Microsoft kicked off the first day of E3 conferences with a strong showing. Opening the show with news that the Xbox One is now backwards compatible was met with rapturous applause (although, you only have to say “hi” to get an applause during an E3 conference), and continued to make announcements of its strong first party lineup for 2015 and beyond.
Here are all the biggest announcements from Microsoft’s press conference:
- Xbox One is now backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games – but for preview programme members at the moment and not all titles straight away
- Rise of the Tomb Raider launches on November 10 on Xbox One, gets new gameplay trailer
- Fallout 3 to be included with early orders of Fallout 4 on Xbox One
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition launches this August, includes beta for Gears 4 multiplayer
- Halo 5: Guardians gets campaign gameplay trailer
- Gears of War 4 launches holiday 2016 on Xbox One
- Rare Replay is a collection of 30 Rare gems, launches this August for £20 on Xbox One
- Rare’s new IP is an online pirate game called Sea of Thieves
- The Division is getting an Xbox One-exclusive beta this December
- Get Rainbow Six Vegas and Vegas 2 free with Rainbow Six: Siege on Xbox One
- Forza Motorsport 6 launches September 15 for Xbox One
- Dark Souls 3 coming 2016 to Xbox One, PS4 and PC
- Fallout 4 PC mods will work on Xbox One – later confirmed for PS4 too
- Mega Man creator working on Xbox One-exclusive Recore
Steve Burns wrote down his reaction to the conference, which you can read right here.
The Miller Report’s Simon Miller and Auld Da sat and watched the conference live, too, and you can watch their running commentary here:
Or you can watch their reaction to the Gears of War 4 trailer below:
