Poll: What were your favorite announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct? Xbox's Developer Direct gave us release dates for some fantastic games. For this week's poll, we want to know: what were your favorite announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct?Tom West Published 25 Jan 2025 FollowtopicsXbox Series X|SXbox Game PassPC Game PassTom West What were your favorite announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct? That's our question for this week's poll. Microsoft gave us a closer look at upcoming Game Pass games like Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight during its recent Xbox Developer Direct, and it also treated us to a surprise Game Pass drop for a fantastic Japanese action game.What did you like about the Xbox Developer DirectThe Xbox Developer Direct gave us release dates for three upcoming Game Pass gamesTeam Ninja announced Ninja Gaiden 4 during the showNinja Gaiden 2 Black shadow-dropped into Xbox Game PassThis week's Xbox Developer Direct was a big one, giving us release dates for games launching on Xbox and dropping into Xbox Game Pass in the next few months. Following rumors that a "legendary Japanese IP" would feature in the direct, we saw Team Ninja announce Ninja Gaiden 4 for Xbox Series X|S and PC, which will launch into Xbox Game Pass this fall. If that wasn't enough for fans of the action franchise, Team Ninja also shadow-dropped Ninja Gaiden 2 Black on Xbox Series X|S and PC, dropping the game straight into Xbox Game Pass.Elsewhere in the show, Compulsion Games announced that its stunning action-adventure game South of Midnight will launch on Xbox Series X|S and PC and joins Xbox Game Pass on April 8. Following that, Sandfall Interactive's turn-based RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, launches on April 24 for Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.Id Software also gave us a look at its brutal upcoming shooter, Doom: The Dark Ages, which launches on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass on May 15 — if you want to know even more, take a look at our Doom: The Dark Ages hands-off preview for more tidbits. For this week's poll, we'd love to know: what were your favorite announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct? Let us know by voting in our poll and by leaving a comment below. Have a fantastic weekend, everyone! What were your favorite announcements from the Xbox Developer Direct Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 release date Doom: The Dark Ages release date Ninja Gaiden 2 Black shadow drop Ninja Gaiden 4 announcement South of Midnight release date We've had 2486 votes. With three awesome-looking games lined up for the service in the coming months, we could see a shake-up on our list of the best Game Pass games.Xbox Game PassPC Game PassXbox Series X|SXbox One Written by Tom WestTom has been playing video games since he was old enough to hold a controller, experimenting with a number of systems until he eventually fell in love with Xbox. With a passion for the platform, he decided to make a career out of it, and now happily spends his days writing about that which he loves. If he’s not hunting for Xbox achievements, you’ll likely find him somewhere in The Elder Scrolls Online or fighting for survival in Battlefield.