We hope you have room in your backlog as another 13 new games launch on Xbox next week, including Multiversus, Digimon Survive, and Lord Winklebottom Investigates.
We've got some notable releases landing in our laps next week! The big one is the free-to-play fighting game MultiVersus, which launches on July 26th. A couple of days later we have the world's foremost detective gracing our screens in Lord Winklebottom Investigates (check out Heidi's interview with the game's developer for more), on July 28th, followed by the severely delayed Digimon Survive on the 29th.
From this page, you can view a game's achievement list if it's been released, subscribe to a game for news updates, add them to your wishlist, and even click through to the Microsoft Store to preorder or purchase. Here's a breakdown of everything coming to the world of Xbox next week. Let us know which of these you're planning on picking up in the comments!
July 26th
MultiVersus — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
MultiVersus is a platform fighter that lets you team up with your friends using some of the most iconic characters including Batman, Shaggy, & more. Find your favorite fighter combos and save the Multiverse!
Noel The Mortal Fate — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows
A revenge drama about a girl, a devil and their companions...
Noel the Mortal Fate is an adventure title which started serialization as a free game in 2016 and later spawned comics and novels.
This version of the game has been remade for a console experience, with updated UI, story and dialogue. It follows the story from the prologue throught Season 7 of the series where the real battle begins for Noel and her companions. Furthermore, you can experience the epic story unfold through full HD support.
This version also features Season 3.5, a bonus season which takes place between the Burrows and Jullian storylines.
July 27th
80's Overdrive — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows
80'S Overdrive is a 2D pixel art racing game, designed to take you back in time to when 8 and 16 bit consoles and arcade games ruled the world. Compete against opponents in career mode to unlock new races, buy new cars, and upgrade them with state-of-the-art technologies! Try your skill in time attack mode and see how far you can get in this race against the clock! Create your own tracks with built-in track generator and easily share them with your friends!
Arsonist Heaven — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Strap on a jet pack and grab a flamethrower to hunt down monstrous foes!
Get ready to blaze through your enemies with as much firepower as you can carry! It’s hunt or be hunted in a game of side-scrolling survival. Arsonist Heaven is an action platformer presented in retro pixel art style. Take the role of a hunter in a flame-retardant hazard suit and equipped with a jet pack as you traverse a wide variety of biomes, from forests and icy mountains to deserts and volcanic caverns.
But be careful! Each stage is filled with roving enemies. Some monsters attack with brute force, while others carry melee weapons or emit magic projectiles. To even the odds and eliminate them before they take you down, you’ll need to utilize an arsenal of unique firearms, launchers and flamethrowers. Once ammo is depleted, be sure to have another weapon on-hand or you’ll be left defenseless! The jet pack could be your savior, but fuel is limited. It’s a brutal ballet of balancing resources as you outlast the opposition!
Train Valley — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Build railroads in order to connect cities, tunnels and bridges. New railways are cheap when laid across bare fields, but can be expensive when demolishing forests, villages and other existing structures.
Manage increasing traffic by constructing, switches, sidings and spurs so that multiple trains can run without delays, at the same time.
Stay accident-free by precisely controlling trains during crucial moments, using pause for planning (you can build railways and schedule trains while on pause).
Play through 5 seasons: Europe (1830–1980), America (1840–1960), USSR (1880–1980), Japan (1900–2020) and Germany (1830-2020).
Complete the story mode featuring such real-life events as the Gold Rush of 1849, the construction of the Florida Overseas Railroad, World War II, the Cold War, the launch of the first manned space flight Vostok 1, the fall of the Berlin Wall and more.
Explore the game in different game modes: in story mode (5-10 minutes), in random mode (15-20 minutes – the level looks and develops differently every time you launch) or in sandbox-like regime (can be turned on for both story and random modes. It allows to play without time and money limits).
Discover 30 types of trains – from early steam-powered locomotives to modern high-speed trains, driving 18 types of cars – from old-time passenger cars to hoppers and cisterns and to military-use tank and gun platforms.
July 28th
Aniquilation — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Twin Stick Shooter Multiplayer Action Game set in small planets that can be terraformed as you play! in which not only your shoots, but also the enemies and planet environment are your weapon!
LootLite — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Dragons steal everything they find... This is something that the new inhabitants of this peculiar peninsula discover as soon as they arrive.
You must help all these unlucky heroes to recover all that stolen treasure...
LootLite is a roguelike-arcade in which you can choose between seven different heroes to fight against the enemy hordes and try to recover the stolen treasures. Travel through a huge peninsula with different levels full of secrets, hidden paths and all kinds of weapons.
Characteristic:
- Seven unlockable characters.
- Travel all corners of the peninsula in search of weapons and runes.
- Play alone or with a friend in local cooperative mode.
- A seamless RogueLike experience.
Lord Winklebottom Investigates — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.
Puzzletronics: Digital Infinite — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Puzzletronics: Digital Infinite is a minimalist jigsaw-puzzle. The player must move the pieces to form logical circuits while listen to a relaxing and calm soundtrack.
Challenge yourself through 135 different levels with a variety of difficulty in them, learning the behavior of logical doors and digital logic. The game presents an intuitive gameplay that dispenses tutorials.
Developed by Naoka Games
July 29th
Avenging Spirit — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
During a romantic walk with his girlfriend, the main character is attacked by enemy agents who kidnap his love and then murder him.
As a spirit, the player must save the girlfriend from a mysterious crime syndicate, so he can finally rest in peace. Possess one of four characters with unique abilities at the start of the game.
You can attack (or possess) enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance.
Features
* Legacy arcade title from the 1990s
* Platform action gameplay
* Choose from 4 characters
* Supernatural storyline
Digimon Survive — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
RimWorld Console Edition — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
RIMWORLD IS A STORY GENERATOR
It’s designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate colonists, starvation and survival. It works by controlling the “random” events that the world throws at you. Every thunderstorm, pirate raid, and travelling salesman is a card dealt into your story by the AI Storyteller.
Are you planning on picking up any of these? Let us know down in the comments!