Ushered into the daylight at E3 2015 and then bundled quickly back below decks so that work could resume with a vengeance, Sea of Thieves has had a full year to provoke speculation and anticipation. Now, with E3 2016 bearing down on us like a ship full of fellow raiders in an unscheduled steering incident, it's time for some of your rampant questions to be answered and all-new ones to be raised.
We're on stage for the big Xbox briefing and on the show floor for the first global hands-on Sea of Thieves experience. Players will be submerging themselves in the latest in a long line of gorgeous Rare game worlds, and discovering the massive variety of ways to behave – and endearingly misbehave – within it.
For everyone who couldn't make it out to the west coast for some E3 time with Sea of Thieves, there's still no shortage of spectacle to take in. We've put together two new trailers for the occasion, the first giving you a cinematic moment-in-time snapshot of some of the in-game possibilities, set to the strains of a reworked high seas classic.
Freedom to forge your own path through Sea of Thieves is paramount. Hunt for a fabled hoard, romp across undiscovered islands, rise up against rival crews, carve out lasting legends... or just crowd around a table below decks getting ruined on grog and playing musical instruments badly. All viable pirate life choices, all open to you as your crew navigates wide open seas shared with friends and foes.
Those other rough-looking sorts you pass on the tides, bawling from the crow's nest or frantically priming their cannons? They're all other players making their own spur-of-the-moment decisions. Will you spend time together sharing stories of krakens and secret coves, or send those shifty-eyed lads and lasses straight to the bottom of the sea? Every pirate's got to do it at least once. Not that we're condoning such uncouth behaviour, but it's a cutthroat world out there.
Our second E3 2016 trailer follows up on the Sea of Thieves promise with a dose of gameplay reality, bringing together our Play It First contest winners and superfans in live play sessions recorded at Rare HQ prior to E3. These are the highlights from their own seafaring stories brought to life on that day.
Sea of Thieves is locked on course to launch on Xbox One and Windows 10. More news on dates and ways to play coming soon! In the meantime, we'd love for you to check out all the great new stuff on the official website for Sea of Thieves.
“Sea of Thieves” is an immersive, shared-world adventure game filled with pirates, unexpected dangers and loot for the taking. Be the pirates you want to be, share adventures with friends and set your own rules, roles and goals in a world where every sail on the horizon is another crew of players with unknown intent.
Features
“Sea of Thieves” is a unique co-op experience that combines the thrill of adventuring together with friends with the unpredictability of a shared landscape and its threats, both from other players and the world itself.
• Innovative co-op gameplay in a shared world – “Sea of Thieves” is designed around players working together with shared goals and rewards, where you’ll go on epic voyages in search of legendary artefacts and buried treasure, but in a world where every sail on the horizon is another crew. What flag are they flying, and what do they want?
• Be the pirates you want to be – Crew up with your friends and be the pirates you want, choosing your own roles and goals. Explore the world, take on quests, or seek out conflict. It’s your crew against the world, and how you deal with other crews is entirely up to you.
• A rich fantastical world – “Sea of Thieves” invites players into a beautiful world with a distinctive art style, ripe for exploration and with mythical creatures lurking on islands and under the inviting surface of the sea…
• An evolving experience – “Sea of Thieves” offers an experience that will evolve over time, landing in players’ hands early and growing thanks to community insights and feedback. New ways to play will be unveiled as the world expands and evolves.
State of Decay 2 Announced for Xbox One & PC
【E3 16】与其他玩家合作撑过丧尸危机! 《腐朽之都 2》影片曝光
《腐朽之都(暂译:State of Decay》在 2013 年初次登场时,便以单人动作外加策略要素玩法吸引到了不少喜爱殭尸生存游戏的玩家,而在历经了 3 年后,微软也在 E3 展前发表会上曝光了《腐朽之都 2》,也带来了游戏宣传影片供玩家抢先看。
不同于一代,这次的新作强调玩家单独一人将无法轻易生存,玩家除了打造自己的生存团队和据点外,也能和其他玩家合作,挑战更加艰难的困境,并透过协同合作来打造一段独特的丧尸生存故事。 《腐朽之都 2》预计于 2017 年推出,将会在 Xbox One 和 Windows 10 平台上登场。
Overview
The next installment in the critically acclaimed “State of Decay” franchise immerses you in an all-new, multiplayer zombie survival fantasy.* Build a lasting community, working with other players or solo to overcome challenges while exploring your own unique story in a world that remembers the choices you make. Coming to Xbox One and Windows 10 as an Xbox Play Anywhere game.
Features
Play as a Community of Individuals in an Open-World Adventure
• There is no singular hero character. Play as an entire community — each survivor in the game is their own person, with a unique mix of background traits, skills, and attitudes that determine what they can do, what they want, and what they are willing to do to get it.
• Use your community’s unique array of individuals to forge a path through the game that is personal to you. Your choices shape the identity of your community, ensuring that no two stories are alike.
• Explore an open, simulated world filled with dynamic zombie and human enemies, friendly survivors to recruit into your community, and valuable resources and gear necessary to keep your people alive.
RPG Progression Systems for Individuals, Base, and Community
• Develop each survivor’s traits and skills to improve their capabilities and strengthen your community.
• Collect resources to build and fortify your base, unlocking crucial new facilities and valuable community options along the way.
• Elevate your favorite survivors to leadership roles in your community by heeding their advice and completing their goals, and unlock new community benefits and objectives that suit your leader’s ideals.
