Microsoft and Xbox had a major presence at both E3 2018 and at gamescom 2018, allowing it to make huge announcements throughout the year. But it seems that this isn't enough for the company's top brass, as Microsoft has now announced even more plans to showcase what it's working on to the world.
Earlier this week, Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed that an Xbox X0 event would be held later this year. Called X018, the event will take place between November 10-11 in Mexico City. The event will be livestreamed on both days via Mixer–that is, the Microsoft-owned streaming platform–and there will be a two-hour Inside Xbox stream beginning at 1PM PT on Saturday, November 10. Spencer didn't tease any specific announcements, but he did confirm that there will be both first and third-party game reveals.
Fans are already speculating about what could be on show during the event. Microsoft has held Xbox X0 events before. This includes the original X0 in which Microsoft unveiled Fable, and the second X0 event where it revealed Halo 2. As such, fans are hopeful that X018 will be similarly jam-packed full of exciting announcements and world first reveals.
Some educated guesses as to what will be on display at X018 include a new Fable game. Fable 4 is reportedly in the works at Playground Games, which recently went on a hiring spree to staff up for project. In June, Microsoft also announced that it had opened up a new development team in Santa Monica led by Darrell Gallagher, the former boss of Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics. Called The Initiative, that team is already working on something, but it's unclear if X018 will be too soon to show it off.
Microsoft publishing general manager Shannon Loftis previously teased that the company has multiple games in development, and that these will stretch right to spring 2019 at least. So if they haven't been unveiled already, X018 would be the perfect time frame in which to unveil them.
As a long shot, some will even be hoping that Microsoft uses the event to unveil the next Xbox console rumored to be in the works. The next generation of Xbox is going to be released in 2019 according to some (unsubstantiated) reports, so there is a possibility, albeit a slim one. But however unlikely it may be, all of the speculation shows that people are excited to see what Microsoft has to offer.
Xbox X018 will take place between November 10-11 in Mexico City.