Everything Announced At the March 2026 Xbox Partner Preview

Microsoft’s March 2026 Xbox Partner Preview delivered a rapid-fire showcase of third-party projects, confirming release windows, Game Pass placements, and first-look trailers for 19 upcoming titles. The 45-minute stream, presented in alphabetical order, underscored Xbox’s continued emphasis on day-one Game Pass value across genres, from preschool platformers to hard-core tactical shooters.

Alien Deathstorm, the next title from Rebellion, leads the slate. The first-person adventure drops players onto a wind-lashed off-world colony besieged by extraterrestrials; it launches simultaneously on Xbox Series X/S and PC with Game Pass inclusion. Rebellion followed the reveal with a terse confirmation that the project is targeting late 2026.

Ascend to Zero, the cyberpunk isometric roguelike that impressed critics during last year’s demo circuit, locked in a September 2026 date and Game Pass availability. Developer Voxel Forge highlighted the title’s signature time-freeze mechanic and voxel destruction in a new 60-second gameplay vignette.

Bluey’s Happy Snaps extends the beloved Australian cartoon into an interactive photography excursion. The preschool adventure tasks Bluey and Bingo with cataloguing native wildlife through their father’s camera, populating an in-game scrapbook with collectible snapshots. The project launches holiday 2026 on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Game Pass.

Dispatch, the five-episode superhero workplace comedy, will release as a complete season this summer. Players assume the role of a retired hero turned emergency dispatcher, allocating reformed villains to crises. Branching dialogue and roster management drive the narrative, with every episode available day-one on Game Pass.

Goldman: The Last Deity, a hand-drawn 2D platformer inspired by DuckTales, received a fall 2026 window. The elderly protagonist’s cane-customization system was showcased, allowing players to modify bounce trajectory and combat properties. The title is confirmed for Xbox, PC, PlayStation 5, and Switch.

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn closed the broadcast with a cinematic flourish. The third-person action-RPG, heavily influenced by Mass Effect, lets players craft a unique starship captain and recruit a crew across a war-torn solar system. The game launches exclusively on Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2027, with day-one Game Pass access.

Additional announcements include:

- Frog Sqwad, an eight-player co-op puzzle-platformer starring snack-hunting frogs, arrives June 2026 on Xbox and PC with Game Pass. - Grave Seasons, a farming sim turned murder-mystery, will offer a public demo ahead of its 2027 release. - Hades II, Supergiant’s 10/10-rated roguelike, finally lands on Xbox Series X/S and PC Game Pass this winter. - Moosa: Dirty Fate, a painterly action title set in feudal Korea, launches 2027 on Xbox and PC with Game Pass. - Serious Sam: Shatterverse introduces five interdimensional Sams battling the godlike Mental, releasing holiday 2026 on Xbox and PC. - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope, a 20-hour expansion pitting Duty against Freedom, debuts late 2026. - Stranger Than Heaven, RGG Studio’s historical action epic, will receive a dedicated showcase on May 6. - Super Meat Boy 3D leaps to 3D environments on March 31, 2026, for Xbox, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC. - Vaunted, a hybrid real-time/turn-based tactics title from ex-StarCraft developers, targets a 2026 PC launch. - Wuthering Waves, the anime-inspired open-world RPG, migrates from mobile to Xbox Series X/S and Game Pass this summer.

Microsoft confirmed that every title featured during the Partner Preview is currently in active development and will support Smart Delivery on compatible Xbox hardware.