Microsoft announces Gamescom 2023 plans

Microsoft has announced its plans for Gamescom 2023, including playable titles at the Xbox booth and a live stream from the show floor.

On August 23, 24, and 25, Microsoft will host three days of three-hour live streams featuring deeper dives into “some of the highly-anticipated games at Gamescom 2023, with gameplay, developer chats, and community segments.”

As for the lineup, the following games were announced to be present at the Xbox booth:

• Theater Presentations
  • Ara: History Untold (Oxide Games)
  • Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios)
  • Starfield (Bethesda Softworks)
• Playable
  • First-Party
    • The Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda Softworks)
    • Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio)
    • Towerborne (Stoic)
  • Third-Party
    • Over 25 titles, including:
      • Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
      • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt RED)
      • Jusant (DON’T NOD)
      • PAYDAY 3 (Starbreeze Studios / Overkill Software / Prime Matter)
      • Persona 5 Tactica (ATLUS)
      • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (GSC Game World)
      • Under the Waves (Quantic Dream)
  • ID@Xbox
  • A diverse range of titles, including:
    • Lamplighter’s League (Paradox Interactive)
    • Lightyear Frontier (Amplifier Game Invest)
    • SteamWorld Build (Thunderful Games)

Gamescom 2023 will run from August 23 to 27 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany.