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A reliableXboxinsider has suggested that the upcoming Developer Direct might be a lot bigger thanMicrosoftis currently letting on, which raises the stakes for the mystery game that’s being revealed.
Although the start of the year is usually a quiet time for gaming news as publishers and developers gear up for a busy Summer, that isn’t the case for 2025.From the second GTA 6 trailerto thelong-awaited announcement of the Switch 2, there’s a ton of news that we’re all collectively waiting for. As of yesterday, we can add an exciting Xbox Developer Direct to add to that list.
Just like it did in 2022 and 2023,Xbox is kicking off the year with a Developer Direct that focuses on three big games-Doom: The Dark Ages,South of Midnight, andClair Obscur: Expedition 33. We’ve also been promised a reveal of a brand-new game from a “surprise studio”, which has everyone speculating about what it could be.
My money and my heart are on Double Fine.
Xbox Insider Suggests The Developer Direct Is Bigger Than We Think
That already sounds like a big first showing for Xbox, but it seems that it could be a more exciting event than we all think. Over on Twitter,Windows Central’s editor-in-chief and reliable Xbox insider Jez Corden reacted to the eventby saying that it “might be a lot bigger than Microsoft is letting on”.
Corden’s statement is vague enough that it could really mean anything, but there are a few possibilities. The first is that the mystery game that Xbox is revealing will be a big deal and not a smaller title from an unknown studio.Considering the last game that was revealed at a Developer Direct was Hi-Fi Rush, that’s pretty exciting to think about.
You might want to dial down expectations for an Oblivion remake,as Corden says that he isn’t expecting to see it at the show.
The other possibility is that the Developer Direct will reveal some big details about the games that are featured. While it’s very likely we’ll get a release date for at least one of the titles, Corden’s comment could suggest that more than one of the games will have a release window, and not just South of Midnight like many of us are expecting.
Whatever the case, it looks like there are a lot of potential reasons to get excited about Xbox’s Developer Direct in less than two weeks.
