Serious Sam is back! Announced during today's Xbox Partner Showcase, Serious Sam: Shatterverse is a co-operative multiplayer Roguelite FPS from Devolver Digital and Behavior Interactive. It's set to release some time this year on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.
What better way to celebrate a Thursday than another Xbox Partner Preview showcase? Yes, it’s that time again when Microsoft turns to its chums and offers them the spotlight; a chance to show the world what they've been working on. As usually, that likely means a mix of bigger third-party games and some smaller, but no less enticing indie treats. We’ll be charting the news as it arrives, so ready yourself for the reveals below.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn developer Owlcat - known for making Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader - has confirmed it is using generative AI during the sci-fi game's development.
Owlcat's promising Mass Effecty take on sci-fi fiction The Expanse - Expanse: Osiris Reborn - has been given a release window of next spring (2027), but there will be a closed beta demo released next month so people who've pre-purchased the more expensive editions of the game can try it.
From Teyon, the same developers behind Robocop: Rogue City, this new action RPG is set within the same World of Darkness setting as Vampire the Masquerade, and according to a new Xbox Wire blog post, pulls from Baldur’s Gate 3 and the TV show ‘Supernatural.
GSC Game World has announced new DLC for Stalker 2 at today's Xbox Partner Showcase. Titled Cost of Hope, it's a full expansion to the first person shooter set to release Summer 2026.
Ever since it was announced in April 2025, Star Wars Zero Company has quickly become one of those unexpected games to watch out for. XCOM, but Star Wars? Sure, sign us up. Now, after nearly one year in the shadows, Respawn Entertainment and Bit Reactor have shown a bit more of the game off.
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At this evening's Xbox Partner Preview, we got a fresh look at Ryu Ga Gotoku's Stranger Than Heaven, as well as news that a dedicated broadcast will air this May.
The wait is over. The spectacular 
AdHoc Studio will bring its delightful superhero comedy Dispatch to Xbox this summer. It'll be available on Xbox Series S/X, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud. And it will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
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