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Xbox Gamescom Showcase delivers countless more games

While Xbox showed off countless major games during their recent Gamescom Showcase, they also debuted looks at many others, some new, some we already knew about, so here get ready, there are a lot.

The first big reveal was that Humble Games, the publishing arm of the Humble Bundle folks, will be bringing their games to Xbox Game Pass, including some already released games, check out the video to get an idea what is to come.

Dodgeball Academia is already out, so you can go and sample that one now and Flynn: Son of Crimson is set to launch on September 15, here are the other games revealed, all of which will come to Xbox Game Pass on console, PC and Cloud.

  • Archvale: Embark on a journey to find the ruins of a long-believed mythic arch in this colorful hybrid between classic RPGs and bullet hells. You’ll be pushed to your limits in enemy filled biomes and only through mastery of skills and weapons will you succeed.

  • Bushiden: Your sister has vanished and rumors swirl that Gaoh has been resurrected with an evil army at his command. Explore for cybernetic upgrades until you are powerful enough to defeat the diabolic Gaoh and his cybergentic army once and for all in this futuristic, action platformer!

  • Chinatown Detective Agency: Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy.

  • Midnight Fight Express: Fight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat. Battle across multiple, distinct hand-crafted levels on foot or a variety of vehicles.

  • Next Space Rebels: In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing, building, and launching rockets of increasing complexity.

  • Signalis: A classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic mystery. Investigate a dark secret, solve puzzles, fight off nightmarish creatures and navigate dystopian, surreal retrotech worlds as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

  • Unpacking: Unpack like never before! Arrange an unseen character’s belongings through a variety of moves, learning about them through each transition, in this self-paced zen puzzle game.

  • Unsighted: After a long war with the humans, the few androids that remain in Arcadia are running out of Anima, the energy that gives all robots consciousness. It’s up to you, Alma, to find a way to recover your memories and save your friends from becoming Unsighted.

Stepping away from Humble Games, two other games were showcased, the first is an all new title, revealed for the first time and the second is a port of a classic series.

Coming in 2022, Stray Blade is an action RPG with intense combat and adventurous exploration. Prepare yourself for evolving environments that alter gameplay to create fresh challenges. Fight to regain your freedom in hyper-responsive combat scenarios, explore ancient ruins for rare crafting materials, and survive glorious battles versus legendary foes.

The final game is Crusader Kings III, and this one will let you live out a medieval fantasy, as a King — but with a few complications. That princess that you are all set to marry, may in fact prefer to see you dead. Your noble vassals might want to install your treacherous son on the throne. And, let’s face it, you might be better suited as a scholar, not a warrior. Maybe you can trust your evil twin to command the army?