Live: Watch Xbox's Tokyo Game Show 2022 Showcase Here

Let's hope for some surprises!

by Fraser Gilbert Thu 15th Sep 2022

Hello, and welcome to the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2022 Showcase! This event will feature upcoming first-party and third-party games targeted towards a Japanese audience, and hopefully we might get one or two surprises as well!

"The Xbox stream at Tokyo Game Show 2022 will celebrate the vibrant players and visionary creators across the region. You'll see some upcoming Microsoft first-party and third-party games that [we] hope will delight players here in Japan and across the world."

The event begins today at 2am PT / 5am ET / 10am BST, and is expected to last for around 50 minutes.

Enjoy the show!

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10:39

Thanks for joining us, folks.

10:39

And that's a wrap! What a show!

10:37

Deathloop arrives on Xbox Game Pass next Tuesday!

10:36

And now it's time for Deathloop!

10:35

FUGA: Melodies of Steel hits PC Game Pass today!

10:34

Assassin's Creed Odyssey arrives on Xbox Game Pass TODAY!

10:33

Palworld confirmed for Xbox, no release date yet though

10:31

Dyson Sphere Program arrives on PC Game Pass October 13th!

10:27

The latest trailer for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes now, which is already confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in 2023.

10:25

Another trailer for Overwatch 2 there ahead of its free-to-play release on October 5th.

10:24

Danganronpa V3 is available TODAY on Xbox Game Pass!

10:23

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom arrives on Xbox in 2023.

10:22

Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch Remastered is available on Xbox Game Pass TODAY!

10:20

Xbox's Sarah Bond: "We are committed to the Japanese market"

10:18

And now from an appearance from Sarah Bond!

10:18

Campaign Mode Chapter 2 arrives in Naraka: Bladepoint on Xbox Game Pass this October, along with more content in December.

10:16

Guilty Gear Strive also launches on Xbox Game Pass in Spring 2023!

10:15

Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle launches on Xbox Game Pass in Spring 2023!

10:12

We're moving onto some exclusive footage of Capcom's Exoprimal, currently scheduled for release in 2023.

10:11

There's some kind of special event for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty taking place tomorrow... we'll keep an eye out.

10:08

Now for a quick interview about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, which hits Xbox Game Pass in 2023.

10:06

We're starting with a trailer for Persona 5 Royal! Coming to Xbox Game Pass in late October. Two more Persona games also arrive on XGP in the near future.

10:04

Phil Spencer hypes up the sales of Series S in Asia 👌

10:01

Introduction from Phil Spencer himself!

10:00

Let's do this.

10:00

It's time! Xbox at TGS 2022 begins NOW.

09:56

5 minutes to go!

09:47

Three surprise Game Pass drops last year, let's hope for a repeat! Tales of Arise would be a nice one...

09:46

If you want to remind yourself what happened at last year's Xbox TGS event, here's our 2021 roundup of reveals:

purexbox.com/news/2021/09/roundup_heres_everything_that_was_reve...

09:45

15 minutes until the Xbox Tokyo Game Show event!

09:25

Hello and welcome to the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2022 Showcase! The event will begin in around 30 minutes at 10am BST. Enjoy!

jolteon23 said:

thanks Bartox, sucks though, I'm doubting if it's worth a purchase. The demo did not fully convince me, but I do enjoy SRPGS

BartoxTharglod said:

I don't believe so, Jolteon.

jolteon23 said:

Will Diofield Chronicles launch on GP?

Royalblues said:

Probably an update... they're not remastering

Royalblues said:

Take care folks see you in the comments section

Grumblevolcano said:

I'm still confused about the Forza part. Is that for a FH1 remaster or a FH 10th anniversary update for FH5?

jolteon23 said:

I enjoyed the show! Ni No Kuni Remastered on GP is amazing

Royalblues said:

Yeah that's why I end up buying them... There's only so much time in the world

Royalblues said:

I hope GG and BB will have cross play

Royalblues said:

Good show. Lot's of stuff on GP. Xnox still playing catchup lol but it's almost there now

BartoxTharglod said:

It's annoying AF to feel under duress to play (or watch stuff on streaming services) before it gets taken away.

