Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, talks at the Microsoft Xbox spring showcase.
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Everything Microsoft announced at its Xbox spring showcase

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft held an Xbox spring showcase last week, showing a bunch of games to the press. Here’s a summary of what they announced, as well as links to the interviews we did during the event.

We saw a hands-on preview of the first act and first full video episode of Quantum Break, the big exclusive coming April 5 for Xbox One and Windows 10. We interviewed Microsoft’s Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, about it as well as Greg Louden, senior narrative designer at developer Remedy Entertainment. We also ran a series of video captures from me playing the first act. Please ignore the fact that I died a lot.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.