Gamescom 2015

[Fallen]

Anyone been watching? Here's a link to a non-jittery stream of the Microsoft Presentation: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/gamescom/live-event

If you just want the highlights: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-biggest-news-from-microsofts-gamescom-2015-pre/1100-6429457/

List is as follows:

Game News



Our first look at Quantum Break, Coming Next Year (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-ones-quantum-break-release-date-announced/1100-6429438/)
Crackdown 3's environments will be "100% Destructible" (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/crackdown-3-to-include-100-percent-destructible-en/1100-6429440/)
Ark: Survival Evolved will be playable on Xbox One this Winter (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-getting-dino-survival-game-ark-this-winte/1100-6429445/)
The newest addition to the Killer Instinct roster: Battletoads (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/battletoads-coming-to-killer-instinct/1100-6429444/); Season 3 also revealed
Scalebound will have 4-player co-op (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-exclusive-scalebound-will-have-4-player-c/1100-6429443/)
New map for Halo 5 announced: Coliseum (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-introduces-new-halo-5-map-announces-halo/1100-6429449/)
New Halo Wars 2 on the way from the Total War developer (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/total-war-developer-making-halo-wars-2/1100-6429451/)
Get a free copy of Just Cause 2 when you buy Just Cause 3 on Xbox One (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/just-cause-3-on-xbox-one-comes-with-free-just-caus/1100-6429453/)
Castlevania spirtual successor Bloodstained will include crossplay between Xbox One and Windows 10

Hardware and Features



FIFA 16 is getting a great Xbox One bundle in the EU (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-16-xbox-one-bundles-announced-for-europe/1100-6429446/)
Xbox One backwards compatibility will start this November (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-coming-november/1100-6429442/) and DVR TV functionality (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-getting-free-tv-dvr-functionality-in-2016/1100-6429441/) coming next year.
Check out the Halo 1TB special edition Xbox One (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/500-halo-5-1tb-xbox-one-bundle-announced-has-custo/1100-6429448/)
From this point on, all future Xbox 360 Games with Gold titles will be backwards compatible on Xbox One (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-future-xbox-360-games-with-gold-titles-will-be/1100-6429450/)
The Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One controller is available for preorder now. (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-halo-5-guardians-controllers-announced/1100-6429454/)

[Androidpk]

They also had gameplay video of Dark Souls III.

[Taernath]

Shouldn't it be the games are forward compatible, while the Xbone is backward compatible? Pedantic semantics but it bugs the crap out of me.

[Androidpk]

Shouldn't it be the games are forward compatible, while the Xbone is backward compatible? Pedantic semantics but it bugs the crap out of me.

Yup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_compatibility

[Fallen]

They also had gameplay video of Dark Souls III.

Fucking Gamespot dropping the ball. I haven't finished watching yet, just watching it now in its entirety.

[Taernath]

I'm watching it off Xbone, got worried when the German guy started talking because I thought it would be in German and my German is rusty.

[Androidpk]

I'm excited about Bloodstained, especially since Konami isn't involved.

[Taernath]

Dragons of Elanthia > Scalebound


I'm excited about Bloodstained, especially since Konami isn't involved.

Pretty cool they got David Cross to introduce it.

[Androidpk]

Mirror's Edge 2 gameplay


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GBVMGXXFMw

[Androidpk]

Pretty cool they got David Cross to introduce it.

I heard he blue himself.