Everything that happened at Microsoft’s 2015 gamescom conference

Lots of non-exclusives

Hey, you know what? I actually enjoyed Microsoft’s gamescom conference for the most part. Sure it had a lot of non-exclusives in there, but it wasn’t a train wreck.

I mean, when your heavy-hitter is Halo Wars 2 you know it’s not all that exciting, but again, it could have been a lot worse. Plus, I know a lot of people who actually really dug Halo Wars, so I bet they’re happy.

• New Quantum Break trailer has a hobbit and military violence
• Microsoft debuts Crackdown 3 gameplay at gamescom
• Scalebound gameplay trailer reveals four player co-op, coming Holiday 2016
• Quantum Break now has an April 5, 2016 release date
• Xbox One DVR functionality coming in 2016
• Killer Instinct Season 3 coming March 2016 on Xbox One and PC
• Bloodstained will feature Microsoft crossplay, new character revealed
• Lovely Xbox One controller gets an ugly chatpad
• Xbox One backward compatibility comes to everyone in November
• Ark: Survival Evolved adds giant spiders to its dino-fest
• Ron Gilbert’s Thimbleweed Park coming to Xbox One, Windows 10
• We Happy Few is coming to Xbox One first, my fair lady
• Cobalt, that arena battle game, is still an Xbox exclusive
• Thimbleweed Park has an Anthony Burch doppelganger
• Homefront: The Revolution is doing an Xbox One exclusive beta
• ‘Xbox players love their fut’ and crappy FIFA deals
• Halo 5’s new trailer has an excellent sliding kill
• Microsoft announces Halo World Championship, special 1TB Xbox One
• New Just Cause 3 trailer looks like silly, explosive fun
• Rainbow Six Siege scmhoozes gamescom with German counter terror unit
• Forza 6 team is way too hyped about rain
• Halo Wars 2 confirmed for Xbox One and PC, coming in 2016
• Tremble in fear at our first look at Dark Souls 3
• Cities: Skylines will arrive on Xbox One first on console