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Xbox Games Showcase 2026: Predictions, hopes, dreams — and what I think you should expect

The Xbox Games Showcase is pulling into view. Every year, people talk about how important these shows are for Microsoft, but with Xbox's 25th anniversary and a new direction ... there's a lot riding on this one.

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"We’d love to do it": Fan requests spark a playful reply from Double Fine, teasing a return of an iconic OG Xbox platformer

Double Fine has responded to fan demand for a Psychonauts remake, saying the idea is something the studio would love to pursue one day, though no plans are confirmed.

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“We wanted to make sure the shape mattered” — Double Fine explains how KILN’s sculpted art defines its combat and characters

A new developer interview reveals how Double Fine shaped Kiln’s gameplay, detailing its origins, long development cycle, and the design decisions behind its unique collision system.

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I built the biggest, ugliest vase Double Fine's Kiln would let me and immediately got bullied by better potters

Hands-on | Double Fine's multiplayer pottery battle feels as absurd to play as it looks

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The studio behind Psychonauts' new game lands April 23 — and yes, it’s launching straight into Xbox Game Pass

Double Fine’s Kiln launches April 23, 2026 across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, with closed and open beta tests available ahead of release. The multiplayer pottery brawler will also launch on Game Pass Ultimate.

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If every Xbox game can hit Fable's apparent AAA quality — it's destined for a bright future

Xbox might have shed exclusivity, but in a post-Roblox world, it absolutely had no choice.

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"We're going to try and be more consistent with what we do": The head of Xbox Game Studios on the Developer Direct reveals, multiplatform strategy, and hard lessons learned from 2025

Exclusive Interview | Craig Duncan sets the stage for Xbox's most important year of the generation

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One game surprised me the most in the Xbox Developer Direct — and it's a wacky brawler that's releasing this year

Xbox Game Studios has revealed Kiln, a pottery brawler from the team behind Keeper and Psychonauts 2.

TechRadar

Create beautiful pots and use them to smash your friends to pieces in Double Fine's new 'online multiplayer pottery party brawler'

The strategy begins with a lump of clay.

PC Gamer

Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2026

All the announcements, reveals, and news about Fable, Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Kiln

GamesRadar

Double Fine's next game is a PvP brawler with pottery-powered team battles and a full social hub, out this spring on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC

Kiln is secretly a mech game, I'm convinced

GamesRadar

Everything announced during the Xbox Developer Direct 2026 — Forza Horizon 6, Fable, Beast of Reincarnation, and more

The Xbox Developer Direct 2026 is Microsoft's first big Xbox showcase of the year, and we've recapped everything announced during it right here.

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Xbox and Double Fine's Keeper on Game Pass is filled to the brim with strange little guys — I just think they're neat!

Keeper is the latest game from Double Fine Productions under Xbox Game Studios, and it's filled with adorable little guys.

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As if Xbox's most creative game in years wasn't beautiful enough already — it just got a crazy cool black and white mode

Keeper is one of my favorite video games of the year, and Double Fine just updated it with a brand-new, super unique black-and-white Noir Mode (and more).

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Psychonauts 2 offered a sensitive approach to mental health when we needed it most, and shouldn't be forgotten

Now Playing | Here's to the game that was there for me when little else could be

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Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added A Reminder Of Why We Play Video Games

Double Fine’s ‘Keeper’ is a triumphant reminder that weird games are worth it.

PC Gamer

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 'nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks' is the priority, admits 'we don't always succeed at that'

The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at a media industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.

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Keeper review: oddly tranquil for a game about a sentient lighthouse

4/5 This delightfully bonkers puzzler from Double Fine treads the line between creepy and sweet

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Keeper review

A bite-sized adventure game that draws on Double Fine's best work.

GamesRadar

Keeper review: "One of the most wonderfully bizarre games I've ever played – a stunning slice of magic"

Windows Central

Xbox's Keeper is like taking all the best psychedelics in the world all at once, and it's pure artistry

Double Fine Productions has finally returned with Keeper, one of the most captivating and bizarre video games I've played in a long time. I absolutely loved it.

TechRadar

Keeper wants you to love its colorful weirdness, but it's ultimately a little vanilla

Keeper is awash with style but lacks a little in deeper substance to captivate me through some seven hours of exploration.

Windows Central

Keeper, Blood West, and NASCAR 25 headline a massive week of 30+ new Xbox releases

Double Fine's Xbox game Keeper leads the week's new Xbox games launching from October 13 through 19, 2025.

PC Gamer

Under Microsoft, Double Fine has made its weirdest game yet—and this is only the beginning: 'We can take more risks'

The studio has "multiple new projects" in development, and Xbox GamePass is the key to its future.

GamesRadar

Stardew Valley becomes truly inescapable as it joins the September PlayStation Plus games lineup alongside an impeccable indie puzzler and one of the best platformers of the modern era

All killer, no filler in this month's PS Plus games

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