Firstly, Phil Spencer capitalises “Gaming”, which I hate.

Boy, are the next couple of years going to be whelming.

This document pegsStarfieldfor 2021, for example, and obviously that didn’t happen.

A key art short of Corvo from Dishonored, in his clockwork-skull mask with hood up, and his arms forming an x shape in front of his chest. One hand holds his knife, and the other has the mark of the Outsider glowing on it

We knowThe Elder Scrolls 6isn’t coming for at leastanother five years.

And they’re going to makeDishonored3.

I’m excited about that!

Jak, protagonist of Immortals Of Aveum, get’s all cross and his face tattoo and eyes are glowing blue

The Zenithesda plan is a litany of safe bets, because that’s the culture of games now.

EvenStarfieldis largely a remake of other Besthesda games and concepts.

You might have to lay offalmost half of your staff.

A stately home interior, showing a guard in shards of glass from another timeline in Dishonored 2

Dishonored 3 is a sequel in a series I do at least really like.

Death Of The Outsider showed the world itself moving away from superstition and mythologising and towards technology and rationality.

So do you make it a prequel?

The player holds up their hand to cast a spell on two guards in Dishonored 2

Do you just ruin it?

What do you do?

That’s fear the second, but that’s a kind of pearl-clutching fear aboutmy art.

Although at least that might mean the Starfield DLC was interesting, I suppose.

If I sound down, I am.

I’m having one of those days.