Microsoft will be presenting their big Xbox Games Showcase this weekend, and there’s plenty of speculation about what might be next for Team Green. Will more games make their way to rival hardware after games like Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush went multiplatform earlier this year? And what’s going on troubled tentpole franchises like Halo?
Well, reliable Microsoft insider Tom Warren (sign up for his newsletter here) has stepped up before the Microsoft’s big show to provide some details about what he’s heard is going on with Team Green. In addition to the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct, Warren is expecting two big first-party reveals – Doom: The Dark Ages and the next Gears game. Per Warren, Doom will be full multiplatform and Gears will not.
In his article, Warren runs down some of the games he’s heard are being considered for “Project Latitude” (Microsoft’s initiative to bring first-party games to other platforms) – in addition to Doom: The Dark Ages, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Age of Mythology: Retold, and even Starfield are under consideration. Games that are apparently not under consideration are the next Gears, Fable, and South of Midnight.
Where things get particularly juicy is Halo. According to Warren, a remaster of the original Halo: Combat Evolved is in the works and it is being considered for a multiplatform release.
Of course, take all of this with a grain of salt for now, but Warren has proven he has the goods in the past. As you can perhaps tell, it seems like a lot of things are up in the air at Team Green – while games like Fable and Gears aren’t being considered for multiplatform releases now, if Halo can jump, anything can I reckon.
The Xbox Games Showcase comes your way on Sunday (June 9) at 10am PT. As previously rumored, we might also see some hints about future Xbox hardware, including a possible portable, at the show. What are your thoughts on all of this? How do you think the exclusivity question will shake out?
