Criminals open an “Xbox Game Show” full of shovels

Madrid, June 11 (Portaltic/EP) –

Fable, South of Midnight, and Star Wars: Outlaws opened the annual Xbox Games Showcase event at which Microsoft’s video game division fielded a slew of scoops along with previews of titles anticipated by gamers on their platforms.

On Sunday, the Xbox announced the video games that will reach its platforms in the coming months, as well as those that are under development in its brand studios (Xbox Game Studios) or third parties, in a new version of the Xbox Games Showcase.

The event was where the head of Microsoft Gaming and Xbox, Phil Spencer, announced a new version of the Xbox Series S console in black and with a 1TB SSD, which will be available on September 1, with the remote also in black at a price $349.

The news avalanche started with the new release of Fable, a title for people over 18 years old, developed by Xbox Game Studios and Playground Games, that explores what it means to be a hero in the kingdom of Albion.

This first part also welcomed its first world debut: South of Midnight (Xbox Series and Steam), from Compulsion Games, a third-person title with a dark style and fantasy genre inspired by the depths of the American South.

Also Star Wars: Outlaws, a new part of the famous galactic saga, from Massive Entertainment and LucasFilm Games, which immerses the player in the story of the smugglers’ championship, between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Thunder Lotus presents one of the first games featured at the Xbox event: 33 Immortals (2024), a cooperative action game for up to 33 players, who can participate in battles and ‘raids’.

Although not a world first, the Xbox platform has introduced the gameplay of Pay Day 3, a cooperative “shooter” starring a gang of thieves. It will arrive on the 21st of September.

Together with Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios will present 2024 Avowed, a first-person shooter that puts the player in the shoes of the ability to use magic, in a world where a mysterious plague has ravaged the world of the living.

The pirate game Sea of ​​Thieves will offer a new adventure based on The Legend of Monkey Island, which will be available July 20 for the Xbox series and Steam, from Rare and LucasFilm Games.

The video game company has first announced the next generation of Microsoft’s flight simulator, which will arrive in 2024. Developed by Asobo Studios, fans of this title will be able to focus on developing a professional career in the air with multiple people. Vehicles: from rescue aircraft, ambulances, and transport aircraft to other aircraft that focus more on entertainment such as hot air balloons, or airplanes and small aircraft for test flights, at low altitudes, or racing flights.

Ahead of that, on November 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator will grow with a new expansion that includes the Ornithopter ship from the movie Dune and the map of Arrakis, coinciding with the theatrical release of the sequel to the movie.

Bethesda also shared some news, starting with the Fallout 76 installment Atlantic City, which will arrive “soon.” Also The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom, an adventure within Shadow Over Morrowind arrives June 20th. It will allow the exploitation of the Telvanni peninsula and the Apocrypha.

Blizzard, for its part, has announced new content for OverWatch 2, which will arrive with the Invasion expansion on August 10: new missions, new maps, and five new characters.

On October 10, Forza Motorsport will arrive, with which you can experience the “new era of competition”, along with legendary racing cars from Chevrolet and Cadillac, among more than 500 cars that will be available.

Atlus, for its part, has brought two novelties from the Persona role-playing saga: Persona 5 Tactica, which will be available November 17, and Persona 3 Reload, which is expected in early 2024.

Atlus also unveiled another anime-style RPG: the fantasy drama Metaphor ReFantazio, which will be available in 2024.

For the first time, Jusant is introduced, from Don’t Do, an action, puzzle and climbing game starring a boy and his little pet, which will arrive in the fall of 2023. Also for the first time, Still Awakens in the Deep (early 2024), a narrative horror game from First person perspective of The Chinese Room, set on an oil rig.

Senua’s Saga: Hell Blade 2, from Xbox Game Studios and ninja Theory; Like a Dragon, Infinite Wealth (2024), by Roi Ga Gotoku; Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess; Hinterberg’s Dungeons (2024), city management and building simulator Cities Skylines II (2024).

Keanu Reeves appeared on stage for the first official trailer for Phatom Liberty, the Cyperpunk 2077 expansion, a new adventure in which his character, Jonnhy Silver, returns. This “massive expansion” will be available on September 26th.

From the creators of the Banner Saga trilogy come 2024 TowerBorne, a co-op exploration adventure set in an ever-changing world. And from InExile, Clockwork Revolution, a time travel game whose premise is to “change the past, control the future”.