BartoxTharglod said:

Anyway, MS own Deathloop so there'll be no rush to play it. I say that as a good thing.

Royalblues said:

Slime Rancher 2 comes out in a few days. I wish Xbox would advertise it more

BartoxTharglod said:

Yeah. I haven't been able to put my finger on exactly what makes some games fine and others bad, but I know that if it's got a low FOV that often doesn't help.

Royalblues said:

The camera was so bad

Royalblues said:

Which Star Ocean came out in the middle of last gen? That one did it for me

BartoxTharglod said:

Nothing has ever made me feel as bad as the original Xbox port of Half-Life 2. That was when I first learned I could get motion sick from games.

BartoxTharglod said:

And I can play Halo and COD fine.

Royalblues said:

By my count, that's the second Bethesda game to do that to you... Maybe you should avoid theem

BartoxTharglod said:

It's really hit or miss. I thought maybe it was just some FPS games but both Pokemon Arceus and The Last of Us Part II made me feel really sick as well.

Royalblues said:

Whoa... You get motion sickness that bad?

BartoxTharglod said:

PC version. Nice.

Grumblevolcano said:

September 20th

BartoxTharglod said:

If it gets a PC version with FOV sliders I might give it another shot. It made me terribly ill on PS5.

Royalblues said:

Today's the day... sounds like it'll drop today

BartoxTharglod said:

HAHAHA [Groovy Japanese Music Playing]

Grumblevolcano said:

Deathloop!

Cikajovazmaj said:

(by that, I mean I love it)

Cikajovazmaj said:

Main character looks like Nintendo did HFW

Royalblues said:

I just call this "Everything: The Game" Because look at it

BartoxTharglod said:

Looks kind of like Arceus but without graphics that suck lol

Royalblues said:

Nope... something called Palworld I think

BartoxTharglod said:

Is this Tem Tem?

Royalblues said:

Next year... At TGS they'll announce FH6 taking place in Japan

Carck said:

can't believe xbox got pokemon

Grumblevolcano said:

FH1 remaster?

UltimateOtaku91 said:

Mainly for the western players but I wouldn't hold out for any full exclusives

BartoxTharglod said:

But my gut feeling is people didn't play it and Square Enix saw the metrics and went "Meh, not worth the QA."

UltimateOtaku91 said:

Yeah maybe you're right but there's still a small fanbase on xbox for Japanese games which still means some money to be made just by porting older games, plus the money from Microsoft to put them on gamepass, so more Japanese games will come to xbox

Grumblevolcano said:

Hopefully this is expansion 2 announcement

BartoxTharglod said:

Possibly. It's not the first time a publisher has held off announcing other versions. Did that with Persona 5 on Switch.

Royalblues said:

Maybe it'll get announced here

BartoxTharglod said:

It's telling that Square Enix decided to snob the Xbox for Octopath II even though the original was on Game Pass and skipped PS4/5.

Royalblues said:

Everyon else had opposite reactions lol

BartoxTharglod said:

Hmmm... maybe. I'm not sure the audience is there. I think people so inclined to be drawn to Japanese games probably already own another way to have played these games.

Royalblues said:

I don't know how I was the only one on Earth apparently that initially liked the PS5 design and disliked the Series X design...

UltimateOtaku91 said:

Even if its a large overlap it's still bringing attention to Japanese games, this will end up creating more jrpg lovers even if it's a small amount, it's still a positive

Carck said:

waiting for the PS5 Slim. Don't want the current design-monstrosity stinking up my living room

Royalblues said:

I may get FF7. I also have a PS5

BartoxTharglod said:

Yeah, Otaku. This is all great for overseas weebs that are Xbox-only but... how large is that overlap?

UltimateOtaku91 said:

To me this is more of a show for western xbox players to get into Japanese games

Royalblues said:

Man, this game is pretty. Loved the first one

BartoxTharglod said:

It's really good. It's what pushed me to pick up a PS5. I was sick of waiting.

UltimateOtaku91 said:

Xbox need some exclusive game to pull in the Japan players as so far they have played all the games shown

Royalblues said:

At this point, I'm over that game lol

Carck said:

this needs some FF7

Royalblues said:

Intangibility... insane

BartoxTharglod said:

There's gonna be so many fights over who gets to be waifu.

