It’s January, and that means Xbox held another one of its annual Developer Direct showcases to talk about some games coming to Xbox Series X/S and Windows. We knew a few games that would be featured,

January might almost be over, but Microsoft made some noise to start 2025 with its Xbox Developer Direct and the surprise announcement of Ninja Gaiden 4 and a preview of Doom: The Dark Ages .

Beyond these four games, Microsoft has a busy year ahead of it: Avowed, Fable, and The Outer Worlds 2 are all slated for 2025, too, though they weren’t showcased during the Thursday Xbox Developer Direct. Here’s what was.