Xbox To Host Gamescom 2022 Livestream Later This Month

We really don’t want any major surprises now. We want them to keep to the commitment of what ever they show going forward is released within 12 months…otherwise June was pointless.
Next June is when we want the major surprises…with the bonus of knowing we will no longer have to wait years to play these games.

Absolutely unrelated question but can we get that Xbox badge as a gamer pic? Really cool with the Cologne skyline in the background 😁

@Bleachedsmiles I think if they are confident with the first half of 23 by Christmas time the Game Awards is the time to start showing sneak peaks of new games for the latter half of the year. Maybe a date for Stalker 2(thatll be a feel good thing after what the devs have been through) and Hellblade as that was at TGAs last year. Then the other big hitters for June next year fingers crossed for Avowed as I think that could be a banger.

Release dates would be great

@themightyant sadly it looks like Planet of Lana is pushed back to '23

Does anyone know if high on life is a only a timed exclusive. My series S stopped working and not looking to replace it for the time being.

Planet of Lana has always looks liked a beautiful day, and when I saw it last year I was intrigued. I will be ALL over Plague Tale: Requiem, as it was a top 3 game for me the year the first one came out. I could definitely see Asobo joining XGS in the future.

@elpardo1984 And then what we get is the same plot as every other year…it’s a boring read- games now delayed to next year.

I reckon most of us think Xbox must have something from their studios coming out next year…more than likely the second half of the year. More than likely hellblade 2. I’d love to see more of it now…but, weighing it up, I’d much rather Xbox have an awesome ‘e3’ each and every year with surprise announcements that aren’t cg trailers of games that won’t even come out this gen…I’m over the whole smoke and mirrors than has become Xbox’s MO.
This Junes show was really flat because we had seen and known of most of the titles. Waited already too long for most of them.
There were very few surprises…no AAA first party surprise announcements.
The only pay off Junes show gets is if they stick with it…don’t show anything that’s coming out beyond that window they’ve already revealed.
Next June then is stacked with us seeing gameplay for the first time, and learning of games for the first time…all under the banner that they’re releasing within the next 12 months.
Next years gamescom then also adds more value than this years because we get to see more of these new games that are still completely fresh to us…rather than games that have been shown for years already. Builds on the hype a lot more effectively. Keeps the games in the narrative till release.

But it only works if they keep with that cycle.

@themightyant No the 12 month window each year needs to be set from June to June…otherwise what’s the point of selling the event as ‘everything we show going forward is coming out in a year’. It needs to be this every year now to hope to add surprise AAA releases to that.
Games always get delayed, but you’d think they’re finally learning. Xbox are going to have so many games they’ll soon be able to afford to sit on them (like Nintendo do) and ensure they don’t have any big gaps going forward. I mean you’d think cod is going to sort out their big holiday release alone. So hopefully the games will be at a point now where the ones they do announce releasing within that June-June window are all already at the polishing stage.
It will be pretty embarrassing if next June everything they show we don’t know about yet, or games like hell blade and avowed etc are shown to be coming out before June 24 …and still can’t get across the finish line

@themightyant well, in the case of this year, they literally said everything they were showing was coming out in the next 12 months. also, i don't really need any surprises either, because Microsoft has a habit of having their "surprises" be a vague CG trailer of a game they've barely started making, with no release date or even window attached, so they can keep that lol

I am happy that MS are choosing to go more in depth on the games we can 'expect' to arrive within the next 12 months, chat with devs, get more info and game-play etc of the games we will actually be able to play in the 'near' future.

Of course its good to know that the other studio's are working on projects that are expected in 12m+ time as it gives us something more to look forward too and for 'next' years Gaming events to go more in depth, like this year, with the games coming in that year.

Its all well and good showing '40+' games in an 1.5hrs of all the games coming in the future, bang out CGi trailers and 'montages' that really don't really tell you what the game is and gone by so fast, unless it 'looked' pretty to catch the eye, its almost instantly forgotten because the 'next' trailer is on...

I would prefer to see '10' games that are all coming within the next year, all given enough time to actually tell you what their game offers and far enough along that you get actual 'game-play' from the 'game' you'll get. I don't mind the odd 1 or 2 teasers for games that maybe 12-24m out, but ideally, I'd rather they focussed much more on just the year ahead.

As for 'release' dates, I couldn't care less when release dates are not a guarantee. I couldn't care less if games don't get 'release dates' until they go 'gold' 1 or 2 months before they release. What difference does it make if Perfect Dark isn't due until 2024 or Starfield releases in June 23? I can't play it before it releases and there is plenty of releases every week/month as well as a massive back catalogue of games to play in the meantime. Give a date ONLY when you are '99.9%' certain that it will release on that date and 'any' delay would not be because of the publisher/developer issues (outside external unpredictable events only)

Why look 12m+ ahead when there are 'plenty' of great games releasing in the next year, some releasing in the next few months or so...

AoE4 coming to console?

So being able to stream the games you own via xcloud won't be announced here then...

@themightyant If the plan wasn’t to do that going forward then to me that says their other games are far further away than we think…and they dare not commit any of them to launch second half of next year. This will be pretty pathetic indeed.

I think I remember Sarah bond, or maybe Phil, saying they wanted to do that going forward.

I wonder if they will announce anything to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Forza Horizon this October?

I’d like to see a fully remastered Colorado map added as the 2nd DLC to FH5 together with all the cheesy dialogue and drivers from the first game.

Just want them to announce and release a certain James Bond game please…😩

@themightyant Personally I want all Xbox studio games held back and revealed when they’re within 12 months from release. They need to prove them can actually release games rather than trailers.
Bethesda generally have a decent track record of getting games out (although they announced the new elder scrolls in 2017 I think…and I would t be surprised if we still don’t have it in 2027). Maybe they could have a game or two held back from the June event to be shown at gamescom or later…under the promise that that’s only months away…like they used to.
Xbox should have so many games, big and small, that maybe it would be a good idea to hold back the smaller titles like Pentiment and reveal them throughout the year that still hit that June - June window. AA games that may be over looked during ‘E3’ would be ideal to show later in the year at these other conferences.

And then there’s always third party deals.

Either way, I’ve no interest in seeing any game coming from Xbox that has no gameplay, that’s over a year away. I refuse to get excited over …I dunno, a banjo game that’s 5 years away. I get why they do it though.

@themightyant Nintendo has the best approach:

• February: Focus on February - August, tease a few games that are further out
• June: Focus on June - December, tease a few games that are further out
• September: Focus on September - March, tease a few games that are further out

Further out shouldn't be years away though, stuff like the reveal of Metroid Prime 4 at E3 2017 and Bayonetta 3 at Game Awards 2017 were way too far in advance. Stuff like Bayonetta 3 reappearing in the September 2021 Direct is better fit (the game releases in October 2022) for "further out".

I'm more disappointed in Xbox this generation than the last one. They should never give a release date unless they know for sure it will release then. All of the studios they have bought and not a single game released from any of them to show for it. Starfield is 2 years past the first date they gave. It will probably get delayed again next year. You can't take any of their talking heads serious anymore.

I won't be free to watch it, but I'll be sure to keep an eye on here for any juicy info.

The only game on this list I really follow is Sea of Thieves, and since they just released a new season last week (which lasts a few months) I'm not expecting any major update from them except information on a new Adventure that'd be expected in September.