Seeing that its only 2 days away, I'm gonna put my realistic expectations here, and try to give my thoughts seeing its only an hour and there may be more shown at the pre-show and post-show with Geoff. So here is my somewhat realistic guesses (sorry for the text wall guys T-T):
1. Halo Infinite will be how the show starts. Its Microsoft's big Holiday 2020 title from what it seems, and they are now heavily pushing it in the advertisement front. Honestly think a major chunk of the showcase will be about it and is features, namely:
- They will probably start off with a trailer about the story of the game and its setting. Now this is a hunch, but they MAY possibly use a cut-scene disguised as a trailer for this to add in more hype (a lot of devs do love to do that as it shows if the game's cut-scenes are real-time or not). They probably are going to show off new and returning features for the entry, most likely to alleviate the doubt cast upon the series when Halo 5: Guardians released.
- Because its also a major part of the series, they will most likely also dive deep into its core Multi-Player aspects of the game. Especially seeing that technically this will also be one of Microsoft's first major Multi-Player FPS on the Xbox Series X. They might address some things here and there for mechanics, maybe even an open beta hopefully? They probably will also have another trailer for just its Multi-Player too, but its a hunch.
- Another maybe word drop to re-confirm that the game will be part of both Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Smart Delivery option.
2. Psychonaughts 2 trailer and game play (which again is seemingly already confirmed for the showcase). Here is hoping the trailer, if they show it off, will have a release window or release date.
3. I definitely think Forza 8 will be there and shown, however I have seen that there are some wondering if it will be pushed into 2021 due to complications brought about by the pandemic crisis.
4. I think Rare will show more of their new iP, Everwind, at this even too. It was teased at X019, and I think it was meant to be shown fully at E3 had it not been canceled. So I think this would be a wise time to show more of it.
5. We all know Obsidian Games will be there, but the question is why? My firm guess is that they will do two major thing there:
- They probably will show DLC for the now released and well loved The Outer Worlds, namely because there have been some odd teases and pushes for the game as of late, and its unrelated to the recently released Switch port. But why are they pushing the game again and revealing the DLC here you ask? Well that leads into my next point->
- Obsidian Games may announce that The Outer Worlds will be released on Xbox Series X, and my guess is that the DLC will be included with the enhanced version, but its a very long stretch. But in hindsight, it would be nice to have it at launch day, especially seeing its on Xbox Game Pass.
6. Gears 5 enhanced for Xbox Series X will be there no doubt. They just talked about it a few days back, so I think some game play will be there as well to show its enhancements.
7. Phil Spencer said that we will see Japanese Game devs there, and Microsoft has been pushing Yakuza lately, so I feel Sega will show off some Yakuza: Like a Dragon game play there, maybe a release date too. As a left field announcement that may not be possible (and more so a personal wish), maybe we will see a tease for the next Sonic game?
8. Piggy-backing off the Japanese games, I feel Square may have something to show too. They said recently they were gonna show their games at random intervals during the summer, and I think only a few were shown. I feel they might show some stuff coming to the Xbox Series X here at this showcase, but IDK what they can show off? If anyone knows of something, please do tell.
9. This is a bit of a reach, but there is a Warner Bros. Sale going on right now, and Hitman 2 is on sale there. Foolishly using that as my evidence (seeing, WHY sell it for a discount price out of most Warner Bros. games?), I want to believe that iO Entertainment will show us some brand new game play for the VERY soon to release Hitman III, and as a Hitman fan, I would be SO happy.
10. Its been rumors from hell and back that Playground Games is making a Fable game. I wouldn't be shocked with by how much its being talked about we won't see it. I mean, the same occurred with Elden Ring if I recall. So MAYBE they will tease, not fully show, but tease the Fable game by Playground games for 2021? Its a guess, but I sure hope it happens.
Again, sorry for the text wall, but thanks for reading and cheers!
