Everything announced in Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase and Black Ops 6 Direct

The Xbox Games Showcase and Black Ops 6 Direct 2024 is over! As usual we gained some insight into upcoming Xbox titles through a selection of new reveals and updates for released titles. Much like last year with Starfield, the showcase ended with an extended look at one special game – and this time it was Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Alongside Black Ops 6, we also got a look at Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, Avowed, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and South of Midnight. And, as you’d expect, many of the games shown are going to be available from Game Pass from day one. Now, let’s stop messing about and get the trailers started!

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

The Xbox Game Showcase began with the campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Set in the 1990s after the end of the Cold War, it promises to bring guns, action, conspiracies and motorbikes (at least in the cutscenes.)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be released 25th October on PC and Xbox Series X/S. It will also be on Game Pass from Day One. For more on the game, our Chris Tapsell has had an extended look and chatted with its developers.

We also discovered that, sadly, you can’t play as Maggie Thatcher.

Doom: The Dark Ages

The world premiere of Doom: The Dark Ages arrived next. All of the classic Doom staples were present – aliens, guns, violence, blowing out alien brains and even a cool looking dragon. (At least I think it was dragon… an alien dragon maybe?)

Doom: The Dark Ages will be released on PC and Xbox Series X/S in 2025. It will also be on Game Pass from Day One.

State of Decay 3

Zombies shambled onto the screen next in State of Decay 3. Here you’ll have to fight zombies to survive and deal with how they can appartently cover structures in flesh. Unique.

While the release date for State of Decay 3 is currently unknown, it will be available on Game Pass from Day One.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the fourth major game in the series and is a sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition from 2014. News about this game has been picking up over the last week, including having its name recently changed from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, and Gary McKay, BioWare boss, talking about its mechanics and characters, including its romance options.