Xbox at Gamescom 2025 is a-go baby! The first of two (I know, right) Xbox broadcasts have just wrapped and we’ve got the full announcement with all the details, including release dates, and trailers! There were extended intereview with devs too, so check out the full stream for those.
Keep your eyes peeled on Gamer Social Club for all the Gamescom 2025 coverage. We’ve got reporters on the ground in Cologne, Germany, as well as our global team covering all the showcases and announcements.
Watch the full show below:
Xbox’s Gamescom 2025 Day One Broadcast – 20 August 2025
Triangle Strategy (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Experience the dramatic story of war-torn Norzelia from different perspectives in stunning HD-2D, with a complex turn-based battle system.
Out now!
ROG Xbox Ally
Your games, now optimized for compatibility on handheld. For our full coverage of everything on the Xbox Handheld, click HERE.
The ROG Xbox Ally will be available October 16th. No price has been revealed yet.
Prince of Persia: Rogue (PC, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series)
Push your limits in a fast-paced 2D action roguelite imagined by Evil Empire. Explore and platform in a shifting kingdom, master an acrobatic combat style, and meet new allies as you fight to rewrite the fate of your people. Be ready to Rewrite Fate, Save Persia… Or Die Trying.
Prince of Persia: Rogue leaves early access on PC today, as well as shadow dropping on PS5, and Xbox Series. It will release on Switch and Switch 2 at a later date.
It’s also available on Xbox Game Pass today!
Final Fantasy Tactics (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series)
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles, showcasing the grid-based maps, Jobs, abilities, and actualization of strategies to prevail in thoughtful bouts.
It will release September 30, 2025.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Mysteries of the Roman empire await Indiana Jones, where forgotten catacombs twist into something far more sinister.
It releases on the 4th of September 2025.
Grounded 2 (PC, Xbox Series)
Ride the new Ladybug mount and fight Axle, a massive tarantula boss in the upcoming updates. In this interview, the developers share their excitement for the game’s success so far and their dreams for the future.
Grounded 2 (preview) is out now.
Check out our Grounded 2 Winter Update article for the highlights!
Starsand Island (PC, Xbox Series)
Join friends or build a new life by yourself on Starsand Island. Fish, build, and get to your your fellow villagers when Starsand Island comes to Xbox in Spring 2026.
Coming Spring 2026
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 – City Update, Germany (PC, Xbox Series)
Germany 2 update for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020, which adds more German cities than ever before as well as a new German air rescue helicopter. The level of detail being added to Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting more and more in depth with every new update.
Tropico 7 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Surprise! Are you ready to be a dictator and grow your own civilization? The next installment of Tropico is landing on game pass next year!
Tropico 7 is coming in 2026. It will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass.
Invincible VS (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
We got to see a good bit of Omni-Man gameplay in the new Invisible VS footage. Two players played on the stream showing us the games awesome tag team dualling.
Invincible VS will land in 2026.
Ninja Gaiden 4 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
We got another look in to the bloody good time that awaits us this fall.
Coming October 21st, 2025. It releases on Xbox Game Pass.
Outbound (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Outbound is an open-world exploration game set in a utopian near future. Start with an empty camper van and turn it into the home of your dreams. The kickstarter project finally has a release window!
Coming in the first half of 2026.
Lego Voyagers (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series)
The next game from the creators of Lego Voyagers went in depth with how the physics work and how the game thrives off of its co-op play.
It releases on 15 September 2025.
Project Bloomwalker (PC, Xbox Series)
Is a survival crafting game by Studio Ghibli. The video showcases a lot of cute odd friends who will join you and your moving house to help purify the air. Solve puzzles, cook, and explore to heal the world.
It releases on 26 September 2025.
Dying Light: The Beast (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
You are Kyle Crane, and after years of brutal experiments, you want revenge. Experience a unique blend of open world and survival horror as you hunt down the man who transformed you into half man, half beast.
It releases on 19 September 2025.
Nice Day for Fishing (Xbox Series) – already available on PC
The world needs you Adventurer! Embark on an RPG pixel adventure where you'll play as Baelin the humble fisherman, who must rise-up to become the hero of Honeywood. Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.
Beastro (PC, Xbox Series)
Don your apron in this cozy adventure fused with delicious deckbuilding! Build up your cozy town-to-table restaurant, grow ingredients and gather resources to craft delicious meals for the Caretakers who keep the troubles stirring outside the village walls at bay.
It will release in 2026. It will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass.
Keeper (PC, Xbox Series)
The show featured an interview with Tim Schafer from Double Fine Studios.
It releases on 17 October 2025. It will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass.
The trailer below isn’t what was shown during the show.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (Switch 2, Xbox Series) – already available on PC, PS5
FINAL FANTASY VII remake series director, Naoki Hamaguchi, talks more about the game and what you can expect from this title being part of Xbox Play Anywhere. Enter the world of FINAL FANTASY VII on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC or even the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X.
It is scheduled to release this winter.
Freestyle Football 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Freestyle Football 2 is the latest installment from Joycity, offering dynamic 5v5 sports action where each player controls a unique, colorful character to experience the true thrill of football.
World of Warcraft: Midnight (PC)
As darkness threatens to envelop all of Azeroth every hero must rise to defy the Void and take up arms. Get your first look at the gameplay reveal of the next chapter of the Worldsoul Saga, World of Warcraft: Midnight.
PowerWash Simulator 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Make your Homebase a real home with furniture and mementos, coming to PowerWash Simulator 2 this Fall.
Cronos: The New Dawn (PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series)
Even in a world full of terrors, you may encounter creatures willing to aid you in your struggle for survival. Watch the Brand New Trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn that premiered on Gamescom’s Opening Night Live and see if you can spot them
It releases on September 2025.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series)
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 redefines the franchise with a reality-shattering Co-Op Campaign, adrenaline-fueled Multiplayer across 18 launch maps, and the chilling return of Round-Based Zombies. Embrace the madness and experience the most mind-bending Black Ops yet.
That’s everything shown at the first Xbox at Gamescom 2025 broadcast. Stay tuned for show 2 tomorrow!
