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E3 Coference Report: Microsoft 1/2

June 15th, 2015 by Irwin Fletcher Comments

There was so much at the Microsoft conference I had to split it in two. In this section we’ll focus on the peripherals and services unveiled and in the next we’ll go through all the games revealed.

hololens_3172574kThe Hololens was the biggest of the two peripherals revealed. Just put your wallet out of reach and watch this demo. No release date has been confirmed
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The second peripheral was a controller the ad for which which had frankly ridiculous production values:
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EA access is a streaming service that allows XBone gamers to play old EA games like including Battlefield 4™, FIFA 15, Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare, Madden NFL 15, Need for Speed™ Rivals and get access to trials and advance releases of their games for $4.99 a month. Check out the pitch below.


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Xbox announced it’s preview programme which will let Xbox one players get preview versions of as yet unfinished titles, essentially play testing the console versions for free in exchange for early looks at the games.  The preview app and games like The Long Dark are available right now.
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