It’s now Microsoft’s time to shine once again. Will they manage to muster up some enthusiasm to reignite the spark for fans of the platform or will we get lost in a sea of gimmicks. Yes, Microsoft needs to talk more about games and gamers on the system. So, did this E3 hit it home with gamers? Let’s take a look at what transpired to find out.
Breakdown of the event
- Kojima and Don Mattrick Take the stage after showing off MGS5.
- Don Mattrick thanks Kojima for helping start the conference.
- Kojima then exits the stage and they start talking about the 360.
- Two free games per month for Xbox LIVE Gold Members
- New Xbox 360 SKU
- World of Tanks CEO talks about World of Tanks for the Xbox 360
- Phil Spencer takes the stage and begins to introduce new games for the Xbox one.
- Cevat Yerli Takes the stage to talk about RYSE: Son of Rome, which will be a timed exclusive
- Ted Price from Insomiac took the stage to talk about Sunset Overdrive
- Dan Greenwald talks about Forza 5 Motorsport
- Forza 5 Will have a learning agent for its AI called a Drivatar.
- Phil Harrison Takes the stage to talk about indie games and introduces an indie game montage
- Sam Lake from Remedy talk about Quantum Break an Xbox one exclusive
- Dave Mcarthy takes the stage to talk about Project Spark for Windows 8 and Xbox One
- Project Spark will be a Sandbox cooperative adventure game where you create your won world and characters
- MS demonstrates Smart Glass functionality with games.
- Killer Instinct Match
- DVR and Cloud functionality can take your game replays and put them on Xbox LIVE
- Xbox LIVE is no longer limited to 100 friends
- Family members benefit from your gold membership
- Dead Rising 3 will be an Xbox One exclusive
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will support Smart Glass on the Xbox One
- Battlefield 4 will run at 60 frames per second on the Xbox One
- 343 Industries talks about a new Halo game for the Xbox One that will also run at 60fps
- The Xbox One Launches this November for $499
- Respawn Entertainments Titan Fall demoed. The game will be an Xbox One and Windows exclusive. Titan Fall will be released Spring 2014
Game Announcements and Trailers Shown
- Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
- World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition
- Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
- Dark Souls 2
- RYSE: Son of Rome
- Killer Instinct
- Sunset Overdrive
- Forza 5 Motorsport
- Quantum Break
- D4
- Project Spark
- Crimson Dragon
- Dead Rising 3
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Battlefield 4
- What Lies Below
- Halo for the Xbox One
- Titan Fall
Trailers
-RYSE
-MGS5
-Dead Rising 3
-Battlefield 4
-Titan Fall
Screens
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There were only two games that really caught my attention. And, those games were MGS5 and Dead Rising 3. While Dead Rising 3 may be an XBOX exclusive for now, knowing Capcom, there will be a PC version released at a later point in time.
Also, I was expecting a $399 or $449 price tag. At $499, the XBOX One seems a bit expensive, but it will be bundled with Kinect, so that maybe the reason for the cost. Sony maybe be able to get away with releasing the PS4 for a bit less.
Ryse… whoa…. oO
Visually impressive, looks a bit like QTE overkill though.
I did not see the conference but judging from the summary it seems it was decent enough. A few timed exclusives won’t convince me to buy the console though. They just tried to sweep all the problems under the carpet and hoped the world would forget. Not bloody likely.