# Xbox’s lineup for this holiday season has us excited for what’s to come

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Published: 2021-10-24  
Updated: 2021-10-24  
Author: Pavan Gunagi

For some time exclusive games on Xbox have been missing and it seems that Microsoft didn’t have any new games up its slew. However, this is changing as a great lineup towards the end of the year will be available for Xbox.

As we know, this year Xbox didn’t have any blockbuster exclusives in the same vein as PlayStation 5 did with Returnal, Ratchet, and Clank: Rift Apart, Miles Morales, and the ‘Director’s Cuts’ of Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding.

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Sure, we have seen some good entries such as  Psychonauts 2 along with timed exclusivity on games like The Medium, but those aren’t exclusive system sellers since they also support cross-platform nature.

In a new blog post over at Xbox Wire, Matt Booty, Head of Xbox Game Studios revealed Xbox’s holiday lineup for 2021:

- *Age of Empires – October 28*
- *Minecraft Joins Xbox Game Pass for PC – November 2*
- *Forza Horizon 5 – November 9*
- *Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition – November 18*
- *Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures, Caves & Cliffs: Part II – December*
- *Halo Infinite – December 8*

Of course, both Forza and Halo are going to be Xbox’s biggest franchise instalments this year, and both of them are shaping up to be great entries.

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All the Xbox games which will be released in the second quarter of 2021 will be cross-gen supported. Halo Infinite bounced back from a poor showing last year with multiple flight tests for its upcoming and free-to-play multiplayer mode. with new decisions that make the PC and Xbox Series versions

Xbox will soon be celebrating its 20th anniversary on November 15 with a live stream, however, it’s confirmed that no new games will be announced during the event.

[source](https://in.ign.com/xbox-game-pass/169027/editorial/xbox-game-studios-first-party-lineup-holiday-2021-is-looking-great)