Xbox’s Rep Takes A Hit Following Major Delays

Jokes aside, it’s not like the Xbox lineup is entirely dry this fall. It’s just not as stacked as it was last week. Several Xbox “console exclusives” are planned for this year, including cyberpunk platformer Replaced, the horror game Scorn, and the post-apocalyptic shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2. Those games don’t currently have release dates set in ink yet—for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which can be attributed to developing games in the middle of a damn pandemic—but are nonetheless still slated for 2022. (Of course, any one of them could get delayed.)

And then there are the unknown variables. Microsoft’s June showcase, which, despite the cancellation of E3, is still going ahead as planned. It’s unclear what’s going to show up there or what other potential pressers Microsoft has planned for the year. Representatives for Xbox did not respond to a request for comment.