E3 2019: 5 ways Xbox and Microsoft can dominate this year's E3 press conference

Microsoft has confirmed that they will be having a heavy presence during E3 2019 at Los Angeles Convention Centre from June 11-15. Despite their biggest competitor Sony being absent at this year's E3 in about 24 years, Microsoft has assured that they won't go easy and this year's press conference will be even bigger than the last time.

With the new Xbox Console codenamed-"Anaconda" and "Lockhart" rumored to be unveiled during this year's show and have a fall 2019 release window, it's hard to not expect Microsoft to flaunt a number of shiny new first party exclusives that will be making its way to the newest members of the Xbox community.

Here are 5 ways Microsoft can undoubtedly steal the show at this year's E3 2019:

#5 Unveiling the future of Xbox

Numerous leaks in the past have confirmed that there are multiple new Xbox's planned for the next generation. What's more, they are going to be even more powerful than Google's Stadia which was revealed just last month and boasts a GPU equivalent to the power of PS4 PRO and Xbox One X combined.

In a reassurance email, Xbox's Executive Vice President-Phil Spencer confirmed that whatever Google showed regrading Stadia didn't surprise them at all and that they have even more exciting things planned for the future.

We just wrapped up watching the Google announcement of Stadia as team here at GDC. Their announcement is validation of the path we embarked on two years ago..

Today we saw a big tech competitor enter the gaming market, and frame the necessary ingredients for success as Content, Community and Cloud. There were no big surprises in their announcement although I was impressed by their leveraging of YouTube, the use of Google Assistant and the new WiFi controller.

Keep in mind that Xbox One turned out to be the underselling console of this generation and Microsoft must really be looking for their redemption. Moreover, Sony's absent during the event will automatically shift everyone's attention towards Xbox and I don't think Microsoft will let loose of this opportunity, especially after the E3 2013's fiasco.

#4 Halo Infinite gameplay reveal

As a long time PlayStation fan, I'm curious to dive into the world of Xbox's Halo in the upcoming Halo Infinite. Since Microsoft has somewhat confirmed that Infinite will be the launch title for the upcoming Xbox console, E3 2019 seems to be the perfect fit for such a reveal. Showing off some huge chunk of gameplay running on the new Xbox, presumably at 60 FPS and native 4K will be a godsend for me and many others who have been waiting for this game since a very long time.

Halo Infinite was revealed back at E3 2018 and is supposedly a soft reboot of the series and will be going back to its root. Also in the most recent leak, it was stated that Halo Infinite is supposedly the most expensive game ever made with a game development budget of over $500 million.

#3. Ninja Theory's next game reveal

Ninja Theory blew us all away with its beautiful masterpiece back in 2017 called Hell Blade: Senua's Sacrifice. The first ever semi AAA game, Hell Blade went on to receive widespread universal acclaim from critics as well as fans alike and sold incredibly well.

The game's depiction of Norse mythology as well as the Celtic culture was very well received as well as it focuses on themes such as Psychosis made Ninja Theory's ambitious title vastly unique in this ever-growing looter shooter industry.

Not only that, but it also caught the eye of Microsoft who went to purchase the studio as one of their first party developers back at E3 2018 and I can't really describe my excitement for what this talented studio is up to next with Microsoft holding their hands.

One thing's for sure, whatever they are making will be a story-driven action game and will be an Xbox exclusive, something that Microsoft absolutely needs this upcoming generation.

#2 Fable 4 reveal

Xbox fans have been literally begging for a new Fable game forever and after Microsoft closed off the studio behind this series, Lionhead studios, fans thought that their dreams have been outright murdered in daylight.

Hopefully, things are going to change because the rumors suggest that Microsoft is indeed bringing back Fable for the next generation and their latest first-party addition - Playground Games, seems to be working on one.

This is huge news and what's interesting is that even though the Playground Games have been making Forza games exclusively for Xbox since forever, only last year they were officially purchased by Microsoft as there first party studios.

That actually indicates that Microsoft is indeed interested in handling over the Fable project to a talented studio and Playground Games seems to be the perfect fit.

As a long time Fable fan, all I'm saying is that we don't big gameplay reveal or anything. Even a 30-second clip showing the logo of the game will be enough to satisfy our needs. Not to mention that Xbox absolutely needs an action RPG game of their own to compete with Sony's Horizon Zero Dawn. Who knows this might be the reason Microsoft is bringing Fable back?

#1 Close the show with Cyberpunk live gameplay demo

It's hard to argue that one of the most anticipated videogames currently in development is CD PROJEKT RED's futuristic action RPG called CyberPunk 2077. CD Projekt RED took us by surprise last year at the end of Microsoft's E3 conference when they gave us the first glimpse of the Night City in Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk 2077 still doesn't have a release date or a release window. It is supposedly coming to the current generation of consoles but we all know that will run and look the best in the shiny new consoles which are coming in the next two years.

Imagine Phill Spencer calling the devs at CD Projekt RED to show off a live demo of the game like they did at E3 2014 with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game will be running on the new Xbox at 60 FPS and native 4K and at the end of the gameplay video, it flashes a fall 2019 release window. Now if that doesn't grab your attention then I don't know what will.