We’re nearly there. Expectations for Xbox’s July showcase are high and continue to gain steam and the prevailing thought at this point in time is that the showcase will be held the week of July 20th. But the bigger question has been, what can we expect to see from the new Xbox Game Studios developers?
One of the biggest question marks has been The Initiative; the newly formed AAA studio out of Santa Monica. Well according to Andy Robinson, Editor at VGC, we should expect to see the studio premier their first title.
And to be clear, while this is speculation at this point in time, it does line up with what we’ve heard from other sources outside of Andy as well.
I'm told that new Xbox studio The Initiative will unveil its first game during the July Xbox eventhttps://t.co/fbXsx5KXGc
— Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) July 1, 2020
Our Take
The closer we get, the more excited we become about the July showcase. Frankly, with the absence of E3, we’re going later into the year with no information than we typically do prior to a launch. There’s still a lot to hear from both Xbox and PlayStation and we certainly hope both are prepared to give us the full picture by August.
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