Microsoft has introduced its subsequent Xbox Partner Direct scheduled for Wednesday, March sixth, at 10am PT / 1pm ET.
In a new Xbox Wire post, Microsoft revealed that its second Partner Preview occasion might be roughly 30 minutes lengthy and will focus completely on third-party video games from publishers, together with Capcom, EA, and Nexon. So don’t anticipate any first-party video games to seem at this showcase, corresponding to Playground Games’ upcoming challenge Fable, The Outer Worlds 2 by Obsidian, or Arkane Lyon’s Blade sport.
Whereas no particular video games have been revealed, a couple of upcoming video games from the publishers talked about within the Xbox Wire publish embrace Capcom’s Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, which was revealed on the Xbox Games Showcase final summer season, and Tales of Kenzera: Zau, which is developed by Surgent Studios and revealed by EA with a launch date set for subsequent month.
That is the second digital occasion Xbox has hosted this 12 months following the Developer_Direct that aired final January, the place we noticed our first have a look at MachineGames’ upcoming challenge Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, in addition to deep dives into video games, corresponding to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Avowed.
Extra curiously, that is the primary developer direct that Xbox has held since its huge enterprise replace final month, the place the gaming big revealed that it was shifting its enterprise and permitting some of its first-party exclusives to be launched on different consoles. Just a few days later, it was revealed that the primary 4 Xbox first-party video games going multiplatform embrace Obsidian’s Grounded and Pentiment, Tango Gameworks’ Hello-Fi Rush, and Uncommon’s pirate-themed sport Sea of Thieves. All of which might be launched earlier than this summer season.
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