Xbox has announced the date for the next Xbox Games Showcase as June 9. The show will be livestreamed for the second time in a row, coming two days after the Summer Game Fest which is scheduled for June 7.
Last year, the Xbox Games Showcase was followed by Starfield Direct which took a deep dive into the Starfield game. Although this year will follow the same arrangement, Xbox has kept a lid on the game that will headline the Direct that would happen after the main showcase.
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“Like our double-feature last year with Starfield Direct, immediately following the Showcase we’ll be airing a special deep-dive into the next installment of a beloved franchise,” wrote Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire editor-in-chief. “We can’t say much, so for now we’ll call it the Xbox Games Showcase followed by [REDACTED] Direct.”
It is hard to guess the game that would headline the Xbox Direct that will come after the Xbox Games Showcase because there is a long list of games in the pipeline for Microsoft’s gaming division. At least, four such games were showcased in late January at the Xbox Developer_Direct. They include Ara: History Untold, Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
However, there are strong rumors that the game that would headline this year’s Xbox Direct is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Understandably so, the Indiana Jones-themed game is one of the biggest first-party games coming to Xbox.
Although a bit of the game’s story and gameplay were showcased at the Xbox Developer_Direct, no definite release date was given, unlike Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II which received May 21 as its launch date, thereby ruling it out of the options to headline the upcoming Direct.
How to watch the June 9 Xbox Games Showcase
The Xbox Games Showcase will be livestreamed at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/6 pm BST. Following the completion of the takeover of Activision Blizzard last year, Skrebels revealed that this year’s Xbox Games Showcase will be the first to feature games from Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios.
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In addition to that, Skrebels confirmed that games from third-party partners will also be showcased at the event. The show will be streamed live in over 30 languages including American Sign Language and English Audio Description across YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. Below are all the different time zones for the event.
- PT: June 9, 10 am
- ET: June 9, 1 pm
- BST: June 9, 6 pm
- CET: June 9, 7 pm
- JST: June 10, 2 am
- AEST: June 10, 3 am
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Fans believe Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War is the redacted game
In the image with the redacted Direct text, we could see three wolf heads on a shield. Behind the shield is the image of what looks like the Capitol Building in Washington DC. There are speculations that the image is a tease for Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War.
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Earlier rumors claimed Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War would feature an open-world campaign. It was claimed that it would feature a round-based zombie mode for the first time. Also, it is believed the game will have a multiplayer platform featuring remastered maps.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War has been in development for several years and expectations have been soaring. It would be a decisive entry for the Call of Duty franchise which has faced mixed sentiments in recent years. The length of the main campaign of Modern Warfare 3 was heavily criticized.
