Xbox has hosted a surprisingly worthwhile third party showcase, with a release date for Reanimal but surprisingly no mention of Silent Hill 2.

There have been so many lamentable trends in gaming this year that some of the more minor issues have been pushed to the sidelines. But it sure is a shame that Nintendo Direct style online showcases are no longer the exciting preview events they used to be.

The ones from Sony and Nintendo this year have been largely uninteresting, whether the games featured are good or not, and while Xbox has probably had the best of it, you always have to put up with the increasingly unpalatable execs and their disingenuous promises.

Announced out of the blue just a few days ago, no one was expecting much from Thursday evening’s Xbox Partner Preview, but it was

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