Here Are The Results From Our Xbox Games Showcase 2025 Predictions

Hey, we actually did okay this year...

by Ben Kerry Wed 11th Jun 2025

Here Are The Results From Our Xbox Games Showcase 2025 Predictions

So, each and every year we throw together a big predictions piece here at PX for the Xbox Games Showcase - you know, what we expect to see, what we'd love Microsoft to surprise us with and all the rest of it. Well, this year, we played it safer in our overall predictions - and while that didn't exactly grant us perfect results, we did do a little better than usual!

So, with us not totally embarrassing ourselves this year, we're going to take a look at the results from our Xbox Games Showcase 2025 predictions. Because we're feeling generous (to ourselves, hehe), we reckon we got five of our calls correct, while another five totally missed the mark, because of course they did.

Here are the results from our Xbox Games Showcase predictions:

What We Got Right

1. 'Xbox's 2025 ASUS Handheld Is Announced'

Well, this prediction was bang on the money! Look, there had been so many rumours about the device prior to the event that it felt like it had to be announced sooner rather than later - and our wish was granted.

Microsoft went on to reveal two ROG Xbox Ally devices to launch later this year, and despite being desperate for pricing details and a proper release date, we're very happy to see this open secret formally announced by the team.

2. 'Gears Of War: Reloaded Beta Shadow Drops During The Event'

Right, this prediction is a tiny bit off the mark - but we're giving it ourselves anyway because we need all the help we can get. While the beta wasn't technically shadow dropped, it was revealed during the event and is going to be in our hands within a week of the showcase. We're taking that one!

Yep, the Gears of War: Reloaded beta's first weekend starts this Friday, June 13 - and we have a second beta to follow as well on June 20. For all of the exact timing and access details on the betas, we'll remind you of those down below.

3. 'Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Story DLC Revealed'

Another one we've totally nailed here; Bethesda did indeed reveal the upcoming expansion for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - just two months or so after the game debuted on PS5.

The Order of Giants is how MachineGames is titling this one, with the world famous architect taking us to "the ancient streets of Rome where forgotten catacombs twist into something far more sinister" for another chapter in the Indiana Jones story.

4. 'Halo Studios Shows A Glimpse Of Its First Project'

Bear with us here, because this is definitely a bending of the rules somewhat, but we reckon we deserve this one anyway. Sure, Halo Studios technically didn't show us anything, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer basically announced a new Halo game for 2026 without mentioning the name itself. That's got to count for something, right?!

Go ahead and tell us why we're wrong about this one down in the comments, but the fact that we got any sort of Halo tease this year is a win for us, and we're going to count it as a correct prediction. Sorry!

5. 'Double Fine Shows Up And Announces Its Next Major Game'

Yes, yes, yes - Double Fine is back with Keeper; coming to Xbox Game Pass this October. It had been a while since we'd heard anything from the Psychonauts developer, and we just had a feeling the team was going to show up this year.

And, show up it did. Keeper looks like everything you'd expect from a Double Fine game, and we can't believe we get to play it so soon! Seriously, October 2025 is stacked right now - bring it on!

What We Got Wrong

We don't want to wallow in what we got wrong here (for obvious reasons), so we'll simply list our incorrect predictions down below. Here's hoping some of these show up during the various events Microsoft will have planned in the coming months and years.

'State Of Decay 3 Gets Big Blowout, Launching 2026'
'The Xbox Elite Series 3 Is Formally Announced'
'Toys For Bob Appears With New Spyro Game'
'Perfect Dark Follows Up Impressive 2024 Showing With 2026 Launch Window'
'Microsoft Will Tease Its Xbox Series X Successor'

All in all, then, we'll take 5 out of 10 correct predictions for the Xbox Games Showcase this year - even if a couple of those are a little bit generous, we must admit. Still, it's better than our results from the last few years, and here's hoping we do a decent job for the 2026 show next year as well!

