Nick Scarpino

It's still early days, but 2025 could very well be a banner year for Microsoft and the Xbox brand, if last week's developer direct showcase is anything to go by. Combined with previously promised games like Fable, it looks like we could be seeing a Microsoft-published game almost every month, especially if two major releases also drop this year, as has been rumored.

It's still early days, but 2025 could very well be a banner year for Microsoft and the Xbox brand, if last week's developer direct showcase is anything to go by. Combined with previously promised games like Fable, it looks like we could be seeing a Microsoft-published game almost every month, especially if two major releases also drop this year, as has been rumored.

The first of these is the alleged remake of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion. Rumors of its existence first emerged in 2023, but they've picked up in the last month with suggestions it's aiming for a 2025 launch.

The first of these is the alleged remake of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion. Rumors of its existence first emerged in 2023, but they've picked up in the last month with suggestions it's aiming for a 2025 launch.

In his own rundown at the recent Developer Direct, The Verge's Tom Warren claimed to have first heard of it himself sometime last year, claiming that Microsoft is aiming for either a late spring or early summer release.

In his own rundown at the recent Developer Direct, The Verge's Tom Warren claimed to have first heard of it himself sometime last year, claiming that Microsoft is aiming for either a late spring or early summer release.

Warren refers to it as a remaster instead of a remake, making it unclear just how much of an overhaul it will be, especially as the two terms are often confused, even by those in the industry. Assuming Warren's claims are correct about its intended release, we'll hopefully be able to get some concrete answers from Microsoft in the coming months.

Warren refers to it as a remaster instead of a remake, making it unclear just how much of an overhaul it will be, especially as the two terms are often confused, even by those in the industry. Assuming Warren's claims are correct about its intended release, we'll hopefully be able to get some concrete answers from Microsoft in the coming months.

The second game is Gears of War E-Day, a prequel announced at last year's Xbox Summer Showcase and the first mainline entry in Microsoft's shooter series since 2019's Gears 5. Despite the revealed trailer's lack of gameplay or any indication of a launch window, Warren claimed last year that Microsoft was aiming for a 2025 release, a detail he has repeated this month.

The second game is Gears of War E-Day, a prequel announced at last year's Xbox Summer Showcase and the first mainline entry in Microsoft's shooter series since 2019's Gears 5. Despite the revealed trailer's lack of gameplay or any indication of a launch window, Warren claimed last year that Microsoft was aiming for a 2025 release, a detail he has repeated this month.

Blessing, are we getting Oblivion and E-Day this year?

Blessing, are we getting Oblivion and E-Day this year?

Which is more than these games, right? Where it's like, you know. There's claims about where these games are. Outer Worlds 2 had the date on it.

Which is more than these games, right? Where it's like, you know. There's claims about where these games are. Outer Worlds 2 had the date on it.

Did that last Fable trailer end with 2025?

Did that last Fable trailer end with 2025?

Here's the thing. I don't believe it, but I want to believe.

Here's the thing. I don't believe it, but I want to believe.

Where you're talking about a remaster of a game that I only know tale of. Yeah, but it's Oblivion. It's not Skyrim.

Where you're talking about a remaster of a game that I only know tale of. Yeah, but it's Oblivion. It's not Skyrim.