Microsoft has mentioned it’s “on monitor” to launch a minimum of 5 first-party video games within the subsequent yr, which might match or exceed its output within the earlier 12 months.
In a briefing to media retailers this week (together with VGC), the corporate famous that it launched “5 new video games” throughout console, PC and cloud throughout its final fiscal yr, which began on July 1, 2021 and ends on June 30, 2022.
These video games have been Microsoft Flight Simulator, Psychonauts 2, Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite.
“We’re on monitor to fulfill or exceed that quantity within the subsequent fiscal,” the corporate mentioned.
Xbox – Phil Spencer on Xbox’s future library
Up to now, Bethesda’s Redfall and Starfield – which have been not too long ago delayed to “the primary half of 2023” – are the one titles formally confirmed for launch throughout Microsoft’s subsequent fiscal yr.
That leaves a minimum of three first-party Xbox video games set to launch earlier than June 30, 2023.
Assuming Microsoft’s definition of “new video games” is just related to Xbox platforms, two extra titles from Bethesda, Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, may additionally launch for Xbox inside the subsequent yr, when their exclusivity offers with PlayStation expire.
Xbox Recreation Studios has a mess of different introduced video games with out confirmed launch home windows, together with Obsidian’s Avowed, Ninja Principle’s Hellblade 2, Flip 10’s Forza Motorsport and Undead Labs’ State of Decay 3.
Different introduced video games together with Uncommon’s Everwild, Playground Video games’ Fable and The Initiative’s Excellent Darkish are understood to not be near releasing.
Microsoft’s Xbox and Bethesda Video games Showcase shall be held on Sunday, June 12. “This present will function superb titles coming from Xbox Recreation Studios, Bethesda, and our companions world wide,” Microsoft mentioned when asserting the occasion.
Microsoft may also maintain an Xbox Video games Showcase Prolonged stream following the principle showcase, it introduced this week.
