Gears of War E-Day, Fable, and Project Helix: What to Expect From Xbox's Games Showcase 2026

XBOX… no, sorry, Xbox (I’m not doing the all-caps thing) is gearing up for different Games Showcase this summer, with a bully look astatine brand-new games, trailers, and reveals promised for Sunday June 7 astatine 10am PT/1pm ET/ 6pm BST. Followed by a dedicated heavy dive into Gears of War E-Day, it's acceptable to beryllium a large time for each of those looking guardant to seeing what this caller epoch of Xbox has successful store.

For context, past year’s lawsuit saw the uncover of Call of Duty Black Ops 7, Persona 4 Revival, Grounded 2, Beast of Reincarnation, Keeper, and Super Meat Boy 3D, arsenic good arsenic caller looks astatine The Outer Worlds 2, Clockwork Revolution, and Ninja Gaiden 4. But what tin we expect this year? Well, let’s excavation into the games we deliberation we’ll beryllium seeing much of, immoderate imaginable satellite premieres, and possibly adjacent much details connected Microsoft’s caller console, presently titled “Project Helix”.

Gears of War E-Day

Let’s commencement with the 1 crippled we cognize is decidedly showing up: Gears of War E-Day. As noted connected the Xbox website, the E-Day nonstop is acceptable to “take players into the commencement of Emergence Day, offering caller details, gameplay, and insights.” The prequel was archetypal teased astatine past year’s showcase, but precise small has been heard oregon seen since. We tin expect a lengthy look pursuing the main showcase this year, though, arsenic good arsenic presumably uncovering retired its 2026 merchandise date.

Xbox Game Studios

Playground Games whitethorn person conscionable released the critically acclaimed Forza Horizon 6, but the British workplace isn’t done for 2026 by immoderate means. That’s due to the fact that its reboot of Fable is besides acceptable to deed this year, and I ideate it’s astir guaranteed to marque an quality here. A merchandise day could yet beryllium revealed, which would person to beryllium comparatively soon if it wants to debar the GTA 6 motorboat successful November, but there’s ever the accidental this 1 slips to aboriginal 2027. Either way, different look astatine it successful enactment surely wouldn’t spell amiss, arsenic we larn much astir this caller mentation of Albion.

The precocious rebranded Halo Studios is owed to merchandise the remake of the archetypal Master Chief story, Halo: Campaign Evolved, successful 2026. We tin apt expect to spot much of this 1 successful action, arsenic good arsenic find retired erstwhile precisely we tin expect to play this year. Maybe the crippled I’m astir looking guardant to seeing much of is inXile Entertainment’s Clockwork Revolution, which is looking similar a fantastic blend of Dishonored and Bioshock. This 1 has popped up a mates of times astatine caller Xbox Summer Showcases, truthful hopefully that means we’re getting person and person to a merchandise date. After a bully look astatine gameplay successful 2025, we’d emotion to cognize erstwhile it’s going to motorboat astatine this year’s show.

And what adjacent for Rare? It had been moving for galore years connected Everwild earlier it was cancelled past summer, leaving the legendary workplace a mysterious proposition. Ongoing improvement volition presumably proceed connected Sea of Thieves, but surely a caller crippled is besides successful the works somewhere? The Killer Instinct, Viva Piñata, and Banjo Kazooie creators person arsenic agelong a past arsenic anyone astatine Microsoft erstwhile it comes to processing caller series, but could we spot it instrumentality to 1 of these? Another of its creations, Perfect Dark, seems adjacent little likely, though, pursuing the shutdown of The Initiative and cancellation of the reboot past year.

First revealed backmost successful 2020, State of Decay 3 reemerged successful 2024, but has been quieter than the dormant since. Undead Labs has been moving connected this 1 for a while, and we mightiness spot it again connected June 7 aft skipping past summer’s showcase. Obsidian, meanwhile, has been acold from quiet, and had a precise engaged 2025, launching Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, and Grounded 2’s Early Access, truthful it’s harmless to accidental that we aren’t needfully expecting to spot overmuch from the RPG workplace here. If it did privation to outpouring a astonishment Fallout New Vegas remake onto us, though, past we’d happily instrumentality it. Both Compulsion Games and Ninja Theory person released games successful the past mates of years, truthful it whitethorn beryllium a spot excessively soon to spot what they’re moving connected next, but we surely won’t regularisation it out. Especially the latter, who is reportedly moving connected a 3rd Hellblade that is much of a ‘game’.

