Xbox Partner Preview Announced for This Week, Featuring Alan Wake 2 Expansion and More

Microsoft has announced its latest Xbox Partner Preview – what the company calls its "no-fluff, all-games broadcast" – for this coming Thursday, October 17. Per Microsoft's blog post on Monday, the broadcast will show off games from Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games, and more. It'll include a mix of new and upcoming games, featuring more than a dozen fresh trailers and clocking in at around 25 minutes. Delving into more specifics, the broadcast will also feature a look at Alan Wake II's next expansion, The Lake House, aheads of its release sometime this month. Other highlights include "an action-packed new trailer for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, a peek at multiple bosses in dark-fantasy action game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, multiple world premieres, and other great titles coming to Xbox consoles, Windows PC, and Game Pass." The stream will kick off at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK and, per usual, will be available to watch on Xbox's Twitch and YouTube channels. Microsoft has been holding Partner Previews here and there, with the last one taking place back in March. That broadcast spent roughly 30 minutes showing off games like Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Creatures of Ava, Frontpunk 2, and more, along with a number of announcements. Microsoft also featured plenty of third-party games during its big Xbox Showcase in June. In other Xbox-related news, it was announced on Monday that Rare boss Craig Duncan will be the new head of Xbox Games Studios, replacing Alan Hartman after he retires in November.