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Microsoft’s E3 presser to include Capcom, EA, Harmonix, Square Enix, THQ, and Ubisoft reveals

Microsoft’s Xbox E3 media briefing next week will include “world premieres” from Capcom, EA Sports, Harmonix, Square Enix, THQ, and Ubisoft, GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley has said in a new promo clip.

DigitalRaptor4780d ago

If there are some huge third party multiplatform reveals at Microsoft's presser do you reckon people will count it as good contending?

Not sure about that. I think they'll need more personally.

Square Enix?? Versus XIII is looming!

;)

Capt-FuzzyPants4780d ago

I really really really really really really hope that it's that Valiant Saga game or even anything else besides Versus.

koehler834780d ago (Edited 4780d ago )

It's probably Tomb Raider or Hitman related. Likely both, actually. Oh and Sleeping Dogs.

FFvXIII is a myth. It will remain platform exclusive. That platform is Vaporware.

SuperLupe4780d ago

Square Enix ... ah ha ha this could be anything From Tomb raider/Hitman to something a bit more ... juicy.

TheLyonKing4780d ago (Edited 4780d ago )

just cause 3 is what came to mind or more likely Tomb Raider?

EDIT* or sleeping dogs!

there is very little info on versus right now to warrent an E3 viewing yet thats more TGS. When ff 13 was revealed at MS E3 there was a lot more info at hand.

Kingdom Come4780d ago

Who said the games where multiplatform? Ubisoft have appeared at Microsofts Press Conferences several times and with Kinect being an implementation of all future Tom Clancy titles their relationship is growing stronger. I wouldn't be surprised if it was console exclusivity of Splinter Cell 6.

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360GamerFG4780d ago

Versus XIII. . .I'd LOL so hard. The internet would break due to sudden rise in salt water. . .you know, because tears taste like salt water. . .and water breaks electronic stuff and . . .ah never mind!

refocusedman4780d ago

Uhhhhhhh............. Sorry to break the news to you but, I highly doubt anyone cares that much abt versus anymore. The last time I checked, the most recent reveal abt the game was maybe 3 yrs ago. Final fantasy no longer has the same clout as it did a few years back.

Capt-FuzzyPants4780d ago

The most recent reveal was actually last January. And yes the game is still on many people's radar.

refocusedman4780d ago

I don't really count reveals as screenshots. Where's the playable demo? I'm sorry but I can't get excited for a game that's development time outlasted the Wii and probably won't be available the time the Wii u is launched. U have new hardware being rumored and ff was announced at the beginning of the current generation. I'm sorry but that's just ridiculous.

Pandemic4780d ago

Hopefully they don't announce timed exclusives with DLC...

Brosy4780d ago

Why? MS has proven that timed exclusivity is just as valuable as an exclusive. Atleast ps3 fanboys would have something to look forward to. Or would you rather MS just gobble up a bunch of third party exclusives? Exclusives dont sell well enough on the PS3 to amount to anything. However MS has moved quit a few consoles with timed exclusivity and DLC from popular 3rd party software.

D3mons0ul4780d ago

Square Enix still in bed with microsoft? Motivation for Nomura to leave and start his own company.

Capt-FuzzyPants4780d ago

Or join where the rest of old SE went. Monolith and Mistwalker.

DaThreats4780d ago (Edited 4780d ago )

WTF is Capcom and especially SE still doin with MS?
@below
Yeah iwas thinking they were just gna show off Tomb Raider, so thats better. But Tomb Raider is more associated with the PS brand and sells more with that system. Still wrong.
RE6 should have the same treatment on both consoles. Stop this BS already, also RE is also more associated with the PS brand as well.
Cmon wtf are these Japanese companies doing?
They are so retarded.
The only smart ones I see now are Koonami

Mikefizzled4780d ago

Square want to show off Tomb Raider as it was at E3 2011. And Capcom are there are they are buddying up with MS over Resident Evil 6. As Xbox get the demo a month early I think.

Prophet1124780d ago

Capcom is probably going to show off Steel Battalion for Kinect.

OneAboveAll4780d ago

Let's hope this means some exclusive games from those companies!

Uncharted2Vet4780d ago

exclusive demos and timed exclusive DLC is what you'll get from those companies. bet that

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‘I think Xbox hardware is dead’, says Microsoft gaming veteran

One of the founding members of the Xbox team has questioned Microsoft’s multiplatform gaming strategy, and said they believe the Xbox hardware business is effectively “dead"

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Goodguy011d 21h ago

Think that rumor that they'll still make a new console but at a profit at $1000 will be true though. The series consoles will remain their cheap alternative throughout next gen I would say. Keep in mind that game pass and pretty much going 3rd party is their main focus. They want to bring xbox everywhere.

