They aren't though, that has been confirmed, Xbox Game Studios isn't publishing for Bethesda.

“The key point is we’re still Bethesda,” Hines writes. “We’re still working on the same games we were yesterday, made by the same studios we’ve worked with for years, and those games will be published by us.”

“It allows us to make even better games going forward,” he writes. “Microsoft is an incredible partner and offers access to resources that will make us a better publisher and developer."

Bethesda Game Studios is a separate division to Xbox Game Studios (and Xbox Game Publishing is part of Xbox Game Studios), they have their own publishing house which will continue to exist, their structure is basically like Embracer Group + THQ Nordic + Deep Silver, Embracer Group is the owner but THQ Nordic and Deep Silver publish their own respective games.

This is basically how it will work.

So the only thing that will be displayed on Bethesda games is the Xbox logo, not Xbox Game Studios or "Published by Xbox"

Fucking Lol.

It hasn't even been confirmed to be exclusive yet and there's folk having meltdowns over on Era and this is a new IP, it has been obvious for months now it would be exclusive. The internet will meltdown when ES6 is confirmed, I feel like Microsoft should just say it straight up and get it out of the way, Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield are exclusive to Xbox, so we don't have to deal with the complaining come future E3s.

But then as someone said, Microsoft likely loves this, folk are going to tune into their E3 only to see if Starfield is exclusive or not, Lmao.

Fucking Lol.

It hasn't even been confirmed to be exclusive yet and there's folk having meltdowns over on Era and this is a new IP, it has been obvious for months now it would be exclusive. The internet will meltdown when ES6 is confirmed, I feel like Microsoft should just say it straight up and get it out of the way, Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield are exclusive to Xbox, so we don't have to deal with the complaining come future E3s.

But then as someone said, Microsoft likely loves this, folk are going to tune into their E3 only to see if Starfield is exclusive or not, Lmao.

At a certain point this whole "temper your expectations" crap isn't gonna fly anymore. MS can't have all these studios working on games, but then never have anything awesome to show us at E3. Obviously, every E3 isn't going to come with some shock and awe announcement, but I mean....when was the last time MS had one of those? And don't say the Bethesda purchase, cus that wasn't announced at E3.

What's the fun of a games showcase if I have to always go into it with the mindset of....meh...it'll probably be mediocre again...?

MS needs to actually deliver the goods. Show me some cool next gen games. Gameplay trailers/demos of cool next gen games. That is literally all I want. I don't care about them announcing 5 more projects I can play in 3-4 years. Show me what I can play in the next year or 2. Show me what quality of game I can expect from first party after all this new investment has gone into it. I'm not tempering shit. Show me something.

I mean, yeah? Lol. These events are marketing events, Lol.

Speaking of Hellblade II, Miles from WC Podcast (again) said that from what he has heard, the scope of Hellblade II will be massive compared to Hellblade I in terms of production, environment, combat, etc.

He said that "if we're lucky" we will get it in Fall 2022 in a perfect world, he reiterated not to expect it anytime soon and he made a joke that it's not soon TM, it's not even Blizzard soon.

https://youtu.be/p0MfSLExK_Y?t=3520

Damn, I really hope he is correct about this because I find it kinda shitty when insiders overhype something and put these massive expectations on developers, I was honestly only expecting Hellblade II to be Hellblade I but a bit more open and with better combat.

Hellblade II definitely won't be at this E3 then I'm assuming, it could even be the game that Ed is talking about, hopefully that leaves Avowed still on the cards, I honestly care more about seeing Avowed in action than Hellblade.

Not everything needs the “Original” tag. I think the Xbox Game Studios tag that shows up before a game launches is just fine.

Shpeshal Ed said those dreaded words "temper your expectations" for Xbox E3. It's happening again, I'm pretty sure every year we go back and forth between overhype and "temper your expectations" for every E3 from the insiders