Microsoft has introduced an Xbox Partner Preview showcase for this week. It’ll present updates for plenty of video games, and convey with it “new reveals.”
As a Partner Preview, this showcase focuses on video games coming from third-party publishers, so don’t anticipate information from Microsoft’s numerous first-party studios. Nevertheless, what we are going to get is an replace on Stranger Than Heaven, the brand new third-person action-adventure sport developed by Yakuza/Like a Dragon creators Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, the Mass Impact-style sport from Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Dealer developer Owlcat Video games, and GSC Sport World’s Stalker 2. It’s going to final round half-hour, Microsoft stated.
In Microsoft’s announcement, it teased “new reveals” as well as to the aforementioned updates, so hopefully we’ll get new sport bulletins, too.
“As at all times, Xbox Partner Preview is completely centered on sharing thrilling sport information from our gifted companions the world over,” Microsoft stated, maybe managing expectations that there will not be any {hardware} information. “Throughout Xbox Partner Preview, you’ll get a number of world premieres, first appears at gameplay, and updates on different nice titles coming to Xbox, together with some that can be obtainable with Xbox Sport Cross Final on day one.”
Xbox Partner Preview is ready for 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm UK time this Thursday, March 26.
The Xbox Partner Preview comes scorching on the heels of Microsoft’s Sport Builders Convention 2026 keynote, throughout which it supplied new particulars on the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Challenge Helix. And it additionally comes following Microsoft’s determination to pull again from its controversial ‘This Is An Xbox’ advertising marketing campaign, with new gaming boss Asha Sharma already making an impression.
Xbox has been within the headlines following the current administration upheaval that noticed Phil Spencer retire, Sarah Bond resign, and Asha Sharma named as Microsoft’s new gaming boss. Studies detailing what had led to the reshuffle, and particularly the sudden exit of Sarah Bond, steered that the “This Is An Xbox” marketing campaign had been launched below her watch, and had been unpopular amongst different Xbox employees members. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if Spencer is part of the Xbox Partner Preview, or if Sharma hosts proceedings.
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