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Liked that, they did a fine job.

Harry Bizzle wrote:Oh God, please move from your Xbox 360s.

That's the problem. They have moved...

... to PS4s.

I think that was a very very strong showing it followed the rest of MS in general with there new confidence i really cant see sony matching it. On top of that they still have the new UI which i assume is part of the windows 10 upgrade.

An impressive show from MS. I suspect that Sony and Nintendo are gonna have to do something pretty good to top it.

I think we can all agree that no Kinect gooseberry fool and TV TV TV was very good.

I thought they had such a good mix of big games, indie and technical announcements.

Solid show but nothing Xbox exclusive I'm particularly interested in.

That was a good conference. Well done MS.

Summary -

5.30pm – Opens with montage & Bonnie from 343 comes out.
5.35 pm – Halo 5 CGI video then Campain gameplay video
5.40pm – Halo 5 War Zone MP video
5.43pm – CGI video of Xbox One Exclusive Recore, coming spring 2016 from Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime.
5.45pm – Phil comes out.
5.47pm – Phil announces Xbox 360 backwards compatability. 100 titles this holiday and more to come. Works on both digital and retail discs.Out today for preview members, this holiday for everyone else.
5.50pm – Elite controller announced. Customizable buttons etc.
5.52pm – Fallout 4 Gameplay video. Play Mods from PC on Xbox One for free. Fallout 3 coming with Fallout 4, exclusively on Xbox One.
6pm – EA Access chat with Peter Moore, get Madden early. Titanfall already leaked out on EA Access. Dragon Age coming later this summer. EA Access free all week during E3. Plants v Zombies Garden Warfare 2 announced, with video, out Spring 2016.
6.03pm – Forza 6. GT car lowered on to stage. Henry Ford & Dan from Turn come out. CGI video. Pre-order now with bonus. Out September 15th.
6.07pm – Dark Souls 3 CGI video.
6.10pm – The Division CGI video. Exclusive beta coming in December.
6.13pm – Rainbow 6 Seige. Rainbow Six Vegas and Vegas 2 will of course be playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility -- and they'll be free with Siege. Seige gameplay trailer.
6.15pm – Gigantic. X1/Win10 exclusive. F2P. Beta in August.
6.17pm – Indie Games trailer.
6.19pm – Tacoma. Indie timed exclusive on X1/PC.
6.20pm – Ashen. Indie console exclusive.
6.22pm – Beyond Eyes. Indie timed exclusive on X1/PC.
6.24pm – Cuphead. Indie console exclusive. Out 2016.
6.26pm – Xbox Game Preview announced for X1. Free trial. Games include DayZ & Elite Dangerous. Starts today for a couple of titles inc Elite Dangerous.
6.27pm – Creator of DayZ announces Ion. Timed Exclusive on X1/PC.
6.30pm – Tomb Raider Gameplay video.
6.35pm – Rare Replay announced. 30 Rare Games for $30. Available early August.
6.38pm – Rare announces AAA X1 exclusive Sea of Thieves. Pirate Game?
6.41pm – F2P X1/Win Exclusive Fable Legends video.
6.43pm – Kudo comes out and announces partnership with Valve VR.
6.45pm – A look at Hololens. Minecraft Gameplay demo.
6.51pm – Gears of War Ultimare Edition announced, out August 25th. 1 week Beta starts today.
6.52pm – Gears of War 4 Gameplay demo. Holiday 2016.
6.58pm – Phil rounds up. More surprises on Daily Show with new games & experiences. New 1st party games at Gamescom.

NickSCFC wrote:

Captain Kinopio wrote:Can't see how Sony can compete with that lineup this year.

Halo/Gears/Forza/Fable/Tomb Raider

Can't see how Phil can boast about this being the greatest lineup ever.

I did miss some of the show though. From what I saw it was a well put together conference.

I thought it was a pretty good conference, some great things announced.

Recore, Cuphead, Fallout 4 mods, Tomb Raider, backwards compatibility, Rare Collection

Harry Bizzle wrote:7/10.

Started strong and became incredibly boring with very few gameplay trailers. Would have been stronger if DS3 hadn't been spoiled.

All the games were strong but they demo'd them so poorly.

Don't care about BC or the pad but they were the most interesting things there by far.

I was really eager to see Gears 4 and that was really disappointing.

Oh and most importantly, nothing to convince me that I need to buy a One at the moment.

Backwards compatibility

Solid showing, I missed how the backwards compatibility is going to work, anyone care to enlighten me...?

I don't think it's amazing conf, but I do enjoy it and think it's much better than last year which is nearly all CGIs.

Rare's new work looks good, and the back category is nice. (although do we know if it lets us use our physical Xbox 360 games, or is it digital only?)

Minto wrote:I think we can all agree that no Kinect gooseberry fool and TV TV TV was very good.

In terms on the entertainment side these are still important but yea they didnt need to be on stage but im hoping as part of the UI demo they show some interesting stuff with these

I don't like how MS are making every PC game a Windows 10 exclusive. There's no technical reason for it, and I'm not upgrading

HSH28 wrote:

Venom wrote:I'm honestly not joking - that was so strawberry floating underwhelming. I like the new Rare game and Rise of the Tomb Raider and backwards compatibility - but damn MS's worst for years.

Mad.

Best E3 presentation in years. Don't know how Sony could possibly match it.

As someone who plays Destiny and Street Fighter I'd say it'd be pretty easy for Sony to top that for me.

They're probably going to announce new Santa Monica and Guerilla games. And possibly Quantic Dream.

I think they're going to be far more interesting than Gears 4, Halo 5 and Forza 6.

It was a pretty strong conference.

Hey, I'm still not going to buy one (that ship has sailed) but it was a good conference that had a lot to offer. That said, they still prop themselves up on Gears and Halo so so much, two games that really are past their sale-by-date.

A-, A-, B+ & B ratings on Geoff K's youtube.