Upcoming Xbox games: Best new Xbox Series X|S games for 2024, and beyond

The best new Xbox games coming out in 2024 and beyond.

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Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi

Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by MarsLit Games and published by Neon Doctrine & Game Seer. This game follows the tale of Lili the Guardian and Sadi the Monk as they team up to save their land from the corruptive force known as the Void.

Arc Raiders

Arc Raiders is PvPvE third-person shooter with survival elements developed and published by Embark Studios. This game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world the human population has been brought to the brink of extinction by mysterious mechanized monsters known as the Arc.

You play as a specially-trained scavenger called a Raider and your goal is to traverse this broken world for resources to help you survive, while fighting off Arc monsters and rival players looking to steal your loot.

Ark 2

Ark 2 is a sequel to the 2017 sandbox survival game, Ark: Survival Evolved. This game is set on an alien planet populated by dinosaurs and humans fighting each other for dominance of the world. As one of the humans, you must learn to live off the land and team up with your fellow man to take down the dinosaurs threatening your existence.

Armor Attack

Armor Attack is a competitive PVP third-person shooter by KEK Entertainment, a new studio formed by ex-EA and ex-Ubisoft developers. Take control of giant, customizable mechs and engage in explosive 5v5 battles where you and your rivals fight for control of the last remnants of planet Earth.

Beneath

Beneath is an upcoming first-person horror game developed and published by Camel 101. You play as Noah Quinn, a deep-sea diver trapped aboard a frigate in the middle of the ocean.

After some exploration, our hero quickly discovers that horrifying sea monsters occupy this ship and they are out for his blood. Now Noah must find a way to escape this ship with his life and sanity intact.

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Black Myth: Wukong

Black Myth: Wukongis a soulslike action game developed and published by Game Science. This game is based on the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West and has you play as its main character, Sun Wukong. You will journey across a vast, wonderous world, battle monsters and heroes inspired by Chinese mythology, and fulfill your destiny as the Destined One.

Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4 is the fourth major in the legendary and chaotic looter-shooter franchise,Borderlands. Nothing is currently known about this title other than you will again assume the role of Vault Hunter delving deep into the heart of the alien worlds to search for ancient treasure while blasting away anything that gets in your way.

Bounty Star

Bounty Star is a third-person action game developed by DINOGOD and published by Annapurna Interactive. You play as Clementine McKinney, a retired war veteran and mech pilot struggling to move on from her traumatic past and live in peace. However, peace is not an option for Clem as she is called back to the battlefield to defend the innocent folks of the Red Expanse from bandits and mercenaries.

Broken Sword Parzival’s Stone

After ten long years, the classic Broken Sword is making a comeback with Broken Sword Parzival’s Stone. This game will see the series' protagonists George Stobbart and Nicole Collard travel the world in search of the legendary artifact, the Holy Grail.

Along the way, our heroes will have to contend with villains trying to obtain the Holy Grail for themselves. These include the likes of shady businessmen, secret government organizations, corrupt corporations, and rival treasure hunters.

Centum

Centum is a narrative-adventure indie game developed by Hack The Publisher and published by Serenity Forge. You play as a prisoner trying to escape from their prison cell. However, once you get out you are then confronted with a question: Where do you go from there?

With an unreliable narrator guiding your path, this game will take players on a dark mind-bending story where you will question reality at every turn and unlock multiple endings based on your choices.

Chrono Odyssey

Chrono Odyssey is an upcoming MMORPG brought to you by NPIXEL. The once-peaceful world of Setera is in grave peril as a race of interdimensional monsters collectively known as The Void are invading the planet, killing all forms of life they see.

it is up to you and your band of merry adventurers to protect Setera from The Void by mastering the art of combat and learning to wield the mysterious Chronotector to bend time to your will.

Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II is a sequel to the critically acclaimed city-building simulator, Cities: Skylines, developed by Colossal Order Ltd. and Paradox Interactive. This game promises to build upon the foundations of its predecessor by giving the player more tools and creative freedom to construct and manage the city of their dreams.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

2022’s indie sleeper hit,Citizen Sleeper, will soon be receiving a sequel on Xbox consoles called Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. This game will once again have players assume the role of a Sleeper and build a new life in the depths of space. However, things will be harder this time as you will guide a haphazardly built ship and a ragtag crew through a galaxy undergoing a devastating crisis.

Clockwork Revolution

Clockwork Revolution is a first-person RPG brought to you by inXile Entertainment who also develop the Wasteland and Arcanum games. One day, you stumble upon a fascinating device that allows its user to travel back in time. After some fiddling, you use the device to teleport yourself to the past and discover the origins of your steam-powered homeland, Avalon.

Be careful when messing around with time-travel as every decision you make in the past could have serious side-effects on history and change your future for better or worse.

Closer the Distance

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life simulator developed by Osmotic Studios and published by Skybound Games. This game tells a heart-wrenching tale about Yesterby, a small rural town filled with people who are grieving for their lost loved ones. As the young Angela, your goal is to help your fellow townsfolk move on from their pain, heal broken relationships, and unearth tragic secrets.

Conscript

CONSCRIPT is an indie survival horror game developed by Catchweight Studio and published by Team17. You play as a lone French soldier trying desperately to survive and look for his mission brother during one of mankind’s most harrowing and brutal wars — World War 1.

You will need to scavenge for supplies, complete complex puzzles, and fend off enemies with limited resources in intense battles where one mistake can lead to your death.

Contraband

Contrabandis an upcoming Xbox exclusive developed in partnership with Avalanche, known for Mad Max and Just Cause. Contraband has been described to us as a multiplayer smuggler sandbox, where players come together to plan heists and execute them, in a vehicular-combat extravaganza. There’s no known planned launch window for Contraband as of yet.

Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert is an upcoming open-world adventure game being developed by Pearl Abyss, the creators of the popular MMORPG, Black Desert. You play as Macduff, a mercenary trying to eek out a living in the war-torn lands of Pywell. Your struggle for survival will be arduous as you be contracted to take a myriad of ferocious beasts and take part in epic wars between powerful nations.

Dying Light: The Beast

Dying Light: The Beast is a standalone spin-off of the zombie-killing, action-adventure series with RPG elements,Dying Light. In this game, you play as Kyle Crane, the protagonist from the first Dying Light who has been locked away in a laboratory since the events of Dying Light: The Following.

After 13 years of being experimented on, Kyle finally manages to escape from captivity and embarks on a quest for revenge against the people who captured him. However, the experiments have taken their toll on Kyle as he has now become a violent beast that’s more terrifying than the zombies that infest this post-apocalyptic world.

Elder Scrolls VI

Like Starfield,Elder Scrolls VIis now part of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios, alongside Bethesda’s acquisition. And just like Starfield, almost nothing is known about the game. It will be singleplayer and a traditional Elder Scrolls-style open RPG, but we may be waiting a long while to see this game materialize.

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