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Friday 14 February 2020

Gamescom 2015: Microsoft's Press Conference

Source: blog.extra-life.org --- Sunday, February 09, 2020
Every year, Germany plays host to GamesCom, the world’s largest video game convention. With over a hundred thousand fans and industry professionals attending, its importance has grown with each successive year as the show has almost become an extension of E3. With Sony electing not to attend this year – in favor of Paris Games Week – Microsoft had an opportunity to own the show and display a number of the company’s high profile exclusives for the next year and a half. During their hour-long press conference, they did just that, peppering in extended looks at Rise of the Tomb Raider and Halo 5: Guardians along with much anticipated titles that we missed at E3, like Quantum Break and Scalebound. Keep in mind that all of these announcements were heavy on the Windows 10 compatibility that Microsoft is now touting, making it possible to play Windows 10 games on Xbox One and vice versa. As a whole, the lineup is overwhelmingly exciting, with a lineup of games that looks to keep Xbox One owners happy – and busy – through to the end of 2016 and beyond. The onslaught began with a star studded presentation for Quantum Break, Remedy’s time-bending, genre-melding, third-person action game. We learned that Shawn Ashmore ( X-Men , The Following ) will be taking the lead role of Jack Joyce, alongside Dominic Monaghan ( Lost , Lord of the Rings ) and Aiden Gillen ( Game of Thrones ). It’s an impressive cast, but the gameplay left the biggest im ...



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