I'm still worried about how the story stuff and recruit everyone mechanic will turn out, but I'm so down for this. I feel like this and Cyberpunk will satiate my dystopian future cravings in very different ways.

Also, the short movie is pretty sick.
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There's a montage/music video edit of this game with Radiohead's Exit Music (For A Film) and it's so damn good. Heavy spoilers, of course.

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I pre-loaded the game and expected it to be big in size, but the download size is only 34,7 GBs. Maybe there's a big day 1 patch coming up,

I actually fell asleep while listening to Khruangbin's Mordechai. It's so easygoing and very pleasant to listen to, it makes me very relaxed.

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Oh damn, it's here already. I'll probably submit my list late. Honestly top 5 is so easy for me (you guys can probably guess at least one of them easily), but everything else makes my head hurt. I got 15 games and 4 HMs on my list already, I'm looking to play 5 games and add at least one of them to the list. I'll probably rearrange a lot of the placements too. Unlike GOTY lists, I can't treat a decade list like this in a "objective" way, it's all favorites to me.

Will there be a new Nintendo crossover game or partnership? (Mario + Rabbids, Star Fox in Starlink, etc.)
No

Will Ubisoft acknowledge the recent sexual misconduct accusations in any way during the main show?
Yes

Across all videos for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which version of the main character will be featured the longest (male or female)?
Male

Will Rayman reveal himself?
No

Will there be MORE than 20 cannons be fired across all Skull & Bones videos? (so if 10 cannons fire, reload, and fire again, that's 20)
No

Will a new Far Cry game taking place in Europe be shown?
Yes

Will we hear Michael Ironside's voice?
No

Will there be MORE than 4 separate Tom Clancy titles individually featured on the show? (recap montages don't count)
No

Will there be MORE than 2 different planets shown across all Beyond Good & Evil 2 videos?
No

Will a brand new IP be revealed?
Yes

Will Trackmania be featured for MORE than 3 minutes? (gameplay, trailers, interviews all count)
No

Will Yves Guillemot wear a shirt or a suit or neither?
Shirt

Will a new game where you control a car (or any racing vehicle) be revealed?
No

Tie-breaker: How many kills will be shown across all HyperScape videos?
13

Early review scores are out, and it's as I expected. The performance issues might be a bit too much though.

@sazime I tried my best to balance both of them out, I think most my HMs are a bit more on the favorite side, while the top 4 is the other way around.

Also, I agree, Split/Second is pretty sick.

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.
No

3: Will a new Fable be shown?
Yes

4: Will the word "Batman" be spoken?
No

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?
No

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!!!
Yes

9: "Ray Tracing" will be said more than 4 times.
Yes

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.
Yes

Tie Breaker: Total number of times the phrase "Game Pass" is spoken aloud.
6 times

I'm one of the weirdo that prefers ME1 over 2, but ME2 is just such a polished and focused game compared to the first one. Almost everything that they try to do in this game, they do it spectacularly. It's a bit funny looking at the whole picture, since ME2 is kinda like the filler story in the grand scheme of things, and it's also considered by many to be the best ones.

Red Dead Redemption is such a cool game. Not much to say, other than this used to be my favorite Rockstar games, before GTA V and RDR2 overtook it.

My complete list:

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. Skate 3
4. MGS Peace Walker
   HM:
   Vanquish
   Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
   Just Cause 2
   Alpha Protocol

I'm still so bummed that Peace Walker didn't make it. God, that's such a good game. It basically mastered the art of being a great PSP game.

I'm kinda surprised Undead Nightmare didn't make it, it's honestly one of my favorite standalone expansions ever. The zombies are pretty scary.

I remember myself basically popularized Just Cause 2 in my middle school when I brought my laptop to school and played it in front of my friends. They were blown away by how much crazy shit the game allows you to do with that damned grappling hook. A few days after that, basically every other class in the school had someone who also started playing it, lol.

Alpha Protocol is a sick game, and I'll hear no objections of it.

Thanks again to @Axel for doing another one of these lists (especially starting it off so soon right after the last one), and thanks to everyone that participated!