Talking Point: Are You Hoping For Another 'Shadow Drop' At Xbox Developer Direct 2025?

As Xbox Developer Direct fast approaches, we're getting quite excited for what we might see in the 2025 edition of the event. We know three of the games that will be showcased, while rumours are pointing towards a "legendary Japanese IP" for Xbox's fourth game of the show. But, what about another shadow drop of some sort?

Back in 2023, when Xbox debuted this new 'Dev Direct' format, the team amazingly shadow-dropped Hi-Fi RUSH during the livestream. There was so much hype around the Tango Gameworks title back then, in part because of its surprise release - and we'd love to see something like that happen again.

Now, whether a potential shadow drop would be that surprise fourth game, or even a fifth title in the lineup, we're not quite sure. To be honest, a surprise release seems unlikely to happen after Microsoft passed on that type of reveal last year, but we're still holding out hope that Team Green might go back to this type of announcement one day!

For now, all we know for sure is that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight will be showcased during the livestream, while Xbox will also "visit a surprise location to see another studio’s brand new game". We have just over a week to go until we know what that surprise will be, folks.

Tell us via the poll below if you think we're getting an Xbox Shadow drop next week!

Will We Get A 'Shadow Drop' At Xbox Developer Direct?