{"id":2028,"date":"2026-01-23T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consoleland.sk\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:28:03","slug":"opinion-xbox-dev-direct-2026-was-great-and-one-game-clearly-stole-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consoleland.sk\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Xbox Dev Direct 2026 Was Great, And One Game Clearly Stole The\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/0c19687bfb960\/small.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll all be chicken chasing later this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Xbox Developer Direct is always one of my favourite events of the year. Not only is it <em>so much<\/em> easier to cover from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/\">Pure Xbox<\/a> perspective than other showcases (!), but it also gives four games (or occasionally one or two more) a chance to breathe \u2014 a chance to escape from the rapid pace of the Xbox Games Showcase, Gamescom Opening Night Live or The Game Awards, and allow the developers to really offer us a proper overview of each title.<\/p>\n<p>I was pleased to see that Xbox didn&#8217;t change anything about the Developer Direct presentation for 2026, providing around 10-15 minutes each for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/forza_horizon_6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/beast_of_reincarnation\">Beast of Reincarnation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/01\/double-fines-kiln-revealed-as-the-surprise-game-at-xbox-developer-direct-2026\">Kiln<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/fable\">Fable<\/a>. It was a great showing for all four games in my opinion, but two in particular stood out &#8211; and one clearly stole the show for many people.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/opinion-xbox-dev-direct-2026-was-great-and-one-game-clearly-stole-the-show\">full article on purexbox.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll all be chicken chasing later this year.Xbox Developer Direct is always one of my favourite events of the year. 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