What Xbox’s Showcase Announcement Tells Us About its 2026 Lineup – Unlocked 735

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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After talking about our favorite games from PAX East, we discuss Microsoft's Xbox Showcase announcement – which included news that Gears of War: E-Day will get the coveted "Direct" slot immediately following the event. We dig deep into what that means for the Gears prequel, why Fable might end up being the game that gets bumped to 2027 out of Xbox's stacked 2026 lineup, which studios we might and might not hear from at the Xbox Showcase, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro & What We Played At PAX (Kiln and 4 Penny Coffins 00:02:34 - Rain98 00:05:30 - Lunarium & Cat Secretary 00:10:07 - Xbox Games Showcase & Gears of War: E-Day 00:22:34 - Too Many Xbox Games? 00:24:19 - Will Fable be at the showcase? 00:36:44 - Double Fine: Kiln 00:38:51 - Halo Studios: Campaign Evolved 00:39:31 - inXile: Clockwork Revolution 00:42:27 - Mojang & Ninja Theory 00:46:49 - Playground Games & Rare 00:52:30 - Undead Labs & State of Decay 3 00:58:45 - Arkane, Marvel's Blade, & Blizzard 01:04:09 - This is An Xbox & Outro #gaming #xbox #gearsofwar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, really quickly, so we're watching the trailer for the, this is an Xbox, and there's one shot where this guy has a green, like, boba tea, and there's so much boba in it, guys. You don't know how much sugar is in boba. Like, in boba in, like, in, like, making it, I made it. I did it in college, and it's, it's a lot of sugar. Anyway, that was so much sugar in that tea. Oh, that? Look at that.
0:21.0	That's crazy.
0:22.0	More than half the cup is bulb, but that's nuts. It's a lot of sugar. Anyway, that was so much sugar in that tea. Oh, that? Look at that.
0:21.1	That's crazy.
0:21.6	More than half the cup is boba.
0:23.5	That's nuts.
0:24.9	That's so many calories, dude.
0:26.8	That's, anyway.
0:29.0	This is Steve Downs, the voice of Master Chief, Sierra 117, and you're listening to Podcast Unlocked, the world's number one Xbox podcast.
0:39.7	Now, finish this fight.
0:43.4	Master Chief, out.
0:47.6	What's happening, friends?
0:48.8	Welcome to Unlocked.
0:49.9	It's IGN's weekly Xbox show.
0:52.2	Back on the home front this week after Miranda and Michael were out at Pax.
0:56.3	Last week, Pax East, hopefully some of you got to catch up with them.
0:59.5	Welcome to episode 735 of your weekly Xbox show right here at IGN.
1:04.8	And yeah, welcome back, Michael and Miranda.
1:07.0	I would be curious to hear, I know you guys did a whole show from Pax,
1:11.6	talked about some of the games you saw,
1:13.1	but you also got to see other games after you recorded.
1:16.5	So maybe some quick,
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