We’re doing something new! Every day after Headlines airs I’ll give a text-based rundown of the show with links to each of our sources used. For those who prefer to read and to give thanks to all the hard work people around the industry are doing. Here are the Headlines for April 30th.
- Xbox Games Showcase Followed by [REDACTED] Direct Airs June 9
- Starfield: Shattered Space confirmed for this Fall
- IGN x ID@Xbox Showcase Breakdown
- 4 games announced for May wave 1 game pass
- Fallout on Prime Video is flippin yuge
- Manor Lords is a huge hit (and on Game Pass)
- Gaming industry spins Xbox Financials to be a negative
- Square Enix spends 140m cancelling a lot of projects
- Hexworks, developer of Lords of the Fallen (2023), has started work on a new action-RPG codenamed ‘Project 3’
- A Treyarch job listing suggests the studio may be looking to use AI tools in art dev
- Tencent buys more of Remedy, who then update on their upcoming projects
- Walmart and Roblox are teaming up to make virtual e-commerce a horrifying reality
- 2K unbans popular WWE 2K24 modder WhatsTheStatus following backlash
The biggest news for today was a double header from Microsoft Gaming. First up is the confirmation of June 9th at 1pm EDT as the date for the Xbox Games Showcase, featuring titles from all of the company’s publishing arms. The surprise was a “REDACTED” direct coming directly after, which The Verge has reported as being Call of Duty.
The other big story is that Todd Howard confirmed that Starfield: Shattered Space is scheduled to arrive this Fall. What piece of news got you the most excited, are you pumped and jacked for the Xbox Showcase? Sound off in the comments below and let us know.
It’s interesting to see how much Xbox are hyping Project Cerberus, hopefully it will be fruitful.
Xbox June Showcase for me is the biggest news, along with the new COD showcase as well. Surprised it’s not the Xbox and Bethesda and ABK showcase or anything like that. Just Xbox and surprise second showcase after.
Adding it to my calendar, calling the buddies and preparing the snacks for the event!
It essentially is the XABKB showcase except in name.
“This will also be our first Showcase featuring games from our portfolio of studios across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from our third-party partners.”
I’m very happy that it’s called the Xbox Games Showcase which is what it should be in my opinion. Definitely hyped and looking forward to both!!