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Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Unveiled, Senua's Saga Gets Release Date

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All games showcased at the Developer Direct presentation will launch across Xbox Series X/S, PC, Game and/or cloud later in 2024. 2y6a4r

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 19 January 2024 14:14 IST

Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Unveiled, Senua's Saga Gets Release Date

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The Developer Direct presentation provided reveals and updates on five games

Highlights

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is releasing May 21
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a first-person action-adventure
Avowed will feature magic and melee based combat

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MachineGames' Indiana Jones game, provided a release date for the highly anticipated Senua's Saga, and revealed a release window for Avowed, Obsidian's next big fantasy RPG.

While 2023 was a quiet year for Xbox, the news is good this year for players on the platform — all games showcased at the Developer Direct presentation will launch across Hi-Fi Rush, announced at last year's Developer Direct on January 25, 2023, and released into the wild the same day, but with concrete information on titles, Xbox fans should have little to complain. Here's a handy rundown of everything announced at Xbox's Developer Direct 2024 presentation:

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames 2l3q5q

When: 2024

Xbox Developer Direct to Offer Updates on Indiana Jones, Hellblade 2, More

Where: Xbox Series X/S, PC, Game

Indy is back and he's on Xbox. After an eternity of speculation, developer MachineGames, the studio behind recent Wolfenstein titles, finally revealed Cyberpunk 2077 would not be a third-person title. But on second thought, it seems to be a wise choice, not just from an artistic point of view, but also as a smart way to avoid inevitable comparisons with Uncharted and Tomb Raider games.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, set between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, will put you in the shoes of the iconic, whip-cracking archeologist and adventurer. And while Indy retains the facial likeness of Harrison Ford, he will be voiced by none other than Troy Baker in the game. The first-person action-adventure title promises arcane mysteries, hidden treasures, puzzle-solving, fist-fighting, whip-combat, first-person shooting, and more. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is arriving sometime later this year on current-gen Xbox consoles and PC.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II — Ninja Theory 724am

When: May 21

Where: Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud, Game

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II finally received a release date at the Xbox Developer Direct presentation. The game, announced over four years ago, is coming May 21. We've already seen multiple gameplay and cinematic showcases from the game over the years and yesterday's segment provided a little more insight and details about the game's story, showing off some more gameplay and stunning visuals. Developers Ninja Theory also detailed some of the enhancements coming to the third-person action-adventure title compared to the first game, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

Avowed — Obsidian 1d613l

When: Fall 2024

Where: Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud, Game

RPG veterans Obsidian provided a first gameplay deep dive into Avowed, first announced at Xbox Games showcase in July 2020. The fantasy RPG is in line with prior Obsidian RPGs, featuring an immersive world, deep questlines and dynamic combat. And of course, the choices you make in the game will leave a mark on the narrative, changing the course of the story later down the road.

The trailer showed off the vibrant world of Living Lands, where players are tasked with stopping a mysterious spiritual plague and uncover a big secret behind it all. It also provided a detailed look at the first-person melee and magic combat, both of which can be quickly swapped out. Avowed is launching sometime in Q3 or Q4 this year.

Ara: History Untold — Oxide Games 75y3q

When: Fall 2024

Where: PC, Game

The Developer Direct showcase also featured Oxide Games' strategy title, Ara: History Untold. The turn-based grand strategy game, made by a team of developers that includes veterans from the Civilization series, will arrive on PC and PC Game later this year.

First announced at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase in 2022, the game will focus on building up a nation from scratch and leading it through different periods of an alternate history. The trailer showed off expansive strategic combat, design features and other gameplay systems. The developers stressed on the fact that player choices will leave indelible impacts on the game world

Ara: History Untold is launching sometime later this year
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Visions of Mana — Square Enix 4k1fv

When: Summer 2024

Where: PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, PC

Amid all Xbox and PC exclusive titles from in-house developers, Square Enix popped in at the Developer Direct presentation to give a detailed glimpse at Visions of Mana, the first new mainline entry in the Mana series in over 15 years. Square Enix showed off cute, cartoony visuals, real-time combat and other gameplay details for the game, in addition to providing a detailed look at the colourful world.

Visions of Mana also showed off its varied monster design, evocative score and giant cat-like companions, the pikuls, which can be used as a mount to ride around the game world. Visions of Mana arrives on Xbox, PlayStation and PC sometime later this year.

What are the most exciting titles that gamers can look forward to in 2023? We discuss some of our favourites on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform GeForce Now, PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 16+

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REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Emphasis on narrative, characters
Industry-defining visuals
Excellent audio design, music
Sensitive portrayal of mental health issues
Cinematic, immersive storytelling

Bad
Shallow combat, exploration
Repetitive gameplay loop
Performance issues

Read detailed Xbox Senua's Saga: Hellblade II review

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 18+

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KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre RPG

Platform Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

Series Pillars of Eternity

PEGI Rating 16+

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KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre Strategy

Platform PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

PEGI Rating 7+

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KEY SPECS
NEWS

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

Series Mana

PEGI Rating 12+

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