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Time-Twisting, Abstract Platformer Tyd wag vir Niemand Available Now on Xbox One and Windows 10

by Tiaan Gerber, Co-Creator, Tyd wag vir Niemand Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

Hi everyone! My friend Alexander Ehlers and I made a little time-manipulating, first-person, platform game called Tyd wag vir Niemand and we are proud to announce that it is now available on both Xbox One and Windows 10 with Xbox Play Anywhere support. We wanted to give you all an abstract adventure that will take you to another dimension, and that we hope gives you a fresh take on first-person platform games. We just really like trippy environments; they always feel so satisfying to explore and we're pretty sure you'll agree. Tyd wag vir Niemand is set in a future where a major catastrophe has damaged Earth to the extent that it's almost completely uninhabitable. You take on the... Read more

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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for March 26 – 29

by Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each of the game profiles for pre-order details (dates are subject to... Read more

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Announcing ID@Xbox Game Pass, a Showcase of Indie Games Coming to Xbox Game Pass

by Vincent Wang, Product Marketing Manager at Xbox Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

We are excited to announce ID@Xbox Game Pass, a stream highlighting great indie games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass, premiering March 26 at 9:00 AM PDT. In this show, you can expect to learn more about some of the hottest ID@Xbox titles coming to Xbox Game Pass with new reveals, gameplay highlights, and conversations with the developers. Fans will be able to check out our first ever episode here. In our debut, we’ll dive into games previously shown at E3 and X018. Expect hits such as Afterparty, Void Bastards, and Supermarket Shriek to be highlighted. In addition to new game announcements, we’ll also share a visit to Night School Studio, the creative team behind the hit game... Read more

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This Week on Xbox: March 22, 2019

by Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox! GDC 2019: The Women in Gaming Rally 2019 Recap Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) is always an exciting time of year for game developers and the week is already picking up steam. On Tuesday afternoon team Xbox hosted the 19th Annual Women in Gaming... Read more: This Week on Xbox: March 22, 2019

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Train Sim World: Main Spessart Bahn Takes You on a First Class Journey

by Matt Peddlesden, Senior Producer, Dovetail Games Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

We’re very happy to announce the latest expansion Main Spessart Bahn for Train Sim World is now available on Xbox One, featuring a 52km run through the forests and hillsides of central Germany. This has been a real labour of love for our team as we’re introducing a new type of operation, long-awaited new features, and of course the route and locomotives themselves are re-created in incredibly high detail. Whether you’re an experienced rail fan or you’ve never tried a sim in your life, this route is definitely the choice for you if you’re interested in a new challenge. Here are just a few of the things we’re most proud of: The route captures a particularly beautiful part of... Read more

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Turn-Based Survival Strategy Game Overland Coming Soon to Xbox One

by Harris Foster, Community Manager, Finji Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

Over the years, we here at Finji have helped bring radically different games to the Xbox family, including the ominous puzzle-platformer Feist and the award-winning narrative adventure Night in the Woods. We’ve always focused on bringing you beautiful games with wildly different play-styles, and with Overland, we’re changing things up once again. Overland is a turn-based survival strategy game with procedurally generated challenges, characters and scenarios that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Overland is an end-of-the-world roadtrip taking place after an unknown cataclysmic event has crumbled the infrastructure of the United States. You control a team of survivors (of both... Read more

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A Refined Cuphead Experience is Coming Soon as Free Content Update

by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, Co-Founders of StudioMDHR Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019

As we've been hard at work on Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, we've received so much love from all of our fans that we thought we'd drop one last free content update as just a little thank you. This free patch is coming April 18 and it features a bevy of new features, art, and back end changes readying Cuphead for the adventures ahead. First up, no longer relegated to second fiddle, Mugman is now playable in single-player. Complete with his own level completion jingle, Mugman is selectable from the main menu when starting or continuing any game. Next, we've added tons of new art and animation. The grandest addition is that we've went back and fully animated all our cinematic... Read more

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GDC 2019: Evolving the ID@Xbox Program for Developers with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live

by Chris Charla, Senior Director of ID@Xbox Posted on March 20, 2019March 22, 2019

The Game Developers Conference is here again and I’m hecka stoked to join the ID@Xbox team in our annual trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. GDC is an amazing time to highlight new games, catch-up with other developers and friends in the industry and listen to their feedback to continue driving innovation forward for Xbox. 2018 was a fantastic year for developers in the ID@Xbox program and we can’t be more excited to share what we have planned for 2019 with our fans in the coming days and months. Nearly 400 titles were released through the program last year, helping us reach a milestone of over 1,000 titles launched via ID@Xbox. We sent out developer kits to nearly 500 new studios in... Read more

