If you weren’t huddled around a screen blaring the Xbox Partner Preview last night, worry not. We’ve got your back. The show was smaller in scope than we’d have liked, but it certainly brought about a fresh wave of games for Xbox and PlayStation gamers. Possibly the most hotly anticipated is Hades II, which spent the better part of six months shackled to the Nintendo Switch 2 and PC. Now, it’s finally going everywhere in April.
Hades II
Following on from Supergiant’s massive success that was Hades, players with a Nintendo Switch 2 in their arsenal will already know how its sequel pits the player against that Titan of Time, Chronos. This time it’s Melinoë, daughter of Hades and the sister of Zagreus — the first game’s protagonist. Hades II takes its roguelike roots to new levels, with a bigger map than ever before. It’s headed to the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 on 14 April.
Alien Deathstorm
From the folks who brought us Sniper Elite comes Alien Deathstorm. It’s a first-person survival adventure teeming with Stranger Things-like alien monsters around every corner. Every corner exudes ambience and style as the player blasts their way through hordes with an overflowing armoury. It doesn’t look like anything we haven’t seen before, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be fun. It’s headed to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC in 2027.
Artificial Detective
Closing out the show came Artificial Detective, here to remind us why we shouldn’t turn over our thinking to the machines quite so soon. It’s a post-apocalyptic third-person action-adventure story following one “wise-cracking robot detective” on a mission to discover why humanity has disappeared. The player must team up with the last human child alive to uncover the mystery. Coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC in 2027.
Dispatch
Dispatch may have already swept up players in its episodic format when it released on PC and PS5 a few months back. Now, Xbox owners will get a chance to step into the shoes of Robert Robertson III, AKA Mecha Man. Dispatch sees Robertson forced into a desk job dispatching for a team of ‘reformed villains-turned-superheroes’. You’ll manage the team and make big decisions on the fly when it hits the Xbox Series X/S in winter 2026.
The Eternal Life of Goldman
The British narration and cutesy art style of The Eternal Life of Goldman immediately put us in mind of Little Big Planet. That’s a good thing, particularly if whimsical platformers are your thing. Goldman ventures out across a hand-drawn world inspired by myths to kill The Deity — ” a mysterious, fearsome creature that everyone knows about, but no one has ever seen.” Okay, so we’re killing God. We’re in. It’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2026. Until then, busy yourself with the demo, out yesterday.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Perhaps the biggest news to come out of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is the fact that a beta is coming, and soon. Sure, we got another look at gameplay for the third-person action-RPG, but players have waited for some tactile hands-on time with the game for a good while now. They’ll get their opportunity on 22 April 2026 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. A vague release window was also teased for the consoles mentioned: Autumn 2027.
Frog Sqwad
You had us at ‘slapstick puzzle-platformer’. Frog Sqwad is just that, complete with an artistic style that would stupefy any three-year-old coming down off an iPad high. It looks like a whole lot of fun, assuming you can scrounge up enough friends to explore the sewers to grab food for The Swamp King. It’ll support up to eight players in this co-slop title, which lands on Xbox Series X/S and PC in June 2026
Moosa: Dirty Fate
At this point, we’ll take anything not set in feudal Japan. Fuedal Korea, on the other hand, might work. That’s the dirty fate of Moosa, a third-person action game complete with stunning graphics. We got a peek at the fast-paced and bloody combat cooked up by the IGGYMOB team. As famine sweeps across Korea, its subjects find the only alternative: cannibalism. Fun for the whole family. It’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC in 2027.
Super Meat Boy 3D
That abomination on your screen is Super Meat Boy 3D, marking the return of the usually-2D platformer. This one adds a whole new dimension, though whether it can pull it off quite as well as Nintendo can remains to be seen. It won’t be long before we find out, with the game landing on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on 31 March. Yes, this year.
