Xbox / Developer_Direct 2026
With its 25th anniversary on the horizon, Xbox is hoping to have a way better 2026 than it did in 2025, and one way it can do that is by dropping some good games, and based on this latest Developer_Direct, they are definitely cooking.
Thursday, Jan. 22, team green kicked off the new year with its first of what will probably be many Developer_Direct presentations, which gives a deep look into the games currently in development at studios under the Xbox banner.
For this edition, we got our first look at gameplay from Playground Studios’ Forza Horizon 6, Fable, Beasts of Reincarnation from Pokémon creator Game Freak, and Kiln, a unique party game from Double Fine, which was a surprise announcement, but unfortunately, we didn’t get a shadow drop.
So let’s dive into the presentation.

