This year marks 25 years of Xbox, and that could mean that this weekend’s big Xbox Digital Showcase will include some big surprises and reveals. This is also the first big Xbox event to happen since Asha Sharma took over the company a few months ago and replaced Phil Spencer as the CEO. She’s been making a lot of promises to old Xbox fans while pitching a return to the brand’s roots. This is likely to be the moment where Sharma lays out at least some of her plans for the next 12 months of Xbox.
So if you care about Xbox or franchises like Gears of War or Fallout, this is an event you probably want to watch. Here’s some helpful info on when the showcase starts, where to watch, and what to expect (and not to expect) at what will be one of Xbox’s biggest events of the year.
When does the Xbox Showcase start?
The main Xbox Showcase starts at 1 p.m. EST (click here for your local time). The Gears of War: E-Day Direct starts “immediately following” the Xbox showcase.
Where can I watch it?
You have a few options. The event will be available on YouTube in 4k60 as well as on Twitch, Facebook, and Amazon Live and Amazon Prime Video. There will also be an ASL version of the show. Xbox is also streaming the event out on Steam and Bilibili in China. The Gears of War: E-Day Direct will follow right after on these same platforms.
Here are some direct links to help you out:
What Xbox games do we know will be there?
Well, we 100-percent know for a fact that the next entry in the Gears of War series, the prequel game Gears of War: E-Day, will be there. And that’s about all that I can guarantee and that Xbox has confirmed ahead of Sunday. Expect to see some of the game during the main show and then a whole lot more during the Direct following the event. We’re likely to get a release date here. Will E-Day still be arriving later this year, or will it, like Fable, slide into 2027?
What other Xbox first-party games could we see here?
Xbox has a few big games left to launch this year that also don’t have specific release dates yet, so I’d expect to see some or all of them here. That includes Halo: Campaign Evolved and Minecraft Dungeons II.
Clockwork Revolution, the next game from InXile Entertainment, could likely get a new trailer during the showcase. And who knows, maybe State of Decay 3 finally returns after being teased back in 2020. And hey, remember those reports and rumors about Toys for Bob working on a new Spyro game? That’s likely been in development for some time now. Maybe everyone’s favorite purple dragon pops up during the event.
Bethesda might finally be ready to show us that long-rumored Fallout 3 remaster, and perhaps it gets a shadow drop, too, like Oblivion Remastered did? Though the fact that we still haven’t had a single concrete leak with so little time remaining seems to indicate otherwise. Bethesda could also show us more of Arkane’s Blade game or maybe even a tease of the next Wolfenstein from developers MachineGames. Meanwhile, Activision has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 coming, and we’ll likely see more of that at the event.
What won’t be there
Don’t expect any news or information on Project Helix, the next Xbox console. The company has already confirmed this showcase isn’t going to touch on the previously announced hardware. I also don’t expect Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5 to be here in any capacity, as Xbox is positioning this show as one dedicated to the not-so-distant future of Xbox. Sorry. But hey, maybe the Fallout 3 remaster is there?