Nintendo and Sony are expected to hold a video game showcase sometime in February. It's been the case for years. But, Microsoft has never joined both when it comes to holding an event around the same time. This might change next year, as per several insiders.
According to multiple sources, including Windows Central's Jez Corden, Microsoft will host a showcase early next year. A handful of other credible leakers have corroborated the same report, with Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb adding that the showcase will feature the reveal of a "Pentiment-level game from a first-party studio" before naming the said studio as Tango Gameworks, the developers of The Evil Within series.
This isn't ground-breaking news. Pentiment is a small-budget game developed by Obsidian Entertainment, which came out on November 15. The said studio is currently working on at least two AAA projects, Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, both of which do not have release dates.
Moving on, a "Pentiment-level game" doesn't fit with Tango Gameworks' usually MO either. Before their Microsoft acquisition, Tango Gameworks, a studio founded by Resident Evil's creator, Shinji Mikami, established itself as a premiere developer of survival horror titles like The Evil Within series. Its latest game, Ghostwire: Tokyo, is a timed-exclusive for the PS5 and will be headed to other platforms sometime next year.