Xbox Originals coming in June, including two Halo shows

The first announcement of Microsoft'due south delving into TV shows came near a year ago, and starting this June yous'll exist able to watch them. Finally. These shows, which will only be available on Xbox One, Xbox 360, and other Microsoft devices (but probably not your Zune), volition exist more just the traditional sit-back-and-watch shows, equally Microsoft is building interactive content into each. The first 12 committed and in-development projects were announced today.

Nancy Tellem, President of Xbox Entertainment Studios and old president of CBS Television set Studios, said:

"I know full well from my years spent at traditional Telly networks that creating a lineup of hit shows isn't like shooting fish in a barrel. Information technology's the beginning of a long journey, but we're incredibly excited to exist on our way."

On the committed projects side of the list we find the announced-a-year-ago Halo Idiot box series, which is being produced past none other than Steven Spielberg, plus a Halo digital feature produced past Ridley Scott and David Zucker, and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. "Every Street United" focuses on soccer players Thierry Henry'south and Edgar Davids'south search for the earth's "most gifted and undiscovered street stars scouted across viii countries." On the drama side, "Humans" is set in "a parallel present" where a family bonds with a discarded robot retainer. And Bonnaroo is… Bonnaroo.

Microsoft has also committed to six documentaries nether the "Bespeak to Racket" title, including "Atari: Game Over" most the failure of the Due east.T. video game and the ongoing dig to recover copies of the game from a New Mexico landfill, When it comes to projects in development, Xbox Entertainment Studios is looking at a series based on Deadlands, a "hybrid stop-motility show" chosen "Extraordinary Believers" from the creators of Robot Craven, a show virtually a sometime bomb tech and shark attack survivor who helps people "chance their lives to make the world a better place", a detective thriller series based on Warren Ellis's "Gun Motorcar" novel, a series based on the "Winderworld" series of graphic novels, and an improv comedy testify from the likes of Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim and Eric, and Reggie Watts.

Microsoft is going large on original content for Xbox, but they're going up against the likes of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. Do these shows seem interesting plenty to garner a watch from you?

Source: Xbox Wire

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