Microsoft have confirmed when its annual E3 Press Briefing will occur now that we’re only a month away from the event. The Press Conference will start Monday, June 15th beginning at 9:30am PDT/ 12:30pm EST and 5:30pm BST. This year, Microsoft plans to host daily one-hour long shows on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 4-5pm PDT. The company also wants to give 500 Xbox gamers in the LA area a full ticket for the E3 week.
During the Media Briefing, Microsoft will mainly focus on first party exclusive games as well as certain third party games. HoloLens will also be at E3 and may feature during the briefing so the company can reveal the gaming aspect of the holographic computer. Windows 10 and Xbox One will be the two big products featuring at the conference. You will be able to watch it live beginning at 9:30am PDT on June 15 on Xbox.com, via the Xbox Live Events Player, on Xbox One or Xbox 360 consoles and on Windows Phone globally. You can also watch the Xbox E3 2015 Briefing during “Xbox: Game On” on Spike TV in the U.S. and Canada at 9:30am PDT, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm BST.
Microsoft have also confirmed the briefing will last approximately 90 minutes and that the company can’t fit every game into it, so they’re saving a lot for Gamescom in August as well. During the E3 Briefing, there will definitely be reveals for Forza Motorsport 6, Halo 5: Guardians and new IP. Everything else will be spread across the two events/conferences.
Xbox Daily: LIVE @ E3 will be Microsoft’s daily E3 show on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday airing from 4-5:00pm PDT, 7-8:00pm EST, 12-1AM BST featuring breaking news, exclusive announcements, trailer reveals, game demos and interviews with Phil Spencer and studio executives from 343 Industries, Turn 10 Studios, Crystal Dynamics and others. It’ll be hosted by Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) and Graeme Boyd (AceyBongos). It can be streamed on Xbox One, Xbox.com and Xbox 360 and each show will have an interactive experience tailored just for Xbox One.
If you’re lucky enough to reside in the LA-area, you might be able to get your way into E3 this year. The Xbox FanFest: E3 2015 is from Sunday, June 14, through Thursday, June 18 and Microsoft has 500 tickets to giveaway which will give you
• Entry into the Xbox E3 2015 Briefing at 9:30am PDT on Monday, June 15, at the Galen Center in downtown Los Angeles.
• Invite to the exclusive Xbox FanFest Party on Monday afternoon, June 15, where fans will get to play the best exclusives and biggest blockbuster games this holiday and beyond.
• VIP access to the Xbox esports Celebrity Challenge and Twitch Party sponsored by Xbox.
• Meet-and-greet with some of the industry’s top developers, leaders and influencers.
• Even more surprise events during the week.
ICXM will be working hard to deliver you E3 coverage this year and all I can say is, there’s a lot of to be excited about. Stay tuned.
^Alan (@BeetleComet)
Alan Walsh is a games journalist, head writer at AR12Gaming. They contributed 52 articles to ICXM in 2015, focused on game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: leads editorial for AR12Gaming and reviews titles for OpenCritic.