Microsoft is still working hard to promote indie games. The company introduced a whole bunch of them, old and new, at its ID@Xbox 2024 showcase, but again Hollow Knight: Silksong was not among them. In addition to a little taste of what’s to come Palworld Creatures, we also got a first look at some newly announced bizarre gems like the pixel art adventure Centum and gig economy sim Promise Mascot Agency.
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The event, moderated by IGNwas a mixture of new trailers, Game Pass updates and shadow drops. We didn’t get clear release dates for a lot of things, but we did get a free surprise Vampire survivors Update now available on Xbox and PC. While we only got a taste of the nearly two dozen games on display, quite a few feel like potential Game of the Year contenders.
Astor: Blade of the Monolith
Astor is a 3D Zelda– as if you were facing hordes of enemies and bosses as you explore the world around you. The action role-playing game now has a release date of May 30th.
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“Multiplayer Hades” still looks like a lot of fun. Thunder Lotus’ crowd-based action RPG enters closed beta on May 24th and announced a major boss fight against Lucifer.
Palworld
New friends will soon come to your weapons factory. Pocketpair hasn’t given a date, but there’s a meditating fox and strange lizards with giant mushrooms on their heads that you can set on fire with flamethrowers.
Commands: Origins
The Commands Reboot takes players back to the era of real-time stealth gaming in World War II with a six-man squad fighting through ten different missions. It will be included in Game Pass at launch.
Centum lost the record
In this eerie pixel art adventure, you are a mysterious prisoner escaping from his cell. It’s due out this summer and based on the incredible art and surreal vibe of the trailer alone, it’s now high on my release radar.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Lost records is the next adventure game from the development team Life is strange. The latest trailer is bursting with analog 80s horror vibes. The developers of Don’t Nod said so My city The new game will allow them to focus on the experience of growing up and telling a story in the way that the previous franchise, now owned by Square Enix, wouldn’t have allowed it.
Key lock
Billed as a “colorful turn-based rhythm JRPG” Key lock play as a songwriter trying to overthrow a music-hating autocracy. The developers claim it has the humor of one Mario & Luigi and the depth of Chrono trigger. High comparisons! It definitely looks promising.
Stampede: Racing Royale
Race with 59 other players in a battle royale that apparently applies the Autumn guys formula to Mario Kart. I demoed it last year and was fascinated, but the ultimate test will be whether studio Sumo Leamington can nail the moment-to-moment karting feel.
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Jackbox is apparently getting a horny mode, unlike all versions of its games that people are currently playing, which never reference sex, drugs, or other salacious topics.
Times & Galaxy
Finally a game for space journalists. Times & Galaxy puts you in the shoes of a robotics intern collecting stories of strange creatures in space. It’s coming to Xbox in June.
sulfur
A lofi first-person loot shooter featuring ghosts, monsters, demons and other twisted forces of evil. Sulfur lSeems like a great time. There are roguelike and extraction elements that represent an old-school approach to modern action-adventure.
Fera: The Separate Tribes
A colorful survival simulation with colony building elements and an emphasis on arrow mechanics. There’s a grappling hook, a glider, and a hell traverse to dodge bullets. It will be released in 2024 for Xbox Series X/S and PC.
All you need is help
All you need is help is a top-down puzzle party game where you play as plush Tetris pieces. It’s from the makers of PixelJunk, Q Games. It will be available on Game Pass this fall.
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
A sequel to the original side-scrolling action RPG Soulslike. Tails of iron 2 takes the first game’s melee combat into the frozen abyss. The settlement building mechanics and brutal boss fights will be available later this year.
Promise Mascot Agency
The creators of Paradise Killer are back with another wild looking story. Promise Mascot Agency Recruit friends for strange tasks, upgrade your truck and explore the surrounding city.
humanity
humanity was an excellent, atmospheric puzzler on PlayStation last year. Now it’s finally coming to Xbox on May 30th. Once it’s there, it will be part of Game Pass.
hunger
hunger is a snack & slash role-playing game in which you hunt monsters and scale a seedy sci-fi underworld with the ingredients you collect along the way. Hopefully the recipes are worth the effort.
Hinterberg dungeon
Snowboards, zip lines, sword arms –Hinterberg dungeon has everything. The puzzle-based dungeon explorer will be released on July 18th.
Vampire survivors
The surprising “laboratory update” is available free of charge starting today. It includes monster-smashing trains, a minecart level, and doors that open. Plus Santa Claus-style weapons and two new characters. We also took another look at it Cons Update coming on May 9th.
The ID@Xbox stream also included sizzle reels for some indie games that are already available on other platforms but are coming to Game Pass in the near future: Fireworks, Depersonalization, Keplerth, Volcano PrincessAnd The rewinder. The last of these is available on the subscription service starting today.
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