A game getting delayed is totally fine but so many of their own games got delayed.

Same here, just upgraded my SSD in my SD. need to reformat and reconfigure the dual boot but I'm waiting as Valve is supposely coming out with an official dual boot. will see if this is in before Sept :) I want to play on my Windows Store version obviously to synch saves between my Xboxes and my PC/Steam Deck.

So, for the remainder of 2023 from Xbox we should be looking at something like:

• Last week of March: Ghostwire Tokyo (Sony 1 year timed deal expires March 25th)
• March 29: Forza Horizon 5 Rally DLC
• April 18: Minecraft Legends
• May 2: Redfall
• September 6: Starfield

TBA 2023

• Age of Empires 4 Console port (likely June or July if I had to guess)
• Ara: History Untold (could be a summer release)
• Forza Motorsport (likely October if I had to guess, the majority of the earlier Forza games from both sub-series were October releases, the only ones that weren't were the first 2 Motorsport games, which were May, and the ones that were console launch titles in November, Motorsport 5 and Horizon 5)

That pretty much just leaves our big Holiday window November/December game. Will there be one this year? Honestly, I kind of doubt it. While many of us assumed that Hellblade 2 or Contraband could be ready to fill the Holiday window for Xbox, recent rumors have suggested that neither will be ready this year. So unless Xbox pulls off some kind of Wolfenstein 3 surprise release date magic on us, or drops a 2nd party surprise AAA exclusive out of nowhere that Grubbins and Jez somehow didn't know about, things aren't looking good for a big Xbox Holiday window game this year. They may just release Forza Motorsport in November instead of October, or they may release it in October and that will be the final AAA Xbox release for the year.

Additionally we will likely have a few more smaller than AAA releases this year. Phil teased some more Goldeneye like remasters. Project Belfry from Stoic could be ready this year considering the earliest leaks pegged it for a 2022 release, and it is is now 2023.

Baldur’s Gate 3 on the 31st August and Starfield on September 6th .. perfection.

Who knows man. This years summer showcase will have pretty new announcements or new gameplay/release dates of previously announced games aside from Forza Motorsport and Ara: History Untold. That's potentially almost an hour and a half to work! There may very well be a big surprise in store. 

Maybe the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate possibly being delayed is a good thing xD

But I definitely agree that the E3 show this year needs to drop the next 12 months thing. With Starfield having it's own 40 minute showcase now, they have alot of time to fill on the main showcase, far too much time to fill only with games releasing between late June 2023 and early June 2024. They need to show off 2nd half 2024 games and even some 2025 games too. And I'm not talking just CGI teasers for late 2024 and early 2025 games either, one thing that Xbox needs to copy from Sony is a willingness to have their teams make in-engine and vertical slice gameplay demos for their games years out from release. Those things build up alot more hype than a CGI reveal. As an Xbox owner we shouldn't need to wait until less than a year before release to see gameplay or even in-engine footage. The 2023 Xbox E3 showcase simply needs gameplay demos or at least in-engine trailers for most of the already announced games likely to release within 2 years of the showcase itself, so by Q2 2025, those being Avowed, Fable, Perfect Dark, Hellblade 2, Contraband, The Outer Worlds 2, Everwild, and Indiana Jones most likely.

They also need to get alot of 3rd parties to show off their games on the Xbox E3 showcase this year. Xbox shows have been lacking in the 3rd party department recently, and it sends a bad message when alot of those 3rd parties are choosing to reveal their games on Sony State of Play shows instead of Xbox shows.

*Nod*

You could have shoved Age 2 literally a day and it would be February

If Belfry does exist and if it does release this year then I hope it's August because it sounds cool from the leaks but Starfield will take all my attention after September. Risk of it being overlooked in October.

50/50 on Hellblade 2 releasing this year.

If it runs at 30fps on Series X, I'll be curious to see it on the Steam Deck

Bit desperate, the readers of DailyFail and FT aren't going to care and CMA won't care either.