Microsoft has announced an Xbox Partner Preview broadcast later this week, where third-party developers will showcase a mix of new and upcoming games. The Partner Preview event will go live on October 17th and will include updates from studios like Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games and more. Microsoft has confirmed that the stream will include gameplay from the upcoming expansion for Alan Wake II and a new trailer for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Xbox Partner Preview Details

The Partner Preview broadcast will last about 25 minutes and include more than a dozen gameplay trailers, Microsoft said in an Xbox Wire post on Monday. The exhibition will feature a first look at the gameplay of Alan Wake 2’s upcoming expansion, The Lake House. Also confirmed is a new trailer for Ryu Ga Gotoku Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, coming in February 2025, and a look at the bosses of Soulslike action-RPG Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

The broadcast will also include several world premiere trailers, new game reveals, fresh gameplay, and announcements of upcoming game release dates.

The Xbox Partner Preview will be live on the Xbox YouTube and Twitch channels on Thursday, October 17th at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM ET (10:30 PM ET).

The last Xbox Partner Preview was broadcast in March, where third-party developers provided updates for games like Unknown 9: Awakening, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Persona 3 Reload, and more. The event also featured new games for The Sinking City 2, Creatures of Ava, Monster Jam Showdown, and Sleight of Hand.

In June, Microsoft held a packed Xbox Games Showcase where it announced its slate of upcoming in-house games. The presentation showed the next title Gears of War, Doom: The Dark Ages and Perfect Dark, and also gave updates on already announced games such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, South of Midnight, Avowed and more.