Everything announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2026 | PC Gamer { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "LiveBlogPosting", "name": "Everything announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2026", "headline": "Everything announced at Xbox Games Showcase 2026", "alternativeHeadline": "Here's your recap of Microsoft's reveals.", "datePublished": "2026-06-07T14:47:14+00:00", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/live/news/xbox-games-showcase-live-coverage-every-reveal-as-it-happens/", "articleSection": "Gaming Industry", "speakable": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "SpeakableSpecification", "xpath": [ "/html/head/title", "/html/head/meta[@name=\"description\"]/@content" ] }, "image": [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9-1920-80.jpg", "caption": "Master Chief, the Xbox logo, Marcus Fenix circa Emergence Day", "width": 1920, "height": 1080 }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:420,cw:1080,ch:1080,q:80,w:1080/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9.jpg", "caption": "Master Chief, the Xbox logo, Marcus Fenix circa Emergence Day", "width": 1080, "height": 1080 }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:240,cw:1440,ch:1080,q:80,w:1440/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9.jpg", "caption": "Master Chief, the Xbox logo, Marcus Fenix circa Emergence Day", "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v2/t:0,l:0,cw:1920,ch:1080,q:80,w:1920/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9.jpg", "caption": "Master Chief, the Xbox logo, Marcus Fenix circa Emergence Day", "width": 1920, "height": 1080 } ], "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/live/news/xbox-games-showcase-live-coverage-every-reveal-as-it-happens/", "thumbnail": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9-1920-80.jpg", "caption": "Master Chief, the Xbox logo, Marcus Fenix circa Emergence Day", "width": 1920, "height": 1080 }, "thumbnailUrl": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8ZjPKUz93D3MzbJ728pge9-1920-80.jpg", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "PC Gamer", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com", "logo": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "vanilla.futurecdn.net/pcgamer/media/img/pcgamer_logo.svg", "caption": "PC Gamer logo" } }, "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lincoln Carpenter", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/author/lincoln-carpenter/", "description": "Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.", "jobTitle": "News Writer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPyrdqJC7WX382U9Ubt8Ee.png", "caption": "Lincoln Carpenter" }, "email": "[email protected]" }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lincoln Carpenter", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/author/lincoln-carpenter/", "description": "Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites like Waypoint, Polygon, and Fanbyte, Lincoln spent three years freelancing for PC Gamer before joining on as a full-time News Writer in 2024, bringing an expertise in Caves of Qud bird diplomacy, getting sons killed in Crusader Kings, and hitting dinosaurs with hammers in Monster Hunter.", "jobTitle": "News Writer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FPyrdqJC7WX382U9Ubt8Ee.png", "caption": "Lincoln Carpenter" }, "email": "[email protected]" }, "dateModified": "2026-06-07T19:14:38+00:00", "coverageStartTime": "2026-06-07T14:45:00Z", "coverageEndTime": "2026-06-07T19:30:00Z", "description": "Here's your recap of Microsoft's reveals.", "liveBlogUpdate": [ { "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Xbox is attempting a reinvention in an era of Microsoft dysfunctionXbox isn't entering this year's\u2026", "datePublished": "2026-06-07T14:48:14.480Z", "articleBody": "<a id="elk-5d06aaff-f400-4ab9-adcc-752ae3ad34a5"></a><h2 id="xbox-is-attempting-a-reinvention-in-an-era-of-microsoft-dysfunction-3">Xbox is attempting a reinvention in an era of Microsoft dysfunction</h2><p id="elk-eb2b639c-df36-4399-86cb-f48de4c837f5">Xbox isn't entering this year's showcase season on a high note. Microsoft hasn't earned itself much good will in recent years: It's only <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/microsoft-is-removing-copilot-branding-from-photos-notepad-and-more-after-promising-to-reduce-unnecessary-copilot-entry-points/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/microsoft-is-removing-copilot-branding-from-photos-notepad-and-more-after-promising-to-reduce-unnecessary-copilot-entry-points/" data-hl-processed="none">recently started to question</a> its strategic vision of simply shoving Copilot everywhere it can. After buying out a considerable portion of the games industry, it has little to show for it beyond widespread layoffs, studio closures, and project cancellations.</p><p>And as a result of the company's partnership with the Israeli military amidst its continuing genocidal campaign in Palestine—a partnership that has provoked public scrutiny, <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/arkane-employees-demand-microsoft-sever-ties-with-israeli-military-we-dont-want-to-be-part-of-this-sinister-project-for-gaza/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/arkane-employees-demand-microsoft-sever-ties-with-israeli-military-we-dont-want-to-be-part-of-this-sinister-project-for-gaza/" data-hl-processed="none">internal protest</a>, and <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/microsoft-fires-head-of-israeli-subsidiary-and-other-managers-over-surveillance-of-palestinians/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/microsoft-fires-head-of-israeli-subsidiary-and-other-managers-over-surveillance-of-palestinians/" data-hl-processed="none">executive firings</a>—Microsoft and its gaming products remain prominent targets of the <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft" target="_blank" data-url="https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" data-hl-processed="none">Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement</a>.</p><a id="elk-seasonal"></a><aside id="seasonal_0" class="hawk-root" data-block-type="embed" data-render-type="fte" data-skip="dealsy" data-widget-type="seasonal"></aside><p id="elk-eb2b639c-df36-4399-86cb-f48de4c837f5-2">Following <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-is-retiring-and-his-replacement-is-an-ai-executive-who-joined-microsoft-in-2024/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-is-retiring-and-his-replacement-is-an-ai-executive-who-joined-microsoft-in-2024/" data-hl-processed="none">Phil Spencer's departure</a> in February, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has said Microsoft's gaming division will pursue "a renewed commitment to Xbox." Theoretically, this summer's showcase will offer our first sense of what we're meant to expect from that recommitment.</p>", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lincoln Carpenter", "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/author/lincoln-carpenter/", "description": "Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 years—unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. 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Otherwise, here are some educated guesses:</p>\n\n<ul id="elk-c8527e0b-4dc5-48a3-b478-534495a72451"><li><strong>State of Decay 3 </strong>has been at prior Xbox showcases, and <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/state-of-decay-3-springs-back-to-life-to-announce-alpha-tests-in-may/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/state-of-de
Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/live/news/xbox-games-showcase-live-coverage-every-reveal-as-it-happens/
Otherwise, here are some educated guesses:</p>\n\n<ul id="elk-c8527e0b-4dc5-48a3-b478-534495a72451"><li><strong>State of Decay 3 </strong>has been at prior Xbox showcases, and <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/state-of-decay-3-springs-back-to-life-to-announce-alpha-tests-in-may/" target="_blank" data-url="https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/state-of-de
Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/live/news/xbox-games-showcase-live-coverage-every-reveal-as-it-happens/