Call Of Duty Black Ops 6

Well that is a poor start neither Microsoft nor Activision really care about the hundreds of lay offs they caused and are choosing to do nothing to change. Do we really need a new Call of Duty this franchise releases near yearly with so little change you can just play Modern Warfare 2 and not the remake the original and still get the same experience. Further they are starting with a game by a company that shut down several studios and caused hundreds of layoffs when Microsoft purchased them. While that is more Microsoft’s fault then Activision’s it still is in poor taste.

DOOM The Dark Ages

I am glad that Doom is continuing with ID Software still open this game is set up to be another amazing First Person Shooter with good mechanics and more similar to older shooters with tons of weapons and no limitations. After both Doom Eternal and Doom 2016 there are a lot of expectations for this game.

State Of Decay 3

Another Zombie game and seems to be similar to the Left For Dead franchise. A four player co op shooter. Unfortunately, this makes this game already bland to a certain extent. Capcom’s Resident Evil at it’s best has some really good scares while Dead Rising has the day system and is fun for the ridiculous weapons you can craft. Here there really doesn’t seem anything that you can’t already do in other games like Left For Dead or even Project Zomboid.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

I already talked about this trailer at length so just look at that. A short summary is I’m really not expecting anything from this game, but am going to try to keep my hopes up for this game.

Starfield Shattered Skies

Imagine making a sequel to a game no one cares about. I never actually played Starfield, but after watching a few reviews on the game I decided to skip this one. The game always looked kind of off to me. Bethesda also have a habit of a hundred things to do in a game and not actually testing any of it and while Starfield is another bugged filled mess the fact not even modders are touching it is sad. Mods have always been a lot of fun to add to the open world games yet now even they say the game is too boring.

Fallout 76 Skyline Valley

An update to the online Fallout 76 I think this is still considered the worst MMORPG so the only ones who would care are the larger fans of Fallout and the dwindling fanbase.

Expedition 33

A new Turnbased RPG that seems reaction based after selecting an attack it looks like you can deal extra damage by pressing the right button at the right time. It at least looks like a game similar to the Bioshock series as well. We don’t know much about this game yet but it does seem interesting.

South Of Midnight

We don’t know much of this game as half the trailer was showing off basic platforming and exploration similar to Uncharted and the other half was the main character talking with a giant fish. I hope more information comes out about it so that we get a better idea of combat and gameplay.

World of Warcraft The War Within

Hello again Activision Blizzard if you want my thoughts on you please refer to the first game listed of the showcase. I am so glad that $70,000 is going to anything other than Dishonored, Hi Fi Rush, and the many others this acquisition shut down.

After we got some remakes to Metal Gear Solid 3 and Age of Mythology. The newest season to Sea of Thieves was also announced adding more updates to that.

Perfect Dark

If you looked at that title and immediately got confused about what this game is given Perfect Dark was a popular Nintendo 64 title and is coming to Nintendo Online don’t worry. This seems to be a separate game entirely also former Rare still own the rights and have been doing nothing other than rereleases with it. Now that Crystal Dynamics are involved and given what they were able to do with Tomb Raider I’m excited to know what this game could be.

And that is where we will stop for today my final thoughts and opinions will be in part 2 of this.

Microsoft. “Xbox Games Showcase 2024 Full Presentation.” YouTube, uploaded by Gamespot, 9 June 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3z9R5_pT28&t=4161s