Congrats to @b0nd07 for winning the Microsoft banner contest. We had over 50 submissions, which is way more than any of the other companies. And, while we had many hilarious and goofy banners to choose from, the moderators ended up picking this classy, late entry from b0nd07. If you're more a fan of some of the funny/dumb banners, stay tuned for the rest of the day...

The Official E3 2013 Microsoft Press Conference Discussion

It's officially E3 time, duders! If you haven't experienced the insanity of E3 before, the show starts off with press conferences from each of the three console makers as well as a few of the largest publishers in the industry. These presentations are prime real estate for game announcements, debut trailers, live gameplay demonstrations, and meme origins.

In an attempt to keep the E3 shenanigans organized, the mods institute these official discussion threads for each conference so that everybody has a go-to place to discuss them before, during, and after the show.

Keep Discussions On Topic

This thread is exclusively for the general discussion of the Microsoft press conference. Only discussion of the Microsoft press conference is allowed. Discussion involving the other company's conferences should be taken to their respective threads (once they're posted). And don't even think about going off-topic or derailing the thread with your predictions for your local soap box derby race.

Specific Announcements

E3 is THE place for announcing never before seen games. It's exciting, fast-paced stuff and we're all enthusiastic to start talking about all the new toys. But, please keep in-depth discussions about specific games in their respective forums. For more information about how to help us keep things organized, go check out the E3 2013 and You! thread.

To help you get where you need to go to talk about anything announced or shown during this press conference, we have created a list of them right here:

• Xbox One
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Despite the insanity of E3, keep in mind that the general site rules still apply. So, don't be a dick. If you need a refresher on to conduct yourself like an upstanding citizen of the Giant Bomb community, check out the FAQ.

Where Can I Watch?

If you know of any others, let me know!

• Giant Bomb Chat
• Xbox.com
• E3 Insider.com
• Xbox Live
• SpikeTV

So Game Of Thrones, amirite?

Thanks for the thread, exciting times are ahead of us!

Is the giant bomb chat going to be the gamespot stream with GB chat or soemthing like that?

And congratulations on the banner @b0nd07

I'm super bummed that Blastroid's banner didn't win. It was leading relatively close to the end, but fell at the final hurdle and finished third. But I'm just going to post it here anyway. Because I can.

Only if the Microsoft conference results in the slaughter of all its presenters at the hands of Kaz Hirai.

ZOMMMGGGGG!!!!!!!1!!! EEEEETHREEEEEEEE!!!!!11!!!!!

That's the appropriate response, right?

I'm a Sony guy at this point, but I'm so fucking excited for this. Don't let me down, M$.

TV TV TV.... I'd say its related to what Microsoft is pushing.

Oh, also the Spike TV pre-show starts a half an hour before the actual Microsoft thing does. I'd be willing to bet Jeff shows up on that.

So is this a Youtube spam thread? I'm confused.

Shit, they're onto us. Close it down, chaps.

He said he would be on Bonus Round tomorrow so.... no?

I feel like we need some sub-banners similar to our incredible Ubisoft one, just with different wrasslers. Who would Microsoft's be? X-Bac? The One-2-3 Kid?

So when ever they say TV during this press conference we do a shot right? :P

On a serious note, I'm actually very interested to see what Microsoft is going to do here. They have a lot of negative buzz and showing a bunch of quality games and gamer related features would certainly turn some of that around. But who knows.

Will the GB crew be talking along with this one?

They are on location, so no. It will be the regular-ass stream. (although GS are doing one with commentary, dunno if they're going to put that on the GB chat as well) We can count on live tweeting though, I'm sure.

I'm excited for some Fantasia gameplay footage. Think they will announce the Summer of Arcade lineup or will it be in a press release after their show??

One Man Gang

No. They will be AT the press conferences.

Haha, yes, I completely blanked on that. Where will everyone be watching? Im thinking of just going to GameSpot.

I'm kind of relying on this press conference to restore some personal faith in Microsoft, and the future of console gaming in general.

@kmdrkul: well if this is a fail we always have sony's after this

I would say hoping not relying. Judging from the CBOAT leaks yesterday it seems unlikely

Hope?!? How can we have hope in times like these????

You crazy person, giantbomb.com/chat is where it's at. Until everything breaks and @rorie has to put puppies on a hamster wheel to make the servers run.

Phew, come on Microsoft, dazzle us.

well it's still the gamespot stream so technically he's right.

There is no way this will fail.

I mean, at least for me. I'm either absolutely shocked and MS manages to get their shit together, or I get to particpate in an amusing chat full of anger and head-shaking.

Wait so GB is gonna stream out the conferences? Sweet!

I like video games and this is a thing about video games! Sounds good to me.

...why is XBox.com currently showing the Nine Inch Nails Beside You In Time concert on the stream page for their E3 presentation? Although this is probably better than whatever they actually have planned. The hell?

speaking of nine inch nails, new album woooo!

@animasta: But, it's GameSpot that comes to us, not we that go to them. Big difference. Huge.

@kanerobot: The person responsible for testing is probably a fan

Hey, why is MS press conference so much shorter than sonys? That's a little worrisome, if you ask me

@naru_joe93: I thought so first too then I got remebered that Sony also has the Vita. So they have more to talk about.

And they should have a lot to talk about with the Vita......

Will Giant Bomb be providing any kind of live commentary other than twitter and such?

Is GB still planning on throwing up the gamespot feed in the the GB chat?

Chat's up

Really is some scary, dystopian sounding shit. Here's to hoping CBOAT is totally unexpectedly wrong...

Your bitter tears are my bidet

Rare game is definitely Killer Instinct, no doubt in my mind

Wait. Wasn't the conference originally scheduled for noon Eastern time? Did they delay it 30 minutes?

HAH HAH HAAAAAAA!!!!! You can't even watch their glorified infomercial on your Xbox without being a Gold subscriber!

Gamespot pre-conference stream has begun!

@duxstar: if it is, my soul will cry because i will never get to play it

I was hoping I had this one, I guess you can't bet against Master Chief.

90 minutes of games sounds great to me. Not much Kinect if any, and no TV stuff. Good call.

X1 confirmed for November.

HERE WE GO BOYS!!!