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Sharpen Your Cues and Get Ready for Snooker 19, Launching This Spring on Xbox One

by Simon Livesey, Producer, Ripstone Posted on March 18, 2019March 20, 2019

Can you believe it’s been almost a decade since there was an official World Snooker game? Games have advanced a lot in that time and we’ve been itching to bring snooker back for this generation, harnessing the full power of Xbox One and enhanced for Xbox One X to make it bigger and better than ever! We’re really proud to be bringing snooker back to the fans this year with Snooker 19 and today I have the honour of sharing the the very first gameplay trailer with you, which shows a taste of what you can expect from the sport we absolutely love when the game launches later this Spring. We’ve been working on Snooker 19 in close partnership and collaboration with the sport’s... Read more

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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for March 19 – 22

by Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Posted on March 15, 2019March 18, 2019

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Bomber Crew: American Edition Takes Off on Xbox One Today

by George Morgan, Product Manager, Curve Digital Posted on March 13, 2019March 14, 2019

Hello, Xbox fans! We’re proud to announce that Bomber Crew: American Bundle and Bomber Crew: USAAF DLC is now available on Xbox One. For those who may not have had the chance to check it out, Bomber Crew is a strategy simulation game where you control every aspect of a WWII bomber; you tag enemy fighters, you manage the oxygen supplies of your crew, you choose whether to dive or climb higher to avoid enemy fire, you mark your objectives and most importantly, push the big red button that says Drop Bombs! You name it you control it in this fast-paced bomber adventure. For all Xbox Game Pass members, it’s available now to download and if you don’t own Xbox Game Pass, you... Read more

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Details on Vigor 0.8 Update: Signal

by Mazen Sukkar, Senior Game Designer, Vigor Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019

Welcome to the Signal update to Vigor which is available now on Xbox One. Bringing more content to the game and building upon our last update, we have introduced some exciting changes to gameplay, implemented a plethora of improvements, and introduced our new game events, player lobby, gesture system, and lot more. Reach the Signal We have added two new events to encounters: radio signals detector and comm stations. The radio signals detector will allow you to pinpoint the positions of other outlanders for a limited time, giving you a brief window of opportunity to plan a coordinated attack, lay an ambush, or make a tactical retreat. The comm station will let you change the... Read more: Details on Vigor 0.8 Update: Signal

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Go Beyond with New No Man’s Sky Content This Summer

by Sean Murray, Programmer, Hello Games Posted on March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

Launching No Man’s Sky and the Next content update to Xbox One last year one of the most exciting times for our game. Millions of new Xbox One players joined the already wonderful No Man’s Sky community and helped to change the legacy of this game we care so much about. Following the launch of Next, it was great to be able to share regular updates with the No Man’s Sky community. We’ve been a little quieter so far this year, but today we’re ready to announce some exciting news. We will launch a major new update in Summer 2019: Beyond. We began the year planning to continue developing a series of regular updates, much like Abyss and Visions last year. But as we worked on... Read more

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Base Building ARPG The Riftbreaker Coming Soon to Xbox One

by Pawel Lekki, Producer and Designer, EXOR Studios Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Hello, Xbox fans! It is my greatest pleasure to announce that The Riftbreaker will come to Xbox One! It is a base building survival game with action RPG elements in which you play the role of captain Ashley S. Nowak, an elite scientist/commando who travels to distant worlds inside an advanced Mecha-Suit. The rift through which you travel is a one-way portal, so as soon as you land on planet Galatea 37 you are on your own. Ashley’s task is to build a base that will support a two-way portal back to Earth. Powering such a big rift is going to require enormous amounts of energy. A few solar collectors or wind turbines won’t be enough. You must build a chain of mines, refineries,... Read more

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Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown Coming to Xbox Game Preview Spring 2019

by Fatih Özbayram, Producer at Crytek Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019

Today, we have some really exciting news coming out of Crytek. Last summer, we announced that we'd be partnering with Microsoft to release our online multiplayer bounty hunting FPS Hunt: Showdown into Xbox Game Preview. Now we can narrow down that launch window and reveal that our title will be coming soon to Xbox Game Preview and release this spring. If you haven't played Hunt: Showdown yet, you can get a taste of the dark, tense atmosphere and competitive gameplay in the new teaser video that we released today. We continue to want Hunt: Showdown’s development to be community-driven, and an Xbox Game Preview release allows us to base further development work on community feedback as... Read more

