Xbox has now made the Developer Direct (“Developer_Direct) even an annual occasion now as there will be one for 2025.
The Developer Direct 2025 showcase will see four games be given an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look. Of the four, half of them are games by Microsoft (one from Xbox Game Studios and one from Bethesda), another is game with strong market affiliation with Xbox and one, as per tradition it would seem, mystery new game.
The games to be showcased are:
- South of Midnight by Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, Contrast)
- Doom: The Dark Ages by id Software
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Sandfall Interactive
- “visit a surprise location to see another studio’s brand new game” (per Xbox Wire)
In the first Developer Direct, that mystery game was Tango Gameworks’ Hi-Fi Rush. And last year it was Square Enix’s Visions Of Mana.
The Developer Direct will be livestreamed on January 23, 10 AM PT (3 AM Malaysia Time, +8 GMT) on Xbox’s various channels. It’s going to be hard to watch this live stream live at 3 in the morning in this side of the world, but you can expect fresh news of games coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass (as well on PlayStation—Doom: The Dark Ages and Clair Obscur are multi-platform games) coming next Thursday morning.