Ever since Microsoft launched its flagship Xbox Series X|S consoles, it has gone beyond the call of duty to provide the video game community with an endless stream of exceptional and entertaining titles. Whether it’s a AAA blockbuster action epic or an artistically rich indie adventure, the Xbox Series X|S’s gigantic games library has something for everyone. A library that will continue to grow in 2024 and beyond with lots of new Xbox games.
As there are so many Xbox games being developed, it can seem like a Herculean task to keep track of them all. So, we have decided to take up this arduous mission to catalog and highlight all the best upcoming Xbox games, with some of the biggest and most intriguing upcoming AAA and indie games coming soon for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
With this list, you will be able to more easily keep a close eye on your most anticipated titles’ release dates and grab the next potentially best Xbox games as soon as they come out.
Metal Slug Tactics is a strategy RPG spin-off of the Metal Slug franchise. This game trades the series iconic run & gun gameplay for turn-based tactical warfare as you command the Peregrine Falcon Squad to destroy the evil Rebel Army in an epic single-player campaign with roguelike progression.
Gather a squad and blow enemies in gloriously detailed pixel-art explosions in the turn-based strategy spin-off of the classic Metal Slug series.
Buy for Xbox: $24.99 at Xbox
Death Stranding: Director's Cut (November 7, 2024)
In a shocking turn of events, Kojima Productions has suddenly announced that Kojima's critically acclaimed action-adventure title, Death Stranding, is finally available on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC right now!
This game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the boundaries between the realm of the living and dead have been shattered by a supernatural event called the 'Death Stranding.' In this dark world, you play as Sam Bridges, a Porter who makes a living delivering packages across the broken remnants of America.
One day during his travels, Sam gets contacted by the President of the United Cities of America who charges him with a daunting mission to re-establish communications between the isolated cities of the country in the hopes of reviving the United States of America. However, Sam's mission will be easier said than done because he will be beset by supernatural rain that causes anybody to age rapidly upon contact, raiders who aim to steal your cargo, psychotic terrorist cultists, and horrifying monstrosities created from the 'Death Stranding'.
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From the creative mind of Hideo Kojima, the famous creator of the Metal Gear franchise, comes his next big blockbuster franchise - Death Stranding. Help Sam Bridges rebuild the United States of America by bringing hope back to its disillusioned populace while avoiding the wrath of terrifying monsters that can bend reality to their will.
Buy for Xbox: $19.99 at Xbox
Empire of the Ants (November 7, 2024)
Empire of Ants is a real-time strategy game developed by Tower Five and published by Microids. You command an ant colony and aim to help it survive in a cruel, eat-or-be-eaten world. You must order your ants to gather food, build shelters to withstand the elements, and repel hostile predators.
Empire of the Ants
Lead a colony of ants into the unknown to forage for food and fend your queen from hostile invading bugs in this RTS adaption of Bernard Werber's sci-fi novel, Empire of the Ants.
Buy for Xbox: $49.99 at Amazon | $49.99 at Best Buy) | $31.99 at CDKeys
Goat Simulator: Remastered (November 7, 2024)
Goat Simulator: Remastered is an HD remaster of the classic, chaotic sandbox simulator where you cause all kinds of mayhem and destruction as a goofy goat. This game enhances the original game with improved graphics and bug fixes (well, for the boring bugs) and bundles it together with all its post-launch DLC packs to create the definitive edition of Goat Simulator.
Return to the insane and chaotic roots of the Goat Simulator franchise with the original Goat Simulator now remastered with enhanced graphics, bug fixes, and reworked Mutators for a new generation of gamers.
Buy for Xbox: Xbox
Slitterhead (November 8, 2024)
Slitterhead is a dark action-adventure game set in Kowlong, a city rife with corruption and infested with demonic beings known as Slitterheads. You play as Hyoki, an amnesiac creature that appears human but is secretly a shape-shifting monster on a quest to exterminate the Slitterheads in the hopes of recovering its lost memories and discovering why they came into being.
Slitterhead
Become the horrific Hyoki and rend the grotesque Slitterheads asunder to discover your true identity in this reverse-horror game where you are the monster.
Buy for Xbox: Xbox
The Rise of the Golden Idol (November 12, 2024)
The Rise of the Golden Idol is a narrative detective game developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack. The game is set in 1970s and revolves around the Golden Idol, an ancient and mysterious artifact that is said to possess the power to reshape the world in the owner’s image.
Your goal is to find the Golden Idol by investigating 15 strange cases of criminal activities, murder, and depravity and looking for clues within that could help you theorize the artifact’s location.
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake (November 14, 2024)
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is an upcoming reimaging of Dragon Quest III, one of the most well-regarded titles in the Dragon Quest series and the JRPG genre at large. You play as Erdrick, a young hero tasked with the heavy burden of saving the world from being conquered by Baramos the Archfiend.
To defeat this vile villain, you will need to explore the world for allies to recruit for your cause and powerful gear that will help you defeat Baramos' monstrous minions in challenging turn-based battles.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake
Relive the adventures of the legendary hero Erdrick in Dragon Quest III, now remade with beautiful HD-2D graphics, quality-of-life improvements, and a polished turn-based battle system.
Buy at: $59.99 at Amazon (digital code) | $59.99 at Walmart | $59.99 at Best Buy
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (November 19, 2024)
Microsoft's iconic aviation simulator series has unveiled a new addition to the long-running franchise — Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. This upcoming new entry shall take advantage of technological advances in simulation, cloud data, and machine learning to deliver the most immersive gameplay and cutting-edge graphics the series has seen to date.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Take to the skies with a wide range of new playable vehicles and take on new high-flying challenges in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Buy for Xbox: $56.09 at CDKeys | $89.99 at GreenManGaming
Genshin Impact (November 20, 2024)
HiYoVerse's award-winning, online, open-world action-RPG, Genshin Impact, is finally coming to Xbox consoles. This game has you assume the role of the Traveller, an interdimensional adventurer who got separated from their sibling when they arrived in the magical world of Teyvat.
Your goal in this game is to find your missing sibling by exploring every corner of Teyvat and recruiting powerful heroes to help you overcome this world's deadly wildlife and devious villains.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl (November 20, 2024)
Microsoft also unveiled STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl at their July showcase as a timed exclusive for Xbox Series X and PC. STALKER is an open-world shooter with survival elements, tasking players to navigate a radiated Chernobyl filled with physics anomalies and other threats lurking in the dark.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
After over a decade and a half, the long-awaited sequel to the cult FPS, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is finally on its way. Explore a post-apocalyptic, radioactive wasteland to find fortune or the truth behind the dark world you now struggle to survive in.
Pre-order: Amazon | Best Buy
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Alexander Cope
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Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran of 30-plus years, primarily covering PC and Xbox games here on Windows Central. Gaming since the 8-bit era, Alexander's expertise revolves around gaming guides and news, with a particular focus on Japanese titles from the likes of Elden Ring to Final Fantasy. Alexander is always on deck to help our readers conquer the industry's most difficult games — when he can pry himself away from Monster Hunter that is!
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