Weekend Hot Topic: Xbox & Bethesda Showcase predictions
Readers discuss what they hope will be at Microsoft’s not-E3 show, as well as other potential events from Nintendo and Sony.
The Xbox & Bethesda Showcase is due to take place late on Sunday and, at the moment, is the only confirmed E3 style preview event, beyond a Capcom-only livestream on Monday. So we wanted to know what you were hoping to see revealed and what you expect will actually happen.
Most of the letters were written before Thursday evening’s Summer Game Fest, whose reveal of The Last Of Us Part 1 seemed to make a new State of Play seem less likely, but even as the only game in town, few were confident in predicting what Microsoft might or might not show.
No show The thing I was most looking forward to, and which I thought was an obvious shoe-in, was Fable. Except according to rumours it’s not going to be there? What on earth is taking that game so long? Five years and all they’ve managed to make is a pre-rendered trailer?
I could say much the same about Starfield to be honest, although that at least I hope will be there. Companies seem to have gone from one extreme to the other with previews. A few years ago you got a game shoved down your throat for two years or more now you’re lucky if you get a teaser trailer a week before it’s out.
I’m sure there must be a happy medium between these two points and hopefully Microsoft can find it on Sunday. Although to be honest, these kind of showcases have never been their forte. Which means Sony not having one to compare with is actually a really benefit to them, so I hope they take advantage of it.Gareth
Keep asking I’d like to see a new Quake at Bethesda/Microsoft’s event next week. I’m currently playing Doom Eternal again (I swear that game has the best flow state in
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