Xbox has unveiled its roadmap for the remainder of 2024 and 2025, featuring highly anticipated titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Fable, and Avowed. While the company continues to secure major exclusives through strategic acquisitions and investments, concerns persist over declining Xbox Series X console sales, prompting price increases in certain markets.
As Xbox gears up for a strong lineup of first-party games, the brand faces the challenge of maintaining momentum in a competitive landscape.
Highlights
- Xbox is continuing to secure major exclusives with its new acquisitions and investments in game development.
- The upcoming Xbox game releases for 2024 and 2025 include popular titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Fable.
- Xbox Series X console sales are slowing down globally, prompting Microsoft to increase prices in challenging markets.
Xbox has shared a roadmap of its upcoming first-party games and expansions releasing in the final stretch of 2024 as well as titles that are scheduled for release in 2025. There are some concerns among the Xbox community about the company releasing more of its games on competing platforms and continuously declining hardware sales, but Xbox itself continues to acquire new studios and invest heavily in game development.
Xbox”s acquisitions and investments have started to really pay off these last couple of years, securing the green brand major exclusives. Xbox is looking to keep its momentum going strong for the end of 2024, putting out a roadmap showcasing all the new first-party Xbox games that are on deck.
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The Xbox first-party games highlighted in the new roadmap begin with World of Warcraft”s The War Within expansion, set to launch on August 26. Next up is Age of Mythology: Retold, releasing on September 4, followed by Ara: History Untold on September 24, Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred on October 8, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on October 25, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on November 19. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Towerborne are both set to release in 2024 as well, but they are missing specific release dates at the time of this writing.
Upcoming Xbox Games for 2024 and 2025
- World of Warcraft: The War Within – August 26, 2024
- Age of Mythology: Retold – September 4, 2024
- Ara: History Untold – September 24, 2024
- Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred – October 8, 2024
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – October 25, 2024
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – November 19, 2024
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – TBA 2024
- Starfield: Shattered Space – TBA 2024
- Towerborne – TBA 2024
- Avowed – February 18, 2025
- South of Midnight – TBA 2025
- Doom: The Dark Ages – TBA 2025
- Fable – TBA 2025
Age of Mythology: Retold, Ara: History Untold, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Towerborne, Avowed, South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Fable are all day one Xbox Game Pass releases.
As far as 2025 goes, Xbox gamers have Avowed to look forward to on February 18, while South of Midnight, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Fable are all set for unspecified dates next year. Avowed, South of Midnight, and Fable are all expected to be Xbox console exclusives, but Doom: The Dark Ages will be a multi-platform release.Close
Most of the titles mentioned by Xbox in its roadmap are full-length releases, but it has also decided to highlight some expansions that are on the way, like The War Within, Shattered Space, and Vessel of Hatred. While most of the games listed on the roadmap are also coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one, gamers interested in these expansions will have to pay for them separately.
Xbox Series X
Microsoft”s ninth-generation console, the Xbox Series X is a powerful machine that can support 4K resolution and 60 fps, depending on the game. Released alongside the Xbox Series S, the Series X has a Custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, a Custom RDNA 2 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.
Brand
Microsoft
Original Release Date
November 10, 2020
Hardware Versions
Xbox Series X
Original MSRP (USD)
$499
Weight
9.8 LBS
$487 at Amazon
