The time has (nearly) arrived! We're just a few days away from Microsoft's highly-anticipated Xbox Series X Games Showcase on Thursday, July 23rd, which will last around an hour and also include an hour pre-show.
We've heard a lot of rumours and speculation about this show ever since it was announced back in May, but the only real confirmation we've received has centred around a handful of games, including Halo Infinite.
While it's definitely worth keeping expectations to a reasonable level as always, it's also fun to dream - so we want to know what your wildest hopes are for this week's Xbox Games Showcase below!
If you could persuade Microsoft to announce anything, what would it be? We're eager to hear your thoughts...
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You know what I want? Some kind of Mario Party / Fuzion Frenzy style party game. That would really go down well in my household.
Free MP is all I'd need to hear.
But...
Halo Infinite gameplay derived from classic Halo.
Cross play for MCC.
Co-op Fable.
Co-op Perfect Dark.
Those would be nice.
My dream is Microsoft have purchased the rights to Enslaved from Bandai/Namco, and Ninja Theory are making a sequel......Long shot I know. I'm really hoping to see how some Xbox One games run on Series X-Arkham Knight in 4K anyone?
Banjo Threeie
Killer Instinct 2 (you know what I mean lol)
Lost Odyssey 2
Only 2 things I need to hear. Battletoads shadow drop on gamepass. And tell me why shadow drop on game pass.
Banjo-Kazooie Threeie
Fable 4
Perfect Dark 2
Viva Piñata 2
Battletoads
Batman new game
Lost Odyssey/Blue Dragon new game
Super Lucky's Tale 2
Koei Tecmo or Konami acquisition
Project Zero/Fatal Frame Collection
Metal Gear Solid Collection
Silent Hill Collection
@WILLBACRIMP Oh wow yeah, a new Enslaved game would be incredible 😁
@hulkie I feel like there's a good chance with Battletoads after this:
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/07/battletoads_rated_for_xbox_one_in_brazil
I just want some good first party titles from microsoft..
Psycho pass AAA games
Lost Odyssey 2
Forza Horizon 5
Ninja Gaiden new AAA game
Titanfall 3
I want to see big budget Japanese releases on Xbox Series X. As a lover of all things japan, that seems to be the one area where xbox has always struggled. If they're able to get to the level of xbox 360 support, then I would be happy. Please make it happen xbox for your loyal Japanese fans.
Microsoft buys WB Studios and it’s IPs, then lock them for Xbox ecosystem.
My wildest, less likely, crazy hope: a mainline Persona or Shin Megami Tensei game coming to XSX.
@Richnj oh please no! Don’t shoehorn coop on my single player games!
Unless is entirely, 100%, optional and non story related.
The Initiative is not working only on perfect dark, but also on a new narrative-driven IP.
Also,
Banjo is coming back
Fable too
Rare will show everwild
All the other games from XGS beside Halo Infinite and those mentioned above will be new IPs.
Microsoft will show a Japanese game made by a new first-party studio founded by Microsoft in Japan.
Halo Infinite looks good
Banjo Three-ie
New Conker game (would even settle for another Project Spark at this point..)
New Fable
Battletoads is out at launch
Hellblade 2 is out at launch
Announcement of new 3rd person story-driven game similar to many of Sony's latest exclusives
Something else new that catches my interest
50% of those and I'll be fully on board with the Series X.
@LocalPenguin a new enslaved game would be significant. I never saw the parallel (outside of a world mostly taken back by nature) but I know quite a few people that turned to Enslaved when they were done with The Last of Us and wanted something akin to it.
@Medic_Alert I didn’t use to care for this, but over time I have come to feel adding keyboard and mouse support, with native mapping to the controller (so devs don’t have to go back change old games) could be a bit accessibility feature.
After the last disappointing showcase, I have no "wildest" hopes, only tempered expectations. I do hope that we'll finally get to see something that will truly make us feel that we've entered the next generation of gaming, so even though I probably won't be blown away, I'd still like to be genuinely impressed by whatever they have in store.
@Tharsman PD was always co-op, and other than the first game, so was Fable.
All I'm asking for is some great Game Pass games
For me I’ll make this about my wildest, crazy, unrealistic dreams , so where I would normally say I’m looking forward to Fable and Halo and a reveal from the Initiative, I’ll go out of the (propbable) box.
Kotor 3 by Obsidian!!!!
New Conker
Costume Quest 3 by Double Fine
Anything Lord of the Rings (would have to get WB studios and license which wouldn’t happen for a while but still)
Main one though is getting access to Star Wars license to make Kotor 3.
CoD partner with xbox
Forza Horizon 5
Fable 4
State of Decay 3
Project Mara
Hellblade 2
Harry Potter, xbox exclusive 🤤
News game pass games
Release date for Planet Coaster, Rust.
I think I'm dreaming too much 😁
A Banjo-Kazooie game.
FF7 Remake confirmation/ date.
Dragon Quest 11 on Game Pass.
Crimson Skies, using the tech from Flight Simulator.
"Conker Vs. Banjo Kazooie"
Really would go nuts over a new Crimson Skies game. Wouldn't mind a Jet Force Gemini sequel either.
Series S hinted at more.
Battletoads playable demo.
Crimson Skies returns.
Mechassault returns.
Blood Wake returns.
