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Xbox is gearing up for a significant year in 2025, with major announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct event on January 23. Here are the key highlights:

• Ninja Gaiden 4: A new entry in the series co-developed by Team Ninja and PlatinumGames, releasing in Fall 2025 for Xbox, PC, and PS5.
• Ninja Gaiden II Black (Remake): Available now on Xbox and Game Pass.
• South of Midnight: An action-adventure game by Compulsion Games, releasing on April 8, 2025.
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: A turn-based RPG by Sandfall Interactive, launching on April 24, 2025.
• Doom: The Dark Ages: A prequel to the Doom series, releasing on May 15, 2025.

These titles will all be available on Xbox Game Pass, reinforcing its position as a key part of Xbox's ecosystem.
Additionally, Microsoft is advancing in tech with features like a new in-game browser overlay for Windows 11 and AI-powered Windows search. They continue their partnership with OpenAI and plan to release new Surface devices, positioning 2025 as a pivotal year for Xbox and Microsoft.

2025 looks like a great year for Xbox

Xbox Game Pass is finally getting a regular drop of games.

www.theverge.com

or use Ctrl + S

Thomas Warren might not be very knowledgeable about web tech

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

best generation ever for my Xbox

 

[Loomy]

This year for sure.

 

[LectureMaster]

best generation ever for my Xbox

 

[JohnnyFootball]

The best year for Microsoft 3rd party. Ill go with that.

 

[nial]

What's up with people bringing up multiplatform games published by third-party companies (Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Clair Obscur Expedition 33) as to why it's a good year for Microsoft? If you were talking specifically about Game Pass, okay, but otherwise it feels desperate.

 

[LectureMaster]

Definitely a great year for Xbox, as game devs and publishers.

 

[Unknown?]

For instance, if you look at the top selling PS charts, there is a lot of Microsoft there

 

[damidu]

a great year for Xbox, if you are not the Xbox lol

 

[ManaByte]

Someone said something positive about Xbox!

 

[MayauMiao]

Nintendo: You did good there, Xbox.

 

[Fake]

 

[evanft]

So let's go over each console's lineup.

	Xbox	Switch 2	PS5
Sony's games			X
Nintendo's games		X
Microsoft's games	X	X	X
Multiplatform games	X	X (when feasible)	X

Ah yes, a great year.

EDIT: I had Nintendo's games listed for PS5. LMAO I'm an idiot.

 

[mckmas8808]

What's up with people bringing up multiplatform games published by third-party companies (Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Clair Obscur Expedition 33) as to why it's a good year for Microsoft? If you were talking specifically about Game Pass, okay, but otherwise it feels desperate.

I don't think Ninja Giden Black is coming to Playstation.

 

[Moriarty1889]

Not for their hardware. On top of selling like shite it also is not available in many areas especially the black series x with disc drive.

 

[nial]

I don't think Ninja Giden Black is coming to Playstation.

It already did.

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black

The legendary high-speed ninja action game returns graphically remastered

store.playstation.com

And unlike NG4, this is published by Koei Tecmo itself, so you can't go the "but it's still first-party" route there.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

What's up with people bringing up multiplatform games published by third-party companies (Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and Clair Obscur Expedition 33) as to why it's a good year for Microsoft? If you were talking specifically about Game Pass, okay, but otherwise it feels desperate.

Tom Warren, desperate? No

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2024 along with their publishers or developers:

| Rank | Game Title | Publisher/Developer |
|------|------------|---------------------|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Activision |
| 2 | EA Sports College Football 25 | EA Sports |
| 3 | Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| 4 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 5 | NBA 2K25 | 2K Sports |
| 6 | Madden NFL 25 | EA Sports |
| 7 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Activision |
| 8 | EA Sports FC 25 | EA Sports |
| 9 | Elden Ring | FromSoftware |
| 10 | EA Sports MVP Bundle | EA Sports |

These rankings are based on dollar sales across all platforms, including physical and digital.

Weird, not a ton of exclusives in the top 10. Shocker.

 

[mckmas8808]

It already did.

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black

The legendary high-speed ninja action game returns graphically remastered

store.playstation.com

And unlike NG4, this is published by Koei Tecmo itself, so you can't go the "but it's still first-party" route there.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Oh there's a gap between them alright. A 5:1 gap in consoles sold in 2024.

 

[Three]

Someone said something positive about Xbox!

You say this as if Tom Warren isn't stanning for xbox every week. Nobody is shocked.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Tom Warren again

 

[GymWolf]

They need fable and gears to have a year definitely better than sony because i bet that cringe fedex simulator 2 and trans of yohei are gonna score pretty high and sony is probably gonna have 1-2 good caliber third party timed exclusives like they did this year.

 

[Zacfoldor]

So let's go over each console's lineup.

