XBOX BRIEFING EVENT AT E3 2019

 

Highlights from the Xbox E3 Briefing held on June 9, 2019 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles:

 

From the thousands of Xbox games in development, Xbox showcased of the 60 most anticipated coming to Xbox One and PC. 

 

Fans were treated to a preview of Gears 5, the biggest game of 2019.

Keanu Reeves surprised the crowd by showing up to promote his appearance in upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077.

Microsoft announced further expansion of Xbox Game Studios with the addition of Double Fine Productions, the maker of Brütal Legend and Broken Age. Double Fine Productions is currently working on the long-awaited Psychonauts 2.

Other games shown during the Briefing included:

 

Halo Infinite

Bleeding Edge

Forza Horizon 4: LEGO® Speed Champions Expansion

Minecraft Dungeons

The Outer Worlds

Battletoads

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

Xbox revealed the future of gaming with Project Scarlett, a new console set to launch alongside Halo Infinite in 2020. Thousands of games across four console generations will look and play best on Project Scarlett.

 

Xbox Game Pass is the leading games subscription service. At the briefing, Xbox unveiled Xbox Game Pass for PC which will offer PC gamers a curated library of more than 100 PC titles. Xbox launched Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which combines Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC and Xbox Live Gold in an all-in-one plan for gamers wanting the best value.

 

The Xbox Briefing included Xbox’s plans to enable people to play games wherever they want, using the cloud: Project xCloud, which empowers people to stream games everywhere they want to play; and console streaming, which will empower people to stream their entire Xbox One game library from their console while on the go, for free. Both will be available in preview starting in October.

 

Xbox unveiled the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, the world’s most advanced controller, which features 30 new and improved features. 

 

In less than 20 years, the number of gamers in the world has more than tripled. Over 2 billion people now play, and gaming is popular, in every region and on every continent.

00:16     Fans at Xbox E3 Briefing

 

00:37     Keanu Reeves

 

00:50     Double Fine Productions

 

01:05     Xbox Game Pass

 

01:29     Project Scarlett

 

01:05     Project xCloud

 

02:13     Halo Infinite

 

02:51     Gears 5

 

03:11     Bleeding Edge

 

03:23     Ori and the Will of the Wisps

 

 

Xbox Regional Spokespeople

 

03:27     Naxla Mina Sayeg, Xbox Category and PR Lead, LATAM

 

04:23     Bruno Motta, Xbox Category Manager, LATAM

 

05:22     Hugues Ouvrard, Director, Xbox France

 

05:58     Cary Chen, Senior Category Lead

 

06:26     Takahiro Oyobe, Senior Marketing Executive, Microsoft

 

10 June 2019