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All of which can only mean it is time for E3,

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the world's maddest video games expo, in the heart of downtown Los

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This is where new games are launched and new hardware is lauded.

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It is always big, loud and bright but this year,

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for the first time, it is not just open to those who work

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15,000 members of the public have also been allowed in,

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All of which means things have got a lot bigger.

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How exciting it is, depends on whether the big console

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manufacturers have any big announcements or not.

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This year, Microsoft generated the most excitement by announcing

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And with that, Phil Spencer kicked off the Xbox E3 press event.

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It is a big year for Xbox as it announced a brand-new console,

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Its high-end spec includes six teraflops of graphic performance.

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It is capable of producing 4K high dynamic range visuals at 60

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As well as producing Dolby Atmos audio.

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All this adds up to a whole lot of horsepower for a console.

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It is being billed as the most powerful console ever,

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but is more computational grunt enough to shift Sony from its number

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In an attempt to do just that a parade of 4K resolution games

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assaulted the senses, including a peek at the latest

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addition to the popular Assassin's Creed series,

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The Expendable's Terry Crews brings the smack down to Crackdown 3.

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Open World smashed everything in sight, destructo-fest.

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As well as family-friendly platform Super Luckey's Tale.

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These games will play on the old Xbox One and will play

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with 4K graphic enhancement on the Xbox One X.

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Leading that 4K charge with the new machine,

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racer Forza Motorsport 7 and Anthem, a new sci-fi exosuit game

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One of the few games where high-end lighting effects

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A strong line-up then for the new Xbox.

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Very little in the way of fan favourites and franchises such

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Some franchises people know will be coming,

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I spent last month, I was at both the studios last month looking

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We fill this arena with great games without even bringing

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Is more power than important when bringing out a new machine?

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Nintendo has done quite well with its new machine

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which is arguably the least powerful console on the market.

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Power important to the discerning premium customer.

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And we know it is released on November seven.

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We do not know what games are like when you actually power

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the machine up, grab hold of the controller and play

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To find that out, I have to go over there.

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OK, now you may think that my driving here is a little

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scrappy, but there is method to my madness.

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By damaging the car I can see the additional level of detail

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A smorgasbord of different weather effects going on here.

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All of them showing what this machine is capable of.

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The first time I played a game on the new Xbox One X and I just

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The most recognisable of all titles will be launched with this machine

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The beautiful game to look at and as you expect,

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But there is more to this than just incredible graphics.

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That was Mark and, interestingly, no talk of VR at Microsoft but,

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I received a challenge recently, come and play me, at Killer

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It didn't say "if you dare", but it might as well have done,

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because, as it turns out, Ben is somewhat of a combat expert.

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Ben has just taken me out in about 20 seconds.

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I could have done it quicker than that if I didn't screw

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We're playing Killer Instinct, a five-year-old combat game.

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It's a big eSports title with players competing for millions

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of dollars each year, but it's not only its popularity

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So there, Kathleen has blocked low and the only reason I know

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she blocked low is because I heard that sound, that you heard there.

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Ben is relying on his hearing because he's blind,

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which makes his win even more impressive.

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If you throw a fireball...it travels and that rather satisfying

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connections sound at the other end when it hits the opponent.

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When I say, do you realise you're fighting a guy who can't see,

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they are like, no, I did not realise that at all.

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And that starts conversations in itself about how games

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And you're passionate about taking that conversation further now?

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I think it needs to go further because gamers without sight

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Things like being able to tell your friendly team

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and your enemy team apart, so different footsteps.

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Audio only games have been around for many years and it's only

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now that sound designers are beginning to harness

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I'm now beginning to understand how crucial sound design

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Currently, blind gamers have to memorise the menus within games.

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That is one of the big barriers. It is not compatible with the software

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that blind people use for technology. If that barrier is

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something that can be removed you would see aid begin Chris on the

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amount of wind accessible games that there are. Ian Hamilton's job is to

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make gaming more accessible. Innovation is still being done. I

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think there is always going to be new barriers to be overcome. Ian has

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been working with people like Ben for years, but it is really now down

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to the console makers to bring about change. We want to make sure that

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games and consoles that we build our accessible to any kind of player,

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whether it is somebody that a site issues, hearing issues, we are

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working with APIs, without control as we have announced co-pilot mode

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where two people can use to controllers to play one version of

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the game. So somebody maybe cannot use all the buttons. Microsoft is

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really leading the way when it comes to accessibility for blind gamers.

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They have released a new text to speech API, which means for the

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first time in gay menus will be read out. Let's see what Ben thinks about

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this. -- in game menus. There are other developers, Sony, Nintendo,

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anybody else, making their content more accessible using in gay menus.

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That is brilliant. If I can go in and buy a game on the first day

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without having to worry about how much a paper but this is its

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accessibility, that would be ideal. Sony kicked off its PlayStation

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press event with a bang, thanks to a trailer from developer

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Naughty Dog's latest adventure, Oh, thank you.

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I'm sipping! The crowd certainly liked that Sony

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made it snow in sunny LA for robo dinosaur mash-up

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Horizon Zero Dawn's expansion, And everyone's favourite friendly

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neighbourhood Spiderman swung into action in a new game

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which features an innovative use of his athletic abilities

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and his web slinging. And, unlike Xbox, who didn't even

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mention VR, PlayStation renewed its commitment

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to techno welding goggles, sorry, virtual reality,

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by showing off a host of VR games, And an utterly bonkers

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Final Fantasy VR fishing game. Final Fantasy 15:

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Monster of the Deep. PlayStation is riding high

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at the moment with its PS4 But, with the superpowerful

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Xbox One X on the horizon, will things like VR help Sony

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to maintain its lead? I think that over the long-term it

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really is an opportunity to create a new entertainment medium,

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but I do stress that it's I think in the last six months

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to a year we've seen a little bit of over hyping of the

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category out there. We saw this as the start of a very

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long process of bringing VR You'll see lots more

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technology innovation. I think content makers,

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game makers and others, That is it for the shortcut of Click

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here at each three. There is much more on BBC I player. You can also

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find us on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for watching. See you

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soon.

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