Xbox Partner Preview 2023: All The Big Announcements

25.10.2023 - 18:15 / gamespot.com / Peter Weller

By Darryn Bonthuys on

After a year of some terrific first-party releases like Hi-Fi Rush, Starfield, and Forza Motorsport, Xbox is focusing on a preview of what fans can expect from third-party developers as part of its Xbox Partner Preview. While the company has confirmed that Activision Blizzard won't be the subject of any news or reveals in the wake of its official acquisition, Xbox did announce that there'll be a fresh look at Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Alan Wake 2, Ark: Survival Ascended, and Dungeons of Hinterberg in this short livestream.

We'll be running a live update of all the big reveals and key announcements during this livestream, so be sure to hit your F5 key for updates. This event is expected to run for about 30 minutes, plenty of time to drop some new trailers and maybe even a surprise or two for Xbox Game Pass.

Between gang warfare, killer sharks, and hostile VTubers, the action in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth can get stressful. Fortunately, protagonist Ichiban Kasuga can catch a breather between missions on his very own tropical paradise, Dondoko Island. In this new mode, players will be able to build their own dream homes, interact with friends, and smash the faces in of anyone who attempts to harsh their mellow buzz. That's right, the next Like a Dragon game is basically getting an Animal Crossing mode.

Inspired by classic horror movies, Still Wakes the Deep is essentialy John Carpenter's The Thing on an oil rig. Developer The Chinese Room has put together a game of unsettling themes, while also imbuing the project with a distinctively British atmosphere. A group of professionals, cut off and alone,have to find a way to survive when confronted with a seemingly unbeatable enemy. Scheduled for a 2024 release, this new trailer for the game showed off several of its dangerous environments, atmospheric lighting, and a creepy taste of the terror that's stalking you.

In a new trailer for RoboCop: Rogue City, developer Teyon showed off more of the upcoming game and its efforts to capture the look and feel of Old Detroit. Elements like dark humor, '80s vibes, retro sci-fi, and early cyberpunk themes defined the look and feel of the original RoboCop films, and this new trailer had plenty of those vibes. There was also a brief glimpse at RoboCop himself--once again voiced by Peter Weller--as he researches a sudden rise in gang warfare and even battles his old nemesis ED-209.

The first gameplay trailer for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has arrived, giving the game a massive Unreal Engine 5 glow-up that captures the Cold War-era aesthetics and jungle guerrilla warfare of the original game. Not too much detail was shown off in this brief look, but so far, the game looks like a