Today marks the start of the Game Developers Conference for 2023, and to celebrate the occasion Xbox is hosting a special event. (email protected) Demo event with 12 games also featured at the event.
From now until March 27, anyone on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S can access these free demos by going to the “demos” section of the Xbox Store or manually searching for them. There’s a lot to look forward to here, “Cyberpunk style” ArcRunner following Maid of Sker, The ritual occurs!
Without further ado, here’s a look at what you can download as part of the event.
“Please note that most of these demos are a first look at the game and may not represent the full game upon release, including country availability, as the developers continue to update and refine their title ahead of the release. exit.” .
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- ArcRunner: “Reassemble an AI gone rogue as you traverse the space station, The Arc, in this beautiful Cyberpunk action roguelite set in the distant future! Start each run as an augmented cloned human and save the Arc from the destruction !
- background rhythm: “A truly creative strategic puzzle game. Manipulate four threads of time to guide your gang through dangerous situations. Manage team resources to maximize your score. Experience a tribute to 1990s comedy dramas. Customize your music with audio effects pedals and playing styles.”
- battle cakes“Enjoy a delightful adventure as you choose to fight or befriend your enemies to save the day your way!” Customize your cupcake hero and meet lovely friends along the way. Leave the world better than you found it in this turn-based RPG.”
- Boom-Slang!: “The villainous Driver Chaos challenges you to become the next star player of Boom-slang! You’ll need to master a variety of single and multiplayer modes to get to the top. Combining stylized low-poly art with insane FMV sequences, get ready for top-down dual-controller shooting, cataclysmic chimera madness!
- Boxville“Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about wordless cans who live in box town and draw doodles on cardboard to tell their stories. Boxville is good for single player play, allowing you to immerse yourself in the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles. and puzzles, or play with a friend or family member to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together.”
- evil wizard: “evil wizard is a humorous action-RPG that puts you in the shoes of a former final boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long-lost powers, and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of budding heroes. evil wizard it also won the GDC Best in Play 2023 award.
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- porcupine drop: “New jobs can be stressful, especially when you are about to become a doctor! Join Finley on an original storytelling adventure as you take your first steps into an exciting new world. Experience the last days of summer together before a change of seasons rocks the sleepy town of Porcupine.”
- fractal space: “Live the memorable experience of a story-driven first-person puzzle adventure game. Avoid traps, use your jetpack and taser to blast your way through puzzles in weightlessness on a mysterious space station. In the end, what are you? is he really trying to escape?
- The ritual occurs: “The tower-based cooperative survival FPS spin-off of the award-winning British horror game, Doncella de Sker. Play solo or with up to four players to survive the supernatural onslaught of the Quiet Ones. Face hordes of new and familiar enemies, supercharged elites with unique supernatural powers, upgradable steam-punk weapons, creepy interchangeable skins, and mysterious story objectives.
- Soulvars“Burn your soul!” Soulvars is a pixel-art turn-based deck-building RPG where your party of Soulbearers face off against invading Dominators in dynamic, high-speed battles.
- Hotel Isla Marea: “An absent father must save his teenage daughter from an eclectic cult before her last night at the Isle Tide Hotel. Players investigate the strange events that unfold to save Eleanor Malone in this live-action, interactive mystery game, where every decision affects the story.
- the library of babel“Join Ludovik in a 2D graphic and stealth platforming adventure set 20,000 years after the extinction of mankind, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to uncover the secret behind the sudden shutdown of the Library of Babel and the mysteries of its mythical creators. .
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