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Wasteland 2, Shovel Knight announced for Xbox One

UPDATE: Wasteland 2 also coming to PS4.

UPDATE 5/03/2015 12.31am: Wasteland 2 is also coming to PS4, inXile has confirmed.

ORIGINAL STORY 4/03/2015 10.04am: Microsoft has confirmed a new list of self-published games headed to Xbox One via its ID@Xbox program, including Kickstarter success Wasteland 2.

The old-school party-based RPG arrives on Xbox One in Game of the Year form, and includes new combat mechanics, voice-overs, and an overhauled lighting system powered by Unity 5.

Indie side-scroller Shovel Knight also heads to Xbox One, after earlier appearances on 3DS, Wii U and PC.

Magic Duels: Origins, a new free-to-play version of Wizards of the Coast's CCG, is also on the way. It's the first time that the series has used a free-to-play model on console, and follows the success of Blizzard's own free-to-play card battler Hearthstone.

All in all, Microsoft has listed around 50 titles currently in the works for its console, including the previously-announced Smite, Cuphead and Goat Simulator.

And many more games are yet to be announced, Microsoft concluded. The company has now shipped ID@Xbox development kits to more than 1000 indies worldwide.

The full run-down lies below:

  • Bedlam (RedBedlam)
  • Beyond Eyes (Team17)
  • ClusterPuck 99 (PHL Collective)
  • Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
  • Earthlock: Festival of Magic (Snowcastle Games)
  • The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood)
  • Fortified (Clapfoot Games)
  • Game 4 (The Behemoth)
  • Goat Simulator (Double Eleven)
  • LA Cops (Team 17)
  • Magic Duels: Origins (Wizards of the Coast)
  • Mighty No. 9 (Comcept)
  • Pixel Galaxy (Serenity Forge)
  • R.B.I. Baseball 15 (MLB.com)
  • Rivals of Aether (Dan Fornace)
  • Shadow Blade: Reload (Dead Mage)
  • Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
  • Smite (Hi-Rez Studios)
  • Submerged (Uppercut Games)
  • Super Dungeon Bros (React! Games)
  • Swordy (Frogshark)
  • The Sun and Moon (Digerati Distribution and Marketing)
  • Zheros (Rimlight Studios)
  • Wasteland 2 (inXile Entertainment)
  • Blues And Bullets (A Crowd of Monsters)
  • Quest of Dungeons (David Jose Lourenco Amador)
  • Commander Cherry's Puzzled Journey (Grande Games)
  • Hyperdrive Massacre (34 Big Things)
  • Red Out (34 Big Things)
  • Starpoint Gemini 2 (Little Green Men)
  • The Little Acre (Pewter Game Studios)
  • Space Dust Racers (Space Dust Studios)
  • The Adventures of Pip (Tick Toc Games)
  • Paranautical Activity (Digerati Distribution)
  • Slain (Digerati Distribution)
  • Gear Gauntlet (Drop Dead Interactive)
  • Draw a Stickman: Epic (Hitcents)
  • Reagan Gorbachev (Team2Bit)
  • Twin Souls: The Path of Shadows (Lince Works)
  • Raging Justice (Makin Games)
  • Grabbles (Noble Whale)
  • Run (Torch Games)
  • World of Diving (Vertigo Games)
  • Luna's Tale: The Curse of the Forgotten Doll (Maestro Game Studio)
  • Standpoint (Unruly Attractions)
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