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Microsoft’s second Xbox Developer Direct on January 18th will feature Indiana Jones

Microsoft is back with another Xbox event to showcase some of what’s to come in 2024.

Microsoft is back with another Xbox event to showcase some of what’s to come in 2024.

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Illustration of Microsoft’s Xbox event
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Tom Warren
is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

Microsoft is holding a second Xbox Developer Direct event on January 18th. Much like last year’s initial event, Microsoft will detail some of its plans for Xbox this year and provide updates on games that are planned for release. The developers of the Indiana Jones game, MachinesGames, are going to reveal how the title is progressing with “more than 10 minutes of game and developer insights.”

The game will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, according to testimony during the FTC v. Microsoft case last year. The game was originally announced in 2021, just months before Microsoft finalized its $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. The Indiana Jones game is being developed by the same studio behind the Wolfenstein franchise.

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Indiana Jones could be the start of this Xbox show.
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Microsoft will also provide updates on Hellblade II, Avowed, and Ara: History Untold. Microsoft says there won’t be any updates on games from Activision Blizzard, though. It doesn’t look like we’re going to hear much more about Towerborne or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, either.

If Microsoft’s second Developer Direct is anything like the last one, then we’ll get to see even more gameplay of many of the games planned for Xbox in 2024. Last year’s event was around 45 minutes, with no hosts and just straight into gameplay and announcements. Expect to see a similar format next week.

The Xbox Developer Direct will take place at 3PM ET / 12PM PT / 8PM GMT on January 18th and will be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube. Shortly afterward, The Elder Scrolls Online 2024 reveal will take place at 4PM ET / 1PM PT / 9PM GMT.

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