Gold eliminated, Game pass now set at 9.99. Any X-Box One games acquired via Games with Gold permanently unlocked in users account. Free online play for all users from here forward.
Backwards compatibility team begins work on new titles (possible only compatible with series x/s). Original X-Box Blood Wake and Mechassault games confirmed, along with a few other original X-Box games and around 50 to 100 more 360 games.
I want to see Master Chief and The Arbiter take out a bunch of The Banished together before retiring to their pelican to play Combat Evolved.
@WILLBACRIMP An Enslaved sequel would be very welcome. I'd say Ninja Theory are basically Microsoft's equivalent to Naughty Dog, and Enslaved could be their answer to Uncharted/The Last Of Us.
As much as I'm looking forward to a potential new Fable and Perfect Dark, I really want to see some big and bold new IPs which are dripping with money.
A new Jade Empire, or Blitz game! Or maybe a new Splinter Cell game, to be more believable! I would also love to see more Beyond Good & Evil 2!!
Series X price & release date.
Forza Horizon 5
Forza motorsport 8
Gears Tactics Xbox One release date
Man oh man, if only dreams came true, for all of us! I'm sure I'll leave something out but a dream line up would include:
Halo
Gears
Hellblade 2
Perfect Dark
Banjo
Forza
Killer Instinct 2
Blitz
some MLB game
Ninja Gaiden
Splinter Cell
Some new BC game announcements would be great too along with my wildest of hopes being a WB acquisition announcement.
Bethesda demos Starfield gameplay and announces its release before summer 2021.
Microsoft buys WB's studios along with the LOTR license. Rocksteady's new game comes to Game Pass. A multi-studio effort begins on a Skyrim-style open world game set in Middle Earth.
EA announces a Skyrim-style open world in the Star Wars universe. Single-player, design your own character, explore.
Microsoft sells me a Series X for a buck.
Finally, Microsoft announces that it will allow 3rd-party VR headsets and games on Xbox.
Finally, Xbox empowers Xbox games to multiply control options by facilitating in-game voice commands via any headset microphone.
As it's a 1st party showcase only:
Let's be serious, we're pretty much all hoping for Fable to fill the RPG how in first part offerings
Bring back Project Gotham Racing as an alternative to Forza
Let Halo Infinite be worth the wait, and really, really good.
I hope that Halo Infinite is an awesome game but I also hope that if it is, it gets the positive reviews it deserves.
A new Banjo-Kazooie game would be awesome. That, and more info on the Battletoads game that disappeared from the face of the Earth.
Crimson Skies reboot with third person sections. Customizable planes. Cinematic single player campaign.
Mech Assault 3/reboot. Arcade mech action. First and third person perspective. Fun, diverse single player campaign.
Panzer Dragoon RPG. Mistwalker collabs with Sega to bring a new epic dragon riding jrpg to Series X and One.
Cuphead DLC release date? Or is that too wild?
Phil Spencer eats a whole big Mac in one bite then announces Banjo and Kazooie 3 for the Xbox 360
Some new opus or reboots for these licenses :
Perfect dark 2 (3rd person tomb raider meets splinter cell open world, but single player and multiplayer are two separate things) and as a pre-order bonus we finally get that GoldenEye remaster that was supposed to come out years ago
To find out that Virtua fighter 6 is coming to Xbox and is exclusive
House of the dead Scarlett dawn is coming to Xbox and will come bundled with a light gun that works on modern TV's
Ninja gaiden 4, because why the heck not
Dead rising 5, back to its roots style with emphasis on survival.
Yeah that's about it, I would say a new halo but we already know that's coming and we only just had gears 5 last year so I can wait on that one, possibly a new banjo game also??
Hi there fellow gamers. here are my wildest hopes for july 23:
Otogi 2 or reboot(Fromsoftware beginings)
Blinx 2(lot of fun with this one)
Jade Empire 2(I mean, it deserves a sequel)
Kameo Elements of Nature 2(Rare´s comeback)
Lost Odissey 2(One of my favourite JRPGs of all time)
Project Gotham Racing 5(Metropolis Street Racer made me love racing games and with PGR even more so)
Perfect Dark reboot (Third person would be nice, for me at least)
Fable reboot(Lot´s of humour, but needs a better combat system).
And then, of course, all the new games that the new Microsoft studios are cooking. All and all, very excited for this event.
Cheers, stay safe and happy gaming to us all
@WILLBACRIMP Hi there friend. Enslaved was a pretty good game from Ninja Theory. It had technical issues, but it was fun and had an interesting ending. Now that they have more budget, they could make something cool like that, if they get the rights to it. Heck they could even get the rights from Sony and make a sequel to Heavenly Sword. That would be sweet. Cheers and have a good one
Wildest: Microsoft pays 60B and buys Nintendo, releases Switch 2 with Zen3+RDNA2 next year, adds all Nintendo games to Gamepass and release all games across its hardware portfolio of xCloud, XSX, XSS, Switch 2
Pretty wild: Microsoft pays 4-5B and buys one of Capcom/Konami/KoeiTemco/Sega
Less wild: Microsoft buys FromSoftware and Remedy
(FromSoftware accounts for 25% of the sales of its 1.5B parent and Remedy has 200M market cap)
Least wild: Microsoft buys WB Games
and lots of rpg games
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