Microsoft brought out every big gun you could imagine (aside from the conspicuously missing Gears of War) today at their Press Conference. From Fable to Halo, a slew of indie games, and world premiere announcements for games like Rise of the Tomb Raider, Phil Spencer pulled no punches and delivered on his promise of “Games! Games! Games!” with 90 minutes of games.
The show opened with Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox, taking the stage to briefly address everyone and explain that the beginning of the show will highlight games that will be coming to Xbox this year. He then added that the second half of the show will be all new games, new IP, sequels, and refreshes of classic brands. Most importantly, he explained that the entire show would be dedicated to games. He wasn’t lying.
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In a sign of the new direction things are moving, the show opened with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (a franchise that usually headlines the Microsoft stage at the end) with an extended on stage gameplay demo of the campaign. With a focus on future tech, the game looked almost alien from the traditional, drab, modern shooter, we’ve come to expect from Activision.
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Next up Turn 10 took the stage to announce the fabled Nurburing is coming to Forza Motorsport 5 for free. Then they debuted in game footage of Forza Horizon 2, revealing series firsts of a day/night cycle and dynamic weather. The open world driving game also includes clubs of up to 1000 members.
Four Player Coop a few feature for the AC franchise
After Forza, there we saw gameplay of:
- Evolve showing off a new monster, The Kraken
- Assassin’s Creed Unity debuting Co op gameplay
- Dragon Age: Inquisition, announcing that Xbox will get early DLC
- Sunset Overdrive, with a release date of October 28th (edit: my birthday!)
That title tho!
Capcom surprised with a hilarious trailer announcing new DLC for Dead Rising 3, introducing a slew of classic Capcom characters to choose from, as well as 4 player co-op. Available NOW, the content is $10.
A new Dance Central experience was announced, updating each week, Dance Central Spotlight will be downloadable on the Xbox One.
In Fable Legends you can be the villain!
Fable Legends showed off their unique five player gameplay with four players taking up arms as heroes in classic Fable gameplay, while another player is the villian, controlling the flow of combat by choosing what obstacles stand in their way.
Project Spark made a splash with stats like 1 million creators for the game. The big surprise was the inclusion of Conker.
Ori and the Blind Forest
Play the campaigns of all four Halo games telling Master Chief’s story in The Master Chief Collection
343 Industries dropped the hammer with announcing Halo The Master Chief Collection, Halo Nightfall, and the Halo 5 Guardians Multiplayer Beta, all coming in 2014.
From the creators of Limbo
Playdead, makers of the classic Xbox Live Arcade title Limbo, debuted their new game Inside during a long feature of ID@Xbox. Other titles include:
- Aztez
- Knight squad
- Playground Evoled
- White Night
- Earthlock
- Cuphead
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Lifeless Planet
- Slash Dash
- Fru
- Love In A Dangerous Spacetime
- Mighty Number 9
- Grave
- Threes
- Fenix Rage
- Woolfe
- #idarb
- Hellraid
- Below
A gorgeous CG trailer announcing Rise of the Tomb Raider was shown.
CD Projekt Red debuted new gameplay of their ambitious RPG The Witcher III The Wild Hunt.
An extended live gameplay demo debuted for Ubisoft’s The Division.
Platinum Games debuted their Xbox One exclusive, Scalebound.
Original Xbox franchise Phantom Dust is getting a new release.
Cloud Gen games took the stage to announce the return of Crackdown for Xbox One with an explosive trailer.
And there you have it folks, 90 minutes of games, and a riotous applause for a much more pleasing E3 showing from Microsoft this year. Please stay tuned to WTN as we release more content with our impressions, reviews, and opinions on the show all week!
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