{"id":84591,"date":"2026-06-17T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84591"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:36:46","slug":"xbox-hypes-up-gamescom-return-amid-questions-about-its-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=84591","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Hypes Up Gamescom Return Amid Questions About Its Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The summer of gaming is far from over, as following a week of showcases, the next big event is Gamescom in August. With the show drawing closer, more gaming companies are confirming that they’ll be headed to Germany soon, including Xbox. Microsoft’s gaming division will once again have a presence at the Koelnmesse, but it’s pushing ahead with these plans while its future looks increasingly uncertain.<\/p>\n

For now, Xbox says that its Gamescom presence will be headlined by Gears of War: E-Day, which will be playable on the Gamescom showfloor. Typically, Xbox also holds a dedicated\u00a0Gamescom showcase\u00a0after Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live<\/a> event, dropping a new look at upcoming games. Since this takes place in the wake of the June Xbox Games Showcase, the broadcast is usually more of the same, with several Game Pass announcements mixed in.<\/p>\n

Gamescom’s stomping grounds of Cologne, Germany, is also the first stop on the Xbox FanFest<\/a> event–a global tour that celebrates Xbox’s 25th anniversary–this year. While the external messaging around Xbox has certainly been positive throughout 2026, recent reports indicate that there’s some major turmoil happening behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

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Some analysts are claiming that upcoming Xbox exclusives like Gears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The summer of gaming is far from over, as following a week of showcases, the next big event is Gamescom in August. With the show drawing closer, more gaming companies are confirming that they’ll be headed to Germany soon, including Xbox. Microsoft’s gaming division will once again have a presence at the Koelnmesse, but it’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":84593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84594,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84591\/revisions\/84594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}