{"id":46366,"date":"2018-06-10T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=46366"},"modified":"2018-06-10T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T22:23:12","slug":"microsoft-shrunk-gears-of-war-bought-everyone-and-teased-halo-at-e3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2018\/06\/10\/microsoft-shrunk-gears-of-war-bought-everyone-and-teased-halo-at-e3-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft shrunk Gears of War, bought everyone, and teased Halo at E3 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft spent all the money for their E3 2018 kickoff event. To be more accurate, they spent their money to purchase a bunch of studios and showed off 50 games for Xbox and Windows 10.<\/p>\n

First, the reveals that were a given. There was a snippet of the next Master Chief game. It’s something called Halo Infinite<\/a> and it involves dinosaurs and camping in the woods. Forza Horizon 4<\/a> goes to merry old England with dynamic seasons and a more massively multiplayer Crew-like structure. Crackdown 3<\/a> may be delayed to late 2019, but Terry Crews is still blowing things up in trailers that are looking more and more dated as we go. Sea of Thieves<\/a> will be getting some much-needed content soon. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds<\/a> continues its desperate hold on the system as an Xbox console exclusive. Gears 5<\/a> (that’s just “Gears 5” and not “Gears of War 5”) will feature Kait’s story in the Gears saga.<\/p>\n

In more surprising news, there’s a mobile game bit of oddness coming called Gears POP!<\/a> which is a collaboration with The Coalition and bobblehead manufacturer Funko POP! There’s also a Gears Tactics which looks to answer the burning question “What if Gears and XCOM had a baby?” (Funnily enough, there was a similar prototype concept<\/a> back in 2014 that was eventually canceled.) Battletoads<\/a> is a thing. Goofball Dante is back in Devil May Cry 5<\/a>. We all got another painfully scripted play demo from Ubisoft, this time for The Division 2<\/a>. Dying Light 2<\/a> features more parkour, melee, and zombies, but now you can supposedly influence the story with your choices.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer announced the acquisition of Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games. The company is also starting The Initiative, another new in-house studio based out of Santa Monica.<\/p>\n

Finally, this year’s “oh, and one more thing moment” was for CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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