Last year, Hades II and Dispatch were among the most critically acclaimed games. Hades II landed at number 2 on Game Informer's list of the best games of 2025, while Dispatch was one of the final titles cut from that top 10 list. However, they also have another thing in common: Neither came to Xbox last year. That is changing very soon, as both Supergiant Games and AdHoc Studio announced their critical and fan-favorite games are coming to Microsoft's gaming platform in the next few months.

In Hades II, you take control of Melinoë as you journey through the underworld to take on Chronos, the Titan of Time. As the follow-up to one of the most acclaimed indie games and roguelites ever, Hades II had a high bar set for it, but it somehow managed to break through those expectations to deliver a genre-leading experience. Dispatch, which is a superhero workplace comedy, signaled a return of sorts for the episodic adventure game style that Telltale Games thrust into the mainstream consciousness. But Dispatch elevates the genre from simply telling compelling stories to matching the storytelling and cast quality to something you might spot on a high-end streaming service, while adding fun gameplay sequences throughout the chapters.

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When it released on Switch 2, Switch, and PC on September 25, 2025, Hades II earned an extremely rare 10 out of 10 score from Game Informer, with Game Informer's Charles Harte saying, "Hades II is the pinnacle of the roguelike genre, a position I previously granted its predecessor, but one that its sequel has handily earned." When Dispatch arrived on PS5 and PC on October 22, 2025, freelancer and former Game Informer editor Ben Reeves awarded it a 9 out of 10, saying, "Instead of imitating movies, it borrows liberally from prestige television, showcasing character-driven storytelling, slow-burn drama, and high emotional stakes that tighten with every episode."

Hades II arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, including on Xbox Game Pass, on April 14. Dispatch swoops onto the Xbox ecosystem this summer. 

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Today’s Xbox Partner Showcase revealed a new trailer for The Eternal Life of Goldman, a beautiful 2D platformer by Weappy Studio, developer of This is the Police and Rebel Cops. Additionally, we learned the anticipated game will launch day one on Game Pass.

The Eternal Life of Goldman centers on the titular Goldman, a cane-bearing elderly adventurer who travels to a mystical set of islands called the Archipelago to kill an entity known as the Deity. Featuring hand-drawn, hand-animated art evocative of ‘70s-’90s animation and inspired by European folklore, the game channels classic platformers such as Ducktales in its gameplay. Goldman can bounce on his cane to defeat enemies and overcome platforming challenges, and his cane can be customized to perform various tasks and change its platforming properties. Check out the new trailer below.

Unfortunately, we still don’t have a release window for the game, but we’re hoping it arrives sooner rather than later. The Eternal Life of Goldman is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC. 

There's a much easier way to complete Sealed in Stone in Crimson Desert than killing every single bandit in the Karin Quarry.

Developer GSC Game World has revealed Cost of Hope, the first major expansion for its open-world survival shooter, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which originally launched on Xbox and PC in 2024 before coming to PlayStation 5 last year. The team describes Cost of Hope as a massive nonlinear expansion packed with dozens of hours of gameplay in the Zone, and it launches sometime this Summer simultaneously for all versions of the game. 

Revealed during today's Xbox Partner Preview with a new trailer, Cost of Hope puts players in control of Skif, the base game's protagonist, once more to navigate events that unfold alongside that base game's narrative. After installing the DLC, a signal on the PDA will trigger the new storyline as the game unfolds. GSC Game World says that your choices will shape what happens next and could affect not just the Zone, but far beyond it. 

Check it out in the Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – Cost of Hope Expansion reveal trailer below: 

"Duty, one of the oldest factions, sees the Zone as a threat that must be contained and destroyed," a press release reads. "On the other side, Freedom believes it's a gift – something to explore and harness for the greater good. For a time, this tension was held together by a fragile peace. But deals like that rarely last." 

Cost of Hope introduces two new regions to explore: the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Iron Forest. Each region features its own hub, quests, and activities, alongside new weapons and gear for Skif to use in his fight against mutants, anomalies, and more. 

Curiously, despite dubbing Cost of Hope the "first major expansion" for Stalker 2, GSC Game World says Cost of Hope serves as a "middle chapter of the 'second trilogy,'" of the Stalker series, noting that Stalker 2 expansions will be released in installments. "Together with a future story DLC – details of which will be revealed later – it will form a new, expansive narrative arc within the Stalker saga," the studio writes. 

Here are some screenshots from the Cost of Hope expansion: 

 

The studio will share more about the Summer 2026 release window "soon," it writes in the press release. 

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and the Cost of Hope expansion will launch on all three platforms this Summer. 

What do you hope to see in this Stalker 2 expansion? Let us know in the comments below!