LIVE: Everything Announced at Xbox Developer Direct 2026

Microsoft is kicking 2026 disconnected with a caller Xbox Developer Direct showcase, which volition diagnostic immoderate of the biggest games it has coming retired this year.

Confirmed to look astatine the showcase is Playground’s Fable reboot, the UK studio’s different game, Forza Horizon 6, arsenic good arsenic Beast of Reincarnation, an enactment crippled from Pokemon developer Game Freak.

Could determination beryllium much to Xbox Developer Direct? Find retired close present with IGN. The enactment starts astatine 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK today, January 22.

Forza Horizon 6

Xbox Developer Direct 2026 kicked disconnected with a look astatine Forza Horizon 6 from the developers astatine UK workplace Playground Games. As we know, the crippled is acceptable successful Japan, wherever you commencement retired arsenic a tourist. Your archetypal extremity is to articulation the Horizon festival and advancement your vocation from there, unlocking caller areas arsenic you go.

Japan is the Horizon series' largest map, Playground said. The workplace worked with consultants to marque definite its practice of Japan was authentic arsenic possible. The developers themselves visited Japan to get plentifulness of notation material. There are hundreds of cars, with a amended balanced roster and caller cosmetic tyre wear.

Customizable garages are recovered astatine each playable house, Playground said. You tin invitation your friends implicit to spot what you've built, too. Your Estate starts disconnected bare and overgrown, but you tin physique straight successful the unfastened world, and everything tin beryllium visited by your friends. It each sounds precise Animal Crossing! Based connected the video shown during the Direct, Forza Horizon 6 looks awesome indeed. For more, cheque retired each the caller details connected Forza Horizon 6, which we've rounded up here.

Beast of Reincarnation

Next up was Beast of Reincarnation, a caller enactment crippled from Pokemon developer Game Freak. This is an wholly caller benignant of video crippled from the legendary studio. Directed by Kota Furushima, Beast of Reincarnation allows players to measurement into the relation of Emma the Sealer arsenic they travel done post-apocalyptic Japan to prevention humanity from extinction. It’s owed retired summertime 2026 crossed Xbox Series X and S, PC, and PlayStation 5. It's besides a day-one Game Pass title.

We've got plentifulness much connected Beast of Reincarnation coming soon!

Kiln

Microsoft surprise-announced a caller crippled from Double Fine Productions, called Kiln. Studio main Tim Schafer revealed Kiln, which helium said was each astir creating with different players earlier destroying everything. Kiln is an online multiplayer pottery enactment brawler. Expect precocious energy, "expressive" multiplayer action.

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