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GamerRN1d ago

If they don't maintain some kind of console presence, I think they will lose gamepass subscribers and just become a 3rd party publisher who eventually sells everything off

Cacabunga23h ago

Xbox games are releasing on all platforms. Who needs this hardware? PS or PC is all you need

Flewid63822h ago

I've never owned an Xbox in my life and I have GamePass.

thorstein21h ago

The only Xbox I owned was the 360. I have gamepass for my PC.

GamerRN16h ago

Majority of Gamepass users are currently on console...

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crazyCoconuts22h ago

Even if they could get it down to $800 for a box that can run with comparable performance to a PS6 (at, say $200 cheaper) the population of people willing to buy such a thing would be so limited.
It would be the worst of both worlds.

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Futureshark1d 9h ago

A slow, painful and public death too.

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Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft's reputation

Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era

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Jingsing4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.

YourMommySpoils2d ago

Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.

Bathyj2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.

they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since

Agent752d ago

In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.

YourMommySpoils1d 19h ago

@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.

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isarai3d ago

What reputation is this threatening exactly? 😂

Lightning773d ago

Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.

The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.

Christopher2d ago

That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.

1Victor2d ago

@christopher: “ That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest”
The key word big can be ether good or bad 🤷🏿only time can tell

DarXyde2d ago

First Forza being generated entirely via AI?

If any company would do it, it'd be them.

Nacho_Z2d ago

Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.

hennessey862d ago

That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.

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It Shouldn't Take Expedition 33's Success to Remind Square Enix That Turn-Based Still Sells

TNS: Expedition 33 was the wake-up call Square Enix needed, telling it turn-based RPGs are still popular, but that shouldn't have been the case.

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Relientk775d ago

True, but if it does get it through their thick skulls, then that works.

Although, the Dragon Quest 1 + 2 HD remakes will be turn-based and (the worst kept secret) Final Fantasy IX remake should be turn-based I would imagine. Let's see if any newer games go turn-based too.

thorstein5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

DQIII HD Remake was turned based and very successful. Then there was a really obscure turn based game came Balder's Gate 3. I heard it might have done well.

Profchaos4d ago

I wouldn't be shocked if they switched ff to the vii remake combat system

PapaBop4d ago

It won't get through to them though, despite E33's success, they still won't risk going fully turn based for their big budget projects simply because they are still in the mindset that it needs to be action combat to appeal to the mainstream audience. I hope I'm wrong but don't underestimate just how stubborn Japanese execs can be

barom4d ago

Ya'll are hyping up Expedition 33 too much. Reminder that FF XVI sold 3 million in a week and it took Expedition 33 approximately a month to get to that (33 days to reach 3.3 million).

barom3d ago

1 platform vs 3 platforms
1 week vs 1 month

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DivineHand1255d ago

While it is true that Sqaure Enix has moved away from turn based games compared to how they were in the past, there is a good reason for it.

Older gamers will know this but during the ps2 era, we were flooded with turned based games from Japanese studios and this created a form of fatigue back then going into the next generation.

When Square released FF13, they received heavy criticism for making the game turned based like every other FF game and not doing enough to innovate. This is why they made FF15, FF7 Remake and FF16 have real time combat. It gave the series a fresh spin and has brought in new fans to the series.

I personally would be happy with either turned based FF or the real-time combat version we see today.

Shane Kim5d ago

Remake and Rebirth have "turn based" if you set it in the settings.

Lexreborn24d ago

Dang wish I saw your post before I made mine because we definitely feel the same way lol

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yeah hit the nail on the head but its like ww2 games we get hundreds of them then a decade of nothing and people start missing them i think we're going to start seeing them return

Claire, dragon quest even yakuza have seen turn based return

Runechaz4d ago

Every Pokémon game is also a Turn Base RPG.. and selling millions

andy855d ago

Only need to look at their own game DQ 11 approaching 10 million to show there's a market. And that's not as big of a name as FF

Runechaz4d ago

you can also look at the Pokemon game number

Tacoboto5d ago

Another article about Expedition 33 and Square Enix and turn-based games? This is starting to sound like propaganda.

The game didn't sell because it's a turn-based game; it sold and is enjoyed because it's a really freaking good game that released completed at a good price without gamer drama attached to it. No Mtx, no wait-until-it's-patched, minimal bloat, a self-contained story, no multiplatform BS. Just a solid original game that absolutely nails what it intended to do.

Redemption-645d ago

I was just about to say the same thing.

anast5d ago

This comment should have a 100 upvotes, at least.

CrimsonWing695d ago

Maybe try actually listening to the fans who have supported the series for decades. This habit of ignoring your core audience just to chase people who were never interested in Final Fantasy in the first place makes no sense. And when that approach fails, doubling down on it is beyond baffling.

The battle system has never been the main reason non-FF or non-JRPG players stayed away. Gutting the series’ identity to chase a broader market doesn’t attract new players. It just alienates the loyal ones.

Keep going down this road and we’ll end up with Final Fantasy Fortnite abomination or a F2P Battle Royale game.. Oh wait…

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