X019

X019 was an event held by Microsoft in London from November 14–16, 2019 to showcase the Xbox and announce a number of new games and features for the franchise.

Fans could either attend the event in person or livestream it through Mixer or watch it on Inside Xbox.

Features[]

Fans were able to play the biggest and best new games including some world exclusives that were announced at the expo. Fans could also meet the developers of some of the most popular Xbox Exclusives. A variety of exclusive pieces of Official Xbox Merchandise was also available for purchase at the expo.

Playable games[]

24 new games were playable at the event. Both unreleased and already released games were included. The list of playable games can be seen below.

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
Battletoads
Bleeding Edge
Cyber Shadow
Doom Eternal
Dragonball Z: Kakarot
Forager
Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions
Gears 5
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Haven
Levelhead
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Minecraft Dungeons
Phogs
Project Resistance
Roller Champions
She Dreams Elsewhere
SkateBird
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Streets of Rage 4
The Good Life
Tunic

Announcements[]

X019 included a number of big announcements for Xbox Game Pass, xCloud and new games. The list below describes each announcement.

Project xCloud[]

The biggest news to come out of X019 was the expansion of Microsoft's cloud game streaming service Project xCloud. Microsoft announced that 50 new games would be available for the cloud service. These games are listed below.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
theHunter: Call of the Wild
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Rad
Soulcalibur VI
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Tekken 7
WRC 7
Devil May Cry 5
F1 2019
For the King
Absolver
Madden NFL 20
Vermintide 2
Vampyr
Conan Exiles
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Hitman
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
TERA
World War Z
Black Desert Online
Sniper Elite 4
Puyo Puyo Champions
Just Cause 4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
World of Final Fantasy Maxima
ARK: Survival Evolved
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
WWE 2K20
Overcooked!
Yoku’s Island Express
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Darksiders 3
Hello Neighbor
Subnautica
World of Tanks: Mercenaries
World of Warships: Legends
Crackdown 3
Forza Horizon 4
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Halo Wars 2
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
ReCore: Definitive Edition
State of Decay 2
The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut

This huge new list of titles joins the other four games that were available at the services first trials.

Microsoft also announced that xCloud will be coming to Windows 10 PC's in 2020.

Gamepass[]

Xbox Game Pass was also a major part of X019 with 50 new games being added to the service. Significant additions include Darksiders III, The Witcher 3 and all Final Fantasy games from VII through to XV.

Game announcements[]

In addition to all the new Gamepass additions, a few new games were announced for Xbox One and Windows 10. A list of all the new games coming can be seen below.

Grounded
Everwild
Tell Me Why
Drake Hollow
West of Dead

Release dates[]

Games previously announced at E3, Gamescom and other conferences received release dates and other new information.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)[]

Rather than releasing all games from the collection at once, 343 Industries will gradually release over each game over a 12 month period, starting with Halo: Reach on December 3. Testing for Halo: Combat Evolved (the next game to be released) will begin very shortly after the release of Reach.

Minecraft Dungeons[]

The Minecraft spinoff, Minecraft Dungeons has been given a firm release month of April, 2020. As well a release date, co-operative gameplay was also shown off.

Wasteland 3[]

More details on the third entry in the Wasteland series was revealed as well as a release date of some time in May, 2020.

Bleeding Edge[]

Ninja Theory game, Bleeding Edge will be released on March 24, 2020. Two closed betas are set for February and March 2020.

Other announcements[]

Sea of Thieves will be receiving a new update titled The Seabound Soul which will be released on November 20, 2019.
Gameplay was shown on Age of Empires IV.

Controller[]

Officially unveiled on October 28, 2019 a Limited Edition X019 stylized controller will be released to mark the occasion. Known as the Aquabrush Xbox Wireless Controller, it is being made by DPM Studios and maharishi. The design of the controller is based on London and DPM’s heritage in camouflage design.

The controller will only be available for a limited amount of time with very limited stock available. Microsoft has stated that the controller will be "our most limited run controller ever". The controller will go on sale on November 14 in a limited run sale on the Microsoft Store Online, the Microsoft Store in London, and also be available on-site at the X019 event in London.