In the recent episode of the official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming’s leaders announced that the company is hosting a Xbox Showcase sometime in June. Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty stated at the end of the podcast that the publisher has over ten major releases coming soon and will be shared in the upcoming showcase. “This 2024, the year coming up, we’ve got more than 10 major releases coming up. Great stuff.” said Booty, “Hellblade 2, they’ve got the Diablo expansion, they’ve got Avowed, Ara, the Indiana Jones game, and there’s more in development, which I think we’re going to be able to share more about at our June showcase coming up pretty soon.”
Additionally, according to a recent statement to The Verge, Phil Spencer stated that the company is considering developing different types of hardware. “I’m very proud of the work that the hardware team is doing, not only for this year, but also into the future,” says Spencer. “[We’re] really thinking about creating hardware that sells to gamers because of the unique aspects of the hardware. It’s kind of an unleashing of the creative capability of our hardware team that I’m really excited about.” In other news, according to sources known to The Verge’s Tom Warren, the four games set to release on the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch are Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded.
The full quote regarding the hardware updates via Sarah Bond:
“We’ve got more to come. There’s some exciting stuff coming out in hardware that we’re going to share this holiday. We’re also invested in the next-generation roadmap. What we’re really focused on there is delivering the largest technical leap you will have ever seen in a hardware generation, which makes it better for players and better for creators and the visions that they’re building.”
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