	Xbox	Switch 2	PS5
Sony's games			X
Nintendo's games		X	X
Microsoft's games	X	X	X
Multiplatform games	X	X (when feasible)	X

Ah yes, a great year.

You sir have blown my mind.

Do the X's represent where each publisher's games will land?

If so, why in the blue fuck are Nintendo games marked as coming to PS5? If not, I think I'm dumb, lol.

 

[Tajaz2426]

Ricky is going to be excited, he may come back. He was very sure that the Series S was going to be the actual competition for PS5 and the X would be blowing it out of the water. Come on back, Ricky.

 

[DonJimbo]

Yes its going to be a great year for xbox in uncle phils dreams

 

[noob smokes]

Imagine they started off this gen packin that much heat

 

[Cakeboxer]

A(nother) great year for Game Pass subscribers would be a better title.

 

[Horseganador]

If he tells me it will be a good year for GP...I accept it, but saying it will be a good year for Xbox is a joke that he himself doesn't believe.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2024 along with their publishers or developers:

| Rank | Game Title | Publisher/Developer |
|------|------------|---------------------|
| 1 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Activision |
| 2 | EA Sports College Football 25 | EA Sports |
| 3 | Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios |
| 4 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 5 | NBA 2K25 | 2K Sports |
| 6 | Madden NFL 25 | EA Sports |
| 7 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Activision |
| 8 | EA Sports FC 25 | EA Sports |
| 9 | Elden Ring | FromSoftware |
| 10 | EA Sports MVP Bundle | EA Sports |

These rankings are based on dollar sales across all platforms, including physical and digital.

Weird, not a ton of exclusives in the top 10. Shocker.

Now imagine if Xbox made COD exclusive.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

A return to form for Xbox.

 

[FoxMcChief]

best generation ever for my Xbox

Someone’s got to put games out on it in 2025. Doesn’t look like Sony is.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Someone’s got to put games out on it in 2025. Doesn’t look like Sony is.

Yeah, bravo Microsoft for buying these ip that would have come to PS5 to begin with and then putting them on PS5 because your own console failed. Well done for all the hard work! You deserve all the credit!

 

[Perrott]

>Great year for Xbox
>Multiplatform games

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Someone’s got to put games out on it in 2025. Doesn’t look like Sony is.

DS2 and GOY > any of MS “first party” releases in 2025

Glad I can enjoy both tho

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Someone’s got to put games out on it in 2025. Doesn’t look like Sony is.

Doesn't matter, all the games in OP except South of Midnight are part of the Playstation games library.

Cheerleading for Xbox is like cheerleading for EA or Ubisoft.

 

[Pedro Motta]

Fuck Tom Warren

 

[FoxMcChief]

Doesn't matter, all the games in OP except South of Midnight are part of the Playstation games library.

Cheerleading for Xbox is like cheerleading for EA or Ubisoft.

Ok

 

[DenchDeckard]

People are really not going to be able to handle MS putting out good games it seems.

It's great that they will come out on ps, so enjoy them. Why can't it be a good year for Xbox if they are putting out good games.

Putting out good games and generating scale from putting games out on playstation. How is this a thing to mock?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Ok

What's wrong? It's facts

 

[FoxMcChief]

What's wrong? It's facts

Nothing. I didn’t disagree. I’m just glad Xbox and the other third party devs can help out Sony with their lackluster looking year of exclusives.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Now imagine if Xbox made COD exclusive.

It would sell a lot less and make way less money

 

[Killjoy-NL]

It would sell a lot less and make way less money

Yes, that was my point.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Yes, that was my point.

Yes, games limited to certain platforms make less. Helldivers 2 would be higher on the list if it was also on Xbox.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Yes, games limited to certain platforms make less. Helldivers 2 would be higher on the list if it was also on Xbox.

I'd argue that cutting Playstation off COD at this point might even kill the franchise.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I'd argue that cutting Playstation off COD at this point might even kill the franchise.

Well no offense but you have notoriously terrible takes so that take is on brand for you.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Didn't read but we have xbox related articles and posts claiming this will be the year... at the beginning of every year

But it may finally be true. Ending the year with Indy and the announced games for April and May? Yeah, looks good to me.

 

[SmokedMeat]

The usual suspects behind the emoji laughs, right now.

Don’t worry, Microsoft’s going to bail you guys out so you’re not stuck playing Aloy’s Lego Adventure.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

People are really not going to be able to handle MS putting out good games it seems.

It's great that they will come out on ps, so enjoy them. Why can't it be a good year for Xbox if they are putting out good games.

Putting out good games and generating scale from putting games out on playstation. How is this a thing to mock?

People like you claiming Sony has no games while praising MS’s 2025

 

[adamsapple]

best generation ever for my Xbox

Not for that one you're holding, Jimothy.