Microsoft teases "a lot of surprises" for next Tuesday's event.

Microsoft has discussed its plans for next Tuesday's Xbox Reveal event, confirming that next week's announcement will be about "laying the foundation" and taking an "inside look at the making of the new [Xbox] platform and the team that's brought it to life," before revealing "tonnes of exclusives" at next month's E3.

"We're really going to tell one story across two events," explained Microsoft's IEB chief of staff Aaron Greenberg on the latest episode of Major Nelson's podcast. "So we're going to start on the 21st, and really that's about revealing the next Xbox platform; our vision for the future of games, the future of entertainment.

"We definitely have a lot of surprises planned," Greenberg continued. "I know everyone knows the Infinity Ward team is hard at work on world premiering Call of Duty: Ghosts, so we're going to see what that looks like for the first time.

"People are going to get a great inside look at the making of the new platform and the team that's brought it to life. To be honest, it's really about the team, the people here. That's why we're inviting people to campus; we're going to bring them behind the scenes a little bit. We've never done this before and so it's really exciting to be able to do that. It's a lot of laying the foundation, probably the best way to describe it. And then just a couple of weeks later we go to E3."

Microsoft will use E3 to reveal more about the titles headed to the next Xbox, Greenberg says.

"E3 is all about the games," he continues. "At E3, I mean, if you're a gamer, it's going to be tonnes of exclusives, world premieres, and obviously even beyond that we have a lot to share between then and this holiday."

Microsoft will reveal its next-gen Xbox next Tuesday, May 21 at 6pm UK.

Author:
David Scammell

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I'm surprised nobody posted this yet. Anyway.....


HYPE!!!!

I don't think I have been this hyped for anything in my life so far, not just for the next xbox but for the next generation as a whole. 

Definitely Hyped to see what they have in store for everybody. i expect a lot of big reveals at E3. Still hoping to see the Black Tusk Studio game.

I have a feeling M$ knows that towards the back end of this gen they haven't continued support enough for the "core"gamers and they won't make the same mistake again. The xbox event/E3 are going to be great. I hope there are a few surprises in store!!

Didn't they only just open that studio and start hiring people a few months ago or something?

I'm actually really happy to hear that. I hope that they do deliver on that promise and bring in a ton of 1st party support for the nextbox.

Well hopefully we get 1 or 2 new games announced during the reveal event.

I don't know to be honest.  I don't really know anything about them other than they are working on a big project.  I'd also like to see what some of these other studios that they built are up to like Victoria, Platform Next Studios, and LA studios.  Also interested in what Rare and Lionhead have been working on.  

pezus said: Even I'm getting hyped . I just hope they didn't moneybag EA because I like me some EA games once in a while...

They easily could afford too and being honest, it would eventually pay off too. I don't think EA would do that though, at least for titles like FIFA. Then again, what they're doing to the WiiU is pretty distasteful. To think.. They're trying to shake the image of the most disliked company atm... Online passes was one thing, they only really replaced it with another thing to dislike them about.