{"id":4082,"date":"2025-04-09T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:20:26","slug":"xbox-summer-showcase-headliner-is-the-outer-worlds-2-not-fable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/xbox-summer-showcase-headliner-is-the-outer-worlds-2-not-fable\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox summer showcase headliner is The Outer Worlds 2 not Fable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Showcase season is nearly here (Microsoft)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Microsoft<\/a> has confirmed the date and time of its annual Xbox<\/a> showcase in June, but it sounds like it might be a disappointingly low-key one.<\/p>\n

Nintendo’s announcement<\/a> of the Switch 2<\/a> launch date on June 5 may have swallowed up all the attention over the past few weeks, but it’s only the opening salvo in a months long parade of similar showcases, from various different companies.<\/p>\n

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, aka not quite E3<\/a>, is set to air a day after the console’s launch on June 6, and now Microsoft has announced its annual summer showcase will take place within the same week.<\/p>\n

As announced by Microsoft, the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will be livestreamed on Sunday June 8 at 6pm UK time, or 10am PT\/1pm ET in the US, across YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. <\/p>\n

There are no details on how long the showcase will be, but it will be followed by a Direct dedicated to The Outer Worlds 2<\/a>. Microsoft has done a similar double feature over the past couple of years, with Starfield<\/a> and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6<\/a>, respectively, but The Outer Worlds 2 doesn’t feel quite as anticipated as those.<\/p>\n

Its billing implies The Outer Worlds 2 will be Microsoft’s big game for the second half of 2025. Ninja Gaiden 4 is also slated to launch later this year, but as developer Obsidian Entertainment are owned by Microsoft, The Outer Worlds 2 perhaps makes more sense as the central focus.<\/p>\n

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This suggests many already announced Xbox games will not be released until next year at the earliest. Fable has already been delayed to 2026<\/a>, but State Of Decay 3, Everwild, Perfect Dark, and Gears Of War: E-Day are all currently without a release date.<\/p>\n

Many of these games may well be featured in the showcase but by not getting the 30-minute spotlight at the end, it implies none of them are out this year.<\/p>\n

As is to be expected from a showcase, there’s a strong chance of some surprise announcements. A remastered Gears Of War collection<\/a> has been rumoured for years, while we could also see an official reveal for the in-development Xbox handheld<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rumourmonger eXtas1s also suggests that Hollow Knight: Silksong will befeatured, but it was already at the Nintendo Direct – for about five seconds – so that’s not necessarily anything to get excited about.<\/p>\n

In what might be another hint towards a quieter release slate, this year’s showcase will be a digital-only presentation. ‘We will not have a theatre experience for fans and media this year,’ Microsoft said (via The Verge’s Tom Warren<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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