SEPTEMBER 2020 PCWorld 31Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
com/avtr). After taking on Fallout with the
stellar Outer Worlds, Avowed sure looks like
Obsidian’s stab at Skyrim.
We also got another look at Rare’s
Everwild (go.pcworld.com/evtr), which looks
absolutely beautiful, and Tell Me Why (go.
pcworld.com/tltr), the latest game from the
makers of Life Is Strange. Obsidian teased
Grounded again, a “Honey I Shrunk the
Kids”-style adventure, which released on July
- Microsoft catered to hardcore nerds with
trailers for STALKER 2 (go.pcworld.com/s2tr)
and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (go.
pcworld.com/whtr).
The cool thing about all the first-party
Microsoft game reveals? You’ll be able to play
each of them on day one with an Xbox Game
Pass for PC subscription, the best deal in PC
gaming at just $5 a month. Destiny 2 (go.
pcworld.com/d2tr) will be coming to Xbox
Game Pass on November 10, Microsoft said,
and Bungie will release an Xbox Series
X-optimized version of the game.
The power of the Xbox Series X was a
constant undertone throughout the event. It
sure looks beastly on paper. Halo: Infinite’s
developers say the game will be larger than
the last few games combined, and run at a
flawless 60 frames per second on the Xbox
Series X. (Welcome to real gaming,
console fans.) Moon Studios teased an
upgraded version of Ori and the Will of the
Wisps (go.pcworld.com/ortr) that will run
at 120Hz in 4K HDR.
If you skipped the stream, we embedded
the most notable game trailers at the bottom of
the online version of this article, which you can
find at go.pcworld.com/xsx. Be sure to check
out that Halo: Infinite video for your first look at
gameplay and some juicy lore drops. Or you
can catch the full Xbox games showcase
stream at (go.pcworld.com/xshc).