- The next Xbox Developer Direct will take place this month
- There will be fresh looks on Doom: The Dark Ages and South of midnight
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and another game will also be displayed
It’s time to mark your calendars again, Xbox executives, as a new Developer Direct presentation has been announced for this month.
The official Xbox Wire post has all the details and locks in the Developer Direct showcase on January 23rd at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM GMT. As always, it will be broadcast at that time on official Xbox channels such as YouTube.
Four games will be showcased at this Xbox Developer Direct. First up is id Studios’ Doom: The Dark Ages, an all-new prequel set before the earliest events of the legendary demon-slaying first-person shooter series.
Next up is South of midnight from Compulsion Games. Xbox claims this new look will be a “deep dive” into the upcoming action-adventure title. That’s good news, as we’ve only seen very brief snippets of gameplay and teasers so far, and we’re still unsure what the overall experience could really be like.
The final confirmed game for the Xbox Developer Direct is Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a highly anticipated AAA turn-based RPG with a stacked voice cast featuring Charlie Cox and Andy Serkis together Final Fantasy 16‘s Ben Starr and Baldur’s Gate 3‘s Jennifer English. It’s one of my most anticipated releases this year and I can’t wait to learn more about it.
Finally, Developer Direct will pay a visit to a “surprise location” to see a mysterious “brand new game”. Of course, Xbox hasn’t revealed what this game is, but there are a few notable Xbox Game Studios frontrunners in FablePerfect darkness, and Gears of War: E-Day.
If I were a betting man, I’d put money on it Fable. According to the latest trailer, we know it’s earmarked for a ‘2025’ release window. That said, we haven’t seen much at all in terms of gameplay. As such, this Developer Direct is the right time to blow the doors wide open for the return of one of Xbox’s most beloved franchises.
