The Summer Game Fest is in full swing and Xbox Games Showcase 2024 revealed plenty of exciting game trailers and updates, with fans anticipating some big announcements after Activision Blizzard and Microsoft merged in 2023. Here’s everything announced at the showcase, including upcoming releases and game expansions.
Upcoming Releases
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
Embark on an epic journey in Flintlock, an explosive indie Souls-lite from the creators of Ashen. In a world ruled by gods and overrun by their legions of undead, the living edge on the brink of extinction, as the final siege draws near. The game releases on 18 July,
Release Date: 18 July 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Mecha BREAK
If you like mecha robot fights and dreamed of piloting your own, Mecha BREAK, a new multiplayer game, lets you blitz, brawl and blaze your way to victory against colossal war machines on treacherous terrain. Mecha BREAK will release a beta in August 2024, so look out for more updates.
Release Date: August 2024 (beta)
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Age of Mythology: Retold
Age of Mythology: Retold releases this September, and goes beyond history to a mythical age where gods, monsters, and humans collide. Secure your domain, command legendary monsters, and call upon the power of the gods to crush your enemies in this exhilarating strategy game with epic cinematics.
Release Date: 4 September 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl returns to the Zone this September with a haunting non-linear narrative and an open world where new enemies lie in wait. Explore a world inhabited by radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, and other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
Release Date: 5 September 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Life is Strange protagonist Max Caulfield can’t seem to catch a break, and in its sequel, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, which releases on 29 October, she loses yet another friend and gets caught up in a murder mystery. When Max attempts to rewind time, she instead discovers a parallel universe where her friend is alive. She’ll have to stop the same killer across both timelines and return to the action once again.
Release Date: 29 October 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The highly-anticipated samurai-themed Assassin’s Creed Shadows is taking things up a notch, releasing a first-look trailer with stunning backdrops, combat, and unique mechanics. A 13-minute gameplay sneak peek will also be unveiled at Ubisoft Forward, which promises even more surprises.
Release Date: 15 November 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Microsoft’s most ambitious Flight Simulator instalment yet takes to the skies in Flight Simulator 2024, which uses the latest simulation and design technology, letting players simulate commercial flights, charter services, search-and-rescue operations, and more. The game will release in November 2024, with new planes and game modes to explore.
Release Date: 19 November 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Set in the Gulf War era, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is the latest mainline game in the franchise, showing off a gameplay trailer which sees the round-based zombies return, and 12 new 6v6 maps in an all-new campaign. Fans are hoping for a longer campaign this time, and we’ll have to wait until the open beta to see if it lives up to the hype. The game will be available on Xbox Game Pass when it launches.
Release Date: 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
While there’s still no confirmed release date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the curtain has been pulled back just a little more on the game, which debuted its reveal trailer, and we know it’s set for somewhere this year. The game’s cutscenes retain the authentic feel of the movies, while introducing a new plot that sees Indiana Jones and investigative reporter Gina team up to solve a new mystery.
Release Date: 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Avowed
Avowed, another highly-anticipated game, also dropped a story trailer, showing off its stunningly rendered environments, characters, and mechanics. As an envoy of Aedyr, you are sent to investigate rumours of a spreading plague with a secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save the island and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them apart?
Release Date: 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Rally the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, an immersive single player RPG expected to arrive in fall 2024. Venture forth with a team of seven companions, each with different skill sets, and change the fate of the world. A gameplay video will also be released on 11 June 2024.
Release Date: Fall 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Games’ first title, fantasy RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 , has gamers cautiously optimistic. Lead the Expedition on a desperate adventure to destroy the Paintress before she erases the last survivors of humanity, and encounter fearsome foes and allies along the way. The game is set to arrive in 2025, with no current confirmed release date.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S
South of Midnight
Now that we know what Compulsion Games’ new title, South of Midnight is, it doesn’t disappoint. A third-person action-adventure game set in the aftermath of a hurricane, protagonist Hazel is pulled into a Southern Gothic world where reality and fantasy are interwoven, and ancient creatures from folklore emerge.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
DOOM: The Dark Ages
The DOOM franchise goes back in time in DOOM: The Dark Ages, single-player action FPS that tells the epic cinematic origin story of the DOOM Slayer’s rage. Play as the DOOM Slayer in this dark prequel, with new weapons, enemies, and mysteries to uncover. You’ll even get to ride a dragon. Don’t miss this thrilling entry when it releases in 2025!
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Steam/PC
Fable
A new narrative-focused game arriving in 2025, Fable showed off more of its character designs and monsters at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, which have players wondering if they’ll be able to customize their own player character. What does it mean to be a Hero? Humphry, once one of the greatest, will be forced out of retirement when a mysterious figure from his past threatens Albion’s very existence.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
FragPunk
A new 5v5 rule-changing hero shooter announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024, FragPunk is a fun shooter to play with friends, and changes things up with different cards that give players various buffs every round. The game is coming in 2025, so stay tuned for more updates!
