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'Big' Xbox Announcements Rumored For This Week

A reliable insider with a proven track record teases big news coming out of Microsoft this week, leaving many fans excited for what it could be.

gamerant.com

According to Tom Henderson, there is some big news coming this week. He doesn’t elaborate as to what, but for those who don’t know, Henderson has a proven track record as a leaker. He’s been right on various things in the past, with Call of Duty and Battlefield being his typical wheelhouse. While this should still be taken with a grain of salt, Henderson is more reliable than many other sources.

Specifically, Henderson says he has heard that there will be some “big announcements” this week but refrains from elaborating on what it is. He does go on to say, separately, that he also heard that Halo Infinite’s campaign reveal is coming soon, but he seemingly suggests the two are not related. In other words, while the Halo news would certainly be welcome, the other announcement remains a mystery.

One person in Henderson’s comments says he has heard similar things, but indicated that it’s not “earth-shattering” and has nothing to do with acquisitions. Still, the user suggested that it would be pretty cool, and this information is less reliable than Henderson’s (generally speaking). Either way, since E3 earlier this year, there hasn’t been a whole lot of new reveals, so it’ll be interesting to see what this is.

 

[CapnAmaricrunch]

Hell yeah I cant wait for Killer Instinct: Jade to be anounced.

 

[TrueLegend]

More power to gamepass perhaps.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Fable trilogy remastered by some third party studio probably.

 

[kiphalfton]

They're releasing Tunic finally

 

[jaysius]

So a speculation on speculation thread? Very meta!

 

[anthony2690]

More power to gamepass perhaps.

Reminded me, I really enjoyed the demo to that.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Oh and...

 

[Patrick S.]

BC program to resume, I guess.

 

[Banjo64]

 

[Xaero Gravity]

BC program to resume, I guess.

Interestingly enough, the Xbox website is currently themed after the Xbox 360 blades, so you may be correct

 

[Kenshin775]

Something about Fable

 

[MOTM]

Fable trilogy remastered by some third party studio probably.

Too early for that .. maybe 12 months before the new Fable to get people back into the series.

 

[The Elite]

Interestingly enough, the Xbox website is currently themed after the Xbox 360 blades, so you may be correct

I am really hoping this is it.

 

[jufonuk]

He returns. Now runs Xbox

 

[Rob_27]

4 x the res
4 x quicker loading
4 x textures
4 x fps
4 nothing

 

[majestix1988]

its not yet thursday

 

[Ezekiel_]

If only we could pump are cars with bogus Xbox rumours, we'd be set!

Seriously though, there's Xbox announcement rumours every other day. Leak something concrete or zip it.

 

[cragarmi]

 

[Xaero Gravity]

He returns. Now runs Xbox

I'd rather he continue wasting money on the Clippers and practically sexually assaulting guys on live TV

 

[Turnstyle]

Playstation library getting added to Gamepass.

Microsoft does what Sony won'ty.

 

[El Pistolero]

Either provide the complete information, or shut the hell up! This "Me know it all. Meesa has knowledge but meesa no wants to spoil you..." is frankly ridiculous..

 

[TheGodfather07]

I'd rather he continue wasting money on the Clippers and practically sexually assaulting guys on live TV

Dude was constantly coked up.

 

[Gargauth]

Probably Uplay Plus getting on Gamepass like it was rumored almost like a year ago already.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Xbox mini or Xbox 360 mini.
I'm calling it right now.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Dude was constantly coked up.

Was?

 

[Captain Toad]

They're releasing Tunic finally

Sadly, the mainstream would not consider that to be a big announcement. Tunic is my personal most anticipated Xbox exclusive that is expected within a year or two.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Dude was constantly coked up.

 

[VolticArchangel]

Too early for that .. maybe 12 months before the new Fable to get people back into the series.

I posted that because their Twitter for third party relations were tweeting somewhere in the lines of "kicking off", "we wanted fabled anniversary but that was taken", "kick the chickens" etc, which were obvious hints at Fable, but from some third party studio as that's what the Twitter account is for.

Oh, and October 18th is the release date of Fable: The Lost Chapters edition of the first game with the dlc, in '05 one year later than the original game's debut ('04), in US and Canada.

 

[ZehDon]

I think “big” is going to be in the eye of the beholder here. The Xbox Publishing tweet had to cool the speculation fires after they made their hype tweet involving chickens. If you’re not happy with people running wild, you know it’s because you’re not delivering something to match the caliber of expectations.

I’m guessing Fable BC improvements - we don’t need paid remasters to get 4k60FPS games on Xbox.

 

[Concern]

Im hoping its them continuing to add to the bc list. That'll be just fine with me. Not everything needs to be overhyped. That's how you disappoint people.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

I'd rather he continue wasting money on the Clippers and practically sexually assaulting guys on live TV

Damn! He was really feeling those thighs Had to sit down before ripping dem jeans. Whew

 

[M1chl]

Bring back fucking BC program, please MS. Those xbox pages are absolutely glorious Easier times...

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Will be watching the news wire tomorrow especially around 9ish AM EST

 

[Lognor]

Wait, is this the the time when Microsoft buys Sega?

 

[freefornow]

Interestingly enough, the Xbox website is currently themed after the Xbox 360 blades, so you may be correct

What if the Blades UI became a selectable UI overlay....
Getting moist just thinking about it.

 

[Sephimoth]

Guess this was another dud?

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Guess this was another dud?

 

[fermcr]

Just by curiosity, does anybody know the percentage of all the rumors in the gaming world that actually become true?

I'm guessing that percentage must be very low...

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

It was probably San Andreas remaster going to gamepass

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Guess this was another dud?

Some say its pushed to the Game Awards...

Then it will get pushed to next Spring...

Then E3...

 

[cragarmi]

Another week, another 'Big' announcement rumour. Nothing ever changes.

 

[Kagey K]

If there was anything coming you'd think they'd wait until the 20th anniversary stream on the 15th to announce it.

 

[elliot5]

This was Oct 18th y'all. This was probably referring to the Xbox campaign + surrounding info, GTA on game pass or maybe even Warhammer III on game pass. Who knows. But things have happened since this claim by Tom that are arguably "big" announcements.

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Xbox acquires Microsoft is my guess.

 

[Strider Highwind]

I'm going to say Kameo is going back for the win lol

 

[Three]

This was Oct 18th y'all. This was probably referring to the Xbox campaign + surrounding info, GTA on game pass or maybe even Warhammer III on game pass. Who knows. But things have happened since this claim by Tom that are arguably "big" announcements.

Arguably big indeed.

 

[cragarmi]

I'm going to say Kameo is going back for the win lol

Would love this to be true! Kameo had tons of potential.

 

[trikster40]

This tweet has aged well…