IGN kicked off its annual Fan Fest occasion at the moment with an thrilling new ID@Xbox Showcase, bringing world premieres, Recreation Cross bulletins, launch dates, new gameplay and rather more from the unimaginable slate of indie builders engaged on video games for Xbox platforms proper now.
From action-roguelikes, to card video games, to cozy adventures, to recreation genres that don’t also have a identify but, this Showcase revealed how wild and great the indie area could be – it’s a celebration of what’s subsequent for gaming.
Learn on for each single bit of reports you may need missed.
33 Immortals – Launching March 18
We first noticed 33 Immortals throughout 2023’s Xbox Recreation Showcase, and this long-awaited co-op motion roguelike will arrive on March 18. Pitting as much as 33 gamers in opposition to hordes of monsters and gigantic bosses, 33 Immortals captures the enjoyment of MMO raids in a extra ‘choose up and play’ context. The discharge date trailer confirmed us a few of its darkish cartoon appears to be like, frenetic gameplay, and big social gathering sizes.
Balatro – Out At this time on Recreation Cross!
This award-winning roguelike poker sensation will get a shock Recreation Cross launch at the moment, however that was removed from the one announcement we received. Balatro can also be headed to Home windows PC, and we received the fourth Pals of Jimbo collaboration replace, bringing themed playing cards based mostly on (deep breath) Fallout, Murderer’s Creed, Civilization VII, Rust, Slay the Princess, Bugsnax, Lifeless By Daylight, and YouTube channel Important Position.
Blue Prince – Launching With Recreation Cross on April 10
A really distinctive expertise, Blue Prince combines exploration, puzzles, mapmaking, and card recreation programs to create a recreation we’ve really by no means seen earlier than. Resolve the mysteries of Mount Holly manor by actually piecing its rooms collectively, and fixing mysteries hidden all through the home you construct because of this. Uncover its secrets and techniques when the sport launches on April 10, coming to Xbox Sequence X|S, Home windows PC, and launching day one with Recreation Cross.
Buckshot Roulette – Coming to Xbox and Recreation Cross
This haunting expertise makes “playing together with your life” a really literal idea, and has already captivated and horrified PC gamers. Reworking the (already disagreeable) recreation of Russian Roulette by introducing a shotgun and a few dastardly further guidelines, this can be a true tabletop technique recreation with a grim twist. In at the moment’s present, we realized that Buckshot Roulette is on its approach to Xbox and Recreation Cross – put together your self.
Descenders Subsequent – Launching April 9
This sequel to the downhill biking Recreation Cross sensation, Descenders Subsequent broadens its scope to incorporate a number of methods to go actually, actually quick down a mountain. Promising to be the last word excessive sports activities recreation, sort out a number of biomes on snowboards and mountainboards when it arrives on April 9 with Recreation Cross.
Echo Weaver – Coming to Xbox and Recreation Cross
This superbly rendered “Metroidbrainia” attracts from traditional journey platformers and the likes of Outer Wilds to create a time looping world the place information is your best weapon. The trailer provided clues as to how, throughout a number of loops, you’ll piece collectively the story and form of a collapsed utopia and escape the temporal jail you’re trapped inside. Echo Weaver is coming to Xbox, with Recreation Cross.
Herdling – Coming to Xbox and Home windows PC
Developer Okomotive created two of essentially the most thrilling, mechanic-packed adventures of current years within the type of Far: Lone Sails and Far: Altering Tides, so you possibly can depend us very excited for his or her first absolutely 3D outing, Herdling. In a brand new trailer, we noticed rather more of the way you’ll information a herd of curious cattle throughout a ruined world (and the risks you’ll face alongside the way in which) – and realized that it’ll be coming to Xbox Sequence X|S and Home windows PC when it launches this summer season.
Resort Barcelona – Launching 2025
This lengthy awaited collaboration between legendary designers Suda51 and Swery is nearly upon us. This 2.5D action-platformer pits you in opposition to the horror-inspired denizens of the titular lodge, and the brand new trailer dives deeper into the Slasher Phantom, a brutal recreation mechanic that summons echoes of the participant’s previous runs to assist them in battle. We additionally noticed a number of the recreation’s arsenal of lethal weapons and skills, every designed to show the tide of battle in essentially the most grotesque methods doable.
Leap Ship – Coming to Xbox Recreation Preview
Developed by Hazelight (It Takes Two) and Mojang (Minecraft) alumni, this 1-4 participant FPS places you in command of a spaceship and asks you to tackle on-foot fight sections, seamlessly transitioning between the 2. The brand new trailer provides us a style of the way you’ll should work collectively to outlive, to not point out its tongue-in-cheek strategy to bombastic motion – plus we realized that it’ll be accessible in early entry by means of Xbox Recreation Preview this summer season.
Lies of P: Overture – New Story Trailer
We received a better take a look at the newly introduced DLC for acclaimed Soulslike, Lies of P. The Overture growth will see Geppetto’s Puppet encounter a mysterious artifact that transports him again in time to the world of Krat in its ultimate days of grandeur. The trailer provides us a melancholy take a look at Lea, the Legendary Stalker, on her relentless path of vengeance.
The Lonesome Guild – World Premiere
We received a world-first take a look at the brand new recreation from Don’t Nod (Life Is Unusual, Jusant), a whimsical action-RPG stuffed with coronary heart, battles, and bonds that change every part. Embark on a heroic journey as Ghost, a spirit who wakes to search out they maintain no recollections. Construct your dream group, change seamlessly between them to resolve puzzles and struggle your method by means of the collapsing world of Etere. The Lonesome Guild arrives for Xbox Sequence X|S this fall.
