Summary
A credible insider has refuted a recent rumor claiming thatSouth of Midnightwould receive an early 2025 release date at the upcoming Game Awards 2024. While this doesn’t exactly rule out a showing forSouth of Midnightat The Game Awards 2024, a precise release date for the 2025 day oneXbox Game Passtitle might be reserved for a future event.
Xbox Game Pass has enjoyed a strong run in the latter half of 2024 thanks to huge additions likeCall of Duty: Black Ops 6,STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl,Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and the newly-releasedIndiana Jones and the Great Circle. It seemsXbox Game Pass will retain this momentum going into 2025with notable day one titles in the first quarter of the year, such asAvowed,Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector,Atomfall,Sniper Elite: Resistance,Eternal Strands,etc. The Game Awards 2024 may strengthen this list further, but one Xbox first-party title reportedly won’t confirm its release plans at the upcoming event.
South of Midnightis a single-player action-adventure gameby Xbox first-party team Compulsion Games. AlthoughSouth of Midnightis confirmed to launch in 2025 as a day one Xbox Game Pass title, its release window has yet to be narrowed down. A recent rumor from well-known Game Pass insidereXtas1s allegedthat Xbox would announce a March 2025 release date forSouth of Midnightat The Game Awards 2024. However, this has since been debunked by reliable Microsoft insider Jez Corden over on Twitter, who simply responded “No” to a tweet discussing eXtas1s’South of Midnightrelease date rumor.
South of Midnight Release Date Announcement Allegedly Not Planned for Game Awards 2024
It’s important to distinguish that Corden doesn’t seem to be denying the possibility of a newSouth of Midnighttrailer at The Game Awards 2024 or even an early 2025 release window for the game. Corden’s succinct tweet only appears to confirm thatSouth of Midnight’s release date won’t be revealed at The Game Awards 2024. Xbox fans looking forward toSouth of Midnightshouldn’t lose hope, though, as it could be featured in a potential January 2025 Developer Direct.Xbox held January Developer Directs in both 2024and 2023 to preview upcoming first-party games and day one Game Pass releases for those years, so it isn’t too unreasonable to assume the platform holder may repeat this pattern in 2025.
Therefore, ifSouth of Midnight’s release date won’t be announced at The Game Awards 2024, then the next likeliest candidate could be an Xbox Developer Direct presentation in January 2025. It should also be interesting to see whetherSouth of Midnightends up launching in March 2025, in which case eXtas1s' rumor would be partly validated. A late 2025 release forSouth of Midnightmight be off the table too, as many publishers are reportedly apprehensive ofreleasing their games close toGTA 6’s fall 2025 launch window.
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