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| Xbox Series X games showcase: Halo: Infinite, Fable and more - as it happened | |
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| In a packed hour of trailers, Microsoft revealed the Halo: Infinite campaign, plus the next Forza Motorsport and a new Fable | |
| Thank you for watching with us! Next stop: release dates and prices! | |
| Microsoft was clearly keen to emphasise that everyone who subscribes to Xbox Game Pass will be getting access to all of those games on Xbox Series X - and people who already play games such as Sea of Thieves can enjoy the graphical upgrade on the new console for free. Can’t argue with that value for £7.99 a month, especially how expensive next-generation gaming is likely to become. | |
| No word on a launch date or a price for the console itself, of course - and we had no word about the PlayStation 5’s launch date or price last month, either, so we don’t know exactly how the two are going to be squaring up later this year. | |
| That’s our lot it seems. We’ve seen a quickfire barrage of games, some new, some we knew about already, all of them looking impressive on the Series X. It was quite overwhelming but the obvious standouts were Fable, Halo Infinite and As Dusk Falls, for me. | |
| It IS Fable! As has long been rumoured the torch has passed to British studio Playground Games. The trailer shows the series’ trademark verdant fantastical England and a touch of promising humour. It’s super brief, but nonetheless exciting to know that we’ll be back in Albion soon. | |
| There’ll be more to share later this year, but before that, there’s one last premiere... is it Fable? | |
| CrossfireX is a fast-paced military competitive shooter about the world’s dominant private military corporations duking it out. That’s out this year. | |
| Sega is bringing action-RPG Phantasy Star Online to Xbox Series X with Phantasy Star Online 2 : New Genesis. This upbeat epic music is bringing back many happy early-00s Japanese gaming memories. That’ll be out in 2021. | |
| “It all starts with a dead girl.” Oh good. This is a supernatural noir mystery in which you play in two realities at the same time. That’s immensely ambitious. It’s Bloober Team’s The Medium, out later this year. | “It all starts with a dead girl.” Oh good. This is a supernatural noir mystery in which you play in two realities at the same time. That’s immensely ambitious. It’s Bloober Team’s The Medium, out later this year. |
| Another sci-fi game now, featuring an alien world covered in gunk and monsters and a lone explorer trying to clean it up. It is actually called The Gunk, and it’s from Thunderful, the creators of Steamworld Dig and Steamworld Heist. | Another sci-fi game now, featuring an alien world covered in gunk and monsters and a lone explorer trying to clean it up. It is actually called The Gunk, and it’s from Thunderful, the creators of Steamworld Dig and Steamworld Heist. |
| Next is a new version of the absolutely stonking Tetris Effect called Tetris Effect: Connected, which will launch with the console later this year. If you are struggling to get excited about Tetris I fully understand, but that game is TRANSCENDENT and I will absolutely play this. | Next is a new version of the absolutely stonking Tetris Effect called Tetris Effect: Connected, which will launch with the console later this year. If you are struggling to get excited about Tetris I fully understand, but that game is TRANSCENDENT and I will absolutely play this. |
| And hot on its heels comes Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, a four-player Warhammer co-op game that has you facing off against hordes of enemies. That’ll be out 2021. | And hot on its heels comes Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, a four-player Warhammer co-op game that has you facing off against hordes of enemies. That’ll be out 2021. |
| Another premiere now: STALKER 2, sequel to the beloved horror-tinged PC game. | Another premiere now: STALKER 2, sequel to the beloved horror-tinged PC game. |
| Bungie will release Destiny 2: Beyond Light on Xbox Game Pass, designed to take full advantage of the Series X’s technical power. Given that this was already an extremely good-looking game I wasn’t expecting to be floored by the improvement, but, wow. Bungie’s intense shooter is very well-suited to showing off the hardware. It’s out November 10. | Bungie will release Destiny 2: Beyond Light on Xbox Game Pass, designed to take full advantage of the Series X’s technical power. Given that this was already an extremely good-looking game I wasn’t expecting to be floored by the improvement, but, wow. Bungie’s intense shooter is very well-suited to showing off the hardware. It’s out November 10. |
| Psychonauts 2 from Double Fine looks as psychedelic, weird, colourful and heartfelt as I could possibly hope for from a sequel to one of history’s most under-appreciated games. I am loving the 60s/70s inspired music and trippy aesthetic. | Psychonauts 2 from Double Fine looks as psychedelic, weird, colourful and heartfelt as I could possibly hope for from a sequel to one of history’s most under-appreciated games. I am loving the 60s/70s inspired music and trippy aesthetic. |
| Here is a new trailer for Grounded, which is basically Honey I Shrunk The Survival Shooter... | Here is a new trailer for Grounded, which is basically Honey I Shrunk The Survival Shooter... |
| INTERIOR/NIGHT’s new Americana narrative-driven game As Dusk Falls looks frankly incredible, with quasi-realistic animation and amazing performances. | INTERIOR/NIGHT’s new Americana narrative-driven game As Dusk Falls looks frankly incredible, with quasi-realistic animation and amazing performances. |