So Microsoft is readying it biggest E3 show ever which is exciting. They hiring out an entire building this time heavily inferring some major, major announcements for this E3. Hopefully the visits from Sega and Capcom will come to light here. Odds are they have some killer announcements to make. E3 just got way more exciting. Looking forward to it. I'm thinking maybe Vanquish 2 as an exclusive from Sega, going by recent rumours, and potentially showing the Resident Evil 2 Remake from Capcom on stage? Or perhaps Resident Evil 7 timed exclusivity or something to that effect? Or they could have something show-stopping to announce hence the much larger plans which they've never had before so far this generation. I have a feeling this E3 is going to be fucking great. Guess we'll see.
So Inside Xbox Episode 2 is happening and this was just announced in regards to new backwards compatible original Xbox games: Notice the inclusion of Panzer Dragoon Orta. Would have thought Jet Set Radio Future is an inevitability at this point. I would say Shenmue 2X also but the heavily rumoured HD remasters are forthcoming so maybe not. So ultimately perhaps this is the start of Microsoft's new connection with Sega. More announcements are surefire coming this E3.
As an added bonus, it looks like Sonic Generations is coming to Backwards Compatibility as well with a 4K mode on the Xbox One X. Shame that it's still probably capped to 30FPS.
Panzer Dragoon Ota also includes an unlockable Panzer Dragoon, so in a way, that's BC too. Very glad to see this. Hoping for JSRF and OutRun 2 next (Though hopefully OutRun 2 gets better emulation here than it did on 360).
>"new" >Conker I don't have a lot of knowledge in this area, but I know for a fact Conker was on the 360. How many of this list weren't on 360?
On a somewhat related note, both games are playable on PC in recent nightly builds of cxbx-reloaded, as of the past month or so. Shenmue 2x has some music and minor graphical problems, but otherwise seems playable. At least, I played it up until the Come Over Guest house last week and the game didn't crash. The emulator is locked to native resolution right now, but at least it's making solid progress now.
Read the whole thread, lots of speculation about a buy-out, but I want to add that if it was a buy-out, that since these are both publicly traded companies, hinting it like this is definitely a no-no and runs afoul of timely disclosure obligations. Soooo, it's not a buy-out. Instead, I'd like to highlight that it's hilarious that Sonic is in the Microsoft office ... and Microsoft Office is a software product Microsoft makes. Now, that's comedy gold right there.
