Livestream events produced by Microsoft Gaming
Xbox Developer_Direct Logo since 2024
Status Active Genre Video game livestream event Frequency Annually Years active 2023–present Inaugurated January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25 ) Most recent January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23 ) Organised by Microsoft Gaming
Xbox Developer Direct (stylized as Developer_Direct Microsoft Gaming to showcase upcoming first-party content from Xbox Game Studios , Bethesda Softworks , Activision , Blizzard Entertainment , and King .[ 1] third-party titles.[ 2] [ 3]
History
Xbox Developer Direct was founded as part of Microsoft's ongoing efforts to enhance communication and engagement with gamers worldwide.[ 4] [ 5]
The first showcase was announced on January 11, 2023, and took place on January 25, 2023. Developer Direct has evolved and expanded. Initially focusing on presentations from Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks, in 2024 the event series has grown to encompass a broader range of developers and publishers, including third-party titles.[ 5] [ 6]
Each Xbox Developer Direct event typically features a combination of announcements, trailers, gameplay reveals, and developer interviews. These presentations offer audiences a look into upcoming games, downloadable content (DLC), expansion packs , updates, and other relevant developments.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
List of events
Alongside the Xbox Developer Direct livestreams, other Xbox events without the "Xbox Developer Direct" branding are listed. These include various Xbox showcases that have continued following the establishment of Developer Direct format in 2023.
Xbox Developer Direct
Name
Date
Duration
Games featured
Ref.
Developer_Direct
January 25, 2023
44 minutes
Minecraft Legends Forza Motorsport Hi-Fi Rush The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom Redfall [ 10] [ 11]
Developer_Direct 2024
January 18, 2024
48 minutes and 42 seconds
Avowed Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Visions of Mana Ara: History Untold Indiana Jones and the Great Circle [ 6] [ 12]
Developer_Direct 2025
January 23, 2025
52 minutes and 29 seconds
Ninja Gaiden 4 Ninja Gaiden 2 Black South of Midnight Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Doom: The Dark Ages [ 13] [ 14]
Xbox Games Showcase
Name
Date
Duration
Games featured
Ref.
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase E3 2021
June 13, 2021
2 hours, 15 minutes
Starfield Halo Infinite Forza Horizon 5 Redfall Diablo II: Resurrected S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Back 4 Blood Battlefield 2042 Contraband The Outer Worlds 2 Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life Grounded Yakuza Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Twelve Minutes Psychonauts 2 Microsoft Flight Simulator Age of Empires IV Doom Eternal Fallout 76 The Elder Scrolls Online Party Animals Hades Somerville A Plague Tale: Requiem Far Cry 6 Slime Rancher 2 Atomic Heart Shredders , Replaced, Among Us , The Ascent
[ 15] [ 16]
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase
June 12, 2022
1 hour, 35 minutes and 18 seconds
Redfall Hollow Knight: Silksong High on Life A Plague Tale: Requiem Forza Motorsport Microsoft Flight Simulator Overwatch 2 Ara: History Untold The Elder Scrolls Online - High Isle Fallout 76 Forza Horizon 5 Ark 2 Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Minecraft Legends Lightyear Frontier Gunfire Reborn The Last Case of Benedict Fox League of Legends League of Legends: Wild Rift Valorant As Dusk Falls Naraka: Bladepoint Pentiment Grounded Ereban: Shadow Legacy Diablo IV Sea of Thieves Ravenlok Cocoon Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Persona 3 Portable Persona 4 Golden Persona 5 Royal OD Starfield [ 17] [ 18]
Xbox Games Showcase + Starfield Direct
June 11, 2023
1 hour, 52 minutes, and 18 seconds
Fable , South of Midnight, Star Wars: Outlaws , 33 Immortals, Payday 3 , Persona 3 Reload , Avowed , Sea of Thieves , Microsoft Flight Simulator , Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 , Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 , Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth , Fallout 76 , Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Forza Motorsport , The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom , Overwatch 2 , Persona 5 Tactica , Starfield , Jusant , Still Wakes The Deep , Dungeons of Hinterberg, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty , Cities: Skylines II , Metaphor: ReFantazio , Towerborne , Clockwork Revolution [ 19] [ 20]
Xbox Games Showcase + Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Direct
June 9, 2024
1 hour, 47 minutes, and 7 seconds
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 , Doom: The Dark Ages , State of Decay 3 , Dragon Age: The Veilguard , Starfield: Shattered Space , Fallout 76 , Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 , South of Midnight , World of Warcraft: The War Within , Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater , Sea of Thieves , Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn , Age of Mythology: Retold , Perfect Dark , Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred , Fable , Fragpunk, Winter Burrow, Mixtape, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 , The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, Life is Strange: Double Exposure , Indiana Jones and the Great Circle , Mechabreak, Avowed , Atomfall, Assassin's Creed Shadows , S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl , Gears of War: E-Day [ 21] [ 22]
Xbox Partner Preview
Name
Date
Duration
Games featured
Ref.
