There’s quite a bit of hypothesis that it’s Halo but it surely might very properly be one thing else.
Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer made an enormous announcement on the Xbox Sport Showcase 2025, about what they’ve deliberate for 2026.
Within the center of the Showcase, Spencer got here on to the screen to say this:
As we take into consideration bringing a brand new era of gamers to those iconic franchises, I’m excited to share that gamers will get to have fun 25 years of Xbox with Fable, the subsequent Forza, Gears of Battle: E-Day and the return of a traditional that’s been with us from the start.
There’s quite a bit of hypothesis on-line that the final recreation that Spencer is alluding to is Halo, although we are able to’t actually hint somebody who particularly made this declare. It’s straightforward to suspect that this was the sport in query as a result of it matches the outline of one of Microsoft’s older video games. Spencer additionally talked about the opposite seemingly candidates in the identical breath.
We are going to level out right here as properly there are nonetheless different video games that match this description, that avid gamers might not like as a lot. For instance, the Age of Empires video games and Microsoft Flight Simulator had been round for even earlier than Microsoft launched the Xbox console. They might actually nonetheless shock us as properly by bringing again one thing followers forgot about, comparable to Crackdown or MechAssault.
The case for Halo being the unidentified recreation is a minimum of bolstered by rumors that Halo Studios is saying a brand new Halo recreation quickly, however the rumor was that it will be introduced this 12 months. So, that will be assuming that this rumored recreation bought delayed just a bit bit.
In any case, Microsoft is actually within the enviable place of having so many video games within the pipeline that they should handle their launch schedule. We reported on these video games being introduced and featured in the identical Xbox Sport Showcase:
And, that’s not even the whole lot that was on the present. It’s a reassurance to their followers, even those that aren’t on Sport Cross or personal an Xbox, that they’ve a wholesome output of video games within the close to future to maintain avid gamers completely happy.
We wouldn’t be shocked if Microsoft roughly has sufficient recreation launches and content material to maintain Xbox and Sport Cross homeowners occupied for the remaining of this console era. It most likely seems like a reward for these followers for his or her loyalty, a lot in order that it seems they not thoughts sharing.
