Microsoft announced a new Halo for you.
The hit Xbox action series starring the super-human Master Chief in his latest adventure to save the galaxy was teased Sunday during the company’s press conference here at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, said it will be the character’s “greatest adventure” yet, though the company didn’t say much more than that, nor when it will be released. The game will be called Halo Infinite.
“The world of gaming is on a historic growth path,” Spencer said. “In this significant moment, we are constantly challenging ourselves to where we can take gaming next.”
The message throughout that Microsoft wanted to tell fans was that it hears them. The company has been criticized for its lack of new compelling exclusive new games, something Nintendo and Sony have been successful with over the past few years. The top recently released games list on CNET sister game-review aggregating site Metacritic, for example, include Sony’s recently released God of War epic and Nintendo’s recent update for Donkey Kong. While Microsoft does have some popular exclusive games of its own, like Halo and Gears of War, the criticism has grown louder.
“Listening to the fans about how important exclusive games is is really important to us,” said Mike Ybarra, Corporate Vice President of Xbox and Windows Platform at Microsoft, in an interview after the presentation. He added that by showing 50 games on stage during the Xbox press conference, the company was showing its commitment to giving gamers a wide selection of popular titles to play.
The new Halo was the the tip of an iceberg of announcements around 50 games and 20 exclusives designed to show the gaming world its Xbox is the gaming device to buy, even if it’s not the most popular.
To emphasize that, the company wowed attendees at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles with a series of announcements about plans for its most popular franchises, including the Gears of War space shooting epic and its hit Cuphead and Ori adventures games.
And if that’s not enough, Microsoft also pre-announced its next Xbox console, which it said teams were “deep into architecting” the next device, though it didn’t give a timetable for such an effort. The company also said it’s building a new streaming service, designed to allow gamers to play on an Xbox, PC or phone.
June 13, 2018
Microsoft Announced Brief Teaser of Game ‘Halo’ at E3 2018
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Microsoft announced a new Halo for you.
The hit Xbox action series starring the super-human Master Chief in his latest adventure to save the galaxy was teased Sunday during the company’s press conference here at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, said it will be the character’s “greatest adventure” yet, though the company didn’t say much more than that, nor when it will be released. The game will be called Halo Infinite.
“The world of gaming is on a historic growth path,” Spencer said. “In this significant moment, we are constantly challenging ourselves to where we can take gaming next.”
The message throughout that Microsoft wanted to tell fans was that it hears them. The company has been criticized for its lack of new compelling exclusive new games, something Nintendo and Sony have been successful with over the past few years. The top recently released games list on CNET sister game-review aggregating site Metacritic, for example, include Sony’s recently released God of War epic and Nintendo’s recent update for Donkey Kong. While Microsoft does have some popular exclusive games of its own, like Halo and Gears of War, the criticism has grown louder.
“Listening to the fans about how important exclusive games is is really important to us,” said Mike Ybarra, Corporate Vice President of Xbox and Windows Platform at Microsoft, in an interview after the presentation. He added that by showing 50 games on stage during the Xbox press conference, the company was showing its commitment to giving gamers a wide selection of popular titles to play.
The new Halo was the the tip of an iceberg of announcements around 50 games and 20 exclusives designed to show the gaming world its Xbox is the gaming device to buy, even if it’s not the most popular.
To emphasize that, the company wowed attendees at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles with a series of announcements about plans for its most popular franchises, including the Gears of War space shooting epic and its hit Cuphead and Ori adventures games.
And if that’s not enough, Microsoft also pre-announced its next Xbox console, which it said teams were “deep into architecting” the next device, though it didn’t give a timetable for such an effort. The company also said it’s building a new streaming service, designed to allow gamers to play on an Xbox, PC or phone.