Microsoft is just minutes away from hosting its first Developer Direct showcase of the year. Officially announced last week via Xbox Wire, the first 2024 Developer Direct broadcast of the year is set to feature an “inside look at some of the highly anticipated games coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Game Pass, presented by the game creators themselves.” Follow along with us down below.
January Xbox Developer Direct showcase
Microsoft’s Xbox team is getting the year started off on the right foot, giving its gamers a good look at what’s to come on its platform throughout 2024 and beyond in just a few minutes from now. The showcase is set to kick off today, January 18, 2024, at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET – we aren’t sure how long it will be at this point – and will be followed up by The Elder Scrolls Online 2024 Global Reveal at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET “to preview 2024’s biggest update.”
The main event is set to feature an in-depth look at several titles, some of which we already know about, but there’s sure to be some surprises along the way. Microsoft has already mentioned titles like Avowed, Ara: History Untold, and some deeper insights on the upcoming Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. But the headliner for many will be the first look at the new Indiana Jones game.
Currently in development at MachineGames in Sweden – the team responsible for the modern Wolfenstein titles, the Indiana Jones game (we still aren’t exactly sure what the game will actually be called) is set to make its worldwide gameplay debut this afternoon. It will put gamers “in the leather jacket of the legendary archaeologist” on a globe-trotting adventure, and we are going to get our first decent look at what that all means shortly.
Follow along with today’s Xbox showcase down below, and check back after the broadcast for full-res footage of the presentations:
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Avowed
Obsidian’s Avowed is set to launch this fall
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II releases May 21, 2024
Visions of Mana
Square Enix’s Visions of Mana is set for release for the first time on Xbox…it is coming “summer 2024”
Ara: History Untold
Ara: History Untold releases Fall 2024
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Completely new story set between Raiders of the Ark and the Last Crusade
- First-person and third-person view points
- Puzzle solving and first-person hand-to-hand/FPS combat
- Stealth and classic Indy whip traversal/combat – the whip can be used as a weapon, as distraction, and for navigation
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark™ and The Last Crusade™. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them – Indiana Jones™. You’ll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award-winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle releases “later this year”
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