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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!

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Assassin's Creed Origins and For Honor: Marching Fire Edition will be available across Xbox Game Pass on PC, consoles, and cloud.​

Previously, it was announced that Ubisoft would be bringing two of its AAA titles, namely Assassin’s Creed Origins and For Honor, to Xbox Game Pass in the next couple of months. We now have an update on the matter, with the Xbox Game Pass application now showing the respective dates for the launch...

Publisher Krafton says sci-fi survival horror game The Callisto Protocol is targeting a release in the second half of this year.​

When publisher Krafton and developer Striking Distance Studios announced Dead Space-inspired sci-fi survival horror game The Callisto Protocol last year, they handed it a 2022 launch window, but given how little we’ve heard about the game in the time since then, many have assumed that it’s going to...

Playable characters can also be customized though there's an extensive dialogue system with over 75,000 lines for interactions.​

Developer Fatshark has been slowly teasing Warhammer 40,000: Darktide with various lore drops ahead of its release on Xbox Series X/S and PC. While some of the classes like the Veteran and Ogryn are known, the others have been a mystery till now. Thankfully, some new details have emerged...

E3 might not be returning, but the traditional E3 period is still looking packed, with another event confirmed for mid-June.​

There will be no E3 this year, but the traditional mid-June E3 period is becoming packed with events and showcases nonetheless. It will kick off on June 9 with the Summer Game Fest Showcase, with the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase following on June 12, and the PC Gaming Show streaming the same day...

"It’s important to us that as many people as possible can play our games and so we’ve worked hard to reduce barriers and make Sniper Elite 5 more approachable," says Cari Watterton, Senior Designer - Accessibility.​

The games industry has been making much-needed strides in making the medium more accessible to players of all abilities, and more and more games have been taking steps to the same effect. Another game that’ll be...

Based on the World of Darkness setting, the narrative RPG is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch.​

Big Bad Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is now available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch. Based on the World of Darkness and set in Boston, it features three playable vampires – Galeb, Leysha and Emem – as they become embroiled in the mysteries...

In a blog post detailing a new update for Battlefield 2042, developer DICE has revealed that Season 1 will be coming to the game in early June.​

Battlefield 2042 will be kicking off its Season 1 in early June. Developer DICE revealed the release window for Season 1 as part of a post detailing Battlefield 2042‘s recent Update 4.1.

“Up next in our update schedule is the release of Season 1, currently set for release in early...

Following delays and shifting development in-house, CD Projekt RED has confirmed a new release window for the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions.​

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition has a new release window for Xbox Series X/S and PS5. It’s now planned to release in Q4 2022. Saber Interactive was previously in charge of porting the game to the newer consoles until CD Projekt RED announced another delay and shifted...

Ubisoft said in December that it was looking to add a 60 FPS option to the open world title on new consoles, and it looks like that patch is almost here.​

In August last year, Ubisoft released a 60 FPS patch for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and later in the year, said that it was looking into doing the same for 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins as well. Though communication on that front has dried up since...