Now that the sangria is completely out of our systems, focusing on what actually happened at X06 this year is a little easier. This year, Microsoft rose above the fray and demonstrated character, future thinking, and some seriously big guns. Sure, some of that was easy given that it's a Microsoft event and there are no competitors. But the big M threw out a handful of serious announcements and then backed it all up with a gaggle of games.
For instance, this year's most hyped game, Gears of War, was playable, and there certainly wasn't any lack of Halo. Just the opposite, in fact; we got three Halo announcements. So much for not overshadowing Gears of War. Director Peter Jackson talked with a mostly ethereal tone about an interactive story-based experience that's not a game, yet not a movie, and convinced some folks while others were simply impressed that he showed up in Barcelona at all.
The show consisted of first-, second-, and third-party games, PC games, and Xbox Live Arcade titles bringing up the rear. All of the titles we originally saw at E3 re-appeared, sans Too Human, which was delayed until next year along with Crackdown, Mass Effect, and Forza 2 (but at least the latter three showed). Approximately 70 games were discussed in all, about 47 were fully playable. Among the most impressive of the bunch, however, is only one real surprise (Alan Wake). The simple criteria for the top five best picks is as follows: the games had to be playable by somebody at the show. Halo Wars, for instance, was ineligible to make the top five, as was Halo 3, because the first showed only in CG form and the latter didn't show at all.
That's it. Onward to the top five…
As the long-rumored Gears of War Collection looks like it may finally materialize on Xbox, the timing could not be better as Gears 6 and movie news swirls.
(Insert “It should be multi platform if Microsoft investors wants more money” JK here)
All jokes aside congratulations to all the gears fans it will be a blast I remember having fun on the first one on my 360 elite till got RROD and quit Xbox all together but that’s a story for another day.
Congratulations 🎊 🍾 🎉 🎈 🎉 🙏
I'm excited for this just aslong is on the pc also cause I don't have the newest xbox console.
Marcus Fenix and the crew could be back on your screens once more, as the rumored Gears of War Collection is near completion on Xbox.
Every article, console fanboy trite, all these years later. Let me explain it AGAIN, in simple terms for the fanboys. Sentient human gamers do have their preferred platform, however they will buy and own multiple platforms so they can enjoy the games they want to enjoy. I own and have owned multiple platforms, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and now Valve, simply to enjoy a wide range of games across a broad spectrum of platforms. It's great. You don't have to pick a 'team' and cheer them on through thick and thin, dissing the other 'team'. And for you 'VenomUK' to state 'Switch and PS5 owners are gonna love this', proves that you're a bit behind. Learn, enjoy, live, develop, trust and coexist if you can, life is better that way.
@Stuart5756
Well said.
This is why i never understand fanboying over hardware. This is not like a sports team, its just hardware. Why some people have this mentality to pick a side and stick with it and refuse to look at other platforms, therefore depriving themselves of games that are only available on those platforms. They are suppose to be gamers after all?
It's practically guaranteed to come to PC as well, if that's the case, I might pick it up after it gets a discount or two.
Thank goodness for pro gamer companies like Microsoft.... It's about time we unified platforms where now only corporate suits benefit! Pro gamers all the way. Thanks Microsoft!
I'm really shocked that Halo 5 still isn't on PC yet, almost everything is ported over and that's the only Halo game that hasn't been ported.
Take it with a grain of salt this leaker has been wrong many Times
The connection has been rumoured in the past so there's some credibility but it's more if it's actually in testing or not
tell u what gears 3 on series x same 360 game but in 4k and 60fps is a dream it looks crystal clear
The Series X enhanced versions of Gears 3 and Judgement can at times look like Xbox One titles.
Yeah i got into Gears 3 multiplayer last year. People still play it a lot. Tons of maps and looks great with the 60 FPS.
Huzaifah from eXputer "With a new Gears of War game possible, I'll go ahead and say that the original trilogy was the peak of the series and should get remastered."
^ this
and judgement as well
Why not Remaster them and release them as Marcus Fenix Collection for PC and Series
I would buy it. I sh1t on microsoft alot but their gears of War series I loved. Some great gameplay and if they would keep up the multiplayer I'd play that too.
1-3 are incredible with each one being bigger and better than the last. I don’t know what it is, but 4 was super underwhelming to me and 5 was slightly better than 4, but I didn’t feel the same epic feeling I had when going through 1-3. I hope 6 brings that epicness back, but yea like a full remake of 1-3 with current-gen visuals would be *chef’s kiss*.
I was actually devastated with Gears 1 Remaster on Xbox and PC. From when the OG released in 2006 right up until Gears 2 released a few years later. Me and a small group of friends would play it almost daily.
When the remaster arrived. It was annoying that they changed the way you could find a create games. The PC version was dead on arrival as it didn't release on steam just the crappy windows store so about 7 people (including me) bought it. I think I managed to find about 5 games in the first week of release. After that it was just a ghost town.
Not sure about Xbox version. Didn't actually try it until I got a series s in late 2022. It was completely dead online.
A new game would be best. I don't understand why gamers want to rebuy old games over something new.
It an excuse to revisit something you loved a long time, and it’s prettier and shinier!
Yeah, new game is always better in my book but remake/remaster is definitely a good runner-up.
Agreed. The old games are there anyway.
I went back and played them all again in anticipation of Gears 5 with a friend and they hold up really well. In fact, they were more fun than the recent ones in some ways.
all these games just look INSANE. PS3, wii have nothing even close to these!
god damn. bio shock looks nutty. mass effect!
hehehehehe
Also i cannot wait to play these games on my 360 is gonna be a blast
You add Splinter Cell to that list and it is literally all the games I KNOW I'm buying. Cool story.
...look so damn good? There is something about these that just look a lot better than the _exact same_ screenshots we have seen from other sources. They are crisper, much more detailed, and for some reason the graphics themselves look better.
Anyone else see this? Am I missing something> If this is just the quality of whatever output they were using(?) I NEED to know so I can use it myself.
These games, while they always looked good, have not looked THIS amazing.
if you ALL remember ps3 SHOULD have been released @ the start of the year!!!!
yet i hear sony fans screaming 1st gen ps3 games look as good as 360 2nd gen games.
THATS DUMB
sony devs have had PLENTY of time to optimize ALL ps3 1st gen launch titles, and in a way, thay've had an extra advantage!!!
most 360 1st gen games were rushed anyway, so, really if the ps3 is ALL THAT, then the games being demo'd should BLOW all the 360 games out the water!!!!
BUT THEY DONT DO THEY???
yeh, motorstorm looks very impressive graphically (although plays very slow), but if it was released at the start of the year (like it was supposed to) it would have looked SH*T, plain and simple!!!!
lair looks good NOW, but has serious framerate problems, if it WAS released when it WAS supposed to, i wouldn't wanna imagine how SH*T that would have looked!!!
XBOX 360 has proven ALL doubters wrong that it can easily stand toe to toe with what EVER sony puts in front of it, and the games shown @ xo6 demonstrates that perfectly.
shogun