Microsoft's Gamescom Press Conference re-cap

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Some pretty sweet announcements, in my opinion. I don't remember everything, so definitely chime in with anything I've missed, or just something that really grabbed your attention. Here were some of the highlights:

  • All future Xbox 360 Games for Gold titles will be backwards compatible with Xbox One!
  • The new Xbox One dashboard, running on Windows 10, will come in November. Members of the preview program will get it in September!
  • Over-the-Air DVR functionality, with the ability to not only use another device, to set your Xbox to record a television show, but also download your shows to those other devices (PC, Windows Phone and tablets).
  • New chat-pad for the Xbox One controller, with a couple programmable buttons and support for Windows 10 PC's.
  • A new Quantum Break trailer shown, and given a April 5th 2016 release date.
  • Crackdown 3 will supposedly feature 100% destructible environments, making use of Microsoft's cloud servers to do a lot of the computational work. Will release summer 2016.
  • Scalebound gameplay shown, although I don't know if a date was given.
  • The show ended with the announcement of Halo Wars 2, with 343 partnering up with Creative Assembly (the team behind the Total War series and Alien: Isolation).

New Forza 6 Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQT2cVDHfY

New Quantum Break Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrGK5pker2A

Crackdown 3 Sneak Peak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_nZ1xYyj6A

Dark Souls III Game Play Reveal Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cGCQ5YT_6k

Halo Wars 2 Announcement Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiiffLQcvE
 
Good stuff all around. I've been a longtime Forza fan and Forza 6 looks like something of a leap forward for the series, with online league racing, rain, night racing, 450+ full ForzaVista compatible cars, etc... :D
 
Can someone link me to the latest backwards compatible games? I can't find the list. Like, I want to find a place where I can go back and check on what's already added. I've found the page where you can vote for games you want to be B.C. but that's it.

Btw, kind of a shame that the destructible environments in Crackdown 3 are only in multiplayer...
 
Scalebound might be the reason I finally get an XB1. Looked amazing from that 8 mins of gameplay.
 
zamardii12 said:
Can someone link me to the latest backwards compatible games? I can't find the list. Like, I want to find a place where I can go back and check on what's already added. I've found the page where you can vote for games you want to be B.C. but that's it.
Click to expand...

Here's the landing page (Click Here). If you scroll down there's a link to download a PDF version, and then further down from that, a button to just view an online text list.
 
They announced that Hockenheim and Sears Point/Infineon/Sonoma is coming back to Forza, along with new addition COTA and updated Indianpolis layout. Excited about that. If I'm not mistaken, this will be the largest and most robust track selection ever in a Forza game. Still disappointed that Mid-Ohio continues to get the cold shoulder. As an official game of the IndyCar and Tudor Sportscar series, you think it would be in there...

Also: 2016 Shelby GT350R confirmed in car list :D.
 
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