Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
Available on day one with Game Pass: Welcome to 2030. In a world where corporations reign and the lines between reality and performance are blurred, the public are kept distracted by a brutal new blood sport – Rollerdrome. Experience an adrenaline-pumping, third-person action shooter that blends high octane combat with tricking mechanics. Do you have what it takes to become the champion? Playable on console and PC.
Dune: Spice Wars (Console) – November 28
Game Pass
Available on day one with Game Pass: Already available with PC Game Pass and coming soon to Xbox consoles and Cloud Gaming (Beta)! A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis. Playable on console and cloud.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A first-person mystery game where you uncover forensic clues, solve puzzles, and piece together a story using your own conclusions. Will you be able to solve the case? Relationships and secrets must be revealed. If foul play is suspected, those responsible must be brought to justice!
The Traveler’s Path – November 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Put your logic and problem-solving skills to the test in The Traveler’s Path, a 3D spin on tile-based positional puzzles. From a bird’s eye view over forests, snowfields, deserts and more, it’s your job to help the traveler reach his destination by unscrambling the twisted footpath to his destination. Only by thinking critically and a few steps ahead can you line up pieces of the path to lead the traveler from start to finish.
A first-person sci-fi puzzle game where the player must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
Orten Was The Case – November 29
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Get ready to step into the (non-existent) shoes of Ziggy, an unexpected hero from a fictional Swedish neighborhood. Together you’ll take on the daunting task of foiling a sinister scheme that could potentially devastate the entire world. Embark on a thrilling adventure where a world of diverse gameplay features awaits you.
Maybe we should admit that our lives are a bit like this Sisyphus? Approach Albert Camus’s thoughts and feelings, his philosophy. Perhaps you will find some answers to these difficult questions. Explore the world around you and find philosophical notes. Take the stone to the top, higher and higher, and if it falls, well, start over, that’s your punishment. Choose your path correctly. Your decisions will determine the end of the game. Discover the philosophy of Albert Camus. Don’t try to understand every word, just let it pass through you.
A Junji Ito, HP Lovecraft-inspired Stealth Cooking game where a fast-food restaurant worker sacrifices their customers to an otherworldly entity with the help of The Gatekeeper.
Gangs of Sherwood – November 30
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
An explosive action game for 1 to 4 players set in the reimagined world of Robin Hood. Through the powers of the Philosopher’s Stones, the armies of the Sheriff of Nottingham are now stronger than ever, and the people of England have never been so oppressed… Play as Robin, Marian, Friar Tuck or Little John, four heroes with unique, customizable gameplay styles, and set out to rob the rich so you can free the people.
Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth – November 30
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Kimo Kang, a man who knows how to relax with a caramel macchiato, has one fatal flaw. In all his thirty years, he’s never once been in a relationship, making him a Motesolo! Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth is an interactive movie game, uniquely produced to place you directly into a scene from a K-drama, featuring events that branch out and send you to one of multiple endings.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Dive into this captivating blend of an arcade time manager and visual novel. Help a small-town girl navigate life in a big city, and take part in her coming-of-age story as she forges connections, overcomes difficulties, and struggles to find her worth.
Fly solo or with up to three other loyal crewmates as you boldly go where no-one has gone (and survived to talk about it) before. Obtain and upgrade new weapons and systems for your ship as you venture deep into a procedurally generated universe filled with increasingly grumpy and murder-y enemies. Map your unique path through the stars, but remember that the stakes are super high – one wrong move and it’s game over.
Truck and Logistics Simulator – November 30
Optimized for Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver’s seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered – November 30
A faithful restoration of the classic first-person shooter originally released in 2000, upgraded through Nightdive Studios’ proprietary KEX Engine for play on modern gaming devices with high-definition resolution and framerate. Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered features upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and modernized controls.
All Of Us Are Dead – November 30
All of us are not dead. Our school has been infested with zombies, and we are still alive. Every day, our hopes of escaping this school become less and less likely. Follow us as we try to survive and escape our zombie-filled school. A visual novel based on the popular webcomic.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Get ready to tilt into terror. The new horror-inspired pinball platform for fearless players. Prove your skills on the most sinister, gory, and badass tables ever brought to life.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Through the darkness and madness, promised glory awaits. Dismember deadly creatures and terrifying bosses by masterfully wielding an arsenal of brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Hunt for untold treasure as you explore a grim world in this gory, gruesome action-RPG.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Experience deep tactical battles across vast and treacherous landscapes as youbuild an army of powerful troops, customizing their classes and skills to gain every advantage against monsters, ruthless foes, a daughter scorned, and a queen so cruel she’d kill her own husband to gain the throne.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Crashy Laps is an arcade racing game, with all the track visible on the screen, designed for playing in Single Player and Local Multiplayer modes. Based on classic games, there are isometric and top-down selectable camera views.
Game Pass / Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Available on day one with Game Pass: Break ground on a bustling SteamWorld town, inspired by the Old West. Keep your steambots from getting cranky by ensuring their complex needs get met; dig deep and spread wide to produce resources to aid your search for ancient technologies; defend your mine from the creepy varmints that lurk deep below your town. Round up the posse, circle the wagons, and let’s get to building a new home!
Kingdoms and Castles – December 1
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Your kingdom must survive a living and dangerous world. Do the viking raiders make off with your villagers? Or are they stopped, full of arrows, at the castle gates? Does a dragon torch your granary, your people dying of starvation in the winter, or are you able to turn the beast back? The success of your kingdom depends solely on your skill as a city and castle planner.
1 Square is a jumping puzzle game. Your goal is to get rid of the numbered boxes by jumping on them. Each jump knocks their number down by one. When they hit zero, they fade away! Make sure to leave yourself a path to reach them all, and watch out for the rain! You have to finish the level before it floods.
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A deadly virus outbreak has plagued the planet and the United Nations has set up quarantine zones around the globe. With strategic top-down shooter gameplay, create unique, customizable characters and arm yourself with 10 types of weapons. You’ll need the firepower when you get attacked by up to 100 zombies at once!
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