Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
As Dusk Falls – July 19 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An original interactive drama from Interior/Night that explores the entangled lives of two families across thirty years. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong in small town Arizona, the choices you make have a powerful impact on the characters’ lives in this uncompromising story of betrayal, sacrifice, and resilience.
Endling – Extinction is Forever – July 19
Will a mother fox manage to keep its little cubs alive? Experience a world ravaged by humankind through the eyes of the last fox on Earth in this eco-conscious adventure. Discover the destructive force of humans as they corrupt, pollute, and exploit the most precious and valuable resources of the natural environment day by day. Plan your next move carefully since it could be the last for you and your cubs.
Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels – July 19 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
Blast off to the visually stunning, exhilarating new Horizon Hot Wheels Park, high in the clouds above Mexico. Experience the fastest, most extreme tracks ever devised. Design, build, and share your own Hot Wheels adventure with over 80 distinct, snappable track pieces. Race 10 amazing new cars including the lightning fast 2021 Hennessey Venom F5 and the iconic 2000 Hot Wheels Deora II. Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels is included with the Forza Horizon 5 Premium Edition, Expansions Bundle, and Premium Add-Ons Bundle. This add-on requires Forza Horizon 5 (game sold separately).
Gloom and Doom – July 19 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
A visual novel throwback to ‘90s slacker movies with a supernatural twist. A depressed wraith is trying to earn his way back into heaven by hunting demons. His final mark is a girl who believes she will cause the end of the world. Featuring a cast of moody characters and a superhero comic book style, your choices will lead you to one of seven endings.
Hazel Sky – July 20 – Xbox One X Enhanced
A heartfelt adventure about a young engineer facing his destiny and his desires. Fix ramshackle flying machines and jump, climb, swing, and slide through a beautiful, mysterious world.
Seduction: A Monk’s Fate – July 20 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Side-scrolling action and classic adventure storytelling come together in a horror-themed tale about a monk who must enter a dark and surreal realm to uncover the truth of his monastery. What mysteries lie hidden, and can those he respects truly be trusted? Take control of this young man as he explores and converses, questions everything he knows and defies the advice of his elders.
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Bundle – July 21
Capcom is taking you back to the stadium with another collection of your favorite classics! See what has changed, and what’s completely new, in Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, from 3D-rendered arcade cabinets to scanline filters, there’s everything you need to recreate that arcade atmosphere.
Hell Pie – July 21 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
An obscene 3D platformer that takes bad taste to the next level! Grab the horns of Nate, the Demon of Bad Taste, as he is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie.
Aery – Vikings – July 22 – Xbox One X Enhanced
A story-driven 3D flight exploration game in which you control a little bird that is on its journey to complete a near impossible task of the gods. Make your journey through a wonderful, exciting, and breathtaking world and enjoy the feeling of flying on your search for Valhalla.
Princess.Loot.Pixel.Again x2 – July 22
Save cats! Kill dragons! Kiss the Princess! Again! Lots of fun with no hint at being serious, randomly generated adventures with heaps of more artifacts, objects, locations, enemies, bosses, secrets, and traps!
Severed Steel – July 22
A stylish and visceral single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, a unique one-armed protagonist, and a dark electronic soundtrack.