Bethesda revealed several new Fallout projects including a collaboration with Obsidian Entertainment on Fallout 5, alongside remasters of earlier titles, with a special celebration event planned for 2027. Neither Bethesda nor Xbox addressed whether these major releases would be exclusive to Xbox consoles, with executive Todd Howard indicating the timing wasn't right to discuss exclusivity arrangements.

The silence was compounded by contradictory remarks from Xbox leadership about the platform's exclusivity direction. One executive stated that large live-service games would release across multiple platforms, while another cautioned against assuming this extends to single-player titles, characterising the distinction as a useful guideline rather than definitive policy. This confusion undermines Xbox's earlier pledge to communicate its exclusivity stance more clearly to audiences, particularly as the game announcements accompanied recent staff reductions at Bethesda studios.