This weeks summer gaming events: the Xbox Games Showcase and the Summer Game Fest Developer Showcase

Even though E3, Gamescom, and other summer gaming events have become online-only or outright canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has already been a lot of gaming news this summer.

We finally know what the PlayStation 5 looks like and some of the games coming to the system, for example, and we’ve been given previews of Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars: Squadrons, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the future of Destiny 2, and more. But there are still more events ahead.

This week’s big event is another Xbox digital games showcase, taking place Thursday, July 23rd, at 12PM ET. The whole show will be about an hour long and focused on games, with “no business, devices or similar news,” said Aaron Greenberg, general manager of Xbox games marketing...

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