{"id":210816,"date":"2024-03-07T01:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/xbox-partner-preview-what-weve-seen-from-the-showcase\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:08","slug":"xbox-partner-preview-what-weve-seen-from-the-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/07\/xbox-partner-preview-what-weve-seen-from-the-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Partner Preview: What we&#8217;ve seen from the showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Microsoft took to the digital stage at their second Xbox Partner Preview to showcase the titles coming to the console across 2024.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be breaking down the best of what was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2024\/03\/06\/xbox-partner-preview-march-2024-recap\/?ocid=Event_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_3.6.\">displayed<\/a> and posting some of the announcement trailers below.<\/p>\n<h2>Xbox games previewed<\/h2>\n<p>Here, we see 11bitstudios had a solid event with the reveal of The Alters, The Creatures of Ava, and an official launch date for <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/frostpunk-2-day-one-release-on-game-pass-for-critically-acclaimed-sequel\/\">Frostpunk 2<\/a> (July 25, 2024).<\/p>\n<p>The Alters is a sci-fi survival title set on a dangerous planet. The protagonist, Jan Dolski, must use the strange alien material, Rapidium, which creates copies of himself to man the many different processes aboard a ship, hoping to avoid calamity.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these new versions of himself is an altered state of his past \u2014 like forks in the road of life that have been made manifest by the properties of the material.\u00a0 The game looks to take on some of the mechanics of the studio\u2019s other hit title, \u201cThis War of Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Alters | Gameplay Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLXizxVIu6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The Alters | Gameplay Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLXizxVIu6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Creatures of Ava is a game chock full of cute and interesting monsters, as shown in the announcement trailer. The main character, Vic, takes a pied-piper approach to healing and saving the world\u2019s creatures who have been burdened with a sickness.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on this cozy adventure game comes from Rhianna <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/uk-monarchy-hold-sway-in-possible-discworld-games-remaster\/\">Pratchett<\/a> of Tomb Raider and Mirrors Edge fame.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Creatures of Ava | Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0i3YpiCRNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Creatures of Ava | Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0i3YpiCRNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The Last of 11bitstudios\u2019 announcements was the Frostpunk 2 reveal, which gave those interested in the industrial-revolution-inspired survival and resource management title a day to put in the diary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Frostpunk 2 | Date Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OleG2itr_3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Frostpunk 2 | Date Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OleG2itr_3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy XIV Online was given a release date trailer and a look at the content coming March 21 for Xbox Series X|S. A Starter Edition will be available for a limited time via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks from March 21 to April 19. Watch for more details here on ReadWrite.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"FINAL FANTASY XIV Online - A Life-changing Story Awaits | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1NhcPaXolQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"FINAL FANTASY XIV Online - A Life-changing Story Awaits | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1NhcPaXolQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/xbox-partner-show-announced\/\">reported yesterday<\/a>, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, and First Berserker: Khazan all made the stage with updated trailers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - Gameplay Trailer &quot;Kagura&quot; | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXOOVlWDmm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - Gameplay Trailer &quot;Kagura&quot; | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXOOVlWDmm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tales of Kenzera: Zau - Gameplay Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9zekMszGu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Tales of Kenzera: Zau - Gameplay Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9zekMszGu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The First Berserker: Khazan - Gameplay Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BB25RcC05wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The First Berserker: Khazan - Gameplay Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BB25RcC05wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Three new games, a successor to the Sinking City, a monster rally title, and a stealth game, would be announced as part of this preview.<\/p>\n<p>The Sinking City 2 would make its world debut on the streamed event, showing a cinematic trailer in the Boardwalk Empire fashion of the previous installment\u2019s setting. Frogware will take players back to the Lovecraftian city of Arkham to find out why the streets are flooding:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Sinking City 2 - Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VN5voXpAd0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The Sinking City 2 - Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VN5voXpAd0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Riffraff Games revealed Slight of Hand, a stealth action game from Joshua Boggs, who was responsible for the puzzle noir mobile game Framed. Players take on the role of Lady Luck, a Witch using her magic tarot deck to bring down her old Coven in the city of Taboo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sleight of Hand - Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVd4bEiiCIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Sleight of Hand - Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVd4bEiiCIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Monster Jam Showdown was another new game that would premier during the event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Monster Jam Showdown - Announcement Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PI6veVpr0ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Monster Jam Showdown - Announcement Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PI6veVpr0ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Other notable announcements revealed today were Bandai Namco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qKP4w-mlRXQ\">Unknown 9,<\/a> S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Legends of the Zone <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-MO-ZDMBVqk\">Trilogy,<\/a> dropping on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and SEGA showing the first details for Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass. Remarkably, this features new costumes, background music, and extended story content.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gKcEkaUF4zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass | Xbox Partner Preview\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gKcEkaUF4zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2024\/03\/06\/xbox-partner-preview-march-2024-recap\/?ocid=Event_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_3.6.\">Xbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar col-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/avatar_user_26540_1702904339-250x250.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-125 photo\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/avatar_user_26540_1702904339-125x125.jpg\"\/><noscript><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/avatar_user_26540_1702904339-125x125.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/avatar_user_26540_1702904339-250x250.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-125 photo\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-description col-md-10\">\n<h3 class=\"author-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/author\/brian-damien-morgan\/\">Brian-Damien Morgan<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"author-role\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFreelance Journalist<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brian-damien-morgan-4644b95\/\">Brian-Damien Morgan<\/a>is an award-winning journalist and features writer. He was lucky enough to work in the print sector for many UK newspapers before embarking on a successful career as a digital broadcaster and specialist.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHis work has spanned the public and private media sectors of the United Kingdom for almost two decades.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSince 2007, Brian has continued to add to a long list of publications and institutions, most notably as Editor of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning multiple awards for his writing and digital broadcasting efforts.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBrian would then go on to be integral to the Legacy 2014, Media and Sport Directorate of the Scottish Government. Working with ministers to enact change through sport with institutions like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homelessworldcup.org\/\">Homeless World Cup.<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe would then lend his skills to multiple private sector institutions. Brian would win national acclaim helping his country deliver judicial education and communications during the pandemic-era. Earning a writ of personal distinction from the Lord President of Scotland for his efforts as the Head of Communications and Digital for the Judicial Office for Scotland.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBrian has returned back to the thing he loves most, writing and commenting on developments across technology, gaming and legal topics, as well as any-and-all things sport related.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-bio --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/xbox-partner-preview-what-we-seen-from-the-showcase\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Microsoft took to the digital stage at their second Xbox Partner Preview to showcase the titles coming to the console across 2024. 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