Xbox E3 2015 Briefing - Summary in OP, Briefing & Daily Shows at Gamescom in 6 weeks

Daily show starts in 5 mins, I'll be posting a Summary in the thread & OP -

Xbox Daily: LIVE @ E3 - (Midnight to 1am UK Time)

Who: Hosted by me and Graeme Boyd, Xbox Live’s Acey Bongos. Includes guest stars and industry elites, including Head of Xbox Phil Spencer and guests from 343 Industries, Turn 10 Studios, Crystal Dynamics, and others.

What: A one hour show featuring breaking news, exclusive announcements, trailer reveals, game demos, and interviews with game creators.

When: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 7p ET/4p PT – 8p ET/5p PT.

Where: The show will be streamed live on Xbox One, Xbox.com both on your desktop and mobile, and Xbox 360. Each show will also have interactive experiences created just for fans watching live on Xbox One.

Live on now -

We’ll debut the never-before-seen Halo 5: Guardians’ Warzone multiplayer mode and behind-the-scenes video. Plus a world-premiere behind-the-scenes look at Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, the reveal of a brand-new Fable Legends hero, Phil Spencer will stop by, and much more.

twitter.com/majornelson/status/610507083054579712

Castle Crashers: Remastered (1080p 60fps 5x texture detail and a new game mode) coming to Xbox One this summer, just heard on the Xbox Daily Show.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3/xbox-daily/day-one

Phil Spencer is on there now.

Woah the windows 10 UI is so different and Has Cortana... Liking it.

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Really really hope they speed up game installs.

Looks less cluttered with your most recently played games listed on the home screen, I like the notes from developers next to the games, good to see party stuff is no longer an app and has been moved to the OS level, and Cortana looks useful with voice commands using natural language rather than just set commands, and being able to string multiple commands together in one sentence.

Summary of tonights Daily Show -

Midnight – Rod Fergussen chats about Gears Ultimate Edition. Shows Making of video. Includes the beta for Gears 4. He’s got something to share on Wednesday’s Daily Show.
00:15 – Chat about today’s news. Show the intro vid from today’s conference. P v Z Garden Warfare 2 video shown, voted for by X1 owners.
00:22 – David from Lionhead shows a new Fable Legends hero.
00:30 – Behind the scenes look at indie game Beyond Eyes.
00:33 – Chat about Elite Dangerous with David Braben. Exclusive vid of CQC mode.
00:39 – Dark Souls 3 trailer, as voted for by fans.
00:41 – The Behemouth chat about Castle Crashers Remastered for Xbox 1. Then talk about Game 4 and show a video.
00:46 – Phil Spencer joins for a chat. Video showing a guide to backwards compatibility feature.
00:56 – Video showing the updated Dashboard. Out later this year. Cortana shown.
01:03 – A look at the new “cheap” Elite controller .
01:04 – Fallout 4 video.
01:07 – Rare chat about their 2 new games. Shows Rare Replay features.
01:14 – Halo 5 video from todays conference.
01:20 – World of Tanks X1 chat. Out 28th July.
01:23 – Forza 6 vid, as voted by fans.
01:25 – Exclusive look at Halo 5 War Zone with a behind the scenes video. Gives away at Xbox One signed by the Xbox Team.

I just caught this conference over on YouTube, and I'm sad to say that almost nothing in it grabbed me and got me excited. The new Gears looks Gearsy, Halo looks Haloy, Fable looks Fabley... you get the picture. Same old same old. The Fallout demo seemed far more lifeless than at the Bethesda event (holy gooseberry fool was that a nice little conference!), Ubisoft's games seemed dull as dishwater, yadda yadda. There were lots of games, but most were predictable and uninteresting. The Rare collection thing, however, that seems okay, but I probably wouldn't venture beyond Perfect Dark anyway. Sea of Thieves looked alright too, sort of midway between Wind Waker and Black Flag, with plenty of Pirates of the Caribbean thrown in. That said, as I refuse to pay to play online, it's not an experience I'm likely to be able to take advantage of. And that's assuming I have an Xbone, which I don't, and have seen little to change that view around thus far.

The only two games that got my attention were Ion, from the creator of DayZ, and Tacoma, which continues to intrigue me. However, without seeing anything much of either, it's very hard to get excited. Next year, maybe? Or at Sony or the PC games events?

The HoloLens tech demo was fantastic, just amazing. I'm not into Minecraft, but holy hell, that was the best AR experience I think I've ever seen! I hope it's able to do things elsewhere in the world, like display things around my home. If it's that versatile, maybe we can get a Micro Machines HL game to play?

So, in summary: The big games didn't wow me, a couple of the little ones interested me but were barely in evidence, Rare's piratical game looks alright, and the HoloLens kicks arse.

5/10

The elite controller is currently £50 at shopto.

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:

HSH28 wrote:Can't believe the Elite controller is $150 and that's without tax.

Direct conversion price over here including tax would be around £115...for a controller. They've got to be joking.

Not at all surprising. A top line gaming mouse would set you back something similar.

No.

A Keyboard perhaps, but not a mouse, unless you want to burn money. Really top quality gaming mouse can be had for £50.

