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Microsoft turned its first post-ZeniMax showcase into a 90-minute avalanche of release dates, and Starfield finally got one.

On Sunday, June 13, 2021, Microsoft streamed its digital Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase for E3 2021, the first joint presentation since the company closed its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media. The broadcast leaned hard into Xbox Game Pass, stacking new dates for tentpole exclusives on top of a wave of day-one additions to the subscription service. Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard opened the show himself, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer closed it with the traditional “one more thing” reveal.

• Microsoft confirmed 27 titles launching day one on Xbox Game Pass, plus the immediate addition of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and 10 classic Bethesda games.
• Todd Howard unveiled the first Starfield teaser and locked in a release date of November 11, 2022, exclusive to Xbox Series X/S and PC.
• Phil Spencer closed the show by announcing Redfall, a co-op vampire shooter from Arkane Austin, set for 2022.

Todd Howard Sets the Starfield Clock

Howard walked out to open the broadcast and went straight to the announcement Bethesda fans had waited years for: a release date. Starfield, the studio’s first new IP in a quarter-century, is locked in for November 11, 2022, arriving exclusively on Xbox Series X/S and PC. The teaser gave only a sliver of the sci-fi RPG’s scope, but pairing a real date with the reveal signaled that Microsoft wanted this showcase remembered as the moment Starfield became concrete rather than aspirational.

Halo Infinite and the Battlefield 2042 Reveal

Halo Infinite got a full gameplay and multiplayer deep-dive ahead of its Holiday 2021 launch, giving fans their clearest look yet at 343 Industries’ returning shooter. The showcase also carried the premiere gameplay reveal of Battlefield 2042, while S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl got its first proper look and a dated release of April 28, 2022. Between those two beats, the show made clear Microsoft wasn’t just courting Bethesda loyalists — it was chasing every major shooter audience heading into the holidays.

World Premieres Across Studios

Forza Horizon 5 headlined the world premieres, moving the open-world racer to Mexico with a November 9, 2021 release date and a promise of denser, more varied terrain than any prior Horizon map. Avalanche Studios debuted Contraband, a co-op smuggling heist project, while Obsidian Entertainment revealed The Outer Worlds 2 and Asobo Studio showed A Plague Tale: Requiem for the first time. Rare and Disney also announced “A Pirate’s Life,” a Pirates of the Caribbean crossover event landing in Sea of Thieves on June 22.

27 games launching day one into Xbox Game Pass, plus Yakuza: Like a Dragon and 10 classic Bethesda titles added on the spot.

Phil Spencer’s Closing Reveal

True to Xbox showcase tradition, Phil Spencer saved one announcement for the very end. Redfall, a cooperative multiplayer vampire shooter from Arkane Austin — the studio behind Prey and Dishonored — was confirmed for a 2022 release, closing out the broadcast on a fresh IP rather than another sequel. For a full rundown of everything that dropped into Game Pass and every date confirmed during the stream, the Xbox Update for June 2021 lays out the complete list.

Between Starfield’s November 2022 date, Halo Infinite’s holiday window, and Forza Horizon 5 landing barely five months out, Microsoft spent its 90 minutes turning speculation into a calendar. The next test comes fast: Forza Horizon 5 on November 9, then Halo Infinite whenever “Holiday 2021” actually lands.