Ever since Microsoft launched its flagship Xbox Series X|S consoles, it has gone beyond the call of duty to provide the video game community with an endless stream of exceptional and entertaining titles. Whether it’s a AAA blockbuster action epic or an artistically rich indie adventure, the Xbox Series X|S’s gigantic games library has something for everyone. A library that will continue to grow in 2024 and beyond with lots of new Xbox games.
As there are so many Xbox games being developed, it can seem like a Herculean task to keep track of them all. So, we have decided to take up this arduous mission to catalog and highlight all the best upcoming Xbox games, with some of the biggest and most intriguing upcoming AAA and indie games coming soon for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
With this list, you will be able to more easily keep a close eye on your most anticipated titles’ release dates and grab the next potentially best Xbox games as soon as they come out.
Dynasty Warriors: Origins (January 17, 2025)
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is an upcoming prequel to Koei Tecmo's hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors series. Take on the role of a new nameless protagonist and embark on an epic journey to reclaim your memories while battling massive armies and the greatest warriors of the Three Kingdoms single-handedly.
SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada (January 23, 2025)
SYNDUALITY is a new upcoming third-person shooter with PvPvE elements brought to you by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a dystopian sci-fi world, you play as a Drifter — combat mech-pilots who venture into the outside world to mine for AO crystals. These scarce resources are used to power Amasia, the last remaining human settlement on the planet.
Guided by your AI partner, Magus, you will explore a dangerous world plagued by never-ending poisonous rain, hunt hulking alien monsters called Enders, and battle other players online as they try to steal your AO crystals.
Eternal Strands (January 28, 2025)
Eternal Strands is an upcoming third-person action-adventure game created and published by Yellow Brick Games (a team of veteran developers who originally worked at Bioware and Ubisoft). You play as Brynn, a young Weaver on a quest to retake her people's homeland from titanic monsters that have claimed for their own.
Harness the magical powers of a Weaver to manipulate the elements to help you trek across precarious environments and battle challenging foes ranging from fire-breathing dragons to gargantuan automatons.
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter (January 28, 2025)
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is an indie action-RPG developed by Odd Bug Studio and published by United Label. After the events of the first game, the Rats of the South have started to rebuild their lives after surviving a bloody war. However, their time of peace is cut short as a terrible horde of bat-like monsters known as the Dark Wings have risen from their slumber and invaded the ratfolk's lands.
As the young warrior Arlo, your goal is to unite the rat clans under one banner and travel to the frozen wastelands of the North to destroy the Dark Wings once and for all.