Xbox Partner Preview
October 25, 2023
28 minutes and 51 seconds
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater , Alan Wake 2 , Ark: Survival Ascended , Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth , Still Wakes the Deep , Manor Lords, IKARO: Will Not Die, Spirit of the North 2, RoboCop: Rogue City , Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Finals [ 23] [ 24]
Xbox Partner Preview
March 6, 2024
29 minutes and 31 seconds
Unknown 9: Awakening, Sleight of Hand, The Alters , Creatures of Ava, Roblox , The Sinking City 2 , S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone Trilogy, Monster Jam Showdown, Persona 3 Reload , The First Berserker: Khazan, Tales of Kenzera: Zau , Frostpunk 2 , Final Fantasy XIV Online , Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
[ 25] [ 26]
Xbox Partner Preview
October 17, 2024
28 minutes and 43 seconds
Alan Wake 2 - The Lake House Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Subnautica 2 Animal Well , Edens Zero, Eternal Strands, Mistfall Hunter, Wheel World, Phasmophobia , The Legend Of Baboo, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers , FBC: Firebreak[ 27] [ 28]
Xbox Tokyo Game Show
Name
Date
Duration
Games featured
Ref.
Xbox Showcase - Tokyo Game Show 2021
September 30, 2021
50 minutes and 54 seconds
Scarlet Nexus AI: The Somnium Files Mighty Goose Back 4 Blood Forza Horizon 5 Halo Infinite Ghostwire: Tokyo Redfall Starfield The Good Life Eternal Return [ 29] [ 30]
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2022
September 15, 2022
39 minutes and 39 seconds
Persona 5 Royal Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Exoprimal BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle - Special Edition Guilty Gear Strive Naraka: Bladepoint Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Overwatch 2 Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Dyson Sphere Program Forza Horizon 5 Palworld Assassin's Creed Odyssey Fuga: Melodies of Steel Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 Deathloop [ 31] [ 32]
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2023
September 21, 2023
41 minutes and 4 seconds
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Forza Motorsport Mineko's Night Market Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Like a Dragon: Ishin! Persona 5 Tactica Persona 3 Reload Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Octopath Traveler II Fallout 76 The Elder Scrolls Online Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi , Exoprimal Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai My Lovely Express , Palworld Party Animals PUBG: Battlegrounds Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty [ 33] [ 34]
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024
September 26, 2024
51 minutes and 11 seconds
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater StarCraft: Remastered StarCraft II Overwatch 2 Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars Tanuki Pon's Summer , Threads of Time , Indiana Jones and the Great Circle We Love Katamari ReROLL + Royal Reverie Metaphor: ReFantazio FragPunk , Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & The Envisioned Land , Asurajang Rumble , Fallout 76 Synduality: Echo of Ada Bleach: Rebirth of Souls , Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars All You Need is Help , The Starbites: Taste of DesertSlitterhead Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Legend of Mana Trials of Mana Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster [ 35] [ 36]
See also
References
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