Microsoft Claims 50 Games Coming To Xbox In 2022 And 2023

A graphic shows a bunch of games coming to Xbox in 2022 and 2023. — Microsoft aired this graphic throughout its annual Xbox press convention.

Six months into the 12 months, Xbox’s launch calendar is trying slim. Recent off the heels of a completely banger 2021, Microsoft hasn’t launched a single first-party tentpole in 2022. However that’s all set to alter, Microsoft assured viewers as we speak throughout its massive splashy advertising and marketing showcase about massive splashy video games on the horizon.

Midway by means of as we speak’s present—which provided long-awaited gameplay reveals for feverishly anticipated video games like Starfield and Redfall—Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed off a graphic indicating 50 new video games would come to Xbox inside the subsequent 12 months. Xbox’s official social media feed tweeted out a barely altered model of the graphic after the showcase ended:

There are some minor discrepancies between the 2. The graphic aired throughout the present mentions Hiya Neighbor 2 and Lightyear Frontier as due out this 12 months. The graphic printed on social mentions neither, changing these two video games with Gotham Knights and Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare II.

The picture isn’t deceptive about Xbox’s lineup, per se, however it’s padded out with strategies which are definitely…curious. To be crystal clear, Xbox, which counts greater than two dozen first-party studios in its portfolio, will not be making 50 video games over the subsequent 12 months.

For one factor, Microsoft has included expansions on right here, counting the likes of Forza Horizon 5‘s Scorching Wheels collaboration, The Elder Scrolls On-line’s journey into the Excessive Isle realm, and Fallout 76‘s foray into Pittsburgh alongside full releases. For one more, the graphic additionally lists a number of third-party video games—like Gotham Knights and The Callisto Protocol—which are being developed independently of Microsoft. Certain, they’re coming to Xbox. They’ll be out there all over the place else, too.

Microsoft has additionally included a lot of free-to-play video games among the many listing, even counting Halo Infinite’s incoming third season. (Halo Infinite’s second season added some cosmetics, a handful of modes, and two maps to the shooter’s free-to-play multiplayer mode, which launched final November.) The model of the graphic aired throughout the showcase additionally counted Sea of Thieves’ seventh season on the listing.

The graphic additionally appears to point S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2, presently being developed in Ukraine, has been additional delayed. (Developer GSC Sport World beforehand delayed the sport from an April 28, 2022, launch.) Although S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 is listed underneath the 2023 column of as we speak’s graphic, present retailer pages for the shooter say it’s due out December 8, 2022. Representatives for each Microsoft and for developer GSC Sport World didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

One final statement: After Microsoft scooped up Zenimax, the father or mother firm of Bethesda, for a gazillion bucks, a ton of ZeniMax’s portfolio grew to become out there on Sport Move. Activision Blizzard’s largest video games on the horizon—Diablo IV, Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare II, and Overwatch 2—aren’t listed as deliberate titles for Sport Move. (Overwatch 2 will likely be free-to-play.) In April, Activision Blizzard shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve Microsoft’s small-European-country-GDP-sized acquisition of the troubled studio. However the deal nonetheless must move regulatory approval.

Anyway, right here’s the complete listing of video games deliberate for an Xbox launch in 2022, with video games focusing on Sport Move marked in parentheses: