By Will Tuttle, Xbox Wire Editor in Chief posted on May 3, 2016:
It’s that time of the year again: E3 is just a few weeks away! That means now is the perfect time to start sharing some of our plans for one of the gaming industry’s biggest annual events.
Today, we’re excited to announce that the Xbox E3 2016 Briefing will take place Monday, June 13, beginning at 9:30 a.m. PDT. During the briefing, you’ll have a chance to check out everything from in-depth looks at previously-announced games to trailers for our unannounced titles coming in 2016 and beyond. You can watch the Xbox E3 2016 Briefing live beginning at 9:30 a.m. PDT on June 13 on Xbox.com, the Xbox Twitch Channel, via the Xbox Live Events Player on Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles, or on the big screen at your local Microsoft store. You can also watch the Xbox E3 2016 Briefing on Spike TV in the U.S. and Canada at 9:30 a.m. PDT / 12:30 p.m. EDT.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "While not carrying the same heft it enjoyed long ago, last year was one of the adventure genre's most commercially-successful years in this century. A Telltale-esque adventure eclipsing 3 million sales in three months would be the talk of the town were it not for another adventure game hurdling over 10 million sales in two. Though not all finalists reached those heights, each did share a greater amount of spotlight compared to similar titles within their respective sub-genres.
Past any sales thresholds and popularity contests, 2025 also deserves credit for its creativity; the last time our entire shortlist consisted exclusively of new IPs was for Best Adventure Game of 2020. An impressive year for the genre, with even greater potential ahead."
Bandai Namco announced today that its popular flight simulator-lite Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has passed another sales milestone.
Great game, and deserves all its sales. Ace Combat has always been a great series. I should replay AC7 again for the fourth time.
It’s unfortunate that Ace Combat8 won’t have vr, as the devs felt it would be too much work and they would be essentially making two games.
Would love a release of Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but I’d be fine with Ace3,4&5 remasters for PS5 with updated tightened controls.
"Nothing is off the table right now."
Excited times are coming!!
Hoping for:
1. New more powerful Xbox One, 1080p/60fps across the board with better gfx, make it just as powerful as PS4 NEO or even more powerful.
2. Show us more of Recore, Gears of War 4, Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves and others.
3. Show us some new cross-features about XBOX and PC.
4. Bring some 3rd parties and make some exclusive deals with them like timed DLCs and stuff like that.
5. Announce some new IPs and announce Banjo 3 and some nostalgic games too.
6. And finally, make some changes to Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription model, make Online play for FREE while keeping the Gold subscription for 60$ for more FREE games and better BETA access of some games to make it tempting for some people to still subscribe to it, I know it may take a hit on your overall yearly revenue from Gold but that'll make your reputation much MUCH better in gamers' eyes.
With all these things that I've mentioned, ESPECIALLY the changes in Gold model, If happened as expected then this will make XBOX go to the top in sales with PlayStation, other than that...........E3 TIME!! ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN BABY CHOO CHOO!!
Show me Recore and Sea of Thieves
1. More Gears 4 gameplay (Horde and Campaign)
2. Recore
3. Sea of Thieves
4. Halo Wars 2 w/ beta
5. Alan Wake 2
6. Like DopeTech said with making online free and having Gold as a premium feature similar to how PS+ works on the PS3.
7. New IP
8. Return of older IP like MechAssault, Conker, Crimson Skies, Lost Odyssey, PGR, etc.
9. Announcement for future Halo 5 content (new waves of free content)
10. Possible Xbox and Steam partnership? Far fetched but would be really cool
Christmas for gamers is only a month away. Always an exciting time for Xbox and Playstation.
I love the portion in this article indicating new unnannounced games coming to Xbox One this year.
Microsoft will mostly talk about media and added sports packages then do a 5 minute cut to showcase a few games like Gears and Crackdown. They will then speak highly about the needed implication of, "The Cloud", and drone on about having the best line-up in Xbox history...did I pretty much cover it? If not please add what I might have missed!