The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12, 2022 gave first gameplay looks to Starfield, Redfall, and Forza Motorsport, and added new reveals from Mojang, Obsidian, Oxide Games, and INTERIOR/NIGHT. It also brought updates to live games, a Kojima Productions partnership, and Game Pass announcements. Every date and platform plan below is the one Xbox or Bethesda gave in June 2022. This article does not track how those plans changed afterward.
The headline reveals
Xbox’s short recap of the event described the game footage as featuring “extended looks at highly-anticipated titles like Starfield, Forza Motorsport, Diablo 4, and Redfall” (Xbox Wire, June 12, 2022). Three of those titles were first gameplay reveals.
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Starfield
Bethesda Game Studios showed its first gameplay for Starfield, a space RPG set in 2330. Players join Constellation, a group searching for artifacts across the Settled Systems. The presentation covered character creation and exploration. Bethesda’s highlights post said the game includes hundreds of planets and deep customization (Bethesda, June 12, 2022).
Redfall
Arkane Austin’s Redfall received its gameplay reveal as an open-world co-op first-person shooter. Bethesda described selectable heroes, strategic combat, weapons, and vampires as the enemy. The 2023 date given at the event was a target, not a confirmed release window.
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Forza Motorsport
Forza Motorsport showed gameplay for the first time. Xbox highlighted rebuilt physics, refreshed cars and tracks, dynamic time of day, car damage, and real-time ray tracing on track. These were Xbox’s promotional descriptions. The event did not include independent technical testing of any of them.
New games and partner titles
Beyond the three headline reveals, the showcase introduced a run of new games with different genres and publishers.
Minecraft Legends
Mojang’s action-strategy game, developed with Blackbird Interactive, was announced for 2023.
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Pentiment
Obsidian’s narrative game is set in 16th-century Bavaria. It follows journeyman artist Andreas Maler through murders and social unrest. Xbox called it a console launch exclusive at the time of the announcement, which the platform table below explains in more detail.
Ara: History Untold
Oxide Games’ Ara: History Untold is a turn-based historical grand strategy game. It was announced for Windows PC and PC Game Pass, so it was not presented as an Xbox console title.
As Dusk Falls
INTERIOR/NIGHT’s As Dusk Falls is an interactive drama. Xbox listed it for Xbox, Windows, Steam, and Game Pass, and described it as supporting up to eight players.
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High on Life, Ravenlok, and other partner titles
Xbox also highlighted High on Life, Ravenlok, and other partner and indie games in its recap. The short recap gave these titles no additional release details, so readers should check each publisher for current information.
Updates, expansions, and service news
Several parts of the event covered games already in players’ hands or services rather than new releases.
Diablo IV
Xbox’s recap announced a 2023 launch for Diablo IV, along with cross-play, cross-progression, and couch co-op on console. These were announcement-era details and are not a current feature list.
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Bethesda described Expeditions – The Pitt as a Pittsburgh-set update with missions, XP, loot, and legendary items. It said the free update would arrive in September 2022.
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Riot Games titles and Game Pass
Xbox said Game Pass members would receive bonuses across League of Legends, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics, and Valorant. It said the benefits would arrive that winter (2022). This was a June 2022 announcement, not a description of the subscription’s current benefits.
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Kojima Productions cloud-game partnership
Xbox Game Studios and Kojima Productions announced a partnership to make a cloud-powered game. The recap gave no title and no release date, so neither should be assumed.
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The table lists each major title with the platforms and timing Xbox or Bethesda stated in June 2022. “Not stated” means the event materials did not give that detail.
| Title | Type of reveal (June 2022) | Genre | Platforms named in June 2022 | Timing given in June 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starfield | First gameplay | Space RPG | Xbox Series X|S (described as a console exclusive), Windows PC; Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming | Not stated |
| Redfall | Gameplay reveal | Co-op first-person shooter | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC; Game Pass and cloud access | 2023 target |
| Forza Motorsport | First gameplay | Racing | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC; Game Pass at launch | Not stated |
| Minecraft Legends | New game | Action-strategy | Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC; Game Pass and cloud | 2023 |
| Pentiment | New game | Narrative | Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One (described as a console launch exclusive), Windows PC; Game Pass | Not stated |
| Ara: History Untold | New game | Turn-based historical grand strategy | Windows PC; PC Game Pass | Not stated |
| As Dusk Falls | New game | Interactive drama | Xbox, Windows, Steam; Game Pass; up to eight players | Not stated |
| Diablo IV | New details | Action RPG | Console (exact list not stated); cross-play and cross-progression announced | 2023 launch |
How to read the 2022 timing
At the event, Xbox said the games shown were targeted to launch within the next 12 months. Its official trailer description added that expected dates could change and could vary by title (Xbox, June 12, 2022). Treat every date in this article as a 2022 target, not a current schedule.
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This article does not confirm current release status, platform availability, subscription pricing, or Game Pass catalog inclusion for any title named here. For those details, check each publisher’s current store page or Xbox’s own channels.
Finding the full lineup
Xbox’s trailer description for the event put the lineup at “over 37 games” (Xbox, June 12, 2022). That is Xbox’s own promotional count and it is not an independently verified total.
The highlights above are not the complete running order. Xbox Wire’s long-form recap of the same day links trailers and announcement posts for many more titles, including Grounded’s full release, Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels, Sea of Thieves Season Seven, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Overwatch 2, Persona, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and Naraka: Bladepoint. Use that recap when you need a game-by-game list.
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