Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Soooo… I just realized that I have a ton of notes from the Xbox One Announcement on June 12th, 2013 that I never published.  So since it’s coming up on the release (Nov 22nd) I figure it might still be worthwhile to summarize what I saw during the Press event.

• INTRODUCTION
• OPENING VIDEO:
  Konami’s Open World “Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain” (Hideo Kojima) – Appears to use Microsoft cloud computing
• OPENING SPEAKER:
  Don Mattrick on stage: ”13 Next Gen titles only on Xbox One”
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• WHAT’S NEXT ON XBOX 360:
  Yusef Mehdi on stage: “New Xbox 360 based on Xbox One Styling”
• Gold member Promotion:
• July 1st to release of Xbox One
• “2 free game downloads yours to keep”
  Halo 3, Assassin’s Creed 2… Fable 3
• Releases coming to Xbox 360:
• Splinter Cell Blacklist
• Lightning Returns – Final Fantasy 13
• Batman Arkham Origins
• Grand Theft Auto 5
• ONLINE:  World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition (Wargaming.com) Online gaming w/ Microsoft Studios
• Team-based 15 v 15 team warfare
• Xbox Live integration
• Download for FREE with Gold
  2) PressPlay Max the Curse of Brotherhood
  3) Bandai, From Software Dark Souls II
• COMING WITH XBOX ONE:
  Phil Spencer – Head of Microsoft Studios on stage:
  ”New & Original Games – More titles than ever in history”
• Crytek’s “Ryse: Son of Rome” (Exclusively on Xbox One – playable at E3)
• “Killer Instinct” (Exclusively on Xbox One)
• Insomniac’s “Sunset Overdrive”  – Open, LIVE,  world
  Exclusively for XBox One, led by Insomniac’s Ted Price (Resistance, Spyro)
• Turn10’s “Forza Motorsport 5” – feat McClaren
  Cloud processing – Drivatar ‘learns behaviors’
• INDIE GAME DEVELOPMENT
  Phil Harrison- “Indie Game Development is a $1B industry that Microsoft is very committed to” (contrary to media conjecture)
• MineCraft – Xbox One Edition
• Remedy’s “Quantum Break”
  Exclusively on Xbox One (Microsoft Studios)
• Swery65 “D4” (Cell shaded adventure)
• Microsoft Studios “Project Spark”
• COMING FOR XBOX LIVE
  Marc Whitten – Head of Xbox Live
• SmartGlass
• SmartMatch
• Game DVR
• DVR & Sharing:  Demonstration using “Killer Instinct”
  Twitch for instant, live broadcasting, including your voice & video
• All of your friends – no 100 limit
• Local currency – no Microsoft Points
  Xbox Live Gold Sharing
• Crimson Dragon – Exclusive on Xbox One (No audio for some reason… production/technical challenges during the event)
• MORE SHOWCASE TITLES
  (NEXT-GEN COMPUTE, SMARTGLASS, CLOUD COMPUTING)
• Capcom Vancouver’s open world Dead Rising 3 – Exclusively for Xbox One
  No loadtimes.  Massive scale world, leveraging cloud computing
  SmartGlass for Artillery Support
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
  Open world, leveraging cloud computing
  Voice commands – Exclusive to Xbox One
  Xbox SmartGlass – Inventory & Character Dev
• EA Dice Battlefield 4:
  60fps FrostBite 3 Engine
  Second Assault Map Pack on Xbox Live first
• What lies "Below": Exclusively on Xbox One (Indie)
• 5 new studios
  Blacktusk – AAA Exclusive game
• 343 Industries “Halo Intellectual Property
• Halo Spartan Assault
• Halo TV Series with Steven Spielberg
• ‘Halo for Xbox One” – New engine, cloud computing, 60fps
  2014
• XBOX ONE RELEASE
• November 22nd
• $499
• CLOSING SHOWCASE:
  Respawn’s “TitanFall”
• From the people that brought you “Call of Duty”
  (And these guys are pissed at Activision.  They look like they’re really looking to really advance the state of the art of combat.)
• On-ground combat
• Mech-based combat
• Kurt’s Comment: “OMG, this game looks unbelievable… like Ryse.”
• Cloud computing-enabled multiplayer gameplay
• Spring 2014 Exclusive to Xbox One