Xbox Games Showcase 2025: Full Recap of All the Big News

Officially, Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase 2025 set a high bar for game presentations. The over-90-minute event thrilled fans globally with its non-stop parade of announcements, gameplay teasers, and surprise drops. Xbox made a bold statement with over 30 game updates and a bold new hardware unveiling: gaming is here to stay on consoles, PCs, the cloud, and portable devices.
Let’s discuss each major reveal, from Game Pass surprises and a take-anywhere Xbox experience to great AAA brands and new IPs.

ROG Ally X

With the arrival of the ROG Ally X, an ASUS partnership that brings Xbox gaming to handheld form, Xbox created buzz right out of the gates. This device boots Windows 11 and launches directly into an Xbox-optimised interface, unlike the Steam Deck. It supports:

Xbox Game Pass natively
Battle.net, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, and Steam
A new controller and touchscreen-based user interface
The Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, 24 GB LPDDR5 RAM, 1 TB SSD, and 80 Wh battery offer improved portability and performance. All the major 2025 games will support full Game Pass cloud and local, Microsoft said.

Call of Duty

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, promises an immersive and visually impressive experience. The futuristic environment, set in the 2030s, focuses on a secret group navigating moral grey areas, espionage, and fabricated memories and introduces a new campaign with decision branches enabled by co-ops, all contributing to a deeply engaging gameplay experience.
Highlights include:

A new campaign with decision branches enabled by co-ops
Brand-new zombie mode with a roguelike design
Integration of Warzones with Cross-Progression
Maps for multiplayer that are based on surreal places

Entertainment Obsidian

The Outer Worlds 2
The second game, The Outer Worlds 2, is located in the Arcadia star system and offers significant improvements over its predecessor. It features better AI, more intense space battles, a more complex reputation-driven diplomacy system, and more fleshed-out storylines, promising a more immersive and engaging gaming experience.
Action-oriented gunfights and expanded chat trees were featured in the latest trailer.

Grounded 2
The second game, set in a bigger suburban backyard with weather and day-night cycles, includes:

Six-player co-ops

Boss battles (raccoons, wasps, etc.)

Vertical zones for tree climbing

Tech trees and character customization for new characters

Release dates:

October 29, 2025: Outer Worlds 2

Grounded 2: July 29, 2025 — First Day of Game Pass

Final Fantasy

Fans were caught off guard by Square Enix’s one-two punch:

Throughout the showcase, Final Fantasy XVI dropped immediately. The Xbox Series X|S now features the fully optimized version of the game, along with all its expansions. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade hits Xbox in winter 2025, prepping players for Part 2.

Ninja Gaiden 4

The Xbox Games Showcase officially announced Ninja Gaiden 4 by Team Ninja, ten years after the game’s previous silence. A return to swordsmanship at breakneck speeds, along with gruesome sequences and intense stealth action, was teased in the video. The game is equipped with the following:

Real-time gear swapping and modular weapons
Japanese mythology as a source for bosses
Providing options for hard difficulty and rewards for speedrunning

Release date: October 21, 2025
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox, and Game Pass: Verified

Double Fine Production

After the success of Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions launched the story-dense puzzle-platformer Keeper. The game focuses on a mysterious lighthouse keeper who interprets strange visions related to a storm-battered island.
Players will:

Unravel spatial puzzles influenced by the fluctuating weather.
Manage extremely close character stories.
Choose points in the story through dream sequences
Estimated release date: early 2026

Hollow Knight

After years of anticipation, Team Cherry thrilled fans by announcing Hollow Knight: Silksong will launch on Game Pass on December 1, 2025. New abilities, weapons, and mechanics teased in the trailer have fans eager for the sequel.
Super Meat Boy 3D, by contrast, turned the franchise on its head with its quick 3D platforming, time attack modes, and boss rushes. Early in 2026, it will also appear on Game Pass.

PERSONA 4

Persona 4 Revival, a full remake of Persona 4, has been announced by Atlus and will be optimized for Xbox and Game Pass. Deep RPG ideas and innovative time-travel obstacles were showcased in InXile’s Clockwork Revolution. Other newly revealed IPs:

In a mortality-stricken multiverse, At Fate’s End is a soulslike role-playing game.
Pokémon-like independent creature collector Aniimo
Aphelion: Colony building and space survival
The Grand Does Not Have Ghosts: A Storytelling Horror Mystery