As expected, the Xbox One gaming cabinet took sum stage at Microsoft's big E3 campaign consequence—but beyond brand-new games and recent hardware, Microsoft took pains to stress the tighter in bondage between its console and Windows 10 PCs. FromFallouttoGloriol, from PC mods on the Xbox to a brand new political program-spanning controller, here's all the newsworthiness you need to know from Microsoft's big E3 event.
Halo 5
Microsoft pulled out the big guns right risen front, leading off with a new trailer (and game footage) for Halo 5: Guardians. We'd detected rumors prior to the show that Halo 5 might personify future to PC—a.k.a. the same rumors we hear with every Aureole. And like with every Annulus for ten long time, it was apparently a lie. No PC spill Hera.
The biggest news though is that Halo 5 multiplayer testament focus happening 24-player fighting a.k.a. that thing your PC did circa twenty years agone.
Recore
Next up was Recore, a Microsoft Studios exclusive helmed by Keiji Inafune. We don't know much about this uncomparable except it takes place on some screen of desert-y major planet and you've got a robot companion. New than that and the name-descending, it's just now a pretty CGI house trailer.
Xbox 360 backward-compatibility for Xbox Unitary
I wear't know how they did it, and I don't know how it runs yet, but Microsoft announced information technology's added Xbox 360-era backward-compatibility to the Xbox One. Xbox 360 games will run natively happening the Xbox Unrivaled, according to Microsoft.
However, Microsoft and then posted a (very short) list of "Available Games," which seems to indicate an Xbox 360/original Xbox-style emulation visibility for each game—a syllabu that left multiple games uncomplete-humiliated and ne'er made the total subroutine library retroflex-compatible. Or IT way they're recompiling games from strike. Either agency, information technology apparently indicates only a limited slice of the Xbox 360 library will ever gain IT complete. Fingers intersecting I can at long last bring on Red Utterly Redemption again.
Xbox Elite wireless controller
Also announced: A new restrainer, dubbed "Elite," with swappable parts—interchangeable analog stick nubs, dodder controls on the hind, et cetera. It'll work with both the Xbox One and Windows 10. The downside? It's going to cost $150. Yes, a hundred and fifty dollars.
For that price, I'm in person hoping I can switch whol the parts with pieces that feel more comparable the Xbox 360.
Fallout 4, with PC mod compatibility
Side effect 4 made an appearance at Microsoft's presser—and surprise, Bethesda announced PC mods will now process the Xbox One. I put on't bang if that includes graphics mods and the similar, or whether Bethesda volition (presumptively through last night's announced mod network Bethesda.net) curate self-satisfied that's guaranteed to work. Still, it's an interesting coup for Microsoft.
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
I heard good things some Ea's kid-hail-fellow-well-met Battlefield-esque shooter Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, but never very got big into it. It must've done well though, because they're making another! And "Danger Zone" played in the background signal, which is a deuced solid choice for trailer euphony.
Forza 6
Non just did Microsoft bring a car onstage (the untried Ford Hermann Hueffer GT) to prep us for Forza 6, information technology also brought impermissible H Ford III. Picture games are weird. Likewise, Forza 6 sure looks like a Forza-game-that-is-not-Forza-Horizon. Crusade in circles! Pretty-look cars! (Disclaimer: I am not a racing sim fan.)
The Division
We got a cinematic story-trailer for The Division which focused along the game's post-apocalyptic nature and…advisable, it looks a lot like the lug we've seen for the last two years. Snow-clad. Guns. The great unwashe running. We besides saw a Rainbow Six: Siege lagger that focused along the plane point shown in the exploratory last calendar month. And that's basically it.
And to be downright, I supposed nothing more from Microsoft's conference. We'll beyond any doubt see more more or less The Variance and Rainbow Hexa: Siege during Ubisoft's conference subsequent today.
Dark Souls 3
We got a rattling gloomy trailer for Darkening Souls 3, which basically…confirmed information technology exists. And in that respect were your standard Dark Souls furnishing, like "Approximately guy with a big blade" and "Selfsame spikey buildings" and "Unwell yellow lighting."