• Manage the relationships and goals of your survivors to build a strong community that has a lasting impact on the future of your world.
Four-player Co-op Multiplayer
• Play solo, or for the first time ever in the “State of Decay” franchise, with up to three of your friends.
• Invite friends to join your game, or drop into theirs. Work together as you explore the deadly post-apocalyptic environment, watching each other’s backs and sharing the rewards of your accomplishments.
• Each player maintains command of their own personal community and roster of characters.
Gears of War 4 E3 Demo Includes Explosive Combat and a Huge Surprise
In less than four months, a new Gears of War saga will kick off with the launch of Gears of War 4 on Oct. 11. Today, we’re thrilled to return to the Xbox E3 stage with the first look at co-op gameplay in a new section of the campaign. The demo features JD Fenix and his friends Kait and Del as they fight for survival against ferocious new enemies amidst violent wind flares that bring new dynamic gameplay as they rip through the lands of Sera and alter the battlefield.
Tip: Make sure you watch until the end.
Gears of War 4 takes place in the course of one night as JD, Kait and Del embark on a desperate mission to rescue the ones they love and discover a monstrous new threat. It’s a game that’s more intimate, but at the same time more epic and intense than any previous Gears game.
For co-op fans, we’re also excited to confirm that Horde mode is back and it’s leveled up! With new classes, skills and abilities tied to cards and more, we are confident this will be the Horde mode that everyone is dying to play with friends. Additionally, Gears of War 4 will feature cross-play on Xbox One and Windows 10 for all co-op modes (campaign, Horde and Co-op Versus), and 4K support for Windows 10. As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, you’ll receive both versions of the game with a single purchase, and be able to switch seamlessly between them through our shared progression system (enabled through cloud saves).
In addition to these features, Gears of War 4 will include split-screen and online co-op, an awesome new arsenal of customizable weapons and characters, 60 frames-per-second Versus multiplayer on dedicated servers, all-new maps and game types, deadly close-cover combat moves, stunning visuals powered by Unreal Engine 4 and more!
Our studio team of passionate Gears fans has been working for years to craft the absolute best and most feature-rich Gears game we can imagine. Today’s demo is just a glimpse of what’s in store, and we can’t wait to see to hear your feedback and cross Lancers with everyone on Xbox Live when the game launches this October.
Thanks for all your support and enthusiasm! Stay tuned to Xbox Wire and @GearsofWar for more updates throughout the week.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Takes Tekken 7 Unbridled Fighting Game Action to Xbox One, PS4 and Steam
Leading interactive entertainment media publisher and developer Bandai Namco Entertainment America today announces that Tekken 7 will be coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Steam for PCs in early 2017 for the Americas. Tekken 7 returns the storied fighting game franchise to its purest form with bone-crushing head-to-head bouts, new developments in the game’s canon storyline centered on the struggle for power amongst the members of the Mishima clan, and technical prowess that will take the eSports fighting game circuit by storm.
Tekken 7 is currently in development at Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Tokyo, Japan studio under the leadership of famed franchise director, Katsuhiro Harada. Powered by Unreal Engine 4 for the first time ever, Tekken 7 takes the graphics quality of the series to new heights; featuring highly detailed characters and dynamic environments. When it debuts on home consoles and PCs, Tekken 7 will deliver numerous modes and enhancements beyond its arcade counterpart, including an epic Story Mode that enables players to fully experience Tekken’s canon storyline. Players will also be able to play as new fighters such as Kazumi Mishima, Claudio, Josie, Shaheen, Katarina, Lucky Chloe, Gigas, and Akuma from the Street Fighter franchise amongst an impressive stable of fighters for the first-time-ever outside of arcades.
“We’re excited to bring one of the most celebrated and hardcore competitive fighting games to the Xbox One and PC gaming audiences.” said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing at Bandai Namco Entertainment America. “Tekken 7 is poised to heat up the eSports scene and taking it to Xbox One and PC audiences will further expand the pool of talented competitive tournament players nationwide. With Tekken 7 we’re focused on electrifying the competitive fighting game tournament circuit with the hardest hitting Tekken game yet.”
In celebration of Tekken 7’s announcement for Xbox One, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be free to download for a limited time for Xbox Live Gold members starting June 13, 2016 at 11:00AM PDT and ending on June 21, 2016 at 3:00AM PDT.
The next step-change for gamers and developers must deliver true 4K gaming and high-fidelity VR experiences to the console. To that end, we were happy to announce the next addition to the Xbox One family: Project Scorpio.
When it ships next year, Project Scorpio will be our most powerful console ever built, specifically to lead the industry into a future in which true 4K gaming and high-fidelity VR are the standard, not an exception.
Project Scorpio will be the first console with 6 teraflops of power, which will empower the world’s greatest game creators to fully embrace true 4K gaming without sacrificing quality, generate premier VR experiences, without sacrificing performance, and putting greater graphic fidelity in the hands of the world’s best game creators.
Best of all, Xbox One, Xbox One S and Project Scorpio will all be compatible. All Xbox One games and accessories will play on each device. It’s very important to us that no one gets left behind, which is a big part of why we view Project Scorpio as a new way of thinking about consoles and generations.
The reason that we announced Project Scorpio today is to give our developers and partners the ability to embrace its capability early, in order to start realizing their visions for the future and deliver even more great games for you.
Today marks the beginning of gaming beyond generations. It’s a future full of choice, and one in which we can all play together without boundaries.