Everything announced at the March 2024 Xbox Partner Preview

06.03.2024 - 19:24 / digitaltrends.com / Tomas Franzese

The second-ever Xbox Partner Preview just took place, and it gave us a deeper look at some of the third-party games coming to Xbox. It has been an odd year for the Xbox, as its first-party lineup is finally starting to take shape with titles like Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, while fans are also concerned about the future of its platform in the wake of the decision to bring some of its games to the Nintendo Switch and PS5. This showcase demonstrated that third-party studios are still in full support of Xbox and by showing off some of their games that are on the way to Xbox Game Pass.

We got more in-depth looks at games like Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, and The First Berseker: Khazan, received release date confirmations for games like Frostpunk 2 and the Xbox version of Final Fantasy XIV, and were even pleasantly surprised by a few new game reveals. Check out the rest of this article for a full rundown of everything Microsoft showed off during the March 2024 Xbox Partner Preview.

11 Bit Studios takes center stage

It turns out that 11 bit Studios was the third-party publisher with the strongest showing at this Xbox Partner Preview as it platformed three of its upcoming games. Most notably, it announced a new Xbox console exclusive called Creatures of Ava. In Creatures of Ava, players save creatures from an infection called The Withering and then get the help of those creatures to solve puzzles and further explore its fantasy world. It looks like The Legend of Zelda by the way of Pokemon, all with nonviolent combat that’s more focused on healing and restoring infected creatures than hurting them. It launches later this year on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

We also learned that Frostpunk 2 will launch on PC on July 25 and got our first look at gameplay for The Alters. Both of those games will be on Xbox Game Pass when they launch this year.

• Everything announced at the Xbox Partner Preview

Final Fantasy XIV for Xbox launches this month

In the wake of the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Square Enix used this Xbox show to announce the full release of MMO Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox. It will exit its beta trial period on March 21. Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the beta now and will get access to a Starter Edition of Final Fantasy XIV, which can be claimed via Xbox Game Pass perks from March 21 to April 19.

Persona 3 Reload gets The Answer this September

Following a successful launch in February, Persona 3 Reload will receive new DLC called Episode Aigis — The Answer. It launches this September and finally brings The