Xbox Developer Direct kicks off 2025 with Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur, and a "surprise" fourth game

A close-up of the Doom Slayer in the upcoming PC game, Doom: The Dark Ages.
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft has now dated its next Xbox Developer Direct showcase for January 23, where developers themselves will get on camera to give us the rundown on medieval prequel 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Doom: The Dark Ages, third-person action-platformer South of Midnight, turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and a "surprise" brand new game that's currently under wra♐ps - all launching into Game Paඣss.

Per the , the show will be available to stream on YouTube and Twitch on January 23 at 10am PT, 1pm ET, and 6pm for those in the UK. Following the show's usual format, we'll be map-hopping between the different studios to get more gameplay clips, trailers, and dev vlogs. People from the Canada-based We Happy Few makers Compulsion Games, the Texas-based 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:id Software wizards, and tꦯhe French-located Sandfall Intera🌜ctive will all be on-camera.

That aside, Microsoft is remaining 🌌tight-lipped on exactly what will be revealed, but since all of these games are still coming "this year," you can expect at least a couple of release dates to sh🐻ow up.

Then there's that mysterious fourth game. In 2023's Direct, the publisher shadow-dropped the incredible rhythm slasher Hi-Fi Rush on the very same day. And in 2024, Square Enix made a surprise appearance to show more from Visions of Mana. So, 2025's surprise could very well come from a team in or outside of 澳洲幸运5开奖💧号码历史查询:Microsoft's now-too-huge roster of studi꧑os.

Many are speculating the Oblivi𒁏on remaster tha🎶t was leaked in the FTC's lawsuit might show up, especial﷽ly off the back of fresh reports, but between Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, and Fable, one has to wonder how many big-name RPGs Microsoft can fit within a single calendar year. We only have so much time on our hands here, y'know? 

Microsoft Gaming's head of studios, Matt Booty, also previously said the company didn't want to get in GTA 6'🦩s way with its 2025🍨 slate, which might explain why the open-world Fable reboot isn'tཧ getting a blowout right now, despite also having a 2025 window attached to its last trailer.

See what else is coming out this year with our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games of 2025 and beyond release calendar. 

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