Xbox Release Dates In 2026: A List Of New Games Coming Out This Year

Nothing for me till March with Crimson Desert and even that is a maybe. Still not convinced GTA 6 is locked in so its hard for me to be excited about it and anything with TBD I just ignore for now.

Looking at the list right now I hope it will fill out with a few surprises as there isn't anything I am super excited for. Put it this way I am more excited for the dlc for Stalker 2 & The Outer Worlds 2 than anything else at the moment.

Some cool looking games there. I loved Pragmata from my time spent with the demo, while the other big one for me in the first half of the year is 007: First Light.

Although, I still have unfinished business with 2025. I'm midway through Doom: The Dark Ages and Pokémon Legends Z-A. There are also a few things from last year I'm yet to get to, the big one being Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Plenty there for GPU and maybe some to purchase.
Nowadays I wait for reviews with the purchasing ones to see what the game is really like.
Will be interesting at the Xbox showcase to see some dates for the Xbox studio games.

Im in love with your dead grandmother has game of the year all over it, surely.

@Weebleman I wasn't going to look up that game because I dreaded what I might find. Curiosity eventually got the better of me though. I'm actually none the wiser as to exactly what the feck is going on 🤣

@Markatron84 😂 god damn you, now im going to have to Google it as well!

Definitely FH6, been waiting 5 long years for it to come out... Then of course GTA6, even though at this point i kinda lost some of the excitement... And RE Requiem where apparently some of the heroes will die. PS:Almost forgot Fable, they better not let us down! ✌️

Most of these games sound dirt 💩 🗑️. Only games I'm looking forward to is RE Requiem, 007, Tomb Raider (FINALLY another TR game, last was 2018 my favorite one out of a amazing series), Prince of Persia (FINALLY a remake & not some 2D garbage), Fable(FINALLY another Fable game, took forever for it to come out, still waiting for it to be delayed) & Mega Man Star Force collection(didn't even know this was coming out of my Cousin hadn't told me, we always been big fans of Mega Man(Wish the Battle Network collection was available on Xbox as well). Another trash year for me. 2013 remains the best year to me so far.

Pragmata looked good so I'll probably buy it which makes 6 games I'll get this year, that's not good. 8 if I still cared about GTA & State of Decay 3, GTA lost me years ago, State of Decay lost me a few months ago & the no show at the awards(which I was betting would happen) was the final straw, both of those delayed into oblivion, GTA was far longer though & yes they provided plenty of updates to the game but they were milking it so it became annoying instead of just giving us what we wanted which was GTA 6(campaign was coo but the highlight for me was online to be honest & even then I'm not that crazy about GTA 5 it's not even one of my favorite games like it use to be in 2013) if I had to choose out of the two, I'd buy SOD3(State of Decay 3) in a heartbeat before I'd buy GTA. R* be doing too much. I always liked Dynasty Warriors but only on a handheld, those same area hack & slash games get boring after a few hours.

Seems like 2027 will be a better year for games with the Witcher 4 & Osiris & some others I seen, at least for me, there will probably be 10+ games I'd buy that year. Thankfully I'll be getting a PS5 so I'll have all 3 consoles.

Also
American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 coming to Xbox/PS5 this year

Should hopefully be getting the Developer Direct date announcement soon so we can get some solid dates on Xbox games.

After an impressive 2025 packed with major releases and numerous day‑one Game Pass titles—despite the backlash over the Game Pass price hike—Xbox still finished the year as the top video game publisher in both revenue and player engagement. The lineup included games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Indiana Jones, Doom: Dark Ages, Gears of War Reloaded, Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Ninja Gaiden 4, South of Midnight, and many others across first‑party and day‑one launches.

Looking ahead, 2026—Xbox’s 25th anniversary—already appears set to be another huge year, even if some titles may slip, with Fable, Gears E‑Day, Forza Horizon 6, Halo 1 Remake, and more expected.

We’re also likely to get either a release date or a more detailed unveiling of the next Xbox. In a nod to the original console, which was heavily based on Windows, the new system is expected to run a true Windows environment with an open ecosystem, supporting not just the Xbox Store but also Steam, Epic, and others, a native backwards compatibility, support on any devices (pc, xbox console, handled, cloud, tv, ..., )etc...

@fatpunkslim

Edit: you know what, forget about it. Happy New Year my man, and to all the folks and staff here.

I'm mostly interested in the RPGs, like Fable and Dragon Quest.
Tales of Berseria should also be good.

For me on this list
Definitely:
FF7
GTA6
Gears E Day
FH6

Probably:
Fable

Maybe:
Toxic Commando
Monster Hunter Stories 3

Hopefully come out in 2026 (on Xbox):
Pathologic 3
Solasta 2
Outward 2
Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy
No Rest for the Wicked
Big Walk
Chrono Odyssey

@Weebleman Happy new year ! Health and peace—it's just video games

@Weebleman don't keep me in suspense. Did you look it up? Are you irreparably damaged?

@Markatron84 I dont feel anything anymore. Just a husk of confusion remains.

@Weebleman that sounds pretty irreparable to me 😂