Xbox Developer Direct returns on January 23rd, 2025

https://x.com/aarongreenberg/status/1877357415953297623

The mystery game is unannounced.

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Itā€™s Wukong 2

Guilty Spark Playroom ā€¦

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Ok Theory ??? ( 11Ɨ ? ) The ā€œ?ā€ Represents the name of the Studios DOUBLE_FINE = 11 characters so itā€™s probably Double Fine and its game KILN.

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this was making the rounds 2 years ago Kiln | Double Fine Productions

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Looking forward to Crackdown 4

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Which way are you leaning for the secret game?

  • Forza Horizon 6
  • Double Fine game
  • 2nd party-maverick/wutang etc
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It would be really surprising to me if that prototype from 8 years ago came back. It didnā€™t seem to have much promise or honestly, DoubleFine flavor? But I coudl be wrong!

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I was very convinced Kiln would be out the past couple years, now Iā€™m leaning towards it just getting trademarked so no one else could use that idea. I do think there is a VERY strong chance of Double Fine showing / releasing something or two somethings this year though since itā€™s their 25th anniversary

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Honestly?

I think we get another fifth game in the mix since the other two had surprises in the mix. Hi Fi Rush and Vision of Mana being the examples, the fact they are from japanese studios makes me guess another japanese studios is gonna show something in this direct, my guess is either Gust talking about the new Atelier game or its something never before seen from a well know Japanese Studio. But thatā€™s my opinion

Now for the suposed mystery game, its likely Double Fine or Toys for Bob. But given that some spoke of location tells me something else so am inclined to believe it might actually not be either or and be maybe a published Xbox game, maybe that so called rumoured jrpg published game some spoke about being made by JP Games .

Those are my honest guesses.

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Yeah thatā€™s the MP game. Personally I am kinda over MP games, with the exception of a few. As a big fan of their SP games I hoped theyā€™d make another one, but Iā€™m not writing anything off, absolutely not. That would be foolish.

How is it that no one has mentioned Banjo?

unfortunate but true, Banjo isnā€™t a game that many people think of imo.

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Nah, Iā€™ve given up on that completely to be honest. Would love to be wrong though. A proper new Banjo with the proper art direction? Letā€™s go. Hell, Iā€™ll take a remake.

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Itā€™s time!!

I really hope we get a bit of Fable gameplay here.

There was a time when I really thought it was being worked on and would be shown at any one of these shows eventually but I stopped thinking that like 3-4 years ago lol.

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Iā€™d ignore that

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Well, the mystery game canā€™t be Fable, Everwild, Contraband, or Gears: E-Day since those games have all been announced.

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https://x.com/JezCorden/status/1877642050557890664

I wonder if he knows more or just a guess. Because we saw the image of the DD, we know the games. Except one mystery game. I forgot if they showed more games last year than what they had on the image. Did they?

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Yes every year they have shown more than whatā€™s on the original picture. Last year had 4 game and vision of mana made an appearance. The year before i believe was the shadow drop of hi fi rush. So the last 2 have had 5 games wouldnā€™t put it past them to have 5 games here including 2 mystery games

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One believes the secret game is another Xbox Publishing game.