--- description: Attendees at the E3 gaming conference on Monday June 9th, got a look at what Microsoft's new title Sunset Overdrive will actually look like. title: Sunset Overdrive is Appealing to the 90's Grudge Rocker in ALL of us image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94faac1ef3b59b3b/698696d2f983e75dd804e516/274773-x1.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # WATCH: XBox's _Sunset Overdrive Appeals_ to the 90's Grunge Rocker in Us All by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2014 12:14 AM CUT  New Sunset Overdrive footage is premiered at the E3 gaming conference Monday June 9th in L.A. New Sunset Overdrive footage is premiered at the E3 gaming conference Monday June 9th in L.A.Xbox by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2014 12:14 AM CUT Attendees at Monday’s E3 gaming conference got a look at what Microsoft’s new title, Sunset Overdrive, will actually look like. The trailer put us into the shoes of someone who appears to be a kind of 90’s grunge rocker. With his anti-establishment sensibilities, your protagonist must save Sunset City from people who have been turned into mutants by an energy drink. Check out the footage above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2850569/sunset-overdrive-e3-gameplay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2850569/sunset-overdrive-e3-gameplay/"},"headline":"WATCH: XBox's Sunset Overdrive Appeals to the 90's Grunge Rocker in Us All","datePublished":"2014-06-10T00:14:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:27.598Z","description":"It's time to shoo the mutants away with our grunge rock sensibility.","url":"https://time.com/2850569/sunset-overdrive-e3-gameplay/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","xbox One","Microsoft","xbox","e3","e3 2014"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94faac1ef3b59b3b/698696d2f983e75dd804e516/274773-x1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94faac1ef3b59b3b/698696d2f983e75dd804e516/274773-x1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SunssetOVerdrive_Xbox","caption":"New Sunset Overdrive footage is premiered at the E3 gaming conference Monday June 9th in L.A.","creditText":"Xbox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2850569/sunset-overdrive-e3-gameplay/","name":"WATCH: XBox's Sunset Overdrive Appeals to the 90's Grunge Rocker in Us All"}}]}] ```