Summary
Xboxhas shared a roadmap of its upcoming first-party games and expansions releasing in the final stretch of 2024 as well as titles that are scheduled for release in 2025. There are some concerns among theXboxcommunity about the company releasing more of its games on competing platforms and continuously declining hardware sales, but Xbox itself continues to acquire new studios and invest heavily in game development.
Xbox’s acquisitions and investmentshave started to really pay off these last couple of years, securing the green brand major exclusives. Xbox is looking to keep its momentum going strong for the end of 2024, putting out a roadmap showcasing all the new first-party Xbox games that are on deck.
The Xbox first-party games highlighted in the new roadmap begin withWorld of Warcraft’sThe War Withinexpansion, set to launch on August 26. Next up isAge of Mythology: Retold, releasing on September 4, followed byAra: History Untoldon September 24,Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatredon October 8,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6on October 25, andMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024on November 19.Indiana Jones and the Great CircleandTowerborneare both set to release in 2024 as well, but they are missing specific release dates at the time of this writing.
Upcoming Xbox Games for 2024 and 2025
Age of Mythology: Retold, Ara: History Untold, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Towerborne, Avowed, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Fable are all day one Xbox Game Pass releases.
As far as 2025 goes, Xbox gamers haveAvowedto look forward to on February 18, whileSouth of Midnight,Doom: The Dark Ages, andFableare all set for unspecified dates next year.Avowed,South of Midnight, andFableare all expected to be Xbox console exclusives, butDoom: The Dark Ageswill be a multi-platform release.
Most of the titles mentioned by Xbox in its roadmap are full-length releases, but it has also decided to highlight some expansions that are on the way, likeThe War Within,Shattered Space, andVessel of Hatred. While most of the games listed on the roadmap arealso coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, gamers interested in these expansions will have to pay for them separately.
Xbox Series X
Microsoft’s ninth-generation console, the Xbox Series X is a powerful machine that can support 4K resolution and 60 fps, depending on the game. Released alongside the Xbox Series S, the Series X has a Custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, a Custom RDNA 2 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.