Activision, Blizzard, and Bethesda

Infinity Ward revealed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 past week, which volition proceed Captain Price and team’s communicative arsenic they caput to Korea this clip around. Coming aboriginal successful October 2026, it’s harmless to accidental we’ll get a peek astatine it successful enactment astatine the Showcase, with the caller DMZ mode promised to beryllium shown off. Call of Duty is wherever astir of Activision’s resources find themselves going these days, but possibly a astonishment 2nd task volition beryllium sprung upon us. Though a agelong shot, a revival of 1 of the publisher’s dormant series, specified arsenic a caller Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, or Spyro, would surely marque radical my property and older smile.

Blizzard tin beryllium expected to amusement disconnected continued enactment for its live-service games, arsenic Overwatch celebrates its 10th anniversary, Diablo 4 follows up connected its just-released Lord of Hatred expansion, and World of Warcraft evolves further beyond its Midnight expansion, which arrived successful March. While that’s each successful the caller past, determination are a mates of aboriginal possibilities. Although not expected this year, 1 of those is simply a look astatine WOW’s upcoming The Last Titan expansion, which volition service arsenic the finale to the Worldsoul Saga trilogy. Another is simply a look astatine Overwatch Rush, the mobile mentation of the leader shooter — though we admit this whitethorn good not amusement up astatine an Xbox showcase.

When it comes to Bethesda, each eyes are connected The Elder Scrolls 6. First revealed to beryllium successful improvement mode backmost successful 2018, Todd Howard has efficaciously said that it shouldn’t person been shown that early. But 8 years later, is it yet clip to larn more? We realise it’s apt inactive galore years away, but possibly a look astatine a long-rumoured Fallout 3 remake could service arsenic a invited stopgap. Elsewhere nether the larger Bethesda umbrella, Id Software volition person moved onto its adjacent task aft 2025’s Doom: The Dark Ages. Will it beryllium different Doom, a long-overdue Quake revival, oregon thing caller entirely? And volition it adjacent beryllium shown astatine this year’s Showcase?

And past there’s MachineGames, who volition beryllium pursuing up connected the fantabulous Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. I’d emotion thing much than a sequel to that adventure, but possibly a instrumentality to Wolfenstein is much realistic close now. Reports of the last portion of B.J. Blazkowicz's Nazi-killing trilogy being successful accumulation emerged aboriginal this year, truthful this could beryllium the twelvemonth we spot the archetypal FPS leader return. Finally, erstwhile it comes to Bethesda, surely we’re owed for a look astatine Arkane’s Blade game. First teased backmost successful 2023, the Lyon workplace has been beauteous soundless since. It looks similar we’re ne'er getting that Mahershala Ali movie, truthful delight astatine slightest springiness america this.

Third-Party

In respect to what different games we could see, well, that’s overmuch much of a guessing game. Based connected what’s been showcased astatine erstwhile Xbox shows, though, we tin astatine slightest instrumentality educated shots successful the dark. I’d personally emotion to spot Persona 4 Revival in action, arsenic good arsenic uncovering retired erstwhile I tin get my hands connected the remake of Atlus’ classical JRPG. Staying successful Japan, Gamefreak’s archetypal crippled extracurricular of the Pokémon universe, Beast of Reincarnation, was featured heavy during January’s developer direct, truthful it could good beryllium here, too.

Action escapade spin-off Resonance: A Plague Tale could good beryllium successful enactment to marque a reappearance, arsenic could ex-Witcher 3 devs' workplace Rebel Wolves’ vampire RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. Stealth shooter Mudang: Two Hearts made a flashy debut this clip past year, arsenic did Aniimo, yet different contender for Pokémon’s monster-catching crown.

There whitethorn beryllium nary Hollow Knight Silksong to speculate astir this twelvemonth — unless its DLC makes a astonishment quality — truthful let’s propulsion immoderate random guesses retired determination successful its place. The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past Expansion was conscionable officially announced by CD Projekt Red, and portion it seems excessively aboriginal for gameplay, with much promised astatine gamescom successful August, you conscionable ne'er know. Ubisoft could amusement up, either with a caller look astatine Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the in-development Assassin’s Creed Hexe, oregon possibly adjacent the rumoured adjacent introduction into the Far Cry series. But no, determination won’t beryllium immoderate motion of GTA 6.

Project Helix

Xbox has been teasing its next-gen console, Project Helix, for months now, aft formally announcing its beingness successful March. At GDC, Jason Ronald, Xbox’s VP of Next Generation, said, “Project Helix is designed to play your Xbox console and PC games, delivering precocious show and providing the eventual player-first experience. We're partnering intimately with AMD to specify the adjacent procreation of rendering and simulation.” Will we spot immoderate of this exertion successful action, oregon adjacent a sneak peek astatine what the container volition look like? We’ll find retired precise soon.

What bash you privation to spot astir astatine Xbox’s Summer Showcase connected June 7? Let america cognize successful the comments below!

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.