Spencer Says Microsoft Is Set Up Very Well for 2024, Teases Many Upcoming Games Not Shown on Stage

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Following the Xbox Games Showcase that aired last Sunday, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was interviewed by Polygon. The lengthy conversation spanned several industry topics, as usual with the outspoken executive.

One thing is for certain, though: Spencer expressed a lot of confidence in the combined future lineup of Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda, starting with next year, which will see the launches of Towerborne, Avowed, Hellblade II, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and possibly something else. He also teased many games that weren't at this year's Xbox Games Showcase, such as the next projects from id Software and The Coalition, the Perfect Dark reboot, and Rare's Everwild.

I actually don’t have a lot of fear about 2024. 2022 was hard for us. But I think waiting on certain games… Let’s take South of Midnight. Like you saw, the game got announced during the Xbox Games Showcase. We had that game ready to announce last year. But we said, let’s keep working on the game. Let’s keep working on the announcement. It’s OK to hold the announce. Or, let’s take Clockwork Revolution]. When I was here at E3 last year, I was at inXile playing that game. Not looking at the announcement video, but actually playing that game. And I come back this year down at inXile, playing it again with that team, going through the latest builds. So it gives me confidence because we’re staging the announce of the game closer to release. We’ve got hands on the game.

I think now we’re in a position to really pay that off. And not just for the next 12 months. When I look forward… there are so many things. We haven’t talked about what’s coming from id Software. We haven’t talked about what’s coming from The Coalition. When are we going to see Perfect