Dishonored 3, Fallout 3 and Oblivion Remasters, and more found on Microsoft release schedule

Document unsealed in court reveals Microsoft’s upcoming titles

Marco Wutz | Sep 19, 2023

Dishonored 3, Fallout 3 and Oblivion Remasters, and more found on Microsoft release schedule /

The ongoing court battle between Microsoft and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been yielding several spicy internal documents from both the Xbox maker and its rival Sony, but a new wave of unsealed papers stemming from Microsoft is truly remarkable. One of these contained a release schedule for Microsoft’s upcoming video game projects running until the Financial Year 2024, confirming Starfield DLC, Dishonored 3, and Remasters for Fallout 3 and Oblivion, among other games.

As you can see on the schedule below, Microsoft has several Remasters planned for classic titles, wants to continue the expansion of Elder Scrolls Online with annual add-ons, and is set to add entries to some of franchises: Dishonored 3 and a Ghostwire: Tokyo sequel are on the agenda. DOOM has a rather prominent place as well. There is also a secret “Licensed IP Game” in the pipeline, which could be anything.

Microsoft release schedule unsealed by a US court. — This release schedule was unsealed by court in the ongoing Microsoft vs. FTC case :: US Courts / Microsoft

It seems like this schedule is from a few years ago, however, since Redfall, Starfield, and the still unreleased Indiana Jones game are listed under their originally planned release windows here, not the actual release dates they got delayed to.

This is not a complete schedule in any case, though, since several pieces we already know of are missing: 4X turn-based strategy game Ara: History Untold is not named and neither is the upcoming Age of Empires 4 expansion, which should both appear in the Console/PC section. This may indicate that these projects simply joined the pipeline later or that this is merely an abbreviated list of planned releases as opposed to a complete overview.

Aside from these juicy confirmations, court documents revealed the details of the all-digital Xbox Series X refresh Microsoft is planning. The Gen 10 Xbox is planned to be launched in 2028, other documents showed.

Published Sep 19, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg