As the dedicated News Editor I am, I tuned into all of Summer Game Fest’s major showcases this year. Wolverine stunned me at State of Play; Stranger Than Heaven’s post-war Japan infected me with its smooth jazz and contemporary style. Guild Wars 3 exists; nuff said. Yet, a part of me was holding out for the Xbox Games Showcase – partly because Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard, the developer behind most of my favorite videogames, but also because I suspected we’d see a little bit more of Fable. In many ways, it delivered – Spyro, Halo, and most importantly, Natasia Demetriou shouting at a campfire. It had all of my childhood favorites in one place, yet, for some reason, none of the sparkle.
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