Key Takeaways
- South of Midnight’s release date was recently rumored to be announced at The Game Awards 2024, but a renowned Xbox insider has refuted the possibility.
- A release date for South of Midnight may not be planned for The Game Awards 2024, but the 2025 day one Xbox Game Pass title could still debut a new trailer at the upcoming event.
- A potential Xbox Developer Direct in January 2025 could be the venue of South of Midnight’s release date announcement.
A credible insider has refuted a recent rumor claiming that South of Midnight would receive an early 2025 release date at the upcoming Game Awards 2024. While this doesn’t exactly rule out a showing for South of Midnight at The Game Awards 2024, a precise release date for the 2025 day one Xbox Game Pass title 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 like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and the newly-released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It seems Xbox Game Pass will retain this momentum going into 2025 with notable day one titles in the first quarter of the year, such as Avowed, 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.
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South of Midnight is a single-player action-adventure game by Xbox first-party team Compulsion Games. Although South of Midnight is 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 insider eXtas1s alleged that Xbox would announce a March 2025 release date for South of Midnight at 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 Midnight release 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 new South of Midnight trailer at The Game Awards 2024 or even an early 2025 release window for the game. Corden’s succinct tweet only appears to confirm that South of Midnight‘s release date won’t be revealed at The Game Awards 2024. Xbox fans looking forward to South of Midnight shouldn’t lose hope, though, as it could be featured in a potential January 2025 Developer Direct. Xbox held January Developer Directs in both 2024 and 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, if South 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 whether South of Midnight ends up launching in March 2025, in which case eXtas1s’ rumor would be partly validated. A late 2025 release for South of Midnight might be off the table too, as many publishers are reportedly apprehensive of releasing their games close to GTA 6‘s fall 2025 launch window.
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