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There’s a new version of Minecraft on the way made specifically for Hololens. Although the gameplay differences between the new version and the original aren’t clear, the benefits of the Hololens tech certainly are. The user is able to move the game from surface to surface. In a particularly impressive …

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 …

Shared world pirate adventure game is “by far the most ambitious game Rare has ever created”

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 …

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 …

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 …

New IP will debut as part of Xbox Game Preview

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 …

Xbox Game Preview to offer free trials to players before they make a purchase

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 …