Six months out of the year, the Xbox release calendar looks slim. fresh from the heels Totally Banger 2021Microsoft didn’t release a single first-party prop in 2022. But that’s all ready to change, Microsoft confirmed to viewers today during Great marketing presentation About the big games on the horizon.
In the middle of today’s show – which showcased much-anticipated gameplay reveals much-anticipated games like starfield And Redvale—The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, showed a graphic indicating this 50 new games Coming to Xbox Over the next year. The official Xbox social media feed posted a tweet on a slightly modified version of the graphic after the show ended:
There are some slight inconsistencies between the two. Refers to the graphic that was broadcast during the show Hello Neighbor 2 And light year border As it is due this year. The graphic posted on social media did not mention either of them, and replaced these two games with Gotham Knights And Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
The picture isn’t misleading about the Xbox lineup, per se, but it’s packed with definitely intriguing styles. To be perfectly clear, Xbox, which has more than two dozen first-party studios in its portfolio, won’t make 50 games over the next year.
For one thing, Microsoft has included expansions here, counting likes Forza Horizon 5‘S hot wheels Cooperation The Sheikh’s Manuscripts OnlineA trip to the Kingdom of Hai-Ale, and fallout 76Foray into Pittsburgh along with the full versions. On the other hand, the graphic also lists many third-party games – such as Gotham Knights And Callisto Protocol—which is developed independently of Microsoft. Sure, they’re coming to Xbox. It will be available elsewhere as well.
Microsoft has also included a number of free games on the list, to count infinite auraThe next third season. (infinite auraSeason 2 added some cosmetics, a handful of modes, and two maps to the free shooter multiplayer mode, which was released last November.) sea of thievesThe seventh season is on the list.
The drawing also seems to indicate stalker 2Currently being developed in Ukraine, it has been subject to further delays. (Developed by GSC Game World I already delayed the match From the April 28, 2022 edition.) Though stalker 2 It’s included in the 2023 column of today’s charts, and the shooter’s current store pages say it will be released on December 8, 2022. Representatives of both Microsoft and developer GSC Game World did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Final note: After Microsoft acquired Zenimax, Bethesda’s parent company, for a gazillion dollars, a ton of ZeniMax wallet Now available on Game Pass. The biggest Activision Blizzard game on the horizon –Diablo IVAnd Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIAnd Monitor 2—Not listed as Game Pass planned titles. (Monitor 2 It will be free to play.) In April, Activision Blizzard contributors They voted by an overwhelming majority Microsoft’s takeover of the troubled studio the size of the GDP of small European countries. But the deal still needs regulatory approval.
Anyway, here’s the full list of games planned for an Xbox release in 2022, with games targeting Game Pass in parentheses:
- Naraka: Bladepoint (arcade game)
- The Sheikh’s Manuscripts Online: Hey Isle
- As dusk falls (arcade game)
- Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels
- Somerville (arcade game)
- A Plague’s Tale: Requiem (arcade game)
- Walheim (arcade game)
- Warhammer 40K Darktide (arcade game)
- grounded (arcade game)
- Fallout 76: House (arcade game)
- Monitor 2
- high on life (arcade game)
- mockery (arcade game)
- atomic heart (arcade game)
- Gotham Knights
- Shooting again (arcade game)
- Persona 5 Royal (arcade game)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- pentagram (arcade game)
- Hello Infinite: Season Three (arcade game)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator: 40th Anniversary Edition (arcade game)
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Party Animals (arcade game)
- Slime Rancher 2 (arcade game)
- Callisto Protocol
- Hello Neighbor 2
- light year border
Here is the list for 2023:
- Diablo IV
- Redvale (arcade game)
- starfield (arcade game)
- Forza Motorsport (arcade game)
- Minecraft Legends (arcade game)
- Ara: History is unspeakable (arcade game)
- Wu Long: Fallen Dynasty (arcade game)
- stalker 2 (arcade game)
- Flintlock (arcade game)
- The History of Ioden: One Hundred Heroes (arcade game)
- league of legends (arcade game)
- League of Legends: Wild Rift (arcade game)
- Brave (arcade game)
- Teamfight Tactics (arcade game)
- Legends of Runeterra (arcade game)
- Coffin 2 (arcade game)
- Resident Evil 4
- Persona 3 Portable (arcade game)
- Persona 4 Golden (arcade game)
- has been replaced (arcade game)
- Oraiban: Legacy of Shadow (arcade game)
- Ravenlock (arcade game)
- dead space
- Benedict Fox’s latest case (arcade game)
- cocoon (arcade game)
We will check back in a year.