Summary

  • Xbox confirms major titles like Age of Mythology: Retold and Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred for its Gamescom 2024 booth.
  • Opening Night Live will kick off Gamescom week with big game previews including Avowed and Starfield's Shattered Space DLC.
  • Fans can expect hands-on gameplay of 50 titles at Xbox's 240-station Gamescom booth.

Xbox's Aaron Greenberg has confirmed a number of big titles that will be shown off at the publisher's booth during Gamescom 2024. Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live is once again set to kick off Gamescom week in Cologne, Germany, which will take place from August 21 to August 25. Gamescom serves as an opportunity for some of gaming's biggest publishers, like Xbox, to give fans a final glimpse at some of their big games before they release during the Fall.

Xbox has had a solid 2024 so far in terms of game releases and especially in terms of its showcases. Its second annual Developer Direct kicked the year off right with extended looks at Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Avowed, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and even a surprise appearance from Square Enix, who showcased its upcoming fantasy RPG Visions of Mana. Later on, Xbox held what many believe was its greatest June showcase ever. Xbox fans were enthralled by the dark, gritty, and nostalgic announcement trailer of Gears of War: E-Day, the stunning gameplay reveals of South of Midnight and Perfect Dark, and the literal bone-crunching reveal of Bethesda's Doom: The Dark Ages, among many other surprises.

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It seems Xbox still has a lot in store for fans come Gamescom, as VP of Xbox Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg tweeted out what fans will be able to expect beginning on August 20. In the tweet, Greenberg name-drops six of 50 games that fans can go hands on with at the massive, 240-station Xbox booth: Age of Mythology: Retold, Ara: History Untold, Towerborne, Diablo 4's Vessel of Hatred expansion, Fallout 76's Milepost Zero, and The Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road.

Xbox Games Confirmed To Appear At Gamescom 2024

  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Ara: History Untold
  • Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred
  • Fallout 76: Milepost Zero
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
  • Towerborne
  • Avowed (Opening Night Live)
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Opening Night Live)
  • Starfield: Shattered Space (Opening Night Live)

Greenberg went on to confirm that major first-party Xbox releases Avowed, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Starfield's Shattered Space DLC will show face with new looks at Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live showcase. Shattered Space and Indiana Jones will likely receive their final release dates at the show, and fans looking forward to Obsidian's fantasy RPG may learn whether Avowed is officially going to be pushed into 2025, as the recent Tom Warren rumor suggests. It would be a safe bet to also expect other major Xbox titles, like STALKER 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to be playable at Xbox's booth as well, seeing that they're both set to land this November.

Xbox fans surely have lots to look forward to later this month when Gamescom kicks off with Opening Night Live on August 20. Not only can fans expect to learn the release dates for major first-party Xbox games like Indiana Jones and Avowed, but they can likely expect to see new gameplay footage from the 50 playable games at Xbox's booth. What exactly the rest of these 50 games are is still a mystery, so Xbox fans will have to tune in to Gamescom from August 20 to August 25 to find out.

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Xbox Series X
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Microsoft's ninth-generation console, the Xbox Series X is a powerful machine that can support 4K resolution and 60 fps, depending on the game. Released alongside the Xbox Series S, the Series X has a Custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, a Custom RDNA 2 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM. 

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