Microsoft has just announced the first Xbox Partner Preview, a livestream event showcasing trailers from Xbox’s third-party partners. The event will feature developers like Ryu Ga Gotoku studio, Remedy Entertainment, and more. Microsoft has also confirmed that there will not be any news related to their recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard shared in the presentation.

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The event will be livestreamed on Xbox’s official channels on Wednesday, October 25 at 10am PDT/1pm EDT/1am HKT and will run for more than 20 minutes. According to Xbox, the stream will showcase “updates and new games coming to Xbox and Windows” and shed some light on upcoming Game Pass titles. In particular, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Alan Wake 2, Ark: Survival Ascended, and Dungeons of Hinterberg will all show off new trailers.

To answer any questions our readers might have about the event, we’ve got the official Q&A from the Xbox Wire below:

Xbox Partner Preview Q&A:

• Q: What time does Xbox Partner Preview begin?
  • A: Wednesday, October 25, at 10am Pacific time/1pm Eastern time/1am Hong Kong time.
• Q: How do I watch?
  • Xbox Partner preview will be available to be seen through a variety of outlets, and in over 30 languages, and American Sign Language, British Sign Language, and English Audio descriptions here:
    • Youtube.com/Xbox
    • Regional Xbox channels around the world
    • Twitch.tv/Xbox
    • Twitch.tv/XboxASL
• Q: Is the event available in languages other than English?
  • A: We will be providing subtitle support in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. While we expect to have all languages available with the show’s live broadcast, it is possible that select languages may need to be added in the days following the broadcast if they have not finished translating.
  • Aside from going directly to a regional Xbox channel, you can find support for all languages, as well as American Sign Language (ASL) and Audio Descriptions (AD), at YouTube.com/Xbox. ASL and AD video will be listed separately, but just click the gear icon in the lower righthand corner of our primary stream to choose the language of your choice. Oftentimes YouTube will default to a random language when you join the stream so you may also want to switch over to English if needed.
• Q: Is the show going to be accessible to those with low/no hearing or low/no vision?
  • A: There will be a version of the show with Audio Descriptions (AD) in English on the Xbox YouTube channel, and American Sign Language (ASL) on Xbox’s YouTube channel and the /XboxASL Twitch channel.
• Q: I’m not going to be able to watch, where can I find out what was announced?
  • A: As announcements roll out during the broadcast, the Xbox Wire team will be publishing detailed blog posts containing key announcements on Xbox Wire (including localized versions in Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, LATAM Spanish, and Japanese). A full show recap will go live immediately following the end of Xbox Partner Preview.

Xbox also confirmed that the stream will not feature any licensed music tracks, meaning that content creators can co-stream the event without worry. The streamers and reactors in our audience can rest easy.

We’ll be sure to keep our readers up to date on everything that gets announced at the Xbox Partner Preview. Xbox has had a pretty good track record in terms of showcases this year between Hi-Fi Rush’s surprise reveal and their massive Xbox Games Showcase back in the summer, so we’re optimistic.

Once more, the Xbox Partner Preview airs October 25 at 10am PDT/1pm EDT/1am HKT.

Source: Xbox Wire