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Microsoft’s Holographic Minecraft Demo Is Stunning
Minecraft is a game we’ve seen countless times before. And yet! The virtual reality demo showcased by Microsoft today makes the game almost seem brand new. You can start a new world on any surface you’d like—as you can see in the GIF above. Magical. Here’s the full demo. The amazing stuff starts at the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
Rare Is Making A Pirate Game, And It Looks Rad
Rare calls it their most ambitious game yet: introducing Sea of Thieves, an Xbox One/PC game all about being a pirate. That means: sailing, ships, swashbuckling sea captains. The best parts of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, but playable with your friends, judging from the footage debuted today. Awesome! Some deets: You’ll have access to land…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
Rise Of The Tomb Raider Has Some Serious Next-Gen Ice
Microsoft just showed off more of Rise of the Tomb Raider during their press conference, and damn, that ice. Things get dicey quick with Lara scaling a frozen-un-solid cliffside and nearly falling to her doooooooom. But Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a pretty shitty name for a game exclusively about Lara Croft falling…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2015 -
The Rare Collection Is Now Official
As we told you this morning, Microsoft is releasing a compilation of Rare games for Xbox One. It’s called Rare Replay and it’ll cost you just $30. For 30 games. Not bad! Here’s a list of every game: Atic Atac Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts Banjo-Tooie Battletoads Battletoads Arcade Blast Corps Cobra Triangle Conker’s Bad…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 -
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Is The Good Kind Of Crazy, Costs $150
Much more than just a stereo headphone jack, Microsoft’s newly-revealed Xbox Elite Wireless Controller is a modular, remap-able and tweak-able work of engineering art. We knew there was a new Xbox One controller coming, but this is much more than wse expected. Bits come off and move around. Steering wheel controller-style paddles in the back…
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2015 -
DayZ Creator Is Making An Xbox One MMO
Dean Hall, one of the minds behind DayZ, debuted a game called Ion during Microsoft’s E3 presser. It’ll come to Xbox One’s early access program, too. Have a look. From the YouTube description: “ION” is an emergent narrative massively-multiplayer online game in which players will build, live in and inevitably die in huge floating galactic…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
Xbox One Is Getting Early Access
Wow, this is big. It’s called “Xbox Game Preview,” and it’s starting today with Elite: Dangerous and The Long Dark The first games coming to Xbox One’s take on Early Access are: Sheltered Day Z The Long Dark Elite: Dangerous It’s not up just yet, though. Technically, it launches at 5:30PM PST today. Both Microsoft…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 -
Shot by Evan Narcisse at today’s Xbox E3 press conference.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 15, 2015 -
Dark Souls 3 Officially Announced, Will Be Last Dark Souls Game
Bandai Namco finally confirmed what we all suspected: Dark Souls 3 is coming in early 2016. The company showed off a CG trailer for the latest sequel in From Software’s brutal action RPG series. We didn’t learn anything about the leaks from a few weeks ago, but hey, the game’s gonna kill you. We know…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 15, 2015 -
Xbox One users get Fallout 3 free with Fallout 4 Suppose that’s one of the benefits of backwards compatibility. From the official press release: “All purchases of Fallout 4 on Xbox One will include a token for Fallout 3 through the first 90 days after Fallout 4’s release.”
By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2015 -
Fallout 4 On Xbox One Will Have Mods [UPDATE]
Any mods created on the PC version of Fallout 4? Xbox One players will be able to play that too, Todd Howard announced during Microsoft’s E3 presser. Wow! Howard didn’t share any specifics, but regardless of how the modding situation works, it does mean that console players will get a taste of just how bonkers…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015 -
Xbox One Gets Backwards Compatibility; Microsoft Takes Shots At Sony
Xbox boss Phil Spencer just announced that the Xbox One is getting backwards compatibility with 360 games later this year, which is pretty damn cool. You’ll be able to access your digital collection of 360 games on Xbox One, as well as put discs in and download games you already own. The service will be…
By Jason Schreier Published June 15, 2015 -
An Extended Look At The Halo 5 Campaign
Microsoft kicked off today’s presser with some footage of Halo 5’s story, and it looks like a blast. You’ll control two squads: one by Master Chief, and one by Locke, the Spartan that is hunting down the chief. Both will let you experience drop in/drop out 4-player co-op. Here is a short gameplay clip that…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 15, 2015
