Guide: Xbox Developer Direct 2025: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch The Showcase

We’re getting VERY close now!

It’s almost time for the Xbox Developer Direct! Yep, the 2025 edition of Microsoft’s dev-focused showcase returns this Thursday, with multiple titles confirmed for the show already.

In this guide, we’re going to tell you everything you need to know about the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 ahead of it airing in less than 24 hours’ time. Let’s get cracking!

What Games Will Be At Xbox Developer Direct 2025?
Microsoft has announced that four games will be at the Xbox Developer Direct 2025. However, the team has only confirmed what three of those games are: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight.

So far, the fourth game of the showcase is being kept firmly under wraps over at Microsoft. Xbox says it will “visit a surprise location to see another studio’s brand new game”, and aside from that teaser, we can only go on reports about what this title might be. There’s even rumours of a potential fifth game showing up as well!

What Date Does Xbox Developer Direct 2025 Air?
Xbox Developer Direct 2025 takes place on Thursday, January 23rd.

What Time Does Xbox Developer Direct 2025 Start?
The Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT on January 23rd. Going off the last two years of Xbox Dev Direct, we’re expecting the show to last around 45 minutes or so.

Where To Watch Xbox’s Developer Direct 2025 Showcase
Xbox will be hosting this year’s event across its usual social channels, including YouTube, Twitch and Facebook.

As usual with these kinds of showcases, we’ll also be hosting the event here at Pure Xbox – complete with our live chatroom so you can discuss all the big reveals as they happen. If you don’t get to see the Xbox Developer Direct live, we’ll also be rounding up all the news following the show, so rest assured you won’t miss a thing!

Tell us what you want to see from Xbox Developer Direct 2025 down below!

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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