{"id":794795,"date":"2025-12-03T21:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:48:54","slug":"xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox showcases four indie games backed by ID@Xbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nMicrosoft recently held a virtual press showcase to flaunt four intriguing indie games coming to Xbox (and in several cases, other platforms too) in the near future, including Still Wakes the Deep, the long-awaited next project from Everybody&#8217;s Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room. <\/p>\n<p>\nIt was a little unclear whether the showcase would ultimately be made public &#8211; apparently not! &#8211; but hopefully this short list can still serve as an aide-m&eacute;moire for some interesting titles due in the near-ish future. <\/p>\n<p>First up was Nightscape from Mezan Studios, a side-scrolling 2.5D platformer coming &#8220;soon&#8221; to PC, PlayStation, Xbox. You play as reluctant hero Layla, aided by cute animal sidekick Goat Kid, in a tale inspired by ancient Arabic astronomy. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-showcases-four-indie-games-backed-by-idxbox?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft recently held a virtual press showcase to flaunt four intriguing indie games coming to Xbox (and in several cases, other platforms too) in the near future, including Still Wakes the Deep, the long-awaited next project from Everybody&#8217;s Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room. It was a little unclear whether the showcase would ultimately be made public &#8211; apparently not! &#8211; but hopefully this short list can still serve as an aide-m&eacute;moire for some interesting titles due in the near-ish future. First up was Nightscape from Mezan Studios, a side-scrolling 2.5D platformer coming &#8220;soon&#8221; to PC, PlayStation, Xbox. You play as reluctant hero Layla, aided by cute animal sidekick Goat Kid, in a tale inspired by ancient Arabic astronomy. 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