Diablo IV Vessel Of Hatred

I am almost forcing myself not to make a joke over that title given this is the third time Activision Blizzard showed up. It is very fitting that is the name. Diablo IV has been announced several times at one point I think the mobile game got more attention when that was in production. It is no surprise this is here as the games been in production for years.

Fable

I am wondering if this is a reboot of the Fable series or a continuation. Fable was a series by Lionhead Studios, but they went out of business after the reputation of lying to their fans about their games and poor choices finally caught up with them. They were decent RPGs but had bad habits of putting a lot of buildup into the enemies and bosses with little payoff angering fans more. I hope this will be a fun game that does try to expand what the old games tried to do and fixing what didn’t work. Also reeling back lies might be a start.

Frag Punk

This new game seems to be a First Person Shooter with Card Game mechanics. The core of the game is normal First Person Shooting mechanics with cover based shooting while the Cards may grant certain good and bad bonuses. It seems an interesting game at least Card mechanics and Shooter are not something I was expecting but if they expand on the thought I can see this game at least with potential.

Winter Burrow

A survival game where you play as a mouse trying to craft things to live through a winter and snow environment sounds amazing also I like the art style they are going for here. While not the most complex game on the list it does have a charm to it and seems to have lighthearted and more serious moments to show off.

MIXTAPE

I don’t know much about this game and the upload Gamespot has is entirely muted for copyright reasons. Given the title I was thinking some rhythm game but honestly I don’t know after the flying cars and fireworks. It seems to have a story, but so far the trailer is just not telling anything.

After we got a new Microsoft Flight Sim and an update to The Elder Scrolls Online. I don’t really care about either of these so we can move on.

Life Is Strange Double Exposure

I’m guessing as someone who never really played any of the Life Is Strange Games it is nice for the fans to finally have a new game in the series. There have been multiple remakes of the first game and while a prequel was released and I think more games or DLC it is nice to see a fresh take on the series.

Indiana Jones The Great Circle

Bethesda, Machine games and Lucas Films Games are behind this game. I’m not really surprised to see Lucas Films and Machine games are known for being the ones behind the Wolfenstien revival. To be honest they are really hit or miss with their games. I think Bethesda is only on the list thanks to their and Machine Games being owned by Zenimax.

Mecha Break

This game looks like Star Fox and much like that game you fight in the skies with free movement attacking with lasers and tansfom into a mech for ground combat. So I guess if Nintendo doesn’t make a Star Fox game that doesn’t have control issues someone else will.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Not much is known yet about this game I think it is going for a Dark Souls or Elden Ring gameplay in which your main purpose is to die repeatedly until you can figure out the best way to fight a boss then repeat as necessary. I do think the recent Elden Ring DLC would be enough to scratch that itch, but while Elden Ring is beautiful to look at as well something about this game isn’t. It looks good and animations are smooth, but I’m not sure what to think about it.

Avowed

I think this game is inspired by games like Skyrim and Dragon Age a large world to explore while making choices that can be good, bad, or neutral. While the plot seems similar to Greedfall I do hope this game can stand on its own rather than anything else especially with Dragon Age 4 on the way.

Atomfall

A game from Rebellion best known for Sniper Elite games. This looks like a game inspired by the Fallout series. Also the locations in the trailers seem to be British inspired areas to explore. Rebellion isn’t known for their Open World attempts so it will either be an empty world with little to do, but we still have very little idea as to what this game is.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

While nice to get an update on this game and Japan is a beautiful country with a rich culture. The Assassins Creed games have a lot to offer for stealth based games and messing around in its world. I am curious whether this will be a more traditional Assassin’s Creed or be similar to Odessey

STALKER 2 Heart Of Chernobyl

Another first person shooter and surprisingly the most bland looking one on this list. Given it’s setting you would think there are mutant creatures or interesting enemies at least we saw some enemies but there wasn’t anything unique about them. As far as locations shown off all we saw was what I think is one small area dark corridors and a ruined town. Finally it gets to some unique enemies, but it doesn’t seem like anything interesting.

Gears of War E Day

A new Gears of War I only really played the first game, but I am sure fans have been waiting on the next game in the series and E Day may. The fast paced first person shooter from Epic games hasn’t had a major release since Fortnite started to take off. It also was a good way to end the showcase a new game that I can’t really say anyone was expecting.

All in all XBOX and Microsoft started off poor then had some highlights like Dragon Age and new Ips. They lost steam with me whenever Activision Blizzard was mentioned which was three times like pouring salt over an open wound repeatedly, but a nice blend of new and existing games. Next week time to see what Sony has been up to.

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