The North American company will hold an apparently digital event, as in 2020, where it will offer its most important novelties for the future.
Xbox has confirmed that they are planning to hold an event this coming summer of 2021 to offer news regarding their next video games and where Bethesda will have a prominent role. The formalization of the purchase of Bethesda Sofworks by Microsoft for 7.5 billion dollars implies that the set of eight ZeniMax Media studios becomes part of Xbox Game Studios, a total of 23 teams. It will be this summer when we have “news” about what Bethesda has in hand.
The information was revealed during a round table held on the night of this Thursday, March 11, a meeting where the exclusivity plan was discussed, what players subscribed to Xbox Game Pass can expect and, also, also about the events that are coming. Aaron Greenberg, general head of marketing for Xbox, together with Erin Losi, executive responsible for global marketing of Bethesda, confirm that this event is “in the planning phase”, so they do not know right now at what time of the summer the event will take place. event and what exactly will be communicated.
What can we expect from Bethesda at the Xbox Summer 2021 event?
All they’ve said is that they plan to make it similar to what Xbox has traditionally done at E3. Last E3 2020 did not take place due to COVID-19; instead, Microsoft held a digital event in July, an Xbox Games Showcase. From there, the wishes are free to be expressed.
On the one hand, we know that Xbox has committed to offer improvements to the 20 titles of the Bethesda legacy that will be released on Xbox Game Pass this Friday, March 12 (Dishonored, The Evil Within, deliveries of The Elder Scrolls, DOOM and Wolfenstein … ); such as FPS Boost or Auto HDR, among other improvements such as an increase in resolution and reduced loading times.
On the other hand we have Deathloop, available on May 21 on PS5 and PC as an exclusive for PlayStation consoles for a year, and Ghostwire: Tokyo, scheduled for 2021 on PS5 and PC. Undated and scheduled for later are The Elder Scrolls VI, Starfield, and the new Indiana Jones-based game by MachineGames (Wolfenstein).
Not all Bethesda games will be exclusive to Xbox and launch PCs, although the commitment is that they will all be on Game Pass from launch. Microsoft has confirmed that they have unannounced games still slated for 2021.
