A full recap of the Microsoft conference, coming at ya
Was today’s Microsoft conference the most explosive E3 conference ever? No. But it was fun and breezy, which is just what we need after a stressful year.
The image below pretty much recaps the entire conference: at least as far as first-party games are concerned. We got tons of Game Pass confirmations, as well as new Halo Infinite multiplayer info, and a few surprise indie developments.
The big stuff? Starfield is an Xbox console exclusive and actually has a real date of late 2022. Sea of Thieves is getting a bizarre Pirates of the Caribbean crossover, and it’s licensed and everything. Hades will be a Game Pass game by August, which means a ton more people can experience the modern classic. Outer Worlds, our Game of the Year when it was released, has a sequel confirmed. And Arkane’s new vampire hunter project has a ton of style and attitude.
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A full recap of the Microsoft conference for E3 2021:
- Starfield will be out in late 2022 on just PC and Xbox consoles
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is out in April 2022, and will be a day one Game Pass game
- Sea of Thieves is getting free Pirates of the Caribbean crossover content on June 22
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon and select Bethesda titles reportedly coming to Xbox Game Pass
- Contraband is a co-op smuggling game from Avalanche
- Twelve Minutes finally arrives this August
- Here’s a look at Fallout 76’s next big game update, and a tease for the return of The Pitt
- Here’s some pre-alpha gameplay of Battlefield 2042’s massive multiplayer battles
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Console Enhanced is a boosted version for Xbox Series X/S and PS5 out June 15
- Jumpship’s Somerville is a Sci-Fi adventure about the little things
- Party Animals will see some very silly beasts battle on Xbox in 2022
- Psychedelic adventure Psychonauts 2 coming August 25, gets new gameplay trailer
- Halo Infinite will have 120 FPS free-to-play multiplayer on Series X, which launches with the campaign ‘this Holiday’
- Hades comes to PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass this August
- A Plague Tale: Requiem will see the wretched rats return in 2022
- Diablo II: Resurrected releases September 23 and I’m so down
- Winter never ends in Foam Punch’s Shredders
- The new game from Sad Cat Studios, Replaced, looks like it absolutely slaps
- Slime Rancher 2 will have you rounding up more adorable slimes in 2022
- Retro-inspired shooter Atomic Heart gets a new trailer
- Grounded’s Shroom and Doom update has a bigger, freakier spider
- The Ascent arrives on Xbox Game Pass next month
- Feeling ‘sus: Among Us coming adds 15-player lobbies on Xbox June 15
- Age of Empires IV is out on October 28
- Outer Worlds 2 is happening, we literally know nothing else
- Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to Xbox Series X/S on July 27 and a Top Gun crossover is up next
- Forza Horizon 5 looks stunning, coming to Xbox & PC November 9
- Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle coming in 2023, with an action-RPG spinoff set for next year
- Redfall is Arkane’s wild take on vampires, coming in summer 2022
