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Microsoft is looking to dominate the VR space on console. Taking to the stage, head of Microsoft Studios Kudo Tsunoda said that the firm has undertaken a partnership with Valve. That said, it didn’t really give any details about said partnership. This is on top of its deal with Oculus …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Rare announces brand new Xbox One IP, Rare Replay collection
Banjo-Kazooie creator Rare has come out in full force at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The studio unveiled Sea of Thieves, an ambitious open-world title taking place in a Caribbean-like sea-and-island world. The announcement trailer for the game showed multiple players crewing a pirate ship and exploring an island, finding treasure …
Read More »MICROSOFT: First Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay shown, date revealed
Crystal Dynamics took to the stage at the E3 Xbox media briefing to show off the first gameplay from the upcoming Rise of the Tomb Raider. The footage featured Lara and a friend climbing a perilous icy mountain in a quest to find a lost city. Other locations include a …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Ion, the new game from DayZ creator Dean Hall, is coming first to Xbox One
DayZ creator Dean Hall is going beyond Earth with his new game. Appearing on stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, Hall outlined a title built upon emergent gameplay, rather than scripted events and characters. "I want a game that is not a game, I want a game that is a …
Read More »E3 2015: DayZ creator Dean Hall teams up with Improbable for Ion
New IP will debut as part of Xbox Game Preview
Read More »MICROSOFT: Console Early Access is happening
Steam’s popular (but controversial) Early Access program now has a console equivalent. Xbox Game Preview will allow console gamers to buy games before they are completed and are still in active development. Crucially, however, Microsoft wants to do this in, its own words, a way that makes sense” – that …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Indies take to the stage at Xbox media briefing, firm gives ID@Xbox update
Microsoft showed off a number of its independent games currently in the works as part of its ID@Xbox programme. Taking to the stage, ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla introduced Aurora44’s Ashen, Tacome – from the developer of Gone Home – Tiger and Squid’s Beyond Eyes and Studio MDHR’s Cuphead. That was …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Rainbow Six Siege will include both Rainbow Six Vegas games
Microsoft certainly hasn’t waited around to take advantage of the Xbox One’s new backwards compatibility. Having already announced that every copy of Fallout 4 for the new console would include Fallout 3, the platform holder has also struck a deal with Ubisoft surrounding upcoming game Rainbow Six Siege. The tactical …
Read More »E3 2015: Indie PC dev Motiga debuts Gigantic for Xbox One and Windows 10
Free-to-play title arrives in beta form this August
Read More »MICROSOFT: Dark Souls III confirmed for spring 2016
Many had expected it to be revealed at Sony’s conference later tonight, but Microsoft has played host to official confirmation of Dark Souls III. No details about the game were confirmed, although the trailer seemed to directly reference things from 2014’s Dark Souls II. That in itself would mark a …
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