Xbox Games Showcase + Black Ops 6 Direct 2024 - Megathread
# Welcome to the Xbox Games Showcase + Black Ops 6 Direct Megathread!
Hello everyone, it's me again Anton, the super mega INCREDIBLY FUNNY megathread guy **who made things crash and burn last megathread (sorry)** and welcome back to ANOTHER big Summer Game Fest megathread of the year: **Xbox Games Showcase + Black Ops 6 Direct**
The previous events by Sony and Geoff Keighley were amazing and im super excited for a bunch of games that are releasing, very excited to see what Microsoft has been cooking and very excited to put clown makeup on when Silksong doesnt show up
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# Schedule
The **main show** will begin at **10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM Central (Canada/US) / 1:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CEST / 5:00 PM UTC / 6:00 pm BST / 3:00 AM AEST**
(Please correct me if I'm wrong with any of the times!)
The **main show** has a runtime of **60ish minutes**
The Black Ops 6 direct has a runtime of **30ish minutes**
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# Expectations
**The last Xbox Games Showcase got an average score of 8.8 out of 10 (based on results from 4,483 data points) like I mentioned in every other event, please set your expectations before going into this event!**
**The most talked about thing was: Starfield**
**The least talked about thing was: Metaphor: Be Fantazio**
Stay tuned for **more different statistics** and more of this in other events!
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# Relevant Links:
- [Xbox Official Homepage](https://xbox.com/)
- [YouTube Stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ6gafqCjsY&ab_channel=Xbox)
- [Twitch Stream](https://www.twitch.tv/xbox)
- [ Discord](https://discord.com/invite/zRPaXTn)
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# Live Updates (Oldest to Newest)
* The stream is now **LIVE** * **Call of Duty Black Ops 6** kicks off the stream with the campaign trailer Releasing October 25th 2024!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * CALL OF DUTY GOING FORWARD WILL HAVE PARITY ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS!!! * **Doom The Dark Ages** just got revealed releasing 2025 * **State of Decay 3** got a brand new look at its story. * **Dragon Age The Veilguard** just got a new trailer releasing Fall 2024 * **Starfield** **DLC: Shattered Space** just got revealed releasing 2024 * **Starfield** is getting new content TODAY including new locations, new gear, new bounties and custom content * **Fallout 76** is getting a map extension at Skyline Valley that will include Vault 63 coming June 12th, you can also play as the ghoul next year * **Clair Obscur Expidition 33** just got shown off * **South of Midnight** just got a trailer with some extended gameplay, for some reason the cutscenes are in 10 frames per second (claymotion animation?) releasing 2025 * **World of Warcraft** expansion "The World Within" is coming August 26th 2024 to PC * **Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater** (3 remake) just got a brand new gameplay trailer * **Sea of Thieves** just got a brand new look at a new world event and a look at how you can sail a brand new powerful warship in season 13, releasing July 25th * **Flintlock the Siege of Dawn** just got a gameplay reveal trailer releasing July 18th * **Age of Mythology Retold** got revealed coming September 4th * **Perfect Dark** just got it's gameplay revealed for the first time * MATT **BOOTY** * **Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred** is coming with a brand new character class/region and next chapter releasing October 8th 2024 * **Fable** got a brand new look at it's gameplay/story and the different choices you can make **releasing 2025** * **Frag** **Punk** was just revealed releasing 2025 * **Winter Burrow** a Dont Starve styled game where you play as a cute mouse surviving the cold was revealed * **Mixtape** a game where you're staking out, making out, listening to music and avoiding the law releasing 2025 * **Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024** is getting EVEN more features like commercial flight, air ambulance, aerial advertising, vip charter service, agriculture aviation, search and rescue and RED BULL RACING coming November 19th * **Elder Scrolls Online** is celebrating 10 years of the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * **Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road** is releasing June 18th * **LIFE IS STRANGE DOUBLE EXPOSURE** WAS REVEALED featuring Max and the new power is that you can go into a parallel worlds LETS GO releasing October 29th * **Indiana Jones and the GREAT CIRCLE** just got a brand new look at one of the cutscenes/story CHOO CHOO releasing later this year * **Mecha Break** was just shown off for the first time releasing later next year with Beta this August * **Wuchang Fallen Leaves** just got a very gory gameplay trailer * **Avowed** just got a brand new gameplay trailer with a look at some regions and enemies releasing 2024 * **Atomfall** which looks like atomic heart but...british just got shown off releasing 2025 * Assassins Creed Shadows just got shown off with gameplay and a look at the 2 protagonists releasing November 15th * **Stalker 2** gets a release date and more gameplay shown off **releasing September 5th** * 3 NEW XBOXES, **SERIES X WITH 2 TV, SERIES S WITH 1 TB BUT WHITE AND AN ALL NEW DIGITAL SERIES X** * **Work on next gen Xbox is ongoing** * ONE MORE THING: **Gears of War E-DAY** * ITS TIME FOR BLACK OPS 6 DIRECT LETS GOOOOOO HYPE! * Black Ops 6 is releasing October 25th, 16 great maps at launch, 2 thrilling zombies maps and a very thrilling and mind bending campaign * Omni-Movement system is coming (max payne style diving) * No pick 10 in multiplayer * Takes place after Cold War and after Black Ops 2 flashback events(making BO2 officially canon) * You will be able to do Heists and you can talk, barter and manipulate people to do things for you * RCXD IS BACK BABY * The safehouse will be at an abandoned manor on a cliffside where the KGB Blacksite used to be * No 9/11 in the game * You can spring in any direction now * Intelligent Movement will be available in settings so the game can climb or slide for you if needed * Theres now 9 regions of death (up from 4) depending on where you get shot, different animation will play * You can customize your HUD and make it your own * Yes, vertical menus are back * CLASSIC PRESTIGE IS BACK FROM OLDER CODS * Theatre mode is also back! * Classic three lane maps are BACK * Zombies: Gobblegums are BACK!!!! * Call of Duty NEXT is happening August 28th with more details! * Verdansk teased? * That's all for Xbox Showcase and Black Ops 6 Direct, we'll be back with more megathreads....soon :)