Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 recap

Here are all the announcements and games shown during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 live stream — from Forza Motorsport to Starfield

Microsoft presented its 2022 Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase Sunday and showed more than 25 titles in the course of just over an hour and a half.

Big announcements included Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends and new details and footage of Redfall and Starfield. Microsoft also detailed several other console exclusives, world premieres and many of the titles shown will be on Game Pass day one.

Prior to the show, Microsoft described the showcase, saying viewers would “dive into this 90-minute showcase of what you can expect from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, and a ton of other great game creators from our partners around the world.”

The showcase was presented live beginning at 10 a.m. from the Microsoft Theater, formerly the Nokia Theatre, in Los Angeles.

After the company announced earlier this year that both Starfield and Redfall would be delayed, Xbox went into the show with no big exclusives for the holiday season.

But it was revealed during the showcase that a new Hot Wheels expansion is coming to Forza Horizon 5 and games like Scorn and others are coming this year to Xbox consoles, so there will be plenty to play for Xbox fans.

If you missed the show, you can watch a replay below, via the Xbox YouTube channel, or check out our full recap of the what was shown underneath the video.

Note: All of today’s games can be played in the coming 12 months. Many are available day one on Game Pass and as part of Xbox, PC and Xbox Cloud.

• Xbox Console Exclusive: Redfall – extended gameplay shown; coming 2023 to Xbox and PC
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – Xbox Game Pass, new gameplay trailer shown
• Xbox Console Exclusive: High On Life – October 2022, Xbox consoles, PC, Cloud. New first-person shooter from Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty.
• Riot Games, including League of Legends, Valorant and more, coming to PC and Xbox Game Pass
• A Plague Tale: Requiem – available in 2022 on Xbox consoles, PC, Cloud
• Forza Motorsport – coming Spring 2023; “Most technically advanced racing game ever made.” Massive upgrades to graphics, inclusion of real-time ray-tracing, dynamic time of day, realistic damage and more. Gameplay footage shown.
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Microsoft Flight Simulator: 40th Anniversary coming November 2022 to Xbox, Cloud, PC; free Halo add-on available today
• Overwatch 2 – free-to-play, early access coming Oct. 4, 2022
• World Premiere: Ara: History Untold – day one on Game Pass, new game from Xbox Game Studios
• The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle – coming to Xbox next week; trailer shown
• Fallout 76: The Pitt – coming September 2022
• Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels expansion coming July 19, 2022
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Ark II – coming 2023 to Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Scorn – coming Oct. 21, 2022
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn – early 2023
• World Premiere: Minecraft Legends – a new action strategy game coming next year
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Lightyear: Frontier – coming spring 2023
• Gunfire Reborn – coming October 2022 to Xbox consoles, PC, Cloud
• Xbox Console Exclusive: The Last Case of Benedict Fox – coming 2023 to Xbox consoles, PC, Cloud
• As Dusk Falls – “an interactive story powered by video games.” First game from INT./Night; coming to Xbox consoles, PC and Cloud on July 19. Play solo or multiplayer with up to 8 players.
• Naraka: Bladepoint – coming to consoles for the first time on Xbox; out June 23, 2022
• World Premiere: Pentiment – coming November 2022 to Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Grounded – coming out of early access November 2022 on Xbox consoles, PC, Cloud
• World Premiere/Xbox Console Exclusive: Ereban: Shadow Legacy – coming 2023 to Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• Diablo IV – new class Necromancer announced; trailer shown. Coming 2023.
• Sea of Thieves Season Seven – new update allows players to captain and customize ships; coming July 21, 2022
• World Premiere: Ravenlok – coming 2023 to Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Cocoon – coming 2023 to Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• World Premiere: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – early 2023 on Xbox consoles, Cloud, PC
• Persona – three games coming to Xbox as Phil Spencer announces partnership with Atlus; Persona 5 Royale coming Oct. 21, 2022
• Phil Spencer announces partnership with Hideo Kojima for a brand new game. More information on it in the future.
• Xbox Console Exclusive: Starfield – extended first look at the game coming next year from Bethesda – gameplay shown, an introduction to the story, a look at the character creator and more as presented by Todd Howard. Lastly, Howard gave a look at the size of the game with a No Man’s Sky-style overview of how players can explore over 1,000 planets in the game.

Xbox Game Pass Lineup for 2022 and 2023

So, what did you think of the showcase? Will you be picking any of these titles up? Were you hoping to see anything that wasn’t announced? Let us know in the comments section below or on social media.

Though Microsoft’s conference was an independent offering since E3 2022 was canceled, it was presented as part of what many are calling “Not E3.” And there’s a good argument to be made that the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase was the closest thing to a real E3 conference this year.

Missed last year’s show or just want a reminder of what was shown by Xbox at E3 2021? Check out our recap here.