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\nMicrosoft has announced this year’s ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest event, which promises to deliver over 30 playable pre-release Xbox One and Xbox Series X\/S demos starting next week.\n<\/p>\n

\nThings kick off next Tuesday, 21st June and the event’s demos will remain available to play for seven days, with proceedings coming to a close the following Monday, 27th June.\n<\/p>\n

“These ‘game demos’ are not the norm,” Microsoft notes in its announcement post<\/a>. “Typically, the demos you see in our Demo channel are created after the game is completed (or nearly completed) and represents an almost final to final version. Think of these as akin to ‘show floor demos’ and not necessarily indicative of the final product.”\n<\/p>\n

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Microsoft has announced this year’s ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest event, which promises to deliver over 30 playable pre-release Xbox One and Xbox Series X\/S demos starting next week. Things kick off next Tuesday, 21st June and the event’s demos will remain available to play for seven days, with proceedings coming to a close the following Monday, 27th June. “These ‘game demos’ are not the norm,” Microsoft notes in its announcement post. “Typically, the demos you see in our Demo channel are created after the game is completed (or nearly completed) and represents an almost final to final version. 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