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Thought we could have a thread in here too, to chat about Gamescom/GDC like we had E3 :)



Gamescom and GDC Europe 2013: Everything you need to know | Polygon

Welcome to Cologne, Germany, the current hotbed for gaming news. The week kicks off with GDC Europe on Monday, Aug. 19 and melts right into one of the biggest gaming events of the year. No, not E3. Gamescom.

The Gamescom campus is home to the world's largest trade fair for video games and interactive entertainment. It's a mix of both press and public — and it packs more than 275,000 attendees every year. With the next-generation of consoles right around the corner, the fifth annual convention will have no shortage of big announcements.

For the next week, Polygon will be reporting on-site from both GDC Europe and Gamescom. We've put together a comprehensive guide on when to watch and what to expect. Even if you're back home, there's a lot to take in.

PRE-SHOW: GDC EUROPE
GDC Europe kicks off the festivities in Cologne from Aug. 19-21. The conference will include talks on tracks such as design, production, business and marketing, programming and visual arts.

Plenty of game news is expected as well. Nintendo will discuss the Wii U and is expected to highlight the indie scene this year. Speaking of indies, the organizers behind Indie Megabooth are also expected to deliver a talk. Highly anticipated titles such as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 3, Dontnod's Remember Me, Double Fine's Broken Age and IO Interactive Hitman: Absolution will also get some time at the podium.

THIS IS GAMESCOM
Gamescom begins on Aug. 21 for press and trade visitors, so you'll have to sit back and let us handle the legwork for day one. By Thursday, it's a free for all — at least, for those who have tickets. The show floor opens at 10 a.m. sharp Aug. 22-23 and 9 a.m. GMT Aug. 24-25. Visitors can stick around until 8 p.m. GMT for the first three days, but the fun ends at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

More than 600 hundred companies from some 40 countries will be presenting at the show. On top of the crazy amount of demos, presentations and more, attendees can slow things down with discussions on a wide variety of gaming topics, or a ton of side activities.

In case you need a break, Gamescom's event level in Hall 10.2 offers a lot in the way of distractions. Go-karting, skateboarding and bizzarro versions of sports like soccer (Globetroter-Kicker) or tennis (headis) can all be found here. If you're interested in something a little more unfamiliar, the CaseMod Championships also take place here. Teams take a standard case and have only 24-hours to make it something special.

The cosplay village is making a triumphant return this year, and this time attendees will be welcomed and consulted by resident hosts and maids. You'll also be able to enter contests, get professional photos taken, karaoke to your heart's content, or even find artists to pen a manga version of yourself. That's located in Hall 10.1.

Gamescom festival offers entertainment for music lovers. Shows such as Sound of Games, Flo Megan & The Ruffcats and Intergalactic Lovers will be playing all week on three different stages.

No convention is complete without awards, and Gamescom Award 2013 will have prizes for software and hardware in 17 categories. Nominees include titles such as Battlefield 4, Beyond: Two Souls, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Tearaway and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

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THE BIG BREAKDOWN
Gaming giants such as Electronic Arts, Blizzard, Sony and have many announcements to make and a mess 'a games to show. Here are a few things you'll want to pay attention to.

Press Conferences
Tuesday, Aug. 20: EA Press Conference at 10 a.m. ET
Tuesday, Aug. 20: Sony Press Conference at 1 p.m.. ET
Wednesday, Aug. 21: Blizzard Press Conference at 5:30 a.m. ET

Items of Interest
Microsoft will hold a small, press-only event on Aug. 20 with more information on Xbox One. The hot topic for discussion is the company's new policy of self-publishing for indie developers. Studio head Phil Spencer is also slated to deliver the keynote speech at Gamescom.

Sony is expected to detail release plans for the PlayStation 4.

After being a no-show last year, Nintendo is making its triumphant return to Gamescom. The company will have The Wonderful 101, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD and Mario Kart 8 on hand, in addition to several others.

Electronic Arts will feature Battlefield 4, The Sims 4, Titanfall, FIFA 14 and more at its booth.

