Get Ready for the Xbox Games Showcase and Starfield Direct Double Feature Airing June 11 - Xbox Wire
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We’re delighted to announce that the Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed on June 11. Immediately after the Showcase, we’ll be airing Starfield Direct, a deep-dive into Bethesda Game Studios’ highly anticipated sci-fi RPG.

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/1791

Xbox Games Showcase will air at the following time zones:

  • 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States)
  • 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States)
  • 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0)
  • 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom)
  • 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe)
  • 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan)
  • 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania)

You can watch the streams at:

  • Twitch (with and without American, British Sign Language and English Descriptors)
  • YouTube (It is confirmed YouTube will have its broadcast available in 4K)
  • Facebook
  • zaktmt@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This is where MS has a chance to really make a splash and show what all of the developers they have been acquiring are working on. I hope it’s successful, my Xbox has turned into a Rock Band 4 machine.

    • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I used to be optimistic for Microsoft since Phil Spencer got the Game Pass ball rolling, but I’m doubtful we’ll see a lot of concrete games. Especially with his recent speech that “even with games we won’t sell more Xboxes than PlayStations” (not that I care about the “console war”, but that’s definitely not a confident man speaking). If it’s a splash, it would’ve been bigger if the CMA and the FTC didn’t start stopping Microsoft from acquiring Activision-Blizzard-King.

      I’m still rooting for them, though! Sony got some banger games, Nintendo’s “set for the year” with TOTK and their other smaller games, now it’s Xbox’ turn to swing.

      Edit: My biggest hope currently is them finally announcing rolling out Game Pass Friends and Family globally very soon. That’s my “day one” purchase with 4 friends for sure. Would love to stream those games to my Deck.

      • hybrid havoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        “even with games we won’t sell more Xboxes than PlayStations” (not that I care about the “console war”, but that’s definitely not a confident man speaking)

        I don’t think that speaks to confidence in general, I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales.

        I am hoping this will be a good showcase for them. Regardless, I appreciate that they are allegedly taking the “no CGI trailers” approach.

        • TopHat@compuverse.ukOPEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales. Agreed, but I wouldn’t say the Xbox situation is as hopeless as he paints it out to be if they got XGS games to show for it. Especially with Sony’s exclusivity deals (which luckily are far less than before, looking at Street Fighter 6 for example). Phil’s philosophy of getting games on any platform (despite starting to Xbox/PC lock Bethesda games) definitely shows with third party developers nowadays.

          Sony set the bar low this time around, so I think it’ll be good. Last showcase with the Hi-Fi Rush shadow drop was a good format for them - quick, content-filled. If they stick with that type of format, I’m a happy guy.