While major platform holders emphasize on big studio releases, it is refreshing to witness the same companies give independent game studios a platform to showcase smaller projects that don’t receive the same advertising space as AAA games typically receive. And with The Game Awards just around the corner for next week, now is a better time to tinker with new projects to come.

In a new announcement on Friday, The Game Awards is working with the ID@Xbox team to host a new Xbox Winter Demo Fest next week. Previously, Microsoft collaborated with Geoff Keighley-hosted Summer Game Fest for the second annual Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event in June. Now it is carrying over to the latter of 2021 with new games.

Altogether Microsoft has confirmed there will be 35 games to sample next week, but only listed a handful of titles for the blog post. Those games are:

Blacktail
Death Trash
Loot River
Nobody Saves the World
The Tale of Bistun

“These are not normal ‘game demos.’ Typically, the demos you see in our Demo channel are created after the game is completed (or nearly completed) and represent the final version,” said ID@Xbox Events and Community Management Lead Jessica Ronnell. “Many of these demos are early, and some are for games that won’t be out for quite some time. Think of these as akin to ‘show floor demos,’ and not necessarily indicative of the final product.

“What that means is that you’ll get to experience these games early – some way early – which is awesome, but you should also note that these games will continue to evolve and be polished as they near release.” Previously, ID@Xbox reflected on its success with more than $1.4 billion in profit since the start of the program back in 2013. You can read the full report by heading here.

What are you most excited for another ID@Xbox Demo Event approaching?

The Xbox Winter Demo Fest takes place from December 7, 2021 to December 21, 2021.

Source: Xbox Wire