Come one, come all and say hello to the future! Microsoft’s busy announcing a whole bunch of stuff right now for the Xbox Series X, and much like the games arriving on it I too am optimised for the hype! I’m writing this post an hour before the event kicks off, and I’ll be updating it constantly throughout the livestream so hit F5 every couple of minutes if you want to see something new.
What will Microsoft be showing off? Team Green promised “a lot”, and while my expectations are somewhat tempered, I hope that translates to a few first-party surprises and some third-party treats. Here’s everything being announced today:
Bright Memory Infinite
Dirt 5
Scorn AKA HR Geiger Boners: The Game
Chorus
Madden NFL 21 more like Mehdden 21 amirite
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2, fangs a lot
Call of the Sea
The Ascent
The Medium, which totally isn’t based on that fake psychic Long Island lady TV series
Scarlet Nexus, which looks totally sugoi UWU
Second Extinction: Reclaim Earth
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gameplay debut I’m viking this
Last Updated: May 7, 2020
MechMachine
May 7, 2020 at 18:16
That was soooo disappointing.
Seeker
May 7, 2020 at 18:17
Agree. I think MS doesn’t understand what “gameplay” means. All they showed was just trailers. And most of the games there are from indie and AA studios. I was expecting to see games that show off the power of Series X.
MechMachine
May 7, 2020 at 20:25
Yeah, No gameplay.
Son of Banana Jim
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
I guess, we’ll have to wait for that, but I read there might be some weird bottlenecking going on with the Series X.
D@rCF0g
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
I hope note. XSX is on my wishlist!
Son of Banana Jim
May 7, 2020 at 20:45
I’m budgeting for both again – saved up for the PS5, now I just need to put away for the XESEX. 😛
D@rCF0g
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
The trailer for Bright Memory Infinite looks amazing mind you. If that’s gameplay, and it looks like it, the game definitely looks like it will take advantage of the power under the hood of the XSX!
Seeker
May 7, 2020 at 20:45
I played the first chapter of the PC version when it out. Awesome game. The game is very light weight. It looks just like the trailer while running on a GTX 1060. So it definitely doesn’t push the power of the series X.
D@rCF0g
May 7, 2020 at 20:51
Well they did a damn good job with the engine because it looks amazing!
Seeker
May 7, 2020 at 21:07
What’s more amazing is that 1 guy made it. Level Asian.
OddSockZA
May 7, 2020 at 18:43
Wow what a yawn fest. Really was expecting more than a GPU and SSD upgrade. It’s really just better looking games that load faster right now. Booooriiinggg
Son of Banana Jim
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
Chorus looks interesting, and I’m keen to see how it shapes up but holy christmas how utterly disappointing… just a bunch of trailers? They should have just waited a while or thrown in some gameplay vids and honest reactions.
D@rCF0g
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
Scorn looks weird AF!
Son of Banana Jim
May 7, 2020 at 20:41
And that trailer works, because it tells you absolutely nothing – 😀 It’s creepy as hell.
John Bli
May 7, 2020 at 21:41
MS before this lame AF ‘event’: “You want to see Xbox Series X gameplay. We want to show you Xbox Series X gameplay.”
MS at start of event: “We’ve listened and we know you want to see gameplay, so all of what you are going to see is gameplay.”
MS proceeds to show no gameplay at all, then has the gall to show a self-congratulatory interview with AC Valhalla dev where they talk about the gameplay everyone has just watched? WTF is this??!!
I was genuinely interested in Series X and was considering a day one purchase if possible, but after this clusterfuck I definitely won’t be buying beforé next year if at all. Not only were the games shown completely meh, the whole gameplay lies were an appalling mis-step. MS, you were doing so well!
Llama In The Rift
May 8, 2020 at 07:21
Llama late again…..did i mis anything? No?
Zzzzzzzz
Yozzie
May 8, 2020 at 08:02
Chorus looks promising at least.
Jaco Schoeman
May 9, 2020 at 17:05
Alt+F4 worked great for the event