Microsoft is coming again with its impartial games-focussed ID@Xbox showcase later this month. The showcase will characteristic trailers, gameplay and divulges from indie studios, together with Don’t Nod, No More Robots, 11 Bit, and extra. ID@Xbox might be livestreamed as a part of IGN Fan Fest on February 24. Last month, Microsoft hosted its Xbox Developer Direct showcase, the place it introduced updates on first-party video games like Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight.
ID@Xbox Showcase Confirmed for February 24
In addition to trailers and bulletins from impartial studios, the ID@Xbox showcase can even characteristic the subsequent large collaboration for poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder Balatro. The breakout indie hit from 2024 has beforehand collaborated with video games like The Witcher 3, Among Us, Vampire Survivors, and extra.
At least 15 impartial recreation studios are confirmed to be part of the ID@Xbox showcase: 11 Bit, LargeFan, Critical Reflex, Daedalic, Game Source Entertainment, No More Robots, Panic, Playstack, Raw Fury, Thunder Lotus, Cult Games, Team17, Curve, Akapura, and Don’t Nod.
The ID@Xbox showcase might be livestreamed on February 24, at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST (10.30pm IST).
Microsoft’s second video games showcase this 12 months will observe final month’s Xbox Developer Direct occasion, the place studios supplied updates on Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. At the showcase, Koei Tecmo made a shock announcement as properly, revealing Ninja Gaiden 4.
Additionally, the Japanese writer launched Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a remaster of 2008’s Ninja Gaiden 2, that includes graphical enhancements. The recreation is out now on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X and Game Pass.
Sony, too, is tipped to return with its State of Play showcase later this month. While the PlayStation guardian has not confirmed the published but, the subsequent State of Play is predicted round February 14, and can possible characteristic bulletins from first and third-party studios.
