E3 2014: Day One News Round-Up

Day one of E3 2014 has been and gone and certainly gave everyone plenty to talk about.

We saw Microsoft keep it all about the games in the battle for Christmas. Sony unveiled its ambitious plans for the next six months and beyond. EA rolled out the big guns with Battlefield, FIFA and Mass Effect. And Ubisoft showed off what is arguably its strongest ever line-up.

Below you will find a link to all of the key news and announcements from the first day of E3 2014.

MICROSOFT

Smartphone hit Threes coming to Xbox One – link
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC to hit Xbox One first – link
Forza Horizon 2 gets release date – link
Four player co-op primed for Assassin’s Creed: Unity – link
Dance Central Spotlight dated for exclusive Xbox launch – link
Sunset Overdrive release date announced – link
Microsoft reveals new title Ori and The Blind Forest – link
Fable Legends and Spoof Capcom Dead Rising 3 DLC get E3 airing – link
Halo: The Master Chief Edition revealed for Xbox One – link
Rise of the Tomb Raider unveiled – link
Limbo dev’s Inside leads Xbox One 2015 indie line-up – link
Phantom Dust returns as Xbox One exclusive – link
Platinum Games shows off new IP Scalebound – link
Crackdown 3 confirmed – link
Dragon Age: Inquisition ‘premier content’ to hit Xbox One first – link

EA

Mass Effect 4 concept footage shown – link
Need for Speed developer reveals first-person vehicle sports game – link
The Sims 4 coming September – link
New gold game includes crazy fantasy courses – link
Star Wars Battlefront information due Spring 2015 – link
Battlefield: Hardline PS4 beta starts right now – link
First-look at FIFA 15, release date revealed – link

UBISOFT

New Just Dance lets you use your mobile as a controller – link
The Crew launches in November – link
Assassin’s Creed Unity gets release date – link
Xbox One exclusive fitness game ‘Shape Up’ showcased – link
New Rainbow Six due next year – link
Ubisoft has a finished Wii U game that it won’t release until the console sells more – link
We will take our time with Watch Dogs 2 – link

SONY

Ultimate Tetris coming to Vita this Christmas – link
Destiny alpha available to PS4 owners this week – link
White PS4 coming this September – link
New PS4 game Entwined available right now – link
LittleBigPlanet 3 announced – link
From Software’s Bloodborne out in 2015 – link
You can play Far Cry 4 on PS4 without owning the game – link
Dead Island 2 exclusives for PS4 – link
Paradox making multiple PS4 exclusives – link
Grim Fandango resurrected by PlayStation – link
PlayStation teams up with Devolver for a host of indie games – link
Next Suda 51 game is a PS4 exclusive – link
505 Games’ Abzu revealed – link
25 free-to-play games coming to PS4 – link
Over 100 Vita titles in development – link
PlayStation TV out this Christmas in Europe – link
Ratchet and Clank re-imagined and movie out in 2015 – link
GTA V coming to PS4 – link
PS4 gets exclusive Batman Arkham Knight content – link
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End out in 2015 – link
Camo DualShock 4 design on the way – link
YouTube coming to PS4 in autumn – link