Ubisoft is expected to unveil a new next-gen IP at the conference. It will also showcase titles such as Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, The Crew, Watch Dogs, Heroes of Might and Magic: X Legacy and more. Last week, Ubisoft also registered a new domain for an unknown project called Fighter Within.

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Infinity Ward will showcase its new multiplayer modes for upcoming shooter Call of Duty: Ghosts, which were revealed last week.

Square Enix will include demos for Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13, as well as presentations for Thief, Murdered: Soul Suspect and more at its booth. No news for Final Fantasy 15 or Kingdom Hearts 3 is expected, though both games will be shown as part of the booth's trailer display.

Konami confirmed that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and PES 2014 will be playable at the show.

Blizzard has some Diablo-related news to share. Early speculations suggest that it could be an expansion for Diablo 3; a URL called Reaper of Souls recently appeared on Battle.net.

Firaxis is expected to announce a new entry in the XCOM franchise. Early reports suggest the title could be called XCOM: Enemy Within.

Crytek will feature Ryse: Son of Rome and a beta version of Warface at its booth.

Wargaming.net announced that it would bring a playable version of World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition to the show. The developer is also sponsoring several eSports events.

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Bethesda is bringing a playable version of The Elder Scrolls Online. More news is also expected on its current Wolfenstein title, The New Order.

Following its transition from THQ to Ubisoft, South Park: The Stick of Truth is still in development. More details are expected on its progress.

Bohemia Interactive will be showing DayZ Standalone as well as Arma 3 at its booth.

Oculus VR will be on hand to show off new capabilities of the Oculus Rift.

Devolver Digital has a lot of up-and-coming titles on its hands, including Mediatonic's Foul Play, Dennaton Games' Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and the Shadow Warrior remake. The publisher is expected to show off at least a few of its titles.

CCP has more details to announce on its long-running MMO, EVE Online. The game recently started running with Oculus Rift support, and we expect more details on its functionality

NIS America is expected to show off its upcoming titles Disgaea D2 and The Guided Fate Paradox.

InXile will have more information about its Kickstarter-funded role-playing game, Wasteland 2. The game was originally slated to launch in October, but will instead head into beta testing.

Blizzard Entertainment's digital strategy card game, Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft, recently entered beta. We're expecting to see more of the title at the event.

We got a first look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt during E3, and CDProjekt Red is expected to bring the next-gen title along for the ride once again.

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Vicarious Visions will have more to say on their upcoming toy-based title, Skylanders: Swap Force.

Zombie Studios' free-to-play first-person shooter Blacklight: Retribution will be on-hand at Sony's booth.

Deep Silver will offer details on its upcoming zombie-themed multi-player online battle arena, Dead Island: Epidemic.

Nordic Games found itself in the spotlight after acquiring THQ franchises Darksiders and Red Faction, but the publisher will have several other titles on hand at the convention.

Game Freak's next entries in the Pokemon series, Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, will make an appearance.

Dead Nation and Outland developer Housemarque will reveal its upcoming PlayStation 4 title. The developer is currently working on two projects: a spiritual successor to shoot-'em-up franchise Super Stardust, and a project that remains unknown.

Amplitude Studios, the developer behind 4X title Endless Space, will reveal its upcoming retro-themed space-horror game Dungeon of the Endless: What's Behind the Door?

Focus Home Interactive will have a playable demo of Farming Simulator at its booth.

Egosoft will show its space sim X Rebirth, which is part of the studio's X Universe series.

Eerie multiplayer game The Flock will make an appearance at the show, courtesy of indie Netherlands developer Vogelsap.

OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE
If you're spending time in Germany, you'll eventually want to venture outside of the conference walls. Cologne is well-known for its rich history and gorgeous, Gothic architecture. One of its most famous locations is the Cologne Cathedral, and it's a sight well worth the hype. There's also no shortage of gardens and museums to see, including the huge art collection at the Museum Ludwig.

Of course, for those looking to do more than sight-see, the town is also full of breweries, beer halls and beer gardens. Beer, did we mention beer?

