Microsoft just wrapped up its latest Xbox Partner, a 30-minute showcase dedicated entirely to third-party games. Nearly 20 titles were on show, ranging from a new Yakuza-style epic to a Bluey photography game for kids. No Persona 4 Revival date. No Witcher 3 DLC. But there was still plenty to talk about.
Here’s everything announced.
Hades 2 is finally coming to Xbox—and PS5
The headline announcement: Hades 2 is leaving its Nintendo Switch 2 and PC exclusivity behind. Supergiant’s critically acclaimed roguelike sequel hits Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Cloud on April 14. It will also launch on PlayStation 5 on the same date. The game will be available through Xbox Game Pass from day one.
Stranger Than Heaven goes big—five cities, five time periods
The showcase’s most substantial showing came from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the team behind the Like a Dragon series. Their new IP, Stranger Than Heaven, is shaping up to be seriously ambitious. The new trailer confirmed the game spans five distinct historical eras across five cities—expect the same chaotic combat and obsessive attention to detail that made the Yakuza games a cult staple. No release date yet, but Xbox is hosting a dedicated showcase for the game on May 6.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn sets a beta date before its 2027 launch
Owlcat Games brought new gameplay for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a third-person action-RPG set in the TV show’s universe. You play a custom captain building out a crew—think Mass Effect with an Expanse coat of paint. A closed beta kicks off on April 22. The full game is targeting a Spring 2027 release, and it’ll land on Xbox Game Pass at launch.
STALKER 2 is getting its first major expansion this summer
GSC Game World announced Cost of Hope, the first big DLC for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The expansion centers on a conflict between the Freedom and Duty factions and takes players into the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant itself. The studio says it’s packing in over 20 hours of new content. It’s launching this summer across all platforms.
Dispatch is finally making the jump to Xbox
AdHoc Studio’s superhero workplace drama Dispatch was one of the standout games of 2025, and it’s now confirmed for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, and Cloud this summer. The full episodic run—about a former superhero stuck dispatching a team of reformed supervillains—will be available as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
The Atomfall team’s next game involves aliens and very bad weather
Rebellion, the studio behind last year’s Atomfall and the long-running Sniper Elite series, unveiled its next project: Alien Deathstorm. It’s a first-person survival adventure set on an off-world colony battered by freak storms and overrun by hostile aliens. The tone looks genuinely unsettling. It’ll hit Xbox Game Pass as a day-one title when it launches in 2027.
Hunter: The Reckoning kicks off the World of Darkness again
The show opened with the world premiere of Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish, a first-person action game set in the World of Darkness universe—the same fictional world that houses Vampire: The Masquerade. You’re hunting a vampire who’s gone undercover as a cop. Nacon is publishing it, and it’s due out in Summer 2027 for Xbox and PC.
Serious Sam makes a surprise comeback with a multiverse twist
Nobody was really expecting a new Serious Sam game, but here we are. Serious Sam: Shatterverse brings together five alternate versions of Sam Stone, each with their own distinct abilities, to take down the series’ signature villain, Mental. The series’ trademark over-the-top gunplay is back, and it’s launching later this year on Xbox, PS5, and PC.
Grave Seasons is a farming sim—with something dark underneath
From developer Perfect Garbage and publisher Blumhouse Games comes Grave Seasons, a cozy farming sim that’s clearly not as wholesome as it looks. The August 14 release will land on Xbox Game Pass on day one. A demo is also on the way soon, if you want to get a feel for whatever it’s hiding beneath that pastoral surface.
Everything else from the showcase
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The show also had a lot more packed into its 30 minutes.
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Wuthering Waves, the free-to-play open-world action-RPG from Kuro Games, is coming to Xbox in July 2026.
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Super Meat Boy 3D launches in just four days, on March 31, and will be on Game Pass.
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Forever Ago, a quiet road trip narrative game from Annapurna Interactive, is coming to Xbox, PS5, and Switch 2 in fall 2026.
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Ascend to Zero is a cyberpunk roguelite with time-manipulation combat, landing July 13.
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Frog Sqwad—yes, that spelling—is an eight-player co-op puzzle game coming to Xbox in June.
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Bluey’s Happy Snaps is a photography adventure starring everyone’s favourite blue heeler, out this fall.
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Moosa: Dirty Fate is a third-person action game set in feudal Korea from the Gungrave G. O. R. E. developer, due in 2027.
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The Eternal Life of Goldman is a hand-drawn platformer with a new demo available today.
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Vaunted is a sci-fi tactical RPG with three unreliable narrators, coming later this year.
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Artificial Detective, the showcase’s closer, is a post-apocalyptic mystery game where you play as a robot trying to figure out what happened to humanity—out in 2027.
