New Xbox Series X games 2025 – the most anticipated Xbox release dates

New Xbox Series X games will start arriving thick and fast once over the next few months, with new exclusives launching on Microsoft’s most powerful consoles. There’s certainly a lot to look forward to for Xbox fans.

From Metal Gear Solid 3 remake to Borderlands 4, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S players will have plenty of new Xbox games to keep them busy for the rest of the year, and beyond – and we’re here to tell you exactly when you’ll get your hands on them.

Below, we’ve rounded up all the release dates and windows for the biggest confirmed Xbox Series X games of 2025 and beyond. So, it’s time to get your calendar out and start taking down some dates. As always, these release dates are subject to delays. If any games are pushed back, this page will be updated.

New Xbox games 2025: this year’s most anticipated releases

Below, you’ll find a brief list of the biggest video game releases on the horizon, all for Xbox Series X|S.

• Gears of War: Reloaded – August 26 (XSX|S, PS5, PC)
• Metal Solid Delta: Snake Eater – August 28 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Borderlands 4 – September 23 (XSX|S, PS5, PC)
• The Outer Worlds 2 – October 29, 2025 (XSX|S, PC, PS5)

July

• Wuchang Fallen Feathers – July 24, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Tales of the Shire – July 29, 2025 (Switch 2, Switch, PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Ninja Gaiden Ragebound – July 31, 2025 (PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

August

• Mafia: The Old Country – August 8 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Dying Light The Beast – August 22, 2025
• Gears of War Reloaded – August 26, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Metal Solid Delta: Snake Eater – August 28 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance – August 29 (PS5, PS4, XSX|S, XBO, Switch, PC)

September

• Hell Is Us – September 4, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC – September 4, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots – September 5, 2025 (PS5, Switch 2, PC)
• Borderlands 4 – September 23, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Silent Hill f – September 25, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds – September 25, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles – September 30, 2025 (PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

October

• Directive 8020 – October 2, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Digimon Story Time Stranger – October 3, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – October 21, 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 – October 21 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• The Outer Worlds 2 – October 29, 2025 (XSX|S, PC, PS5)

2025 and TBC

Finally, here’s a list of Xbox games that have been announced, but either don’t have more than a release year attached to them yet, or are much further out. For now, they’re simply TBC, but once each game does receive a release date, this page will be updated.

• Dreams of Another – 2025
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – TBC 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Arc Raiders – 2025
• Dreams of Another – 2025
• Darwin’s Paradox – 2025
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword – 2026
• Resident Evil 9: Requiem – February 27, 2026 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Nioh 3 – Early 2026
• Pragmata – 2026 (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Dune Awakening – TBC (console release)
• GTA 6 – May 26, 2026
• Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra – Early 2026 (PC, PS5, XSX|S)
• Fable – 2026 (XSX|S, PC)
• Marathon – TBC (PS5, XSX|S, PC)
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 – TBC
• Marvel’s Blade –TBC
• BioShock 4 – TBC
• DokeV – TBC (PC, PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO)
• Fallout 5 – TBC
• Haunted Chocolatier – TBC
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – TBC 2025 (PS5, XSX|S, PS4, XBO, PC, Switch)
• Judas – TBC
• Kingdom Hearts 4 – TBC
• Mass Effect 5 – TBC
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake – 2026
• Phantom Blade 0 – TBC (PS5)
• 007: First Light – TBC 2026
• Project Mara – TBC (XSX|S, PC)
• Revenant Hill – TBC (PS5, PS4)
• Splinter Cell remake – TBC
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake – TBC (PS5)
• Star Wars Eclipse – TBC
• State of Decay 3 – TBC (XSX|S, PC)
• The Elder Scrolls 6 – TBC
• The Sims 5 – TBC
• The Witcher 4 – TBC
• Wonder Woman – TBC
• Gears of War: E-Day – TBC

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