Xbox E3 2016 Press Conference Recap

You can read about all things announced at this year’s Xbox Conference below!

• Xbox One S
  • 2 TB hard drive
  • 40% smaller
  • 4K Video and Blu Ray
  • New controller with increased range
  • $300 for 500 GB, $350 for 1 TB, $400 for 2TB
  • Coming this August

• Xbox Play Anywhere
  • When you purchase on Xbox, you also own on PC
• Gears of War 4
  • Xbox Play Anywhere
  • Xbox/PC crossplay
  • Gameplay shown

• Coming October 11, 2016
• A Gears themed Xbox One Elite controller

• Killer Instinct
  • General Raam from Gears of War coming to KI
  • Raam is free for this week only

• Forza Horizon 3
  • Game will take place in Australia
  • Gameplay revealed

• 4 player co-op campaign
• Crossplay between Xbox and Windows
• Xbox Play Anywhere
• Exclusive to Xbox One and Windows 10
• Coming September 27, 2016
• Recore
  • Gameplay trailer revealed

• Final Fantasy XV
  • Gameplay demo shown off

• Available September 30, 2016
• The Division
  • Unground Expansion trailer

• Coming first to Xbox on June 28
• Battlefield 1
  • Gameplay trailer shown (same as EA Play event trailer)

• New Xbox Features
  • Background Music
  • Language Region Independence
  • Cortana
• Clubs on Xbox Live
  • Allows players to become part of a group with an interest
• Looking for Group on Xbox Live
  • Allows players to find other players looking to play in a group
• Arena on Xbox Live
  • New tournament platform on Xbox
  • Fifa will be coming to Arena
• Minecraft
  • Cross platform between iOS, Android, Windows and Oculus VR
  • New dedicated servers for all online play called Minecraft Realms
  • New texture packs to Windows 10 and mobile
  • Add-Ons coming to Windows 10 and mobile to change the AI, all coming this fall
  • Add-Ons and Realms coming to Xbox next year
• New Xbox Wireless Controller

• Highly customizable
• Buildable at xbox.com
• Inside
  • New game from the creators of Limbo
  • Coming June 29
  • Limbo is now free for all Xbox One players
• ID at Xbox montage

• Cuphead
• Outlast II
• Deliver us the Moon
• Flint Hook
• FAR
• Slime Rancher
• Shadow Tactics
• Figment
• The Culling
• For the King
• Beacon
• Stardew Valley
• Hand of Fate 2
• Below
• Raiders of the Broken Planet
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Yooka-Laylee
• Everspace
• Ark: Survival Evolved
  • Xbox One owners will get the game for free on Windows 10
• We Happy Few
  • Gameplay video was shown off

• Coming to console first
• Available July 26 on Xbox Preview Program
• Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
  • Crossplay between PC and console
  • Has a single player campaign
  • Windows and Xbox Beta coming September (go to playgwent.com)
• Tekken 7

• Coming Early 2017
• Deadrising 4
  • Revealed with cinematic trailer

• Coming to Xbox One and PS4
• Coming Holiday 2016
• Scalebound
  • Xbox and Windows 10 exclusive
  • Showed off huge boss fight

• Gameplay featuring co-op
• Xbox Play Anywhere
• Coming 2017
• Sea of Thieves
  • Cinematic trailer revealed
  • Windows and Xbox One exclusive
  • Brand new gameplay shown

• Xbox Play Anywhere
• State of Decay 2
  • Revealed with trailer

• Coming 2017
• Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive
• Halo Wars 2
  • Revealed with cinematic trailer

• Coming February 21, 2017
• Xbox Play Anywhere
• Xbox One Beta launching today for one week until June 20

• Xbox 4K Gaming
  • “True 4K resolution”
  • Fallout 4 supposedly available on VR here
  • 8 CPU Cores
  • 320 GB of Memory Bandwidth
  • 6 teraflops of GPU power
  • Named “Project Scorpio”
  • Coming Holiday 2017
  • All Xbox One Games and Accessories will play on Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Project Scorpio, “No one will be left behind”

This has been a very exciting conference to report on, and there is definitely more to come this E3.

~ MarbleTyler

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