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Winter Burrow
An adorable new cozy game in the woodland, Winter Burrow follows a mouse who returns to a devastated home, and sets out to rebuild a welcoming home, while in search of their lost aunt. If you enjoy simulation games and cute characters, Winter Burrow has plenty of that when it releases in 2025.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Mixtape
There’s something nostalgic and charming about Mixtape, a game with a coming-of-age story revolving around four friends heading to a party on their last night of high school when a perfectly curated playlist draws them into dreamlike reenactments of their formative memories. Featuring music from DEVO, Roxy Music, Lush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, and more, the game is a ride down memory lane for audiophiles, and is set to release in 2025.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Atomfall
Set after a nuclear disaster in Britain, Atomfall blends folk horror, sci-fi, and historical intrigue in a post-apocalyptic single player survival-action game coming in 2025. Unravel the mystery surrounding the British countryside, and survive the horrors of a post-apocalypse in this open-world adventure.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
In the late Ming Dynasty, a new adventure begins in WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, which follows a cursed pirate uncovering the secrets of their past while journeying through a land filled with danger and mystery. The game was unveiled at the showcase and will release in 2025.
Release Date: 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
If the name sounds familiar, that’s because Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a remake of 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Twenty years later, the remake boasts a modern control style, all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. There’s no release date for the game, but it’s already one highly-anticipated by fans.
Release Date: Unknown
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S
State of Decay 3
Set years after a zombie apocalypse nearly wiped out humankind, State of Decay 3 is the next instalment in the State of Decay franchise. Fight back against the zombies and reclaim territory while maintaining your settlement, as the game raises the stakes once more.
Release Date: Unknown
Platforms: Unknown
Perfect Dark
We’re getting more of Perfect Dark, which showcased a three-minute gameplay reveal as agent Joanna Dark, in her quest to hunt down the world’s most wanted criminal, Daniel Carrington and uncover the mysteries that threaten the lives of millions.
Release Date: Unknown
Platforms: Unknown
Gears of War: E-Day
Gears of War: E-Day brings the gory carnage of the series up a notch in a first trailer that takes players through the brutal horror of Emergence Day through the eyes of Marcus Fenix. Fourteen years before Gears of War, war heroes Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago return home to face a new nightmare: the Locust Horde. These subterranean monsters, grotesque and relentless, erupt from below, laying siege on humanity itself.
Release Date: Unknown
Platforms: Unknown
Game Expansions & Updates
Fallout 76: Skyline Valley
Fallout 76’s Appalachia map is finally getting an expansion southwards on 12 June, as dwellers explore the new Skyline Valley area. As its name suggests, there’s something strange going on with the sky, with a surging electric storm hanging over the valley. Uncover the mystery of Vault 63, with its own secrets to hide, and for the first time ever, play as a Ghoul, which players have long been awaiting. The Ghoul update will be available in early 2025, but the expansion itself will be fully playable on its June launch date.
Release Date: 12 June 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, The Elder Scrolls Online is releasing its expansion, Gold Road, on 18 June 2024. Create your own story from over 10 years of adventures within Tamriel’s Second Era, explore the world, and meet new characters and quests in an exciting expansion. There’s never been a better time to get into The Elder Scrolls than now, with anniversary perks in store.
Release Date: 18 June 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PS4, Steam/PC
Sea of Thieves: Season 13
Sea of Thieves: Season 13, which arrives on 25 July, lets players become antagonists and seize Flameheart’s powerful flagship, raining chaos on rival crews in a new World Event. If you’ve always wanted to go a little insane, you won’t want to miss this one.
Release Date: 25 July 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC, PS5
World of Warcraft: The War Within
In the World of Warcraft: The War Within expansion, the darkness calls from the very heart of the world at the dawn of a new saga. Defend Azeroth from a terrifying new threat in a battle for survival, with a new allied race, a level 80 cap, and co-op challenges. The expansion will be available on 26 August 2024.
Release date: 26 August 2024
Platforms: PC
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
Diablo IV teased an exciting new expansion, Vessel of Hatred, which takes players into the new region of Nahantu in search of Neyrelle, who is both suffering the fate of her choice to imprison the Prime Evil Mephisto and seeking a means to destroy him. A new Spiritborn class was also revealed in the expansion, which allows players to recruit Mercenaries to aid them in combat and fight together in a new PvE co-op activity.
Release Date: 8 October 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4, PS5
Starfield: Shattered Space
Starfield is getting its first story expansion, and it’s an exciting blend of horror and sci-fi. Investigate a frightening cosmic threat in the city of Dazra on House Va’Ruun’s hidden homeworld, and explore the mysteries of Dazra. The expansion also comes with new spacesuits, weapons, and gear, and will arrive somewhere in 2024.
Release Date: 2024
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Steam/PC
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