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Microsoft’s brutal third-person shooter had a big showing at E3 with two new games. MCV looks at the tie-in products set to raise cheers for Gears Gears of War was back with a bang at this year’s E3. Microsoft rolled out two big reveals for the IP during its press …
Read More »The new console war has finally begun – but can Xbox do enough in six months?
You can’t win E3. You can lose it, of course. It was Xbox that ‘lost’ E3 in 2013 after it mismanaged the reveal of Xbox One. Meanwhile, Ubisoft had a few PR fires to put out last year, which saw it suffer a somewhat disappointing expo. So it’s with some …
Read More »Xbox vs PlayStation: Who won E3?
The man sitting next to us fell to his knees. He clutched his head in his hands, started shaking and repeated the words: ‘Oh my God. Oh my God.’ in a distinct American accent. What could have provoked such a reaction? PlayStation just announced a Final Fantasy VII Remake. It’s …
Read More »Microsoft targets Xbox 360 owners with backward compatibility announcement
Microsoft has ramped up in its battle to convince Xbox 360 gamers not to defect to PlayStation. The platform holder’s backwards compatibility announcement at E3 was designed to try and convince some of the 84m Xbox 360 owners to stick with Microsoft. The platform holder, which has called this year’s …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII is dominating the E3 YouTube battle
If YouTube viewer numbers are the barometer of E3 excitement, then it’s Final Fantasy VII that has stolen the show. The game’s trailer on the PlayStation channel has at the time of publication been viewed nearly 2.25m times. That’s around three times the amount of its nearest rival The Last …
Read More »VIDEO – MICROSOFT: All the trailers from the Xbox conference
Prior to its E3 conference, Microsoft promised ‘the best Xbox line-up in history’, and it’s hard to argue that the firm failed to deliver. In a jam-packed 90 minutes, the platform holder showed off footage from its biggest games, including Halo 5: Guardians, Forza 6 and Rise of the Tomb …
Read More »E3 2015: All the news in one place
Shenmue III, Final Fantasy VII, The Last Guardian and heaps of new IP – it's all happening in Los Angeles
Read More »How did Xbox do? The UK games industry delivers its verdict
You know what we thought about Microsoft’s 2015 E3 press conference (spoiler: It was good), but what about the rest of the games industry? We asked leading figures in retail, development and publishing to deliver their analysis of Microsoft’s epic E3 showcase. Here is what they said: A strong and …
Read More »E3 2015: The Coalition shows off Gears of War 4
Rod Fergusson introduces next entry in the series, plus remastered edition of original Gears of War
Read More »MICROSOFT: Gear of Wars 4 revealed alongside Ultimate Edition of first game
Gears of War is getting somewhat of a rebrand for its latest instalment. Simply titled ‘Gears 4’, the new title concluded Microsoft’s E3 press conference with a sneak peek at its gameplay. The lengthy gameplay trailer showed off Gears’ mix of cover-based shooting, brutal melee and what appears to be …
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