Xbox Games Showcase 2025: all the news and trailers
- Xbox Games Showcase 2025 revealed new games and updates from Microsoft’s first-party studios and partners, including Gears of War: E-Day, Persona 4 Revival, and Final Fantasy XVI.
- Microsoft announced two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds that will feature a full-screen Xbox experience, making Windows more friendly to handhelds and competing with the Steam Deck.
- The Outer Worlds 2 was announced, starting at $79.99, and Double Fine’s next game, Keeper, was revealed as a walking lighthouse-themed title.
- A surprise drop of Final Fantasy XVI was announced for Xbox, while Pokémon studio’s action RPG Beast of Reincarnation launches in 2026.
- Xbox also teased a potential Halo CE remaster and announced that older Windows handhelds will receive Xbox full-screen upgrades, marking a new era for handheld gaming on the platform.
Capping off a very busy week in the world of gaming is Microsoft with its annual Xbox Games Showcase, providing “a look at brand-new games and updates from across our first-party studios and our incredible partners across the globe.” It was followed by a segment focused entirely on the sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2.
The big reveal was portable gaming news, as Microsoft announced the Xbox app, Game Bar, and Windows OS updates that will arrive on two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. They’ll have a full-screen Xbox experience that’s supposed to make Windows more friendly to handhelds, and help them compete with the Steam Deck and other SteamOS-powered devices.
News for specific game titles included Gears of War: E-Day, Persona 4 Revival, and a surprise drop of Final Fantasy XVI on Xbox.
Read on below to find out about everything announced during the Xbox Games Showcase 2025.
- Final Fantasy XVI is out on Xbox right now, and FF7 Remake is coming too
- The Outer Worlds 2 will start at $79.99.
- Double Fine’s next game, Keeper, turns you into a walking lighthouse
- Did Microsoft just tease a Halo CE remaster?
- Blops is back.
- Gears of War: E-Day is coming in 2026
- Older Windows handhelds are getting Xbox full-screen upgrades too.
- Persona 4 is getting a remake
- Cowabunga.
- We’ve got Pokémon at home.
- Life is even stranger in space.
- Pokémon studio’s action RPG Beast of Reincarnation launches in 2026
- Grounded (again).
- Why did it have to be giants?
- Turn back the clock.
- Meaty.
- A bloody good time.
- Silksong spotted!
- Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience
- This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs
- Higher on life.
- Outerworldly.
- And another one.
- Xbox’s next major games showcase streams in June