A new year in gaming brings with it excitement of what’s to come, whether its that highly anticipated title you’ve been waiting on for months, or the surprise of the unknown becoming a beloved game you enjoy for a long time after that. For a few years now Xbox uses the Developer_Direct as a way to build up excitement for the oncoming year. 2026 celebrates the 25th anniversary of Xbox and with that Microsoft gaming is promising quite the slew of releases. But before we get to that in a few weeks, we have the first drop of releases to Xbox Game Pass in 2026. Seeing major third party titles such as Capcom’s Resident Evil Village and Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws along with a prized indie title Mio: Memories in Orbit as well.
Mio: Memories in Orbit is the lone day one release in this wave of titles. This indie Metroidvania is developed by french studio Douze Dixièmes and published by Focus Entertainment. Players take control of the small robot Mio tasked to explore the decaying world and investigate why the vessel has suddenly been abandoned. During the journey, Mio unlocks abilities that are not only used in...
