Microsoft and the Xbox team have really pushed themselves with their summer events and Geoff Keighley’s many shows over the past few years, but while Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 in June really delivered lots of goodies – so be it The Game Awards last month a disappointment. Both Nintendo and Sony had plenty to show while the Xbox team had basically nothing.
However, it wasn’t long before rumors began to circulate that Microsoft themselves had a smaller event planned, which would explain their no-show at The Game Awards. Since then, the rumors have grown stronger and stronger, with key members of the Xbox team themselves hinting that something might actually be on the way.
Now it seems that the upcoming event has been revealed. It is the usually reliable editor for Windows CentralJez Corden, who claims that Microsoft has a so-called Xbox Developer Direct-stream scheduled for January 25th, if all goes as planned.
According to the same source, Starfield will not be there as it will receive a dedicated Developer Direct at a later date, but we will get more information about Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, Redfall “and content from ZeniMax Online Studios” (probably related to The Elder Scrolls Online). The intention is to deliver one more “intimate look at some upcoming exclusives” rather than a typical E3 event, and the name Developer Direct might suggest inspiration from Nintendo’s popular Direct streams.
While all of this is still unconfirmed information, Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg tweeted that “This should be a fun week” after the Windows Central report was published, causing us to sort that into the folder “very likely”.
