E3 2015 Hololens

E3 2015: Xbox wows with Halo 5, Tomb Raider and Hololens

Xbox kicked off its E3 2015 show with Halo 5. After promising its best E3 show ever and a disappointing appearance at last year’s event, Microsoft had a lot to prove. Things started well, with a little lull in the middle, but once a holographic Minecraft was revealed, all was forgiven and the crowd was almost stunned into submission.

rise of the tomb raider
Lara and her new sidekick in Rise of the Tomb Raider at E3 2015

Halo 5 looked stunning and ticked all the multiplayer boxes. Forza Motorsport 6, Gears 4 and a new, exclusive IP from the creators of Metroid also impressed. Team Xbox brought out the big guns, with Rise of the Tomb, raider, which saw Lara and a sidekick trying to scale an icy mountain top.

However, Minecraft really stole the show, thanks to the magic of augmented reality with Hololens. Seeing a Mincraft city rise up out of a tabletop, on the stage was like the Star Wars chess game just became a real thing – a-mazing.

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