Moonlighter 2: The Infinite Vault – Coming to Recreation Cross
The sequel to the beloved action-RPG that solutions the query, “the place do RPG retailers get their inventory”, Moonlighter 2 takes on a model new full-3D, isometric look – providing new challenges and rewards because of this. The brand new trailer reveals each your new hometown and store, and the adventures in retailer as you journey to maintain your inventory flowing. Moonlighter 2: The Infinite Vault is coming to Xbox Sequence X|S, Home windows PC and Recreation Cross in 2025.
Outbound – Coming to Xbox in 2026
This beautiful open-world exploration recreation units you off with an empty camper van and sees you flip it into the house of your goals – alone or along with your pals. Construct and discover at your individual tempo. Scavenge supplies, craft, and construct in and on prime of your car with modular elements. Advance in know-how and effectively use vitality to energy your own home, whereas adjusting your playstyle to adapt to new landscapes and altering environmental circumstances. Outbound is coming to Xbox Sequence X|S in 2026.
Ratatan – Coming to Xbox
A brand new recreation from the creators of the beloved Patapon, Ratatan is a rhythm technique roguelike that sees you taking more and more big teams of minions by means of a world by which that you must actually conduct your assaults – hit the rhythm and also you’ll keep alive. Combine in as much as four-player co-op, and you’ll have over 100 characters onscreen in a single struggle. Ratatan involves Xbox this 12 months.
Revenge of the Savage Planet – Coming to Recreation Cross on Could 8
We received a brand new take a look at this co-op exploration journey by the use of an in-universe business for the Kindred Catalog – Revenge of the Savage Planet options dozens of contemporary and humorous upgrades such because the goo cannon, which permits gamers to create slippery, sticky or flammable surfaces on this planet! Or a whip to maintain creatures from consuming your face! Or a grapple to swing from level to level! Or a lasso to seize creatures and ship them again to your Habitat for analysis. So many instruments, so many choices, so some ways to play. We don’t have lengthy to attend to strive all of this out – Revenge of the Savage Planet arrives for Xbox on Could 8, and shall be accessible day one with Recreation Cross.
Rockbeasts – World Premiere
We received one other world-first take a look at Rockbeasts, a “rock and roll band supervisor” recreation by which you playthe supervisor of a legendary ‘90s band (who simply occur to be animals). Lead a band of misfits on a roller-coaster experience to stardom within the age of MTV, rock anthems, and dangerous haircuts. Rockbeasts is a story-driven, role-playing administration recreation that places you within the footwear of a supervisor of an up-and-coming rock band. Your job – take them to the highest. It arrives for Xbox Sequence X|S this 12 months.
Tanuki: Pon’s Summer time – Coming to Recreation Cross
We received one other take a look at this lovely courier life sim after its debut at Tokyo Recreation Present. The brand new trailer confirmed us how we’ll be performing stunt-filled supply missions alongside enjoyable in its bucolic city – from baseball, to sumo apply, to drumming. Tanuki: Pon’s Summer time arrives in late 2025, and it’s coming to Recreation Cross.
Tempopo – Coming to Recreation Cross on April 17
The latest title from the award-winning group behind Unpacking, Tempopo is a puzzle journey bursting with music. Enjoying as Hana, you enter a fantasy world by which that you must conduct the titular Tempopo creatures to resolve puzzles scattered internationally’s sky islands – earlier than heading again house and cultivating her backyard. The brand new trailer confirmed off new gameplay, and revealed that the sport will come to Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One on April 17, and can launch into Recreation Cross day one.
Tron: Catalyst – Launching June 17
From Disney, writer BigFan, and the event group at Bithell Video games, the brand new trailer for Tron: Catalyst gave us a better take a look at our recreation’s protagonist, Exo, who’s preventing for her survival within the area. An explosive occasion has gifted Exo the flexibility to understand the glitch tearing aside her house, the Arq Grid, and given her the distinctive means to loop time itself. This thrilling isometric motion our recreation gives fight, dialog, and Mild Cycle exploration within the metropolis of Vertical Slice. Tron: Catalyst involves Xbox Sequence X|S on June 17.
Final Sheep Racoon – Coming to Recreation Cross
This chaotic side-scrolling, bike using social gathering recreation received a brand new trailer saying that it’ll come to Recreation Cross upon launch – after which we noticed the IGN group taking part in the sport’s 8-player mode. They confirmed off quite a lot of totally different blocks that may hinder your motion or launch you forward of the competitors, two totally different ranges with various issue, and confirmed how the totally different power-ups can actually make a distinction within the race.
Wax Heads – Launching Summer time 2026
We received a brand new take a look at this slice-of-life narrative recreation set round working a struggling report retailer. Exhibiting off its beautiful hand-drawn appears to be like, the trailer reveals extra of the way you’ll chat to quirky prospects with distinctive tastes, discover a handcrafted report assortment, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or simply slack off together with your colleagues – no matter will get everybody’s groove again! Wax Heads will come to Xbox Sequence X|S in summer season 2026.
Woodo – Coming to Xbox
This cozy, story-driven recreation confirmed off extra of its lovely artwork fashion and pieced-together 3D puzzles. The trailer revealed the way you’ll construct the story by actually constructing the world, pulling 3D objects out of your menus to fill a scene, revealing extra of the story of most important characters Cunning and Ben as you go. Woodo is on its approach to Xbox Sequence X|S.
