Today, Microsoft announced that they will be hosting a week long demo event to showcase brand new games that will be releasing for the Xbox 1 console. They are saying that 60 brand new never before seen games will be put up as demos for this event, for us to play, all completely free to download. There will be a special "Game Fest Demo tile" on the Xbox 1 Dashboard through out that week for you to easily download the demos you want. 

They posted a few things to keep in mind during this event:

• These are not normal “game demos.” Typically, the demos you see in our Demo channel are created after the game is completed (or nearly completed) and represent the final version. Many of these demos are early, and some are for games that won’t be out for quite some time. We’ve never done this before; what that means is that you’ll get to experience these games early – some way early – which is awesome, but you should also note that these games will continue to evolve and be polished as they near release. In other words, think of these as akin to “show floor demos” and not necessarily indicative of the final product. And speaking as somebody who has worked in the industry for a while – that’s not a bad thing! In fact, being able to check out games early and then see how they evolve is freakin’ awesome!
• These demos will only be up on the Xbox Dashboard for a week. Some might be re-published to the Demo channel later, but many will simply evaporate at the end of the week, so make sure to check them out while you can.
• The developers would love to hear what you think. Hit them up on social media or through their websites. If you like the game – tell them! If you have constructive criticism, they would love to hear that too.

In total, the event is going to have demos for 75 to 100 games. They did say a full list will be released closer to the event. 

You can read the entire announcement here. 

I think this is an amazing idea. Steam did something similar to this 2 weeks ago and it worked really well. I found a lot of games that I wouldn't have given a second thought too. 

The Summer Game Fest starts July 21st and ends July 27th. 

This has been James with Game Fix. Game on everybody!