Microsoft aired its Xbox Partner Preview on Thursday, with updates from Remedy Entertainment, Sega and more. Players got a look Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Alan Wake2‘s next expansion, and Wuchang: fallen feathers. The event kicked off at 1:00 PM EDT on Thursday and was streamed on YouTube, Twitch and LinkedIn.
Everything on display – more than a dozen 25-minute-plus trailers – comes from Microsoft’s third-party partners, which doesn’t mean anything from explicitly Xbox studios. Microsoft had a lot of horror games, like Phasmophobia on Xbox and a trailer for it Alan Wake 2: The Lakehouse. But perhaps most exciting is what came last: a co-op shooter set in the Control universe called FBC: Firebreak.
Did you miss the event, which Xbox described as “no-fluff, all-games?” Here’s what to expect from Microsoft’s third-party partners in the future.
Alan Wake 2: The Lakehouse
Microsoft kicked off its Xbox Partner Preview with a trailer for the near future Alan Wake2 DLC, called The Lake House. It will be released on October 22nd. It’s definitely a much darker, horror-based version of Alan Wake. Ideal for Halloween!
Then more horror! The scary trailer for Bloober Team’s Chronos: the new dawn shows a grandmother playing chess with a bloodied, sci-fi monster hunter. There are a lot of creepy crawly monsters and the game is expected next year.
Less blood and guts, but more heart-pounding gameplay is on offer Blindfirea “light-removal” shooting game currently in early access.
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
The Yakuza franchise heads to the high seas of Hawaii for a thrilling pirate adventure Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Like other games in the Yakuza franchise, it seems to be based on magical realism, but make it pirates.
Mouse: PI for rent looks straight out of Disney’s old Mickey Mouse cartoons. The noir, mystery shooter looks set to be available in 2025.
Back to scary! Microsoft showed a trailer for it Subnautics 2 – the co-op game is a survival game set in the ocean of an alien planet, and it looks downright gruesome. It will be released in early access in 2025.
Animal welfare is making a surprise release on Xbox Series X on Thursday. The neon platformer is one of the best indie games of the year, so Xbox players won’t want to miss it.
Eden zero will be released in 2025. It is based on the manga of the same name by Hiro Mashima.
Burn, freeze or throw everything in there Eternal strandswill be released in 2025. It looks like the game will give players a lot of freedom in how they want to battle the monsters of the world.
Microsoft described Mist Hunter a mix between extraction games and souls-likes, expected in 2025.
Go cycling at Annapurna Interactive publishers Wheel World. The bicycle-based adventure game combines the carefree nature of cycling with what seems a bit mysterious.
Hit horror, ghost hunting game Phasmophobia coming to Xbox Series X on October 29. Another great way to spend your Halloween evening.
Who doesn’t like playing with a dog? The legend of Babu coming to Windows PC and Xbox in 2025. Even better, you can play as Baboo the dog and his human companion Sepehr.
Okay, that’s bloody! Wuchang: fallen feathersThe game’s trailer opened with a person wading through a forest of dead, hanging bodies before showing off the sword fighting gameplay. Wuchang: fallen feathers will be released in 2025.
Set in the world of Control, FBC: Firebreak is a multiplayer first-person shooter coming to Windows PC and Xbox Series X in 2025. The three-player cooperative shooter takes place in Control’s Federal Bureau of Control as “deadly,” “alien forces” besiege the headquarters.