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13 New Titles Announced for ID@Xbox Ahead of GDC 2019

by Jessica Ronnell, ID@Xbox Events and Community Management Lead Posted on March 11, 2019March 14, 2019

It’s that time of year again where talented game developers from around the world come together for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, and the ID@Xbox team is ready to kick off another showcase of amazing titles from independent developers in the ID@Xbox program. We’re looking forward to this year at GDC, with 13 newly announced titles joining us in San Francisco and a total of 30 games featured across the Microsoft Booth, in the lower level of the South Hall, and our Developer Showcase event for media. We’re excited to share a closer look at newly announced titles for Xbox One including Beholder 2, Boomerang Fu, CrossCode, Dead Static Drive, Door Kickers:... Read more

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R.B.I. Baseball 19 is Available Now on Xbox One

by Alexandra Torre, Marketing Coordinator, Games & VR, Major League Baseball Posted on March 8, 2019March 9, 2019

R.B.I. Baseball 19 released Tuesday – earlier than ever before – providing Xbox One baseball fans around the world a fun, fast-paced, authentic Major League Baseball experience several weeks before Opening Day. Players can play as their favorite MLB team, hit dingers in every MLB ballpark, win the World Series and compete against your favorite Player 2 in local or online multiplayer mode. Curious to see what the latest installment looks like? Watch the brand new gameplay trailer above featuring “We Can Do This All Day” by Banzai. In this year’s edition of R.B.I. Baseball, fans can expect more MLB authenticity through newly added animations, more gear options including more... Read more

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Xbox One Exclusive Operencia Coming March 29, Pre-order Today

by Ákos Györkei, Community Manager, Operencia: The Stolen Sun Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

If you follow Xbox Wire, you might have heard about our new dungeon-crawler RPG, Operencia: The Stolen Sun coming exclusively to Xbox -- and yes, that includes Xbox Game Pass! It is my pleasure to tell you that you’ll be able to embark on your quest starting March 29. Operencia will be present at GDC 2019, so keep an eye out between March 18-22 to read first impressions about the game from your favorite gaming outlets. Wait, what’s that? You’re more of a hands-on person? We’ve got you covered. Visit us at the Xbox booth at PAX East at the end of this month to try the game and maybe leave with some exclusive swag! You can also catch a live stream on Thursay, March 14 from 11am PST... Read more

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Roll the Dice on the ID@Xbox Strategy and RPG Sale

by Tao Sila, ID@Xbox Global Product Marketing Manager Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

Calling all dungeon masters, tacticians, fantasy aficionados or just anyone that likes a good RPG or strategy game. The ID@Xbox team pulled together some of our favorite strategy and RPG games and put them on sale! From now through March 11 you can save up to 60% on over 45 masterfully curated titles in the Roll the Dice sale. Grab your wizard staff, pull out your notepad, brush up on your world building skills and get ready to take the plunge with some on these great titles. Banner Saga 3 (30% off) The Banner Saga series is a beautiful, critically acclaimed strategy game series based in the Viking era. It has won over 20 awards and was nominated for 4 BAFTAs and The Banner Saga 3 brings... Read more

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Deep Rock Galactic Celebrates a Rock Solid Year on Xbox Game Preview

by Søren Lundgaard, CEO of Ghost Ship Games Posted on March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

Today marks one year since Deep Rock Galactic, our co-op first, dwarven mining space shooter, launched as a console exclusive on Xbox Game Preview. Developing Deep Rock Galactic alongside our community has been, and continues to be a truly awesome experience and we have to thank each and every miner who has joined the initiative this past year. I wanted to take this opportunity to look back at our first year on the platform, update you on today’s in-game festivities, and give an insight into our experience working on Deep Rock in open development. To celebrate our first birthday, we’ve released an update that encourages all of our space mining dwarves to let loose and party on the... Read more

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Fear the Rats in A Plague Tale: Innocence, Pre-order Today on Xbox One

by Aurélie Belzanne, Head of Marketing Communication at Asobo Studio Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019

Bringing together a deep narrative and an incredible rendition of war-torn, plague-ridden 14th century France, A Plague Tale: Innocence tells the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo in a third-person adventure through medieval times. Today we are celebrating the launch of pre-orders on Xbox One so please pick it up and experience our new, original IP in just a few months - we hope that you will enjoy the journey as much as we enjoyed crafting it. This first solo effort is a project very close to our heart at Asobo Studio, telling the story of a young group of children dealing with the harsh realities of medieval life as the black death and war ravage the country of... Read more

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