Xbox Games Showcase 2025: The Hype, The Drama, And What Gamers Really Want

It truly seems that with this Xbox showcase knocking at the door, the whole internet has just melted away. Out went the chains of common sense upon an official cryptic “SPOILER ALERT” tweet from the Xbox account to amass a frenzy of all sorts of speculative types about what might actually drop. Lifted were sentiments of anything from “let me play Forza Horizon 6” to some PS fans crashing the washer-Drain this year.

Naturally, the initial topic of conversation is the elephant conversing in the room: Forza Horizon 6. The Forza community is *raucous* at this moment with, for instance, @ProForzaDrifter outright threatening to riot if Microsoft doesn’t announce this next edition. The statement stated basically “FH6 or we will riot!!! I could care less about everything else…” as if there could have been such an energy. And frankly? Fair. Horizon has been shifted into the limelight as Xbox’s top-tier racing game, and the successful launch of FH5 only sky-rocketed those expectations.

But it’s not only about racing, is it? Fans of Gears of War have mouths too, with @B3NJ3LAUW20 hoping for some E-Day gameplay from Gears of War. The franchise has been rather quiet for quite a while now, and with all these rumors of a reboot or prequel, perhaps it’s Xbox’s year to really make the chainsaw lancer noise.

Then we have PlayStation versus Xbox drama because it has got to affect the conversation somehow. Some PlayStation fans have admitted that they’ll be tuning in: @KenKaniff87 tweeted tongue-in-cheek: “Will have a PlayStation fan in attendance this year.” Big-time throw down: @Shlavaken, “Can’t be any worse then somy’s!” (Yes, the misspelling of Sony was intentional-a classic Twitter moment.) The rivalry lives on, but at least everyone is united on wanting great games.

Speaking of good games, the indie chat is heating up further. @ChromeHeater23 left no room for ambiguity: “I hope it’s not all dog shit indie artsy garbage.” Harsh? Maybe. But some players share that sentiment-the big blockbuster titles are what they want, not just some experimental side projects. Even though Xbox has been killing it with the Game Pass indies lately, who knows? A surprise hit could well turn the tide for the doubters.

Wildcards aside, @fable_perfdark is all about manifesting news for Fable and Perfect Dark while others are begging for anything on Outer Worlds 2. Oh, and then there’s snack chat-shout out to @MXxventrue for the much-needed reminder that we should all be stocking up on Kit Kats and Ruffles before the show. Prioritization, people.

So there’s the question: Are they going to deliver? After Sony’s latest State of Play left some players wanting more (see: all the “please don’t disappoint like Sony” tweets), the pressure really fell onto Microsoft to bring the heat with either long-awaited sequels, unexpected reveals, or just… release dates.

What we do know is that this showcase is going to be messy, rowdy, and probably a little bit weird. And truthfully, we wouldn’t want it any other way. Load up on your snacks, tune in, and pray fated to the gaming gods to mean Forza Horizon 6 after all. Otherwise, well… good luck calming down this mad interweb.