IO Interactive announced a December 2025 collaboration with Eminem for Hitman World of Assassination, where the rapper enlists Agent 47 to eliminate his alter ego Slim Shady in a surreal free elusive target mission set in Hokkaido’s Popsomp Hills Asylum packed with hip-hop references and creative kills.

TiGames unveiled Zoopunk at Xbox Partner Preview, a 3D hack-and-slash action game set decades before FIST: Forged in Shadow Torch, featuring Rayton the rabbit alongside new playable characters fighting mechanical armies in dieselpunk Torch City, launching 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC.

Sandfall Interactive’s debut JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards on November 20, winning Ultimate Game of the Year plus six additional awards including Best Storytelling and Best Visual Design, matching Baldur’s Gate 3’s record haul from 2023.

Plot Twist unveiled Erosion at Xbox Partner Preview, an open-world roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic Wild West where dying sends you forward 10 years, permanently aging the world and everyone in it as you race to save your daughter from the sentient Pillar consuming civilization, launching Spring 2026 Early Access.

Poncle shocked fans at Xbox Partner Preview by revealing Vampire Crawlers, a first-person roguelite deckbuilder spinoff of Vampire Survivors featuring turn-based card combat, dungeon exploration, combo-stacking mechanics, and returning characters launching early-to-mid 2026 day one on Game Pass.

Nightdive Studios released Outlaws + Handful of Missions Remaster on November 20, 2025, bringing the overlooked 1997 LucasArts Western shooter to modern platforms with 4K resolution, 120fps support, completely remodeled characters and weapons, cross-play multiplayer, and the full expansion pack.

Mongoose Rodeo’s Kickstarter-funded metroidvania Crowsworn reemerged at Xbox Partner Preview with a new gameplay trailer confirming day one Xbox Game Pass availability, featuring hand-drawn 2D animation, 120 unique enemies, 30 bosses, and stylish Devil May Cry-inspired combat in a dark souls-like world.

ACE Team unveiled gameplay for The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu at Xbox Partner Preview, showcasing their four-player cooperative survival horror set in a cursed jungle where Lovecraftian nightmares distort reality and turn allies against each other, launching Summer 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.

Owlcat Games released a developer diary for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn on November 19, 2025, featuring former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao discussing how his spaceflight experience informed realistic zero-gravity mechanics, spacewalking, and combat in the upcoming sci-fi action RPG.

Counterplay Games unveiled Armatus during Xbox Partner Preview, a third-person roguelite shooter set in demon-infested Paris where players wield firearms and celestial powers as the last supernatural warrior searching for the Sunless Gate, launching in 2026 day one on Game Pass.