Here are the show notes:
What exactly is GamesCom? It is a trade fair for video games held annually in Germany and it is gaining popularity every year. Attendance for the event went up from 335,000 to 345,000 from 2014 to 2015.
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront took home the title of "Best-in-Show" by revealing this gameplay trailer at the event, which introduced the Fighter Squadron mode:
Pretty slick huh? Look, you can even play as the Millennium falcon!
Microsoft Announcements
DVR compatibility with Xbox One
- Free and coming in 2016
- The features will be limited to TV users who get their shows via free over-the-air antennas
- Microsoft released an adapter in 2015 that allows for hook-up of antennas
- New DVR section showing all recorded shows
- Stream recordings from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices
- Downloaded to devices
- Schedule recordings, even remotely
- All Games with Gold titles are FREE on Xbox One because of Backwards Compatibility
- This means 4 FREE games for Xbox Gold users
- Launches in November with over 100 titles available!
- Compatible with Xbox One
- $109
- A "texting" accessory that attaches to the controller
- 360 had something similar to this
- Headsets/headphones will be functional when plugged in
- November 3 - $35
- Faster, simple Interface
- Cortana
- Increased voice command recognition
- "Hey Cortana, record the last minute and share it to my activity feed
- "Hey Cortana, start a party and invite Amanda"
- Plot: A time travel experiment has gone wrong. This event not only causes time to start breaking down, but also grants the three main characters—Jack Joyce, Beth Wilder, and Paul Serene—the ability to manipulate time. Jack Joyce, the main character is a survivor of a failed science experiment that killed his brother.
- This is a TV Show/Video Game Exclusive to Xbox One
- Four episodes - 20 minutes each
- Game will tell story of Heroes - TV show will give you the villians
- Well known actors
- Shawn Ashmore (X-men)
- Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones)
- Dominic Monaghan (Lost)
- Lance Reddick (The Wire/Fringe/Lost)
- Episodes based off your decisions in the game?
- "Afterward, the game will unlock an episode about Serene's evil company, Monarch. These will reflect your decisions and have ramifications in the game, further personalizing the experience. Each junction also has alternate episodes, so players have a reason to replay what would otherwise be a linear, story-driven experience."
- "The TV show ships with the game and, based on what we've seen so far, it appears the two are heavily dependent on each other. You can't watch the show like a season of True Detective and likewise, your experience of the game will probably suffer if you're not paying attention to the live-action episodes."
Release Date was revealed (After 2 years of promoting): April 5, 2016
Scalebound
- Control a character who is bound to a Dragon companion
- Action sequences look incredible
- During action sequences you command your dragon pet to attack while dishing out damage yourself
- Very fast paced, action RPG feel
- 4 Player Co-Op
This gameplay trailer was shown at GamesCom, and really has me intrigued:
Release Date is Holiday 2016
Halo Wars 2 Announced
Coming Fall 2016
Blizzard Announcements
World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Announced
- Plot: In this dire new chapter of the World of Warcraft saga, the great enemy of the Horde and the Alliance—the demonic Burning Legion—has returned. Illidan looks to be the main antagonist
- Level cap goes to 110 (expansion comes with boost to lvl 100)
- New Continent to Explore: The Broken Isles
- New Class to play: Demon Hunter
- Only available to Elves
- Artifact Weapons: Grow character power and are fully customizable
- Several new dungeons
- New PvP Honor System that allows for leveling in PvP
- Beta coming later this year (BlizzCon?)
Hearthstone adding Jousting abilities to cards
- This is an ability that forces players to randomly reveal one minion from their decks - whoever has the highest mana cost wins the "joust" and thus gives the card with the ability special attributes (taunt/divine shield/etc.)
- This isn't a new gamemode - just an ability on 11 new cards
- Coming in the next expansion "The Grand Tournament" releasing this month
Other News
* Bungie Replacing Peter Dinklage in Destiny with Nolan North
* John Wick is coming to Virtual Reality - Spring 2016
* Winners announced in Valve's $18 Million International DOTA championship
