In addition to several new games, Microsoft has revealed new partnership programs and information about the hololens and how it will work on Minecraft at it’s E3 Conference. Below is the entire list of announcements:
Games:
Halo 5 Guardians
Microsoft unveiled some more details on the Halo 5: Guardians campaign, including information about Spartan Locke’s mission to hunt down Master Chief, campaign gameplay, and new enemies. Halo 5’s Warzone, the multiplayer mode, that mixes AI with real players, was also revealed.
ReCore
The creators of Metroid and Mega Man are working on this new game, ReCore, that features a woman and her robot-dog fighting enemies in a desert wasteland. The trailer reveals a spring 2016 release window.
Fallout 4
We already saw more details regarding Fallout 4 last night at Bethesda’s E3 conference. but Bethesda saved some details for Microsoft’s E3 conference like cross-mod support between PC and Xbox One versions of Fallout 4and Fallout 3 included free with the Xbox One version of Fallout 4.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
EA revealed that another Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is coming to the Xbox One. The sequel is set to release in early 2016.
Forza Motorsport 6
The new entry in the Forza series will feature 450 cars, 26 locations and will be out on september 15 of this year.
Dark Souls III
Microsoft debuted a trailer for Dark Souls III
The Division will have an open beta on for the Xbox One this December.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
EA revealed that those who purchase Rainbow Six Siege will also receive Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 free.
The Gigantic beta for Xbox One begins this August.
Cuphead, Tacoma, Ashen, and Beyond Eyes
Microsoft highlighted 4 games, all of which are coming to Xbox One through the ID@Xbox program.
Ion is the next game from the creator of DayZ. Though not much is known about the new game, there are hints that you’ll be able to switch bodies with others.
Microsoft announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be available on November 10, 2015. Microsoft also showed off a new gameplay demo at the conference.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Rare is releasing a collection of 30 Rareware games, including Battletoads, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Banjo-Kazooie, and more. It’ll be available for Xbox One on August 4. Seems like Microsoft finally realized how much of an asset Rare was, kind of late if you ask me.
Rare’s most ambitious project to date, you can read more about it here
Microsoft revealed a new trailer and a holiday 2015 launch window for Fable Legends.
A remake of the original Gears of War will be available on August 25. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition runs 1080p at 60 frames per second.
Gears of War 4 was revealed with a gameplay demo and will be available sometime in Holiday 2016.
Hardware Announcements
The Xbox One will support over 100 Xbox 360 games with the new backward compatibility feature this winter. Preview members will be able to access the feature today. Microsoft showed off a demo of how backwards compatibility works on the Xbox One with Mass Effect. You can watch that demo in the video below.
Microsoft unveiled a new customizable controller for the Xbox One. The Xbox Elite controller features swappable components, reprogrammable buttons, a new D-pad, and more.
HoloLens Minecraft Presentation
Microsoft showed off a special version of Minecraft for the HoloLens at its press conference. They also announced that there will be more Minecraft announcements at this year’s MineCon.
In addition to partnering with Oculus, Microsoft is partnering with Valve for more Steam VR experiences for Windows 10.
Programs
Dragon Age: Inquisition and Titanfall will be added to the EA Access vault this year. Also, in celebration of E3, EA announced that EA Access will be free for Xbox Live Gold members this week.
Microsoft introduced Xbox Game Preview, a new program that allows Xbox One users to play games still in development. First games on Xbox Game Preview include DayZ, The Long Dark, and more, no word on Windows 10 devices yet.