Royalblues said:

She's a support character

Royalblues said:

Agreed lol

BartoxTharglod said:

Oh this is the new Overwatch hero. Apt place to reveal her.

Grumblevolcano said:

Another shadow drop

BartoxTharglod said:

I mean Ni No Kuni was a PS3 game. It's so old it'll be considered retro soon. 🤷

themightyant said:

Loved Ni No Kuni. Along with DQ XI S it reinvigorated my love of good JRPGS

BartoxTharglod said:

I think the issue I still have with GP is that I've already played all these games. I guess it's great if you've been Xbox-or-die, though.

Royalblues said:

Had a feeling

Grumblevolcano said:

Shadow drop

Royalblues said:

The only thing they need is an Xbox-commissioned console exclusive

Royalblues said:

Looks like Game Pass is becoming a force again after a subdued couple of months

Royalblues said:

Oh, I know how that feels. There was a Star Ocean game that released a few years ago that did the same thing to me

BartoxTharglod said:

Also, it made me motion sick. 😬

BartoxTharglod said:

Lots of people rate Fallout 3. I didn't like it.

Royalblues said:

Is Fallout 3 as good?

Royalblues said:

Yikes... it's that good?

themightyant said:

@RoyalBlues because it still stands up. And there's been little to replace it.

BartoxTharglod said:

LOL it's always so awkward hearing them speak Japanese. It's so slow and laboured.

Royalblues said:

I'll have to play it, then. Young me was not into Fantasy lol so that game bounced off me

BartoxTharglod said:

Because it's still the gold standard for being a comfy RPG. It's just so much fun to muck around in.

Royalblues said:

How does Skyrim manage to continue to be talked about?

Grumblevolcano said:

Skyrim

Royalblues said:

Daaaaaang

Royalblues said:

Did they want to include RWBY but Fortnite said no>

BartoxTharglod said:

RWBY wanted to be in Fortnite. Epic was like "Who are you?" lol

Royalblues said:

They did? How's that?

BartoxTharglod said:

Hah, every time I see RWBY, I always think of how salty the showrunners were that Fortnite snobbed them.

Royalblues said:

They better bring back CF as well

Royalblues said:

Wow... Blazblue is back on Xbox baby!

BartoxTharglod said:

It's got potential but I don't think it's gonna garner a large audience in the face of other offerings, especially F2P ones.

themightyant said:

Is the stream quality woeful for anyone else? Looks very pixelated in fast action scenes.

Royalblues said:

Ah, I see

BartoxTharglod said:

Nah it's more like Overwatch, really. You do these quick PvE rounds and then it's just a team-based shooter.

Royalblues said:

This is a multiplayer game, right?

Royalblues said:

Destiny meets Devil May Cry?

BartoxTharglod said:

Exoprimal's beta was fun, but I think the game is doomed at full price.

Royalblues said:

Ah thanks Rhyno

Royalblues said:

Bro I thought that was Pokemon for a hot second

Grumblevolcano said:

It was a bit odd Octopath 2 being everything but Xbox

rhyno_888 said:

hopefully trials of mana for xbox...

rhyno_888 said:

atelier is koei tecmo, division: GUST

Royalblues said:

Wait I don't think Atelier is KT... maybe Bamco

Royalblues said:

Maybe KT will also announce the Atelier series for anime fans

Royalblues said:

Wo Long, Another GP game

Royalblues said:

Watch them announce Dancing next lol

Royalblues said:

Ah I see. Nce

I don't believe so! I think it's been going on for a few hours now.

Royalblues said:

Is this the first event of Tokyo Game Show? Weird that Xbox will be the one to kick it off

Royalblues said:

Sup everyone!

Royalblues said:

They'll probably drop Deathloop today. They didn't advertise it because they're not allowed to

Grumblevolcano said:

I hope Goldeneye gets a release date here

DreamlandGem said:

Morning!

Sakko said:

Good Morning

Yeah, it's not the best timing for an event! Hopefully it's worth a watch...

LocalPenguin said:

Fingers crossed I don't get called into a meeting! Haha

LocalPenguin said:

Morning all!

Thank you very much!

TownYsend said:

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TownYsend said:

Good morning!

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