Xbox Developer Direct January 2024

Everything Announced At The January 2025 Xbox Developer Direct

Good first half!

Xbox kicked off 2025 with an Xbox Developer Direct that highlighted what’s coming in the first half of the year and there’s a lot to be excited about.

DOOM THE DARK AGES GOT A RELEASE DATE AND A GORGEOUS COLLECTOR’S EDITION

It was confirmed that Doom: The Dark Ages will be releasing on May 15th which is much sooner than expected. A Collector’s Edition for the game with a 12-inch Doom Slayer was also revealed and you can watch the gameplay sizzle trailer below:

NINJA GAIDEN 4 WAS ANNOUNCED

In an announcement that nobody saw coming, the first new Ninja Gaiden game in a decade is on the way. It’s called Ninja Gaiden 4 and it’s releasing later this year. It’s being created by Team Ninja and Platinum Games in partnership with Xbox Game Studios publishing and will follow a new protagonist who visits a devastated Tokyo.

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NINJA GAIDEN 2 BLACK IS AN UNREAL ENGINE 5 REMASTER AND IT’S OUT TODAY

If that wasn’t enough from you, the 2008 Ninja Gaiden 2 got a full unreal engine 5 remaster and it’s out today and looks fantastic.

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT GOT A RELEASE DATE

South Of Midnight is also coming a lot sooner than expected. The third-person action adventure game from Compulsion Games is coming on April 8th 2025 and we also got a new look at the game below:

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 IS ALSO COMING IN APRIL

If that wasn’t enough for you in April, we’ll also be playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on April 24th and we got to see the latest from Sandfall Interactive below: