Of the co-op games announced during the Xbox Games Showcase this year, the most highly anticipated title is undoubtedly PAYDAY 3 from Starbreeze and Deep Silver. First announced way back in 2016, PAYDAY 3 is a cooperative first-person shooter/heist game. Thanks to the recent Xbox showcase, we now know that the game will launch on Xbox Series S|X consoles, PlayStation 5, and PC on September 21 - just a few months away!

Today's Xbox Games Showcase offered few surprises. Some Xbox fans had hoped for bombshell announcements that would help Microsoft's console to better compete with PlayStation, but no such announcements occured. That's not to say that Microsoft didn't show any cool games! They just showed games of about the same hype level as were shown at last year's event. Additionally and despite reports to the contrary, several games were shown only as cinematic footage rather than in-game footage. Still, we learned about some cool upcoming co-op games, and that's always reason to celebrate.