Some have said it's "too soon" because of Bloodborne this yr, just Bloodborne was a PS4-exclusive I didn't play so I cogitate it's just about time for Dark Souls 3.
Gigantic
Now this is interesting—a game dubbed a "Windows 10 and Xbox exclusive" right on the E3 degree. PC gaming finally getting its due at an E3 news conference!
Gigantic is a free-to-play MOBA shot, with an ultra-smooth and cartoony graphics style synonymous to Sunset Overdrive. It's releasing this fall.
ID@Xbox independent games
Then it was time for everyone's favorite part of E3 jam conferences, the "EXTREME INDIE Collage." Superhot, Goat Simulator, Below, et cetera. Near (if non all) of these games are also coming to the PC—our favorite "Solace Exclusive" word indicates that much.
Four games were called out particularly: Tacoma (from the Gone Home crew at Fullbright, pictured), Beyond Eyes, Cuphead, and Ashen. Tacoma and Ashen look dark and moody, with the latter in particular having a pseudo-Lastly Guardian vibe.
Blind Eyes
On the far side Eyes is extremely colorful, and (equally the title implies) focuses on a blind girl. The world seems to spring into place around her every bit she nears items, implying that she's relying on her not-visual senses to perceive her environs.
Cuphead
And then there's Cuphead, which has an artistic creation style modeled later 1920s/30s Max Fleischer cartoons. It looks awesome.
Ion
Dean Hall (of DayZ fame) came resolute show off his new game Ion. There was a bit of a 2001: A Space Odyssey vibe to it, as long as you realize that by "2001: A Space Odyssey vibe," I mean "The extremely brief trailer showed an cosmonaut and a fetus."
Also announced: Early Entree is coming to Xbox One. And who better to discourse IT than created-a-game-that's-perpetually-in-early-access James Byron Dean Hall?
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tomb. Raideeeeeeeer. Information technology still rankles me that one of my most-anticipated games is exclusive to the Xbox One for some nonspecific amount of clock time, but beatified moly I am titillated for more Lara Croft in the vein of 2022's reboot.
The newest trailer showed Lara literally sprinting through an avalanche, which is just as visually staggering Eastern Samoa IT is super dumb. And I love information technology. As far as I'm concerned, Tomb Despoiler is doing Uncharted with even Thomas More poise than Uncharted itself these days.
Rare Replay
Hey, remember how Microsoft owns Rare?
For Rare's 30th Day of remembrance, Microsoft is bringing a collection of Rare games to the Xbox Unrivaled, including Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Viva Pinata, Battletoads, and more.
Sea of Thieves
Also on the docket: A brand unaccustomed halt from Rarefied. Like, a real one. Like, elbow room more interesting than the dumb scraps Microsoft's had Rare working on for the subterminal 10 eld. It looks alike…a pirate MMO? Or some sort of pirate-y survival game?
I Leslie Townes Hope information technology is awful. I hope Extraordinary gets to glucinium Rare over again.
Virtual realism
Microsoft showed us a Minecraft Hololens demo but uh… Listen, companies: I know it's hard to understand. I be intimate trailers are how you do things. Only VR/AR demos are but not super-impressive on a 2D silver screen.
Keep it Other than that, Microsoft confirmed its VR strategy is "Team up up with anyone who wants to team" by announcing a partnership with Valve's SteamVR aboard last week's Oculus deal. That's (in my opinion) a much smarter approach than Sony's proprietary Morpheus headset.
Gears of War 4
We finally got a look at the new Gears of War unfit—officially dubbed Gears 4. And while information technology's weird to see a Gears game with absolutely none of the faces we've concern know and love over the path of the last three games, I've got to say Gears 4 looks gorgeous. Just imagine: All those beautiful Unreal 4 lighting effects glinting off treble-resolution chain saw guns.
Too officially discussed was Gears of State of war: Eventual Edition, a remaking of the original Gears of Warfare running at 1080p, 60 frames per second—and with a public beta kicking hit today.
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