A really top quality mouse? nah, a decent mouse maybe but not a really top quality one. Same argument can be said for your 'Keyboard'. You can get a decent keyboard for £50 too, doesn't make it "really top quality".

I can see why MS are charging so much for the pad.

CitizenErased wrote:A really top quality mouse? nah, a decent mouse maybe but not a really top quality one. Same argument can be said for your 'Keyboard'. You can get a decent keyboard for £50 too, doesn't make it "really top quality".

Don't know where you are looking but I had a look nowhere I could see recommended any gaming mice above around £50.

If you want a good quality mechanical keyboard though it'll set you back around £100. But a fully mechanically switched keyboard is a different proposition altogether than a gamepad or mouse.

Tonights Daily Show summary -

Midnight – Starts with montage from start of E3 conference.
00:05 – Larry & co chat about E3. Larry shouts 7 at crowd in reference to the 7 big exclusives out this year. Then growls.
00:08 – Dan from Turn 10 chats about Forza 6.
00:14 – Fan votes a video of indie game Sheltered.
00:15 – Toy Soldiers chat about He-man in the game and magic/bullets balance.
00:20 – Tomb Raider chat. Choc full of tombs, multi-stage puzzles.
00:24 – Fan voted trailer of Elite Dangerous.
00:26 – DayZ Dean talks about Ion and Game Preview.
00:30 – ReCore interview. Storms affect the map. The “Dog” is called Mack.
00:35 – Just Cause 3 & Deus Ex chat.
00:42 – Fan voted Ashen trailer.
00:45 – A look at the Elite controller.
00:50 – Oculus Rift chat and the partnership with MS. Win 10, DX12 & the pad.
00:55 – Lego Dimensions & the Portal demo
01:00 – Tour of the E3 floor with a few idiots.
01:02 – Mirrors Edge & P v Z Garden Warfare 2 chat.
01:06 – A look at Fable Legends.
01:08 – A look at the Hololens Halo tutorial for the E3 demo of Halo 5 War Zone. Josh from 343 talks about Halo 5. No Forge for War Zone.
01:18 – MS give a crazy fan a signed X1.
01:20 – Finish off with a games montage vid.

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:A really top quality mouse? nah, a decent mouse maybe but not a really top quality one. Same argument can be said for your 'Keyboard'. You can get a decent keyboard for £50 too, doesn't make it "really top quality".

Don't know where you are looking but I had a look nowhere I could see recommended any gaming mice above around £50

You must have done some selective looking. One of the top rated gaming mice, the G602 is £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse) and there are plenty more. You can of course get a cheaper mouse, same with any accessory but if you want a top end product and are wiling to pay that bit more it can be worth it.

I'm not saying this "elite" controller will be instantly better than your average, cheaper pad, but I can see the market they're aiming for.

CitizenErased wrote:

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:A really top quality mouse? nah, a decent mouse maybe but not a really top quality one. Same argument can be said for your 'Keyboard'. You can get a decent keyboard for £50 too, doesn't make it "really top quality".

Don't know where you are looking but I had a look nowhere I could see recommended any gaming mice above around £50

You must have done some selective looking. One of the top rated gaming mice, the G602 is £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse) and there are plenty more. You can of course get a cheaper mouse, same with any accessory but if you want a top end product and are wiling to pay that bit more it can be worth it.

Anyway, I've proved my point.

Wireless gaming mouse.

Yeah right.

EDIT - Also that mouse is widely available for under £60. The much better wired G502 is £45 (and that's the mouse I have, its awesome).

Kudo Tsunoda and Phil Spencer on Giant Bomb Live is pretty great. Gerstmann even straight up asks them "What's it gonna take for games to stop shipping in a semi-broken state."

Probably done more than anything at their conference to make me want an Xbox One.



Starts at about 3h10m.

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:A really top quality mouse? nah, a decent mouse maybe but not a really top quality one. Same argument can be said for your 'Keyboard'. You can get a decent keyboard for £50 too, doesn't make it "really top quality".

Don't know where you are looking but I had a look nowhere I could see recommended any gaming mice above around £50

You must have done some selective looking. One of the top rated gaming mice, the G602 is £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse) and there are plenty more. You can of course get a cheaper mouse, same with any accessory but if you want a top end product and are wiling to pay that bit more it can be worth it.

Anyway, I've proved my point.

Wireless gaming mouse.

Yeah right.

EDIT - Also that mouse is widely available for under £60. The much better wired G502 is £45 (and that's the mouse I have, its awesome).

I also have the G502. Well, direct from Logitech it's £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse)

CitizenErased wrote:I also have the G502. Well, direct from Logitech it's £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse)

On Amazon its £45, its been widely available for under £50 for ages.

So that Joe Montana Football is a phone game. iOS and Android.

HSH28 wrote:

CitizenErased wrote:I also have the G502. Well, direct from Logitech it's £69.99 (http://gaming.logitech.com/en-gb/produc ... ming-mouse)

On Amazon its £45, its been widely available for under £50 for ages.

It's valued at £69.99 though. How much cheaper you can get it for doesn't take away from the fact that it's worth more. Hence my point about getting a really great mouse for over £50.