The console-exclusive game proved to be quite divisive, as Digital Trends gave it two-and-a-half stars and said that the game’s “artistic ambitions and its video game obligations are often at odds with one another.Last week we skipped our ‘Meet the Devs’ blog because we were busy at Gamescom with our Shadow Merge video featuring in the Future Games Show - but when we got back to the office we found it had gone to the dogs! And the cats! Kepler Interactive’s disgusting first-person horror-puzzle game Scorn got a release date during the showcase and launched as expected on October 14, 2022. The studio confirmed in a March 2023 blog post that the game has been pushed all the way back to the “end of 2024.” Obviously, that means it will launch nowhere near the release window that Microsoft promised for it. Ark 2 - Not releasedĪrk 2 got a cinematic trailer that promised a 2023 release, but the game will miss that mark by a lot. Although Oxide Games and Microsoft Game Studios have held playtests for the game over the past year, Ara: History Untold is still not released, one year out from its announcement. One of the showcases brand new reveals was Ara: History Untold, a grand strategy game where players build up a nation across several eras of history. Although Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been blocked in the year since the show, a decision the companies are now appealing, Overwatch 2 did release on that date and has steadily received post-launch updates since then. Overwatch 2 - Releasedīlizzard Entertainment used Xbox’s 2022 showcase to reveal that Overwatch 2 would be released as a free-to-play early-access title on October 4, 2022. When the game reappeared at January’s Developer_Direct, it dropped that release window, and a Microsoft representative told Digital Trends that “we’re not ready just yet to share our release date, and the wait will be worth it when we launch this year.” As such, it does not look like Forza Motorsport will be out before June 11. Turn 10’s next Forza Motorsport game was featured in the showcase and received a spring 2023 release window. It got glowing reviews and was even nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2022. This game eventually did release on October 17, 2022. A Plague Tale: Requiem - ReleasedĪsobo Studios’ A Plague Tale: Requiem, which was a day one Xbox Game Pass title, was shown off next. Although it got delayed from October to December, the game did manage to release on December 13, 2022, and became a sleeper hit for Xbox Game Pass. Squanch Games revealed High on Life during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. Sadly, we haven’t heard much more about this game since, so it seems like it won’t release before June 11. Sadly, it was a disappointment, with Digital Trends’ two-star review stating, “a design identity crisis and a bevy of technical issues make this a surprising disappointment from a development team that’s capable of so much more.” Hollow Knight: Silksong - Not ReleasedĪfter years of silence, the highly anticipated indie Metroidvania Hollow Knight: Silksong appeared during the showcase, suggesting it would launch within the next year as a day-one Xbox Game Pass title. After some delays, the game was released on May 2, 2023. The first game of the 2022 showcase was Arkane Austin’s vampiric co-op shooter Redfall. ![]() Going chronologically through the showcase and games featured on an image released after the event, here are the games that did and did not come out on time. This admission inspired me to revisit the lineup of 43 new games and ports - I’m not counting Game Pass collaborations, updates, or expansion - featured to see how many of them will actually be out by the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct Double Feature begins on June 11. Though there are still a few weeks left for Xbox to make good on its promise, it seems unlikely that every game shown at its 2022 presentation will indeed launch as planned. During a May 4 interview on Kinda Funny’s XCast podcast, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer admitted that Xbox “didn’t deliver” when that promise was mentioned. That’s not exactly how things panned out, though.
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