Xbox Partner Preview live stream set for October 25 – 20 minutes of updates from third-party partners and indie studios

Publisher and developer Cygames, and developer Grounding, Inc. have released roguelite action game Little Noah: Scion of Paradise for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft Store. It is priced at $14.99 for the standard edition and $19.99 for the Special Edition.

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early November, which includes Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, WILD HEARTS, Football Manager 2024, and more.

ARK: Survival Evolved Unreal Engine 5 remake ARK: Survival Ascended is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam at a 10 percent-off launch week discount price of $40.49, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series launches to follow in November, publisher and developer Studio Wildcard, publisher Snail, and developers Grove Street Games and Instinct Games announced.

Microsoft has announced that it will be holding an on Wednesday, October 25 to show off titles being developed by the gaming giant’s third-party partners. While the recently revealed showcase promises to give gamers a glimpse of some upcoming PC and Xbox titles, no Activision Blizzard games will be included at this year’s event.

Xbox will debut its new broadcast format, Xbox Partner Preview, this week where we'll hear from its third-party partners like Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Remedy Entertainment, Studio Wildcard, and more. This new show will feature more than 20 minutes of trailers and new gameplay footage, and goes live at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 25. 

Nightdive Studios launched its ground-up remake of the original System Shock for PC earlier this year, with console versions still in the works, though the developer also has a remaster of System Shock 2 in the works that it announced back in 2019. It has, of course, been a while since we last got an official update on it, though recently at the Indie Horror Showcase, Nightdive premiered a new trailer for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition.

Nightdive Studios has released a new gameplay trailer for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, its remastered version of the 1999 classic science-fiction horror action RPG, as well as confirmed it will be available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series in addition to its previously announced PC version. It was previously only teased as coming to “next-generation consoles.” A release date was not announced. Users who purchased the System Shock remake on Steam or GOG will receive System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition for free.

Microsoft has released a big budget live-action Xbox Series X/S advert, timed for the holiday season, which showcases several high-profile console exclusives.

11 bit studios will publish INDIKA, a narrative-driven adventure game set in parallel 19th century Russia developed by Kazakhstan-based studio Odd Meter, the companies announced. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in 2024. Part of the game’s revenue will be donated to help children affected by the war in Ukraine.

Life simulation game Coral Island will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on November 14, publisher Humble Games and developer Stairway Games announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.

In a recent development, Kinetic Games has decided to postpone the release of the highly anticipated cooperative psychological horror game, Phasmophobia, for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. Initially slated for release in October, the game’s launch has been pushed to an unannounced date due to unforeseen challenges.

Kinetic Games has delayed the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of cooperative psychological horror game Phasmophobia from its previously planned October release window to an unannounced date.