E3 Day Two: Microsoft
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Xbox One S - $299
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40% smaller
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Increased range and textured grip on controller
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2TB HDD
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4K HDR hardware
Xbox Play Anywhere- play owned titles on XB1 and Windows 10.
Gears of War 4 to launch with new console Oct 11, 2016-
Themed Elite Controller
Killer Instinct- new character, General Raam. Season 3 is
play anywhere enabled.
Forza Horizon 3
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New cars including off-road buggies and even
jets are shown.
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Set in Australia- locations include Yarra
Valley, Great Ocean Road, Ormiston Gorge, and more.
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Play Anywhere enabled
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Coop between Xbox and PC shown to be as easy as
a simple join request.
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Sept 27, 2016
ReCore
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Play Anywhere enabled
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Sept 13, 2016.
Final Fantasy XV
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Showed “The Trial of Titan” E3 Special Mission
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Coop style
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Warp and Blizzard abilities among those shown
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Sept 30, 2016
The Division: Underground
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June 28, 2016
Battlefield 1 (also shown at EA)
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Oct 21, 2016
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First Access members only- Oct 13th,
2016
Xbox Live
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Background music
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Language region independence
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Cortana voice command system- voice commands
available through headset as well as Kinect
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New “connecting with other players” features
include: Clubs, Looking for Group and Arena
Minecraft, introduce Realms
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Playing with friends enabled even offline
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Xbox achievements able to be acquired while
playing on tablet
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Brought in to Oculus VR
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Add ons to Pocket and Win10
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Console add ons to be released next year
Xbox design lab advertisement shows customisable controllers-
colours on covers, buttons and joysticks as well as the ability to add GTs.
Inside
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From the creators of LIMBO- free to play offered
for limited time
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July 29, 2016
Sequence shows a culmination of Independent Developed games
which include:
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Outlast 2
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Deliver Us The Moon
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Figment
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The Culling
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I Below
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Everspace
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Daisy
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And many more
We Happy Few
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Fallout style retro look and feel
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Set in 1964
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Mime like white painted faces
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“Joy” tablets are taken by general population
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Tablets augment reality
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Not taking tablets shows truth
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Those who don’t take “joy” are called “Downers”
Gwent
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Multiplayer, PC or console
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Single player campaign
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Skill based game
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Sept 2016
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Register at www.playgwent.com/en for closed beta
Tekken 7
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Early 2017
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Free Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for XBL Gold
members
GTAV Christmas themed mod packs shown in unexplained trailer
Deadrising 4- no details given, only a promo trailer
Scalebound
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Coop
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Fight against beasts together while riding you
own dragons and oversized beasts
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God of War-esque scale during conflict
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2017
Sea of Thieves
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Coop team based pirate game play
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Open world free roaming style
State of Decay 2- 2017
Halo Wars 2
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Feb 21st, 2017
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Week long beta available now on XB1
Promo for “future” shows Xbox Project Scorpio
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6 Ttraflops
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4K resolution and gaming
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Enables 60k rendering
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Virgin Xbox One content will work on the new
system
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Coming Holiday 2017