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ID@Xbox and Twitch Team Up for First Indie Showcase on March 26 - Xbox Wire

We at ID@Xbox, the Independent and Digital games publishing program for Xbox, love indie games. It’s in our blood. Technically, it’s also kind of in our name. Turns out our friends at Twitch also love indie games. When we found that out, we thought “we gotta collab!” So, I’m thrilled to announce...

news.xbox.com

more than 25 games shown.


on twitch, March 26

 

[Concern]

Is there a list or are there new announcements coming?

 

[Tickle My Tendies]

Jeff Grubb strikes first once again

 

[Vasto]

Finally some Stalker 2 gameplay.

 

[Starfield]

Is there a list or are there new announcements coming?

100+ games shown 25 new game trailers or gameplay from games

 

[Bladed Thesis]

Indie..

Agreed. Crazy to think of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 when you think of indie but I guess it technically is.

 

[Concern]

100+ games shown 25 new game trailers or gameplay from games

Nice.

Im not really crazy about indies but there's always some good ones. Like The Ascent for example. Looking forward to that.

 

[Calverz]

Indie..

Its indie rock n roll for me!!!

 

[AJUMP23]

Oh good more games.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

The Ascent is one I’m really looking forward to seeing more from!

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

Worth mentioning that Jeff Grubb also said Starfield was a 90% lock for 2021.... + FH5.

Would be an interesting first year if true.

 

[Fredrik]

The Ascent is one I’m really looking forward to seeing more from!

Yeah! Honestly, it looked great even a year ago

 

[Mister Wolf]

Microsoft going hard this gen. Gonna be 360 all over again.

 

[CatLady]

I'm going to predict there will be several examples of Indie trash, but worth watching just to see more S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and I'm also somewhat interested in The Ascent.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

More indie trash. Gonna tune in for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for sure though.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

Microsoft going hard this gen. Gonna be 360 all over again.

No kidding, eh? Xbox just seems intent in keeping a steady drip of info going to drum up interest and hype. Based on what I’m seeing on various gaming forums and streaming channels it seems to be working. The narrative around Xbox has changed quite a bit since since the launch of the Series consoles...and this gen has barely even begun. I don’t see Phil and Company letting up.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

Exo One is another title that really has a nice vibe to it. Almost like you could title it ASMR: The Game.

 

[turtlepowa]

Indie..

Don't judge too early, maybe there will be some nice walking sims.

 

[Stuart360]

Indie..

It makes me laugh when some gamers see the word 'Indie', and automatically think it means some amateur developer making a game in his bedroom with zero budget. Well it doesnt..

 

[MDSLKTR]

Indie..

Just borrowing the page from the latest State of Play book, following the market leader and all that

 

[Mister Wolf]

No kidding, eh? Xbox just seems intent in keeping a steady drip of info going to drum up interest and hype. Based on what I’m seeing on various gaming forums and streaming channels it seems to be working. The narrative around Xbox has changed quite a bit since since the launch of the Series consoles...and this gen has barely even begun. I don’t see Phil and Company letting up.

It all starts with Starfield being announced exclusive. That's the bomb drop. Stalker 2 is the cherry on top.

 

[Bridges]

No kidding, eh? Xbox just seems intent in keeping a steady drip of info going to drum up interest and hype. Based on what I’m seeing on various gaming forums and streaming channels it seems to be working. The narrative around Xbox has changed quite a bit since since the launch of the Series consoles...and this gen has barely even begun. I don’t see Phil and Company letting up.

It's very exciting, it seems like a lot of people in the pro and anti Xbox camps sometimes get hung up on the idea of Xbox "being the best" or overtaking Playstation or something. I don't think any of that matters, what matters is that this gen there's a very clear push to get exciting new games on the console, both exclusives and multiplats. After the first couple months of last gen it was hard not to feel second class if you were primarily on Xbox because of all the third party games that seemed to come out on everything except Xbox, a lot of the conversations were around games Xbox owners never got the chance to play, and now that really seems to be changing. It's very cool, the whole industry is better when everyone is putting up a fair fight.

 

[Stuart360]

It all starts with Starfield being announced exclusive. That's the bomb drop.

Imo that will be around E3 time, when they do whatever they will be doing instead of E3 imo.

 

[01011001]

The Ascent is one I’m really looking forward to seeing more from!

same

 

[Forsythia]

So I guess indies suck now, amirite?

 

[reksveks]

Where is 12 Minutes?

 

[Mister Wolf]

I've been waiting for The Ascent.

 

[FoundryMusic]

Indie..

Imagine having indie games at an indie games event. The mind boggles.

 

[Gatox]

I've been waiting for The Ascent.

You could almost say.....youve been waiting for it to drop.....



Sorry.

 

[Gatox]

Indie..

Hark at the Mensa member here, realised indie games will he at an Indie games event.....genius.

 

[LordBlodgett]

I'm excited about this, some of the best games I played last year were "indies". Outer Wilds, The Touryst, Mutant Year Zero......all great low budget games that kicked ass. I'm sure there will also be a bunch of garbage, but likely some winners too

 

[DJTHEGREY]

Sounds good... Hopefully we get some realistic release dates as well. I love seeing gameplay and trailers but not for games not being released the same year. Been waiting for 12 minutes to release forever it seems

 

[cromofo]

STALKER 2 is pretty much my most anticipated title in like, ever. Nuts that it's on Gamepass day 1

 

[Kuranghi]

Ooft thats cool, I'm really excited for Chorus and The Ascent, hopefully also see more of that new IP: "The Gunk". I liked the art style of that one. 12 minutes has great potential too, but I fear that one won't have a lot too it, just a gut-feeling though.

Chorvs trailer for hype:




I love this trailer, it reminds me of the intro to Killzone 2.

 

[rapid32.5]

Can't wait and bring on STALKER remake for consoles.

 

[Kuranghi]

I'm excited about this, some of the best games I played last year were "indies". Outer Wilds, The Touryst, Mutant Year Zero......all great low budget games that kicked ass. I'm sure there will also be a bunch of garbage, but likely some winners too

Yeah exactly, I'm more excited for smaller games than the giant ones right now. The big ones are either too far off to care about or are known quantities which I will enjoy thoroughly but they don't have the mystery these new IPs do right now.

 

[Craig of War]

All of them 100 plus games dropping day 1 on gamepass would be crazy value to which is already the best deal in gaming.

 

[Griffon]

Hoping for some nice surprises. Time for indies to shine.

 

[nikolino840]

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Looking forward to this. Hoping for release dates for The Ascent, Bright Memory Infinite and Crossfire X (campaign).

 

[saintjules]

I wonder if this will make an appearance.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I wonder if this will make an appearance.

I've been waiting on the fox Zelda for a while.

 

[reksveks]

Hades would be a great get but don't believe it yet

 

[Barlow]

 

[saintjules]

.

 

[saintjules]

Clarified in earlier comment.

 

[Ten_Fold]

Microsoft going hard this gen. Gonna be 360 all over again.

With ES6 possible being Xbox/PC only. New fable, halo infinite seems like it could be good. Yeah this is the 360 round 2. I’m gonna go hard this week with trying to get a series X.

 

[nikolino840]

 

[Dlacy13g]

I think the most important thing beyond my excitement for seeing / hearing about games is that some proper expectations for this event have been set. It's entirely Indie focused and that is great, not a problem in my book when you let me know that is the focus. I am not going to log in expecting something other than what has been clearly communicated.

 

[Griffon]

Yeah, calling the event Indie from the onset is the right move. And I do expect some nice games to be announced. As proven by the Boomer Shooter thread and some other games that got huge overnight, indies can and do deliver a ton of good stuff.