Name of Xbox games coming to Nintendo Switch and PS5

Four games formerly exclusive to Microsoft will soon be available on competing consoles.

Hi-Fi Rush and pirate game Sea of ​​Thieves are coming only to Sony’s PS5.

Meanwhile, narrative adventure game Pentiment and co-op game Grounded will be available on PS5 as well as Nintendo Switch.

Until now, it was not known what these titles were.

Two of the games were revealed Wednesday in a Nintendo Direct, an online showcase of the company, before Microsoft confirmed the full list in a blog post.

“These available multiplayer titles will bring more people together and continue to grow their gaming communities,” said Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios.

Neil Watton, editor-in-chief of TheXboxHub, said fans wouldn’t be too surprised by the names of the games chosen to appear on other consoles, after several weeks of rumors.

“It’s those who jump into Grounded and Sea of ​​Thieves who will ultimately be rewarded, with full cross-play across all platforms, building the player base immediately after launch in April,” he told the BBC.

“When you consider the depth of cooperative play found in these titles, the moves make perfect sense.”

Several other upcoming titles for the Nintendo Switch were also revealed at Nintendo’s event, including a new Endless Ocean game, Monster Hunter Stories, and a remake of the 2010 Disney hit, Epic Mickey.

Viewers were also surprised by the developers of 2017 hit Sonic Mania’s unexpected announcement of their latest game.

Penny’s Big Breakaway, made by Evening Star, is a platform game with a typical 1990s look.

“I think the 3D platform game genre is going through something of a renaissance right now,” the developer’s director, Christian Whitehead, told the BBC.

“There are a lot of choices, even just on Steam and Nintendo Switch,” he added.

Evening Star was formed by many people who worked on Sonic Mania as independent contractors.

This game was a hit in 2017, earning an average score of 86 on review aggregator Metacritic as well as a nomination for that year’s Game Awards.

Although a sequel to this game was highly anticipated by fans, it never materialized and Sega instead released Sonic Superstars in 2023, directed by the original Sonic designer.

Sonic and Mario – the mascots of Sega and Nintendo – were considered rivals in the 1990s, but after Sega stopped making its own consoles in the 2000s, it began releasing Sonic on rival consoles.

Nowadays, Sonic games appear on Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft hardware.

Argick, a Scottish Twitch streamer with around 20,000 subscribers, said he plans to spend his evening streaming Penny’s Big Breakaway.

“Sonic Mania was a phenomenal critical success, fans and critics loved it,” he told the BBC.

“Just look at the footage of Penny’s Big Breakaway, it looks really smooth, fast and fun – really simple to pick up and play.

“But it’s also really silly and doesn’t take itself too seriously.”

Elsewhere on Wednesday, gamers less interested in Nintendo’s updates were treated to a trailer for the upcoming expansion for 2022 Game of the Year award winner Elden Ring.

Shadow of the Erdtree is due out in June for PC, Xbox and PlayStation in the UK.