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Gamescom: Sony, Microsoft won’t be holding press conferences

14 Jul 2016
Steve Wright

Sony and Microsoft are both opting out of press conferences at this year’s Gamescom.

French Website JeuxVideo has confirmed with PlayStation France that the publisher will not be conducting a press conference this year.

Microsoft has been more proactive with its announcement, taking to Xbox Wire with more information.

“While we will not be hosting a media briefing this year, we’re planning a new and more intimate Xbox FanFest experience for our fans across Europe and worldwide attending gamescom 2016,” wrote Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg.

“We will be sharing more details on our gamescom 2016 Xbox FanFest soon.”

This year’s Gamescom show takes place over 17-21 August.
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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.