Xbox and IGN held their joint ID@Xbox x IGN Showcase on October 20, 2026. Xbox Wire's recap, by editor Danielle Partis, covers 21 games, with world premieres, release dates and a batch of Game Pass titles. "We even threw in a surprise launch!" the recap says: Arctic Eggs is out now on Xbox Series X|S.
Xbox Wire also says many of the featured games "will also support XBOX Play Anywhere at launch."
Out by mid-November
| Game | Date | Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Eggs | Out now | Series X|S |
| Scramble Knights Online | October 26 | Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Game Pass |
| Mouthwashing | October 29 | Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Xbox One, Game Pass |
| The Wolf Among Us Remastered | October 29 (digital) | Series X|S, Xbox One |
| ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut | November 3 | Series X|S, Xbox on PC |
| Shrek 2 Remastered | November 10 | Series X|S |
- Arctic Eggs, Mouthwashing and No, I'm Not a Human are the three CRITICAL REFLEX titles coming to Xbox. Arctic Eggs is a "physics-and-patience-driven frying sim set in a surreal Antarctic city", and Mouthwashing is a psychological horror drama about the "dying crew of a shipwrecked space freighter."
- The Wolf Among Us Remastered shows Bigby's redesigned werewolf form in a new story trailer. It adds enhanced visuals, upgraded animation and audio, a new Noir Mode, behind-the-scenes bonus content and "playable deleted scenes restored from the original 2013 production."
- Scramble Knights Online is an "MMO-lite action RPG" set in the shared online kingdom of Terracott.
- ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut, ZA/UM's espionage RPG, adds "around 40,000 words of new story," a Backstage Mode and full English voice-over.
- Shrek 2 Remastered adds improved graphics, a Photo Mode and a Cheat Mode. Pre-orders are open, with up to 20% off for Game Pass members and 10% off for non-members, through November 9.
December 2026 and 2027
- A Game About Digging a Hole Together (December 4, Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Game Pass): the sequel to A Game About Digging a Hole, now with friends.
- Paper Shredder (this winter, Series X|S, Xbox on PC): an incremental game about shredding paperwork for a $1,000,000 payout.
- Croak (March 2027, Game Pass day one): a hand-drawn 2D precision platformer with an online speedrun leaderboard.
- Magenta Down (early 2027): a sci-fi adventure on a remote exoplanet from the creators of Unto The End.
- Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game (early 2027, Game Pass): a roguelike deckbuilder with Matt Mercer as Mr. Magpie.
- VANRAN (early 2027): a dark fantasy action RPG built around boss fights and climbing colossal monsters.
- Waveling Island (early 2027): a creature-collecting sim on a pixel-art island.
- Mr. Records (spring 2027): a music adventure set in a record store.
- Rustown (June 30, 2027): a story-driven stealth adventure from Plotrick, set in a city of survivors of an "idiot virus" pandemic.
- Chronoscript: The Endless End (summer 2027): an action-adventure that mixes a 3D residence with 2D pen-and-ink worlds.
- Drill Keeper (summer 2027, Xbox on PC and Game Pass): a deck-building roguelike siege defense game.
- Love is a Roguelite (Fall 2027): a world premiere mixing turn-based tactics, deckbuilding and a dating sim, with 16 romantic pairings.
- Graytail (November 2027): a 2.5D pixel-art mystery about a pilot who vanished in the Pacific.
- No, I'm Not a Human (2027, Game Pass): an interrogation thriller about spotting shape-shifting impostors.
- Red Kiss (coming soon, Game Pass day one): a tactical narrative RPG about vampire spies in Cold War Berlin.
The showcase came a month after Xbox cut 268 more roles and moved the next Halo game to Activision, as covered in our Xbox restructuring article.
