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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Great New Games Spotlight  has officially kicked off and we’re excited to bring you a ton of games every week for the next six weeks — more than 100+ new games will launch on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One between February 28 and April 10 – and if you spend $50 on eligible games and movies, you can receive 2,500 Microsoft Rewards points!  Get more details here . Meet Your Maker – April 4 Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery You are the Custodian of the Chimera, a living experiment created as a last resort to save life on Earth. Enter a tactical battle for the planet’s most coveted resource and the key to your Chimera’s evolution: pure Genetic Material. Meet Your Maker is a...

Dearest Survivors, we’re hot off our five nominations at last night’s BAFTA Awards, and past me writing this is very hopeful we won (*Editor’s note: Vampire Survivors won two BAFTAs, including best game). Regardless, we’re here today with a lot of good news and just a pinch of bad news.  Which would you like first? The bad news? Great! We regret to inform you that we’re going to turn your 100% complete save file into a regular old save file once more. We know. We’re sorry.  Thankfully, we’re also here with some very good news to ease the pain. Our second DLC is just a couple of weeks away. We hope you enjoyed your journey to aid the Moonspell Clan in the alps of Japan in our first DLC , because we’re about to send you back to school in the upcoming Tides of the Foscari expansion, launching on April 13. A Quest Through an Enchanted Wood In Tides of the Foscari , our story takes us to the rolling hills and wooded lands of Western Europe. We were heavily influenced by fair...

Fight fires, explore an alien world, go on an adventure of a lifetime, or relive history – this weekend’s Free Play Days offers a unique collection of titles to try! Embr , Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition , Indivisible , and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are available this weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday, March 30 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, April 2 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.  How to Start Playing Find and install the games on each of the individual game details page on Xbox.com . Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you must be signed in to see the option to install with your Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. To download on console, click on the Subscriptions tab in the Xbox Store and enter the Gold member area to locate the Free Play Days collection on your Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Keep the Fun Going Purchase the game and other editions a...

Summary Announcing the  Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle , launching worldwide June 6.  Pre-order from participating retailers worldwide for $559 USD starting today.    Diablo IV for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One, and the Light-Bearer Mount with Caparison of Faith Mount Armor for Diablo IV are included in the Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle.  Blizzard just wrapped up two beta weekends with Diablo IV , and excitement is high as the game nears worldwide launch on June 6th. If you’re one of those players who can’t wait to get your hands on the full game, we’re excited to announce the Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle.  This bundle includes an Xbox Series X and wireless controller, Diablo IV for Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One, and the Light-Bearer Mount with Caparison of Faith Mount Armor for Diablo IV . Starting today, you can pre order the Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle for $559 USD (estimated retail price), and the bundle will launch worldwide with ...

Explore space or the world of Peaky Blinders this April with Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, start the month off by managing the perfect space home in Out of Space: Couch Edition , and then midmonth roam through a puzzle-adventure game based on the hit show in Peaky Blinders: Mastermind . Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold . So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the fantastic benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality games with Xbox Game Pass. Out of Space: Couch Edition ($9.99 ERP): Available April 1 to 30 Peaky Blinders: Mastermind ($24.99 ERP): Available April 16 to May 15 Out of Space: Couch Edition There is no place like home, especially when you’re drifting through outer space. The challenge is that a deadly alien infestation has also settled in. It will take all your strategic skills to keep each newly generated spaceship house creating resour...

Summary The official MotoGP videogame with riders and tracks from the 2023 season for the MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE classes. Unpredictable and immersive: everything can happen with Dynamic Weather and Flag-to-Flag races. Make crucial decisions and face the toughest rivals to become champion in the renewed career mode. We are witnessing quite a unique moment in the history of MotoGP with a variety of teams and riders engaged in a championship battle over the past seasons. Last year particularly proved how fast things can change as the season goes by with the incredible comeback by Bagnaia and Ducati. When we designed MotoGP 23 , we wanted our community to experience the same thrills we watch on TV. With this goal in mind, we had to come up with some significant changes from the previous chapters. One of the aspects that will most amaze the fans of the series – even the most hardcore ones – is the new career mode, designed to let players build their own journey to becomi...

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Sifu arrives today on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and, with the simultaneous arrival of the new Arena mode, it’s the perfect time to checkout this unique martial arts beat ‘em up. With high-skill action combat and a unique mechanic that sees your character age each time they’re killed, there’s nothing quite like it. We took the opportunity to talk with Pierre Tarno, Executive Producer at Sloclap, the Parisian studio behind the game. He told us more about how Sifu came to be, its success… and its future. How was Sifu born? We owe the idea of the title to my partner, Jordan Layani, who practices kung fu and is a big martial arts movie enthusiast. We wanted to take inspiration from Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movies, with this particular use of the environment, even if we can’t say that we kept this same action-comedy tone. Then, the title also tries to answer a philosophical question: is a single lifetime enough to master kung fu? This question led to the concept of the main charact...

Summary The Dream of the Beast DLC is available today for Metal: Hellsinger . It includes two new songs, a new weapon, and three powerful outfits. The demonic voices of Cristina Scabbia and Will Ramos will melt your brain, but that’s good! Metal: Hellsinger burns brightest when the music is blasting and demons are dying, which is all the time. This is a game where you wield weapons of infernal design to annihilate demonic hordes to the beat of a multi-award winning heavy metal score. Today, the Dream of the Beast DLC adds two new voices to the already sizzling lineup of artists. Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil and Will Ramos from Lorna Shore join the likes of Serj Tankian, Alissa White-Gluz, Matt Heafy, Randy Blythe, Dennis Lyxzén, and more. Accompanying today’s DLC we have a free update which adds the Song Selector feature, letting you choose which song to slay to for every level. Screams and Dreams After seeing the love for Metal: Hellsinger’s original music, by c...

The first thing you need to know about Endless Dungeon is that it is not your standard roguelite. There are familiar components in how you play, but this isometric sci-fi shooter requires you to strategize your defence just as boldly as your offense. I found out exactly why in a recent hands-on with the upcoming game. Endless Dungeon is a follow-up to 2014’s Dungeon of the Endless, but it is described to us as a “spiritual successor” rather than an all-out sequel. It looks and plays a lot differently, with a more vibrant 3D aesthetic and a new control system for players. The first game unfolds primarily in a turn-based style, whereas Endless Dungeon puts you in direct control of your characters’ movements and attacks. But that change is only part of what makes Endless Dungeon a fascinating new experiment in the genre. The core dungeon loop is still present in Endless Dungeon ; your character is dropped on an abandoned space station, and the only way to escape is to escort your ...

At many gaming industry events, high-profile, AAA games tend to garner most of the airtime and ensuing discussion. The Game Developers Conference is different – it’s an event where indies have traditionally stepped into the limelight; indeed multiple showcases were fully populated by upcoming independent titles this year.  At GDC 2023 we’ve been celebrating 10 years of ID@Xbox with a Preview event showcase featuring a number of titles coming to Xbox consoles and PC this year, showcasing the diversity of genres and styles in independent games. Here’s a look at a few we got to spend some time with.  Botany Manor   The debut title from UK-based Balloon Studios nestles comfortably in the burgeoning “Cozy Games” category; my time with this plant-based puzzler was undoubtedly the chillest experience of the conference. Here’s how it works:   I stepped into a fogged-up greenhouse, and planted a seed which germinated, but would not gr...