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The team at inXile has been hard at work on Clockwork Revolution, but every new showing is increasingly impressive. Today’s presentation showed off some of the major cast members that will be joining in on the adventure, but also highlighted the way the game will feature time travel as a core mechanic, letting the player go back to the city 25 years earlier in 1867, and then letting you manipulate how things will be in the present. 

The moment-to-moment gameplay looks to follow in the spirit of games like BioShock and Dishonored, encouraging players to use a variety of tools, paths, and strategies to navigate large open environments, bring down foes, and (frequently) dispose of threats in amusing ways. 

Today, we learned the game is now targeting a 2027 release date, and it is one of a couple of big games from Xbox that will be Xbox console exclusives when they launch. 

During the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft revealed a new special edition Xbox Series X console that will be available in November of this year. The console is a standard Xbox Series X with 1 TB of storage, but it has a number of classic Xbox details.

Firstly, the system and controller and are a translucent green recalling the Halo special edition version of the original Xbox. The controller’s face buttons are also styled to look like the face buttons of the original controller, the bumpers are black and white in honor of the original black and white buttons, and the home button glows green. The controller will be available separately from the console, as well.

You can read more about the system on the Xbox Wire blog here, though prices and an exact release date have not yet been revealed.

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the highly anticipated 2D action game from the teams behind Dead Cells, launches this October. More specifically, developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin, and publisher Konami, will release the next installment of Castlevania on October 15 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. 

Set 23 years before Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, which launched on the NES way back in 1989, Belmont’s Curse puts players in control of a new Belmont protagonist, who takes up the holy Vampire Killer whip to destroy all manner of medieval and unholy creatures. Given it’s a new 2D sidescrolling action game from the minds behind the excellent Dead Cells, it’s unsurprising that today’s new look at Belmont’s Curse gameplay is an impressive one. 

Check it out in the Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse release date trailer below: 

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse launches October 15, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Spyro: A Realm Beyond is not a remake of a previous Spyro game. Instead, it is a brand new adventure where the purple dragon is apparently stranded in “a realm beyond” and trying to find a way home while battling an invading force called the Scavs.

The brief gameplay footage shown of the game, after a pre-rendered sequence, appears to show a strong emphasis on freeform flying.

Spyro: A Realm Beyond releases Spring 2027 for Xbox (on Game Pass), PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch 2.

Persona 6 has finally been revealed – it’s real! It’s been nearly 10 years since the last new mainline Persona game. Unfortunately, the existence of Persona 6 is quite literally all we know. 

In the teaser reveal trailer, which aired during today’s Xbox Games Showcase, we got a strange and mysterious look at what appears to be a graveyard of sorts. The camera pans over the gravestones before highlighting a large monument with what appears to be a nobleman missing a head. We see someone – presumably from our Persona party – touching the monument, and then the trailer flashes to the logo, which you can see as the header image of this story. 

Check out the Persona 6 teaser reveal trailer for yourself below: 

As you can see, there’s not a lot to go off of here, but it’s clear this game’s color theme is green, following blue for Persona 3, yellow for Persona 4, and red for Persona 6. As for what this means, or how our cast will summon their Personas, that remains a mystery. 

Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember is the next game in the Dark Souls-inspired Three Kingdoms action game from Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja. The original Wo Long, Fallen Dynasty, released in 2023 and was a worthy entry in the canon of games inspired by From Software’s work.

Wars have been waged over the pursuit of the elixir of immortality, and you will apparently play a hero destined to “quell the chaos of this senseless cycle.” The gameplay and visuals will look familiar to those who played the first game, but there is a new Phoenix ability whose mechanics are not yet totally clear.

The game releases early 2027 on Xbox platforms., but also appears to be planned for PlayStation 5 and Switch 2.

Valor Mortis is a game I’ve kept an eye on since its reveal last year, and after playing a demo, it’s one of my most anticipated upcoming games. Fortunately, you and I won’t have to wait much longer to play it, as it launches on September 24 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. 

This was revealed by way of a new narrative-focused trailer shown during today’s Xbox Games Showcase, pulling back the decrepit layers on this unique first-person Soulslike from the studio behind the excellent Ghostrunner series. In it, you control William, a former soldier who rises from death and must confront the true cost of destiny, loyalty, and empire in this twisted alternate-history version of the Napoleonic Wars.

Check it out in the Valor Mortis release date trailer below: 

“When the emperor commands, will you shrink from the opportunity or give everything for your country?” the game’s description reads. “Wield supernatural powers, battle horrifying monsters, and unravel a conspiracy that threatens all of humanity forged in the shadow of Napoleon’s ambition.” 

Valor Mortis launches on September 24, 2026, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. 

State of Decay, the open-world, zombie-hunting game from Undead Labs’, has been quiet for a while, but today marked the game’s grand return. The 2026 Xbox Games Showcase showed off our first real look at the sequel’s gameplay, and revealed a 2027 release window. You can get a look at the co-op action in the new trailer below.

The trailer shows scenic views of the game’s rural environment before cutting to the flashy, explosive combat and co-op settlement creation. Players can drive vehicles through crowds of zombies, team up to take out grotesque nests, and hack and blast their way through undead hordes. We also got a look at plenty of unconventional zombie types, like large-bellied fire-breathers and huge, writhing nests.

The game is dropping in 2027 on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and, perhaps a surprise to some, PlayStation 5. For more Xbox, check out the new details about Halo and Fable or check out our Summer Game Fest Coverage hub.

Crazy Taxi is back in the form of Crazy Taxi: World Tour, a new game in the high-octane, Offspring-infused arcade racer-ish game, and it’s launching next year on Xbox Series X/S and PC. In Crazy Taxi: World Tour, players control Alex and his trusty taxi cab as he chases down the mysterious masked villain who, well, stole his actual beloved taxi. 

Crazy Taxi: World Tour comes by way of Sega, and will task players with taking on extreme (timed) missions around the world while earning crazy amounts of money…but only if you get your passengers to where they need to go in time. 

Check it out in the Crazy Taxi: World Tour reveal trailer below: 

Crazy Taxi: World Tour hits Xbox Series X/S and PC sometime in 2027.

Senua, the protagonist of both Hellblade games, is now the titular hero in the next game. The next game from Ninja Theory, is simply called Senua and appears to be changing genres… a little bit.

“This is an out-and-out action-adventure game. It’s a bold new step for Senua, as a character, into the action-adventure space,” Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews writes on the Xbox Wire blog.

The Hellblade games are arguably action-adventure games, so it’s not yet clear exactly what this means for Senua, but Matthews insists it is different style of game, which is why it is not called Hellblade III.

Senua releases next year on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and will also be available on PlayStation 5.