiana Jonesand the Great Circlewill remain exclusiveto Xbox.
Near the very end of the podcast, Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty briefly mentioned that the team is preparing forthis year’s June Xbox showcase, officially confirming the event. While no explicit date was given as it’s only February, fans will surely be able to expect to learn the date sometime in the coming months.
In confirming the June showcase, Booty brought up titles likeIndiana Jones and the Great Circleand Obsidian’sAvowed, two games that just recently had great showings at Xbox’s Developer Direct last month. As both of these games only have Fall release windows, it would be safe to assume they’ll both receive actual release dates at the June show. Matt Booty also mentioned that there’s more in development the team is planning to showcase. It’s been several years since theunveiling of Xbox’sPerfect Darkreboot, andGears of Warfans have been clamoring for the rumored sixth mainline installment, so maybe fans will get updates on those titles, though that hasn’t been confirmed at this time. Xbox fans could also get new looks at games likeClockwork RevolutionorSouth of Midnight, both revealed at last June’s Xbox showcase.
When Can Xbox Fans Expect The June Showcase?
It’s likely that Xbox is planning its showcase for early June, as that’s where it almost always lands each year. Fans should keep an eye on Xbox’s social media, as well asGeoff Keighly and Summer Game Festthrough the spring months, as more is sure to be revealed regarding the dates for all the upcoming summer showcase events.
Xbox Series X
Microsoft’s ninth-generation console, the Xbox Series X is a powerful machine that can support 4K resolution and 60 fps, depending on the game. Released alongside the Xbox Series S, the Series X has a Custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, a Custom RDNA 2 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.
