Get Ready for the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct Double Feature Airing June 11 - Xbox Wire
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We’re delighted to announce that the Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 11. Immediately after the Showcase, we’ll be airing Starfield Direct, a deep-dive into Bethesda Game Studios’ highly anticipated sci-fi RPG.

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/1791

Xbox Games Showcase will air at the following time zones:

  • 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States)
  • 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States)
  • 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0)
  • 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom)
  • 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe)
  • 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan)
  • 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania)

You can watch the streams at:

  • Twitch (with and without American, British Sign Language and English Descriptors)
  • YouTube (It is confirmed YouTube will have its broadcast available in 4K)
  • Facebook
  • BurningnnTree@lemmy.oneEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Hoping for an announcement of Psychonauts 3. Also it would be cool to see some kind of confirmation of Halo project Tatanka, although I think that’s unlikely.

    Also I’m guessing there will probably be a surprise Game Pass shadow drop, so that will be cool.

  • hybrid havoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m obviously really looking forward to seeing more on Starfield, but here are some other titles I’m hoping to hear about:

    • Fable
    • Avowed
    • Perfect Dark
    • Hellblade 2
    • Contraband
      • hybrid havoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I think we may be a little too optimistic with Fable - it may still be too early. But we can still dream.

  • simple@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Rumors have it that Avowed will show up in the Xbox conference. I’m really excited to finally see some gameplay for it after a looong time of radio silence.

    • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Whew, Avowed’s been announced three years ago, huh. I honestly forgot about the game. I could see them showign some new gameplay. 👀I’ve heard of other leaked stuff (in spoilers):

      spoiler

      Cybepunk’s DLC being preorderable, with a 30$/€ price tag

      spoiler

      Persona 3 Re-Loaded, similar to how Xbox had marketing exclusivity with the 5 and 3 ports on multi-plat

      I heard rumours Fable would also show up, surprising many considering the rumoured troubled development.

    • ampersandrew@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Where are those rumors coming from? When it was announced, it seemed to be of the era where games are announced ludicrously early so that they can attract talent to work on it in the first place.

  • thedeserter@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Wohoo! Direct thread is here! Let the hype begin! Even as PS user, I love Bethesda games. Have been hearing about Avowed a lot lately. I can always play these games on PC/laptop.

    • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m honestly glad both Sony and Microsoft keep pushing PC ports to Steam. My Deck’s taking advantage of that.

  • Silverhand@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Everwild seems like a realistic thing to hope for that would be exciting. I assume we’ll be seeing Forza. Silksong seems like it’d be here if anywhere during this not-E3, but not getting my hopes up for that. Really have zero interest in Starfield, so I hope they don’t spend too much of the time focused on that.

      • Silverhand@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m assuming they’ll still show it a bit during the xbox showcase and then show more in depth in the thing after, but maybe not.

  • thedeserter@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    So many of the games shown today have this animated JRPG look to them. I wonder if that’s a trend we are going to see with these upcoming games. Kinda weird for me

  • zaktmt@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is where MS has a chance to really make a splash and show what all of the developers they have been acquiring are working on. I hope it’s successful, my Xbox has turned into a Rock Band 4 machine.

    • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I used to be optimistic for Microsoft since Phil Spencer got the Game Pass ball rolling, but I’m doubtful we’ll see a lot of concrete games. Especially with his recent speech that “even with games we won’t sell more Xboxes than PlayStations” (not that I care about the “console war”, but that’s definitely not a confident man speaking). If it’s a splash, it would’ve been bigger if the CMA and the FTC didn’t start stopping Microsoft from acquiring Activision-Blizzard-King.

      I’m still rooting for them, though! Sony got some banger games, Nintendo’s “set for the year” with TOTK and their other smaller games, now it’s Xbox’ turn to swing.

      Edit: My biggest hope currently is them finally rolling out Game Pass Friends and Family globally. That’s my “day one” purchase with 4 friends for sure. Would love to stream those games to my Deck.

      • hybrid havoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        “even with games we won’t sell more Xboxes than PlayStations” (not that I care about the “console war”, but that’s definitely not a confident man speaking)

        I don’t think that speaks to confidence in general, I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales.

        I am hoping this will be a good showcase for them. Regardless, I appreciate that they are allegedly taking the “no CGI trailers” approach.

        • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales. Agreed, but I wouldn’t say the Xbox situation is as hopeless as he paints it out to be if they got XGS games to show for it. Especially with Sony’s exclusivity deals (which luckily are far less than before, looking at Street Fighter 6 for example). Phil’s philosophy of getting games on any platform (despite starting to Xbox/PC lock Bethesda games) definitely shows with third party developers nowadays.

          Sony set the bar low this time around, so I think it’ll be good. Last showcase with the Hi-Fi Rush shadow drop was a good format for them - quick, content-filled. If they stick with that type of format, I’m a happy guy.