Microsoft and Xbox gave fans a look at several of the in-house first-party games coming to its Xbox Series X|S consoles and Windows PCs earlier this year with the Xbox Developer Direct 2026. Ahead of larger showcases coming this summer, though, it's also hosted a special Xbox Partner Preview — a show that instead highlighted new games and updates from third-party developers that work closely with Xbox publishing.
Indeed, even though the titles shown in these Partner Preview presentations aren't published by Xbox itself, they tend to sport availability on Xbox Game Pass and support for Xbox Play Anywhere, which means your ownership and in-game progress will transfer seamlessly across Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, Xbox Ally handhelds, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