How did you fare in your own predictions, if you set any? Talk to us about the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 reveals down below.

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that's far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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ButterySmooth30FPS
Wed 11th Jun 2025

I was wrong about Quantum Break 2 and adding all of the Square 360 exclusives to backwards compatibility.

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Lup
Wed 11th Jun 2025

I was right about FF16 and Persona 4 Revival, and that's it. 🤣

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themightyant
Wed 11th Jun 2025

No Fable, no Perfect Dark, but they did have Clockwork Revolution and new games. Silksong... hmm... not sure i'd count that, they just blue balled us on that. 2/5

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Fiendish-Beaver
Wed 11th Jun 2025

I predicted some Reloaded gameplay, which is precisely what we got...! In fairness, that was all I predicted, but that does mean I got 100% 😂

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Kaloudz
Wed 11th Jun 2025

You didn't do too bad at all. As for SoD 3, did we ever find out what the heck Undead Labs was on about during the run up to the showcase? Absent a reveal, that felt very out of place.

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Millionski
Wed 11th Jun 2025

@Kaloudz @Fiendish-Beaver Releasing all the big hits from iconic studious just because its a 25yr anniversary next year sounds suspicious. I think we will see prime or xbox PC next year. So beaver man you might be right with that old prediction haha

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Fiendish-Beaver
Wed 11th Jun 2025

It does all seem very odd, @Millionski, so you never know, although the rumours of it arriving next year seem to have died down now...

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ScalenePowers
Wed 11th Jun 2025

Curious, but possibly also pedantic: do we think Keeper is a “major” game from Doublefine? It looks like a pretty small project, even if I didn’t necessarily expect a Psychonauts 2 level experience

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Kaloudz
Thu 12th Jun 2025

@Millionski Could be that they release them next year, and then fancy them up again for next-gen?

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Millionski
Thu 12th Jun 2025

@Kaloudz I think they push most titles to second half of year and they release xbox PC end of the year. Maybe from partners as well.
Maybe we will even see xbox prime.
I just dont buy the idea of releasing 3-4 (pretty much all most iconic franchises) in 1 year just because its an anniversary. And then what they gonna do in 2027-2028? definitely none of all these big franchises will get sequels in 2 years.

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Millionski
Thu 12th Jun 2025

@Fiendish-Beaver @Kaloudz I listened the new interview with Phil and while he did not say anything interesting, he mentioned that those ROG devices are extension/exploration of other options. I also remember how he was talking about the hardware deviceS.

That being said, I actually think that they can pull off a hat trick:
1) Series X 2 which basically just a specs update with slight new features (sorry dont see them really going all in on consoles anymore)
2) xbox PC - extension of the rog ally wtih same OS but on desktop. more expensive/premium.
3) handhelds.

2 and 3 could be partnered devices.

Their strategy is to diversify. Consoles gonna see a bump with GTA (even that sony will have marketing rights) and likely still reach close to 40M by start of next gen. New console SX 2 designed to keep the current console share and provide option for who just wants xbox console specifically. no more cheaper series S option or any parity problem. keeps your GP core and GPU count.

2026 we will see a new hardware, either of 3 above along with greatest lineup with all iconic franchises. Not pair it with any form of hardware is a missed opportunity.

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Jenkinss
Thu 12th Jun 2025

I didn't make predictions but in hindsight, I'm very surprised we didn't see Contraband.

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Kaloudz
Thu 12th Jun 2025

@Millionski I don't know. I recall them saying that they weren't interested in a mid-gen refresh this generation. Hence why S/X were released at the beginning of the gen.

I think we will get all three of the big pillar releases next year (Forza, Halo, Gears) and then some of the other big ones the year after (Perfect Dark, State of Decay 3, Everwild) and by that point we should know of everything else that the teams have been working on for 2028, and so on and so forth.

Either way, whichever of us is right, it's going to be pretty solid I can see Forza and Halo selling like absolute madness on other platforms. That's going to go down so well.

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