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E3 2014: 5 takeaways from Xbox event

Barry White:
Day zero of the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) kicked off Monday morning with a 90-minute press conference hosted by Microsoft to tout what's next for its Xbox One video game console.

Unlike in years past where games were presented alongside television features and Kinect-centered activities, Microsoft instead decided to focus on the games themselves with (thankfully) very little Kinect.

What drew my attention the most?

3-4-53661d ago

Halo Collection looks awesome & a couple other games looked solid.

FamilyGuy3661d ago (Edited 3661d ago )

Halo 5 and Sunset Overdrive, that's all.

Guardians... interestingly named considering the Destiny protagonist are also called guardians.

Teknosaur3661d ago

Its sad to see what the Fable franchise has become. Hopefully, this is just a hiccup and the next installment will be more worthy of the name

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#BLUD Review | TheXboxHub

Review - #BLUD is a valiant attempt to break the mould of the traditional dungeon crawler but it fails to achieve its target at being more.

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FromSoftware boss addresses gaming industry layoffs

'As long as this company's my responsibility, I would not let that happen.'

Hidetaka Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's relationship with parent company Kadokawa and references Satoru Iwata's perspective on layoffs.

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Microsoft shakes up Xbox marketing as key exec departs for Roblox

Jerret West is leaving Xbox at the end of the month.

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TOTSUKO6h ago

Won’t be missed. Xbox sucks at marketing in this industry. This is badly needed.

jznrpg6h ago

I see Xbox stuff everywhere. On cereal boxes, toasters and fridges.. Xbox just sucks.

Scissorman6h ago

This. Marketing isn't the issue. He's just fleeing the sinking ship.

4h ago
DivineHand1254h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Unfortunately, Xbox has not done great with marketing this generation. One thing I found odd is that he is leaving Xbox for Roblox. I'm not sure how big Roblox is in comparison to Xbox but I can't imagine him getting better compensation from there. Perhaps he was forced out?

fr0sty4h ago

It's simple, Roblox is profitable.

DivineHand1253h ago

@fr0sty Would you leave your place of employment to work somewhere else for less pay just because that business is profitable?

You would have to be a special person to be ok with that.

zaanan2h ago

That, or he is pulling an Elop.

Tedakin2h ago

Xbox marketing has mostly been trash for a decade. Shake it up as much as you can.

RhinoGamer881h ago

Marketing is not the issue at XBOX. Production and its leadership have screwed up royally. XBOX studios, wth are you doing managing these developers?!