Microsoft has said attendees at gamescom 2023 can expect to see the largest booth Xbox has ever had as well as the return of Xbox FanFest.
Over 30 games across 150 gaming stations are set for the booth, Microsoft said, alongside a 300-seat theatre in which Bethesda Game Studios will show a Starfield presentation, Turn 10 will show a Forza presentation, and Oxide Games will show an Ara: History Untold presentation. Neither Starfield, Forza, nor Ara: History Untold will be playable at gamescom, however.
Microsoft is yet to announce an Xbox showcase for gamescom 2023 and it looks like the focus is firmly on games set to come out in 2023 or the early part of 2024. There’s no mention of Playground’s Fable, Obsidian’s Avowed, Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight, inXile’s Clockwork Revolution, or Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.
Towerborne, the next game from The Banner Saga developer Stoic, will be hands-on for the first time, however, as will new content coming to The Elder Scrolls Online and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Also hands-on are GSC Game World’s much-anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, Overkill Software and Starbreeze Studios’ Payday 3, DontNod’s recently-announced Jusant, FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, Recreate Games’ Party Animals, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Spotlight by Quantic Dream’s Under the Waves, and Sega Atlus‘ Persona 5 Tactica.
ID@Xbox games available to play include Paradox’s Lamplighter’s League, Thunderful’s SteamWorld Build, and Amplifier’s Lightyear Frontier.
Microsoft said to expect three days of around three-hour livestreams from the Xbox booth as well. These will take a deeper dive into some of the games at gamescom 2023, with gameplay and developer chats. Microsoft will announce the schedule for these livestreams soon.
Xbox FanFest returns with a virtual event set to stream on Xbox’s Twitch channel at 11:30am Pacific / 2:30pm Eastern / 7:30pm UK on August 23.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
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