And games we will see! I'm very excited for the showcase.

If Halo 1 gets another fucking remaster before Halo 3 ima throw my series x at the dent that made that decision.

That's.....a lot of players! Especially considering only 1 game in the series is FTP in Immortal.

My guesses for the show:

Banjo x Spyro adventure crossover game.

Halo Origins about the creation of the Halos.

Warcraft 4

Gears of War Racing Simulator

Tony Hawk game set in the Doom universe

New Doom game stars Isabelle and makes DoomCrossing official.

Psychonaughts: Total War

Sea of Thieves Starfield DLC

Fallout 1+2 Remake in Chibi art style, isometric.

Call of Duty game set in the fictional universe of Blade Runner.

Age of Empires: Tron

Allegedly there’s a The Thing remake gonna be announced :o

I have never watched an Xbox showcase with as much scrutiny and reservation as I will watch this one. Those studio closures still sting.

I will be announced as Head of Xbox Studios. Please send me your wishlist for new games.

On another note: just finished Hellblade II ( playing one chapter per day, that worked really well for me) and to me it is an amazing experience. I think to be able to see that Ninja Theory wanted to give it more mainstream appeal than the first one, without sacrificing their vision - and to me they succeeded. There was a good flow to the story and progression, graphics, music and sound are awesome, and I say they did a great job immersing you in Senua's world (learning to live with the constant voices in your head, looking for clues and hidden faces everywhere in the world and doubting what of what you have seen and done was "real" and what was not- that's how Senua walks through life, and you get to experience glimpses of that yourself as the player and get to feel her struggle; great accomplishment). And the combat and the puzzles (although mechanically in and of themselves only being mediocre videogame food) fit into that experience and support it. Clear 9 out of 10 in my book. My gripes are actually only the water physics (the way waves clip into other objects for example) which I found to be immersion-breakingly bad next to the other stunning visuals and Melina Juergens' acting- I don't doubt her commitment but I think she is not a very good or convincing actor. But I am happy this game exists and was allowed to be made exactly like this.

Not really when we got a report more than half of PS users are still on PS4 and lets not even talk about Xbox users.  It makes total sense for ABK to keep the game cross gen because they just cannot ignore that huge install base of older consoles and customers.  It just shows how the industry is at this moment.