Even after losing the E3, console manufacturers have been soldiers directly to our home screen in the traditional summer showcase. PlayStation wrapped and Nintendo aren't coming yet, so it's time to join the Xbox Games Showcase to end the summer Gamefest weekend.

The Xbox Game Showcase will premiere on youtube and Twitch on Sunday 6/9 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. East.

As for what to expect during the showcase, "This will also be the first showcase featuring games from the studio portfolio of Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from third-party partners," Xbox says.

Your guess is as good as ours. Did we see or swear a lot of fables? What about Starfield's First Shattered Space DLC Personally, I'd like to see something from the lovely creature befriending game Everwild that Rare is working on. Well, yes, technically it's possible to finally hear about Elder Scrolls6. I will not hold your breath.

Xbox also confirmed that it will host Black Ops 6 directly after the main show, the way it previously did at Starfield. It calls it "a special deep dive into the next installment of the beloved Call of Duty franchise.""

More seriously, I wonder if Microsoft will mention it during the presentation of the numerous studio closures it has made this year. Layoffs and closures in the industry have been ongoing since the beginning of 2023, and the significant contribution Micorosft has made to that total has been not only in other developers, but also in our own minds. Some of them came to applaud the closed studios, including former Microsoft stalwarts Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, with signs near the Summer Gamefest.