As June gets underway, Summer Game Fest has kicked off by Geoff Keighley. The Summer Game Fest 2024 livestream was home to some game reveals. On June 9th, Xbox Games Showcase 2024 livestream brought some shocking announcements. Here are some of the biggest announcements from Xbox Games Showcase…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Microsoft acquired Activision for $95 per share, valued at $68.7 billion. So, since October 2023, Activision has been in full control by Microsoft. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the first Call of Duty title to be released under the Microsoft umbrella. It is also the first Call of Duty game to be released outside of the contractual 10-year exclusivity agreement. During Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase, Phil Spencer announced that Call of Duty’s content will be free of any kind of exclusivity, meaning that all consoles get the same content at the same time. No ifs, or buts. For example, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s beta will be available across all platforms, all at the same time. No exclusivity.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has a unique marketing strategy this year, it started leaking little by little. At first, Activision launched a website called “TheTruthLies.com” to have players on a scavenger hunt for clues again. But, at the same time, Activision released a newspaper ad, written like a newspaper, but designed a little bit like an actual propaganda article. To play into the Cold War scenario that we are currently in. Americans are divided not just in opinions, but also ideologies. As more teases mount on “TheTruthLies.com” website arises, we got new stories that act like teasers for Black Ops 6. Once the teasers crescendos, we got the full teaser trailer for Black Ops 6. On June 9, 2024 – Microsoft held a livestream event called “Xbox Games Showcase” to reveal their games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Doom: The Dark Ages
Doom’s reboot was released on May 13, 2016. Doom Eternal was released on March 20, 2020. Doom celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2019. At the same time, Bethesda released the original Doom, Doom II, and Doom 3 for all consoles. Doom 64 was also released for all consoles. And now, Bethesda is back with a new Doom title: Doom: The Dark Ages.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was originally announced at Sony’s State of Play livestream. Shortly afterwards, Konami released a in-game engine trailer to show off how the game would look. During the Xbox Games Showcase livestream, Konami released a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater…
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO was originally announced during Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2023. Bandai Namco released a new trailer with a release date for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO…
Gears of War: E-Day
Gears of War has been a popular series for a very long time. Originally developed by Epic Games, via Cliff Bleszinski’s creative leadership. Gears of War was made popular, and famous on Xbox 360 for its unique gameplay, and gritty atmosphere. Gears of War: E-Day, unlike its prequel predecessors, is a genuine prequel that takes place 14 years before Emergence Day.
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark has a legendary past. Created by Rare Ltd., Perfect Dark was born out of the ideas from and of “Golden Eye 007” for Nintendo 64. Golden Eye was made popular, and still has a cult following to the point of any time nostalgia reigns supreme, Golden Eye is the first thing people talk about when they talk about… Nintendo 64. In 2002, Microsoft acquired Rare Ltd. For 22 years, Microsoft couldn’t get Goldeneye on their Xbox console, until Xbox Series consoles. [Source] The whole thing is a storyline of itself. There are multiple Intellectual Property (IP) holders of Goldeneye. To begin with, Nintendo owns the exclusivity rights to Goldeneye for Nintendo 64. While the trademark owners of Goldeneye is the original film production company that made it – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It is a convoluted mess, Rare decided on creating a brand new Intellectual Property that uses the same engine that powered Goldeneye for Nintendo 64. Perfect Dark was just as popular as Goldeneye was. During the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft showed more about Perfect Dark.
Fable
Fable is another long-standing Xbox franchise coming to Xbox Series consoles. Announced a while ago, Fable got a trailer during the Xbox Games Showcase…
New Xbox Series S/X Console SKUs
It has been 4 years since the release of Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. Microsoft has unveiled new SKUs for both consoles. Xbox Series S now has a SKU with 1TB SSD, and will retail for $349. Microsoft unveiled a new SKU of Xbox Series X in a strange move: Xbox Series X “All Digital” console does not have a disc drive, but will have 1TB SSD, and costs $449. And then, in a stranger move: Xbox Series X Galaxy Black is the same console but with 2TB SSD, and retails for …$599.
