Microsoft has introduced much more Xbox video games are coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025, and certain Nintendo Switch 2.
After a hesitant begin to their multiformat technique in 2024, Microsoft now appears to be doubling down on its efforts to assist the PlayStation 5, insisting that there are ‘no pink traces’ in the case of what video games may very well be introduced over.
Microsoft has already confirmed Indiana Jones And The Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5 will launch on PlayStation 5 this yr, whereas different first celebration titles like Doom: The Dark Ages and The Outer Worlds 2 will launch on Sony’s console alongside the Xbox Series X/S model.
Less than every week after Forza Horizon 5’s PlayStation 5 announcement, Xbox has introduced two extra first celebration video games for Sony’s console – and it’s nice information for technique followers.
Here is what that you must know.
New Xbox video games coming to PS5
Age Of Mythology: Retold and Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition are each coming to PlayStation 5 this yr. The former, which is a remastered model of 2002’s authentic Age Of Mythology, will come to the console on March 4, whereas the latter is slated merely for ‘spring’.
The arrival of Age Of Mythology: Retold on Sony’s console coincides with the launch of a brand new Immortal Pillars enlargement, which features a Chinese pantheon, a marketing campaign impressed by Chinese mythology, and 7 new maps.
This enlargement arrives on PC and Xbox Series X/S on the identical day because the PlayStation 5 model, with cross-play assist. All future updates will roll out throughout all platforms concurrently following this date.
Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, a remaster of the 1999 authentic sport with improved visuals and all earlier DLC, may even launch on PlayStation 5 with a brand new enlargement – though developer World’s Edge is holding particulars below wraps till spring.
As for Age Of Empires 4 gamers, Microsoft has introduced two new expansions for 2025. The first, Knights Of Cross And Rose, will launch within the spring, and features a new solo mode and the power to ‘lead two well-known armies impressed by historical past’. There are not any particulars on the second enlargement, however it can partly deal with ‘shorter and repeatable experiences’.
The existence of those ports recommend Age Of Mythology: Retold and Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition may very well be within the pipeline for Nintendo’s Switch 2 as properly – particularly as they might each showcase the console’s mouse-like performance.
Microsoft has confirmed Xbox video games are coming to Nintendo’s subsequent console, however hasn’t named any precise titles but. It appears clear that Nintendo has advised third celebration publishers to not make any bulletins till the Nintendo Direct in April.
Beyond these titles, rumours recommend Microsoft is planning to launch much more Xbox video games on different platforms this yr, together with Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
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