If there was one consistent message from today's Xbox Games Showcase, it's that stuff is back. Crazy Taxi is back, Spyro is back, Persona 4 is back, the first Halo game is back, Gears of War is getting a back-to-basics prequel after its so-so open world reinvention, and even transparent electronics are due for a reprise.
The new ideas on offer also sported a decidedly nostalgic tone, whether we're talking about the familiar zombie-blasting of State of Decay 3 or the Bioshockish, extremely steampunk-coded Clockwork Revolution. Outside of those games, Microsoft's coterie of acquired developers has been constructing a tall tower of sequels, reboots, and revivals: Fable, Minecraft Dungeons 2, Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode, and so on.
There was even an emphasis on less fuzzy memories—namely, the console wars. Both Gears of War E-Day and Clockwork Revolution proudly punctuated their trailers with the stinger that they're "Xbox console exclusives."
Since they're both still coming to PC, presumably at the same time they release on Xbox, the only purpose of all that seems to be dunking on PlayStation. Similar to
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