1: Will there be any spoken or on-screen appearance of Master Chief's full name, "John-117" during the presentation? Partials such as "John" or "117" do not count. No 2: The words "World Premiere" will appear on screen MORE than 9 times. Yes 3: Will a new Fable be shown? Yes 4: Will the word "Batman" be spoken? Yes 5: There will be a celebrity presenter. (I will count any real life person that does not work for Microsoft that has a wikipedia page, Tim Schafer does not count) No 6: Will the price be revealed? Yes 7: There will be a self deprecating joke about "showing real gameplay this time". It has to be an attempt at a joke and not an apologetic statement. I will consult joke experts if necessary. No 8: Will a demo for any of these games shown off in the 1st showcase be shadow dropped during the second showcase? Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Dirt 5, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Madden NFL 21, Chorus, Scarlet Nexus, Bright Memory Infinite, Call of the Sea, Scorn, Second Extinction, The Ascent, The Medium, and Vampire: The Masquerade-Bloodlines 2. MUST BE SHADOW DROPPED and not made available earlier in the week!!! No 9: "Ray Tracing" will be said more than 4 times. No 10: The game that The Initiative is working on will be announced. Yes 11: Halo, Forza, AND Gears will all be present. (montages count) Yes 12: The Xbox Games Showcase will be longer than 75 minutes. No Tie Breaker: Total number of times the phrase "Game Pass" is spoken aloud. 9

I love every single one of them pretty much. I wanted to jump in with Tokyo Slim when he was on Reaction Shots Podcast because I needed to defend Death Proof's honour. Speaking of underrated, Chris Penn's performance in True Romance!! His character plays a cop who just doesn't give a fuck that he's likely going to get people killed making them go undercover. It's just too funny and rarely get's mentioned as one of Tarantino's better characters.

There are some cases where covers of video game music get flagged. I would do a test upload to YouTube and check. If it's fine, I would still give the performer credit. If you'd prefer to use the original track, a large majority of video game music is safe to use. Stuff with vocals is more likely to get flagged, as is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and certain Dance Dance Revolution tracks (for DDR, check iTunes, as well as whether it is a licensed artist). Avoid official re-arrangements of Final Fantasy music. I've also seen a small handful of Nintendo tracks in the system, I'd do a test upload for those too. Also do test uploads and give credit for music from indie games. And after all that... @happygaming said in Community Showcase Music / Soundtrack question: maybe shoot Jones a message with specifics to check it beforehand if you're really worried.

@themarcv Yeah Virtua Fighter is great. Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder apparently has never been released outside of the arcade so that's kind of cool. I'm hoping the remaining 26 games are a bit more exciting.