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Forbes: There were few surprises in Microsofts Gamescom conference this morning, mostly an extrapolation of currently announced games, showing more footage from titles like Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scalebound. But there was one moment that was certainly a surprise, near the very end when Microsoft announced that Halo Wars 2 was being developed for Xbox One and PC. The details are scarce, but from what was shared so far, at least the idea is promising. The cinematic trailer showed a new side of the galactic Halo war, though no gameplay, but Microsoft relayed that its Total War developer Creative Assembly taking a crack at the strategy game in concert with 343, which now rules the Halo franchise in the wake of Bungies departure. Given that Total War is one of the few remaining quality games in the Real-Time Strategy genre, thats very good news indeed.

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Yesterday, the software giant announced at Gamescom conference that later this year it will launch the Microsoft Halo World Championship. It is an e-sports competition in which $1 million will be given as prize money. This is the maximum amount ever paid for a Halo tournament and will be given only to gamers playing Halo 5: Guardians, which will be launched on October 27.

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GameRevolution: "This week Microsoft revealed new details for Crackdown 3 after more than a year of silence. The big story is its multiplayer where virtually every structure in the game world can be dismantled thanks to a meticulously designed physics engine. These destructible environments are such a large highlight of the game that Crackdown 3's entire presentation at Gamescom was focused on it. What you might not know is that Crackdown 3 utilizes the cloud computing that Microsoft has spent so much time hyping over the years. This is the same cloud computing that was a major component of its original Xbox One reveal, and has since become a bit of a laughing stock among gamers as it hasn't materialized into anything of great substance."

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Gamescom 2015 was a breeze for Microsoft, not only because of the wide variety of games and upcoming content it had, but also because its only competition decided to skip Gamescom all together! Microsoft definitely seized the opportunity to get ahead of Sony, not only for Fall 2015 but early 2016 as well. For Microsoft, Gamescom was essentially a second E3, as both new content was shown off as well as more gameplay of content we saw revealed at E3 or at an earlier time

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This week Microsoft revealed new details for Crackdown 3 after more than a year of silence. The big story is its multiplayer where virtually every structure in the game world can be dismantled thanks to a meticulously designed physics engine. These destructible environments are such a large highlight of the game that Crackdown 3's entire presentation at Gamescom was focused on it.

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Owners of Forza Horizon 2 can download a new car pack to get them ready for Forza 6s launch. Microsoft is offering Forza Horizon 2 owners access to the Playground Select Car Pack. The pack is free from now through August 11 and nets you access to the 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar, 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona HEMI, 1997 McLaren F1 GT, 1978 Ford Mustang II King Cobra, 1952 Fiat 8V Supersonic, and 1986 Honda Civic Si. All you need to do is head to the Forza Hub app on Xbox One to download it. It will remain available after August 11, but will cost you $5.

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You can now watch the full conference again and see the latest games, the new hardware and the updates to software that Microsoft announced at its Gamescom conference yesterday

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More companies are starting to take part in e-sports since it's become a multi-million dollar industry all its own. Microsoft is attempting to revitalize the e-sports scene for Halo by reinvigorating it with a $1 million world championship tournament this winter.

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Microsoft's Hololens is one of the most anticipated piecese of technology currently in development. While Microsoft has...

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Microsoft just made a bunch of announcements The annual Gamescom 2015 conference in Cologne feels like the other shoe dropping after the barrage of E3 revelations in June. Microsoft led off Europes five-day video gaming trade fair (the show officially launches Wednesday and runs through Sunday) with a 90-minute Xbox-centric presser that included world premiere first looks at Quantum Break, Crackdown 3 and Scalebound, three keystone Xbox One exclusives due next year. Heres a recap of the press conferences top revelations. Quantum Break The whole best looking game youve ever seen! thing may be one of gamings most tiresome cliches, but our first look at Remedy Entertainments temporally unhinged third-person tactical shooter Quantum Break suggests its a visual powerhouse. It stars Shawn Ashmore (from Marvels X-Men movies) both voicing and lending his exquisitely captured digital likeness to protagonist Jack Joyce, a guy whos come unstuck in time. Think Max Payne (...