Microsoft Announces E3 Schedule - Webmaster News

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  Microsoft today released a detailed schedule of its plans for E3 2014, which is now less than two weeks away. In addition to the company’s main press conference the morning of Monday, June 9, Microsoft will hold a special pre-E3 event on June 8, a “Green Carpet” event the day of, a post-show event, and more.

Below is a roundup of what Microsoft has in store for E3 2014.

Microsoft Store Pre-E3 Event (Sunday, June 8 from 1-3 PM, line opens at 11 a.m.)

Attend Microsoft’s event at the Century City Microsoft Store and enter a raffle to be one of 100 people selected to attend Microsoft’s E3 press conference and a post-show event. While you’re at the store, you can play ID@Xbox games, though none were named outright.

Pre-Show/Green Carpet (Monday, June 9 at 9 a.m.)

This pre-show event includes “sneak previews” and interviews with developers and “celebrity fans” as they walk the “green carpet” at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. Microsoft will stream this event live at Xbox.com and Xbox Live.

Xbox: E3 Briefing Post Show (Monday, June 9 at 11:15 a.m.)

Following Microsoft’s press conference, the company plans to host a live event where Xbox leaders and developers will talk about what was just announced and answer questions from Twitter and the live audience itself. Speakers include Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, ID@Xbox chief Chris Charla, Microsoft marketing executive Yusuf Mehdi, 343 Industries boss Bonnie Ross, and Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price.

Sunset Overdrive Event at Century City Microsoft Store hosted by Major Nelson (Wednesday, June 11 from 6 to 9pm)

Visit the Century City Microsoft Store to go hands-on with Sunset Overdrive and even try a sample of “Overcharge Delirium XT,” the fictional energy drink from the game. Attendees can also meet Insomniac developers and Xbox Live’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb.

ID@Xbox on Twitch Stream (Tuesday through Thursday during E3 show hours)

Microsoft will broadcast gameplay for ID@Xbox titles through Twitch, and developers will also stop by to talk with viewers. The company will also showcase other games at the Twitch booth. A full broadcast schedule will be published at the beginning of E3 week, so sometime around June 9.

For more on E3, check out GameSpot’s roundup of everything you need to know about the show.

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Papers, Please dev announces his next game, Return of the Obra Dinn - Webmaster News

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Lucas Pope, the developer behind the award-winning indie game Papers, Please, has announced his next project; Return of the Obra Dinn.

In a post to TIGSource, Pope explains the game will use the first-person perspective and take place on an East India Company merchant ship named the Obra Dinn, which sets out from London for “the Orient” with over 200 tons of trade goods.

“Six months later it hadn’t met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea,” Pope said. “Early this morning of October 14th, 1808, the Obra Dinn drifted into port with sails damaged and no visible crew. As insurance adjustor for the East India Company’s London Office, find means to board the ship and recover the captain’s logbook for assessment.”

Pope said that his goal for the game is to challenge himself to experiment with rendering, story, and a few technical features, so it will be very different from Papers, Please and his other previous games.

The game will be built with Unity 3D, and will aim to emulate the look of old, black and white games for the Mac Plus, Pope’s first computer.

“I’m hoping to capture a compelling mystery with suspense and twists in the limited space of an old merchant sailing ship,” Pope said. “It won’t be the typical ‘collect items and look for clues’ structure. There’s a slightly cool gameplay hook but I won’t go into details on that until much later.”

Pope’s Papers, Please won this years Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Game Festival, as well as the Excellence in Narrative and Excellence in Design award.

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