Xbox is hosting its E3 conference, during which it is expected to unveil its next gen console and the games that will be played on it.
The event will allow Xbox to reveal the new titles coming over the next year and beyond.
And it will be the biggest event of the conference, since PlayStation has decided to avoid the gaming event entirely and will not be hosting a press conference.
As well as the next generation console, Microsoft is expected to show off a new Halo game, updates on Game Pass and its streaming service Project xCloud, as well as potentially unexpected Xbox games.
Everything will kick off later today. We should start getting news about everything set to be announced: a new Xbox, a new Halo and details about Game Pass and Project xCloud.
If you want to watch along, Xbox's official E3 stream can be found here. (It's not started yet, though you can set a reminder.)
It begins at 9pm UK time, 4pm eastern, or 1pm on the west coast.
There are already clues about whatever the new Xbox will look like. Very eagle-eyed fans have spotted references to the phrase "R255 G36 B0" in Microsoft's pre-E3 videos.
That happens to be the RGB code for the colour scarlet. Scarlett in turn happens to be the rumoured codename for the next generation console. (Or, rather, next generation consoles – Xbox is said to preparing two to launch at the same time, one an entry-level version and another high-end one like the Xbox One X.)
It's not clear how much Microsoft will actually say, of course. The new Xbox isn't said to be out for another year, so details might not even be finalised, let alone ready for talking about in public.
But Sony has revealed a whole host of detail about the hardware that will power the PS5, and the kind of experiences that might make possible. So we will presumably see at least some of the same detail, if Xbox is going to avoid looking left-behind.
Just over 10 minutes to go. As a reminder, here's your link.
There's late-breaking rumours that Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto will be appearing on stage during today's press conference. Some have taken that to mean that Xbox will be announcing some sort of tie-up with Nintendo. But all of this is very much rumours and speculation at this point...
(That Xbox stream, by the way, is pretty annoying at the moment: it's a repeating bit of music and a stream of very excitable people shouting in the chat. If you'd prefer to avoid that, I'll give you a shout when everything's kicking off...)
The event is happening in a big green room, in front of a huge Xbox logo, as ever....
Here we go!
The customary run-through of the year behind us: a bit of Minecraft, a bit of Sea of Thieves, a bit of Forza. Just about everything you'd announce from Xbox Game Studios.
First up: Outer Worlds. It looks bright and beautiful and a little satirical.
And a release date: 25 October.
First up properly is Ninja Theory, the developers who announced they'd joined Xbox Game Studios last year.
And they're premiering Bleeding Edge, a game they say has been in the works for several years (and long before the two teamed up). It will be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch.
I don't know what we're being shown now but it has so many horrible spiders and webs in it that I don't want to share a grab for fear of upsetting any watching arachnophobes. It looks beautiful though!
Oh! It's the new Ori game. Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
And here we are with some sort Minecraft Dungeons. AS you'd expect, the trailer has a lot of blocky people running around in dungeons!
Out Spring 2020. 4-player co-op. And it'll be available on Game Pass.
Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, is on stage. So we're going to launch into the proper stuff.
He is talking about the power of games, and how they can bring people together. (He even says they can "unify the world", which seems a big claim, but I hope it's true!)
He says this is the most exciting time for gamers: people can play whenever they want, where they want and with whomever they want. Everything Xbox does is guided by its belief that gaming is for everyone, he says.
That seems to be the message of this speech, and presumably the rest of the event: bringing people together, by giving everyone the games they want to play.
This will be the largest selection of games from anyone on any stage this year, he says.
(Which is easier this year given PlayStation aren't presenting.)
There'll be 60 games to be showed off today. 34 of them will be in Xbox Game pass.
And we'll have new console news, he says! (That was right at the end of the preview, so buckle up and get comfortable if that's what you're here for.)
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