Stay tuned for all our coverage from GDC Europe and Gamescom. You can expect breaking news, previews, interviews, video and more.


More X - Rebirth news . :clap:
 
Leaving tomorrow morning :clap:! Looking forward to Oculus Rift the most with a bit of GTA, Watchdogs, Driveclub, Titanfall and whatever else I can get my hands on.
 
So far on MS conference,

Indies looked after on Xbox 1 - Self publishing etc
New Fable
Fighter Within Kinect Game
Cobalt game from Minecraft fella
Division Exclusive content
COD has dedicated serves on X1
Fifa ultimate team exclusive content

Fifa 2014 Free with all pre orders of X1 (while stocks last)
 
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Courtesy of Xbox.com and barring any last minute delays or surprises, this is the list:

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)

Battlefield 4 (DICE, Electronic Arts)

Call of Duty: Ghosts (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Crimson Dragon (Grounding/Land Ho!, Microsoft Studios)

Dead Rising 3 (Capcom Vancouver, Microsoft)

FIFA 14 (EA Sports, Electronic Arts)

Fighter Within (AMA Ltd., Ubisoft)

Forza Motorsport 5 (Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Studios)

Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft)

Killer Instinct (Double Helix, Microsoft Studios)

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive)

Lococycle (Twisted Pixel, Microsoft Studios)

Madden NFL 25 (EA Sports, Electronic Arts)

NBA 2K14 (Visual Concepts, 2K Sports)

NBA LIVE 14 (EA Sports, Electronic Arts)

Need for Speed: Rivals (Ghost Games, Electronic Arts)

Peggle 2 (Popcap, Electronic Arts)

Powerstar Golf (Zoe Mode, Microsoft Studios)

Ryse: Son of Rome (Crytek, Microsoft Studios)

Skylanders: Swap Force (Vicarious Visions, Activision)

Watch Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)

Zoo Tycoon (Frontier Developments Ltd., Microsoft Studios)

Zumba Fitness: World Party (Zoë Mode, Majesco)
 
Dragon Age stuff was interesting, C&C Generals now has SP, Sims 4 looked decent.

Plants vs Zombies meh

Waiting for Titanfall and BF4...
 
Horrible framerate drop in the NFS video, unless it was just the stream being funny.
 
Titanfall now.

Didnt see those others so will have to have a browse later.
 
I love the look of those mechs.
 
PEGGLE 2!!!!!!

Holy ****!!! Best news so far and probably the only next gen game I am looking forward to.

Actually I am not exaggerating that much, sadly enough Peggle 2 excites me more than Titanfail (copyright Razor), Assassins Creed Bore or Crotchdogs. Shame it is a timed exclusive on X0ne, bet they won't need the cloud for it though, so will leave plenty of remote computing power for the other titles.
 
Titanfall looks epic and love the follow mode.
 
It is so much nicer watching an Europe based conference, compared to the wooping and hollering redneck yanks they had at E3 :)
 
Thought Titanfall had no SP, THat looked like a SP story mission.
 
Titanfall looks the dogs danglies! Really can't wait for that
 
It is so much nicer watching an Europe based conference, compared to the wooping and hollering redneck yanks they had at E3 :)

I was just thinking this, everything is a simple clap with the very odd whoop.

The yanks are just tedious and everything is over the top.
 
Titanfall looks the dogs danglies! Really can't wait for that

Give me COD 4 paced game play but with mechs and i'll be happy. Mechs don't look over powered, you can have them follow you and you can ride on the back of another players mech.

Soldier moving speed and the jet pack boosts means they wont be easy targets for mechs too.

Can't wait.
 
Why are they selling stats moving to next gen so much.

You've got to buy the game twice for christ sake. Just wait.
 
Why are they selling stats moving to next gen so much.

You've got to buy the game twice for christ sake. Just wait.

Exactly that, it's sole purpose is to get you buy two copies and people will because the stats will move across.
 
Exactly that, it's sole purpose is to get you buy two copies and people will because the stats will move across.

Surely people will wake up to this fact!!!

Actually scratch that, its the console players its aimed at....
 

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