Xbox Showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2021: the biggest announcements and reveals

Xbox held its digital exhibition at Tokyo Game Show 2021 today, announcing Cloud Gaming for various countries, as well as introducing new Game Pass games and seeing Phil Spencer announce his intention to add more Japanese games to the Xbox lineup.

To make sure you don’t miss a thing, we’ve included all the great showcase news (which you can see below):

Cloud game streaming will arrive tomorrow in Australia, Japan, Mexico and Brazil

in a video presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2021 Online, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer and a variety of guests revealed that Xbox Cloud Gaming will be available in Japan, Mexico, Australia, and Brazil starting Friday, October 1. Spencer expressed his gratitude to Japanese Xbox fans, stating that the Japanese market “is the fastest-growing market for Xbox anywhere in the world.”

Phil Spencer wants Xbox to increase its line of Japanese games

Phil Spencer said Xbox is working “every day to increase our lineup of Japanese games,” in order to “help bring Japanese games to the world.”

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“It is an honor to support [TGS] and our Japanese partners, “Spencer said in a meeting with Shinji Mikami.” We are working with Japanese publishers every day to increase our line of Japanese games on Xbox. We know this is very important to Xbox fans and customers. “

Earlier on the show, Spencer had reiterated that Japan is the fastest growing market for Xbox in the world, and it’s clear the company wants to capitalize on that growing interest. Spencer notes that there have been more than 100 Japanese titles on Xbox Game Pass, 200 Japanese indie games on the ID @ Xbox program, and that the company is actively working on console supply issues.

Tango Gameworks is developing a new game, leader of Evil Within 2

In a long distance conversation with Phil Spencer, Shinji Mikami of Tango Gameworks expressed his hope for the future of Japanese games, stating that his studio was actively seeking to give young talents the opportunity to create new concepts. When asked to highlight a specific name, he mentioned two: Kenji Kimura, director of the upcoming Ghostwire: Tokyo, and John Johanas, director of The Evil Within 2. He added that Johanas is “working hard on a new game,” but he did. . not elaborated.

Scarlet Nexus and more Head to Game Pass

Following its presentation, a series of previews highlighted the new games available on Xbox Game Pass effective immediately. The biggest title was Scarlet Nexus, but Ai: The Somnium Files and Mighty Goose are playable as of today as well. Upcoming Game Pass titles that will be playable at launch will include Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite.

Redfall, Starfield and more will be localized for Japan

Several developers joined the presentation to promote the fact that their next games will be fully localized to Japanese at launch. Arkane Studios’ Harvey Smith said Redfall will include a full Japanese voice cast when the game launches in Summer 2022. Bethesda’s Todd Howard also said Starfield will include Japanese text and voices, adding that this is “our translation. largest “with” More than 300 actors and 150,000 lines of dialogue. “

SWERY’s The Good Life Gets Exclusive Xbox Demo

A sample of upcoming Asian indie games included some data on upcoming releases. Swery’s The Good Life has an exclusive Xbox demo available today; The full game launches across multiple platforms on October 15.

Eternal Return Gets a Release Date and Trailer

A new trailer for Eternal Return preceded the news that the game will hit the Microsoft Store on October 19.

Overall, the presentation was light on breaking news, but instead served as a reminder to Japanese gamers that Microsoft is going nowhere and that buying a console isn’t the only way to enjoy Xbox games.

Diamond Feit is a writer / podcaster in Osaka, Japan who uses Twitter and Twitch as feitclub.