Big Xbox Games Are Apparently Skipping Sunday's Showcase
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, 2022's Xbox E3 event equivalent, is planned to go live on June 12 at 10:00 AM PT. This year's show remains a mystery, with Xbox's lineup for late 2022 and 2023 still largely up in the air. There's a line-up of notable games in development, including Indiana Jones, Redfall, The Outer Wilds 2, Hellblade 2, and more, but release dates are hard to come by. Unfortunately, it's now being reported that two of Xbox's biggest upcoming games, Fable and Perfect Dark, won't be at the show.
The report comes from Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb who shared the news during his latest GrubbSnax show. Grubb says that while Xbox has been cautious not to leak any information about what will be included in the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, he's been able to confirm that Fable and Perfect Dark will not be at the show. No further information was provided by Grubb, but the indication is that there are no issues. Fable and Perfect Dark simply remain in development.
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Fable is currently in development at Playground Games, the developer of the Forza Horizon series. A new studio at Playground Games was opened in 2017 to focus on open-world projects, though when that studio's focus shifted to Fable is unclear. Regardless, Fable was announced in 2020 with a cinematic trailer and hasn't been publicly shown since. Fable's announcement was likely made to build up excitement for the Xbox Series X/S, but remains far off from release.
Perfect Dark is similarly positioned to Fable. It was announced in 2020 as the first project from the young Xbox first-party studio The Initiative. The only major update since was confirmation that The Initiative has partnered with
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