The initial shots at this year's E3 Media and Business Summit were fired by Microsoft, kicking off proceedings with the first press conference of the event.
Shortly afterwards GamesIndustry.biz spent some time with key European execs Chris Lewis and David Gosen to unpack some of what had been talked about in that press conference.
There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.
"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."
This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.
Gotta be a slow news day when a 18 hours and 3 comments (now 4)makes it to the front page🤷🏿
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Well anything that adds and help gamers is a good thing even if some don’t need it there’ll be more that will use it.
Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops.
"Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops."
Oh look no further than the "Upcoming layoffs at MS" topic. It will easily top the Hottest of the week.
Special guests like Mr. Dead might also show up. You just watch.
Playdead co-founder Dino Patti is allegedly being sued by his former studio and business partner.
Patti was threatened with a lawsuit earlier this year after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen and discussed some of Limbo's development. Patti said Jensen demanded a little over $73,000 in "suitable compensation and reimbursement," adding that he had "repeatedly" had such letters over the last nine years.
Game Rant interviews Plants vs. Zombies composer Peter McConnell about honoring the series’ quirky roots, adapting its themes, and now going vinyl.
The score for the first Plants Vs Zombies is such great, iconic music that it has a timeless quality. Not quite the level of Minecraft, but wonderful in its own right.
I'd hate to support Microsoft. What a rubbish E3. Everything they showed was either copied, or garbage. And the one thing everyone's talking about is a ps3 game. Today, Sony will show how the professionals do E3
what a great conference...Thanks you MS for giving the 360 owners something to look forward to.
I think that Microsoft had a very good showing at E3. Besides the fact that FF is coming to the 360, the dashboard update was something that was really needed. Being able to have Microsoft support parties is huge as well. It seems as though Microsoft is finally starting to prove to Japanese developers that it's okay to develop games for the 360 which will help the longevity of the console. The thing is if you have more than one console, how will you find time to play all of these great games coming out later in the year for all of the systems?
"I think the market has very readily accepted there are three great solid players. We all compete with one another and the ultimate beneficiary is the consumer, I really believe that, that the quality bar just goes up and up and up as people bring more to the market."
Hmmm... so they actually do compete with the Wii after all.
"We've got 12 million members"..."12 million members"..."12 million members"...."12 million members" and also "We've got 12 million members"...aaaarrgghh get out of my head!!!