Overview
- The Xbox Partner Preview, which streamed Thursday, highlighted 19 third-party games and confirmed 14 for day-one Xbox Game Pass across console, PC, and cloud.
- Near-term arrivals include Hades 2 on April 14 and Super Meat Boy 3D on March 31, with Wuthering Waves set for July and extra perks for Game Pass members.
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn opens a closed beta on April 22 and targets a spring 2027 launch, with Xbox Game Pass access at release.
- GSC Game World announced STALKER 2’s first major expansion, Cost of Hope, slated for summer with over 20 hours of new content set around the Chornobyl plant.
- Stranger Than Heaven was the showcase headliner, and Xbox set a dedicated deep-dive for May 6 to share more on the multi-era action game from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.