Microsoft has been in the news ever since the Xbox maker announced the eyebrow-raising giant deal, worth $68.7 billion, with Call of Duty publisher Activision. In the last few months, the company remained very active as well in sharing many ambitious updates for the future. Surprisingly, though, the recently concluded Game Awards lacked major Xbox announcements.
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Following a negative reaction of loyal fans on the social media, the Xbox Vice President for marketing took to Twitter to assure them of multiple reveals in the next year. Now, we do have an extra intel on this situation and it’s quite interesting to say the least.
Xbox might come up with an event in Q1 2023, based on the latest rumor
A lot of Xbox enthusiasts wondered why there was no news for any in-development title from Microsoft as soon as The Game Awards wrapped up. Some of the well-known people from the gaming space expressed their disappointment on the complete lack of updates and announcements from the team. Have a look at them below:
I’d love to understand the thought process of not having to show anything at one of this years’ biggest gaming events. You could say Xbox at least was consistent in 2022, ending the year with another disappointment.
— Klobrille (@klobrille) December 9, 2022
Extremely disappointed in Xbox’s total no-show at #TheGameAwards. If Microsoft wants to start winning back mindshare this generation, they’ve got to show up to the year’s biggest event.
Xbox supposedly has a huge 2023 for us, so why didn’t we see ANY of it tonight?
— Ryan McCaffrey (@DMC_Ryan) December 9, 2022
2023 is DEFINITELY going to be Xbox's year at The Game Awards… right?
— Destin (@DestinLegarie) December 9, 2022
very surprised with Xbox not having a presence at The Game Awards IMO it’s a missed opportunity to set the table for what’s to come in 2023
— Parris (@vicious696) December 9, 2022
Another reason for such reactions was that rival Sony left no stone unturned in gaining huge attention during The Game Awards. The prestigious event saw the PlayStation giant coming out with numerous updates and surprise announcements for projects like Death Stranding 2. On the other hand, Xbox had nothing to show.
But according to industry insider Jez Corden from Windows Central, Microsoft might be planning something big already. According to him, Xbox is rumored to have an event in the first quarter of the next year. “I’ve heard some tentative, and unverifiable rumors recently that Microsoft may be exploring some kind of event for Q1, possibly in the vein of its X0 events of the pre-pandemic age,” he wrote in an article.
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His article was published after Aaron Greenberg, Vice President of Xbox Games Marketing at Microsoft, assured the fans by promising lots of new reveals in 2023.
We have a lot planned to show and share about an incredibly exciting year ahead for 2023. Appreciate folks are eager to learn and see more. Timing is always key, but don’t worry you will not have to wait too long for what’s next from us. 🙏🏻💚 https://t.co/d1dca2i2Nt
— Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼♂️💚U (@aarongreenberg) December 9, 2022
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Now, going by the latest speculation from Jez, it seems like Xbox lovers may end up witnessing a surprise in Q1 2023. Hopefully, Microsoft won’t disappoint them. What are your thoughts on this situation? Let us know in the comments down below.
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