The big 3 press conferences have come and gone and there has been some very interesting announcements especially from the Microsoft team who have easily stole the show with some great all round announcements.
Highlights from the Microsoft Press Conference:
- Fallout 3. Coming this Summer (Australia) looking ok but not as good as I expected.
- Resident Evil 5. Release date announced - March 13th 2009. This game was scheduled for this year but has obviously been pushed back. Playable footage, including co-operative gameplay was shown. Plus, chainsaw wielding zombies. Looks fantastic.
- Fable 2. This October. In-game footage was shown. When someone on your friends list is playing the game, you'll see them as a floating orb as they move through the game world, and you'll be able to join together for co-op play at any time.
- Gears of War 2. Release date announced - November 7th, 2008. Campaign has 2 player co-op, but there will be a 5 player mode called "Horde" in multiplayer, where you and 4 other friends will have to fight off multiple waves of locust, sounds like fun to me. - P.S: The footage shown on stage was nothing short of amazing.
- Completely revamped dashboard, complete with Mii-like Avatars and party rooms with chat that span multiple games. Xbox Live Primetime will feature gameshows like 1 vs. 100, which will allow you to play for prizes.
- New XBLA Games. Geometry Wars 2, Uno Rush, Galaga Colonies, the original Banjo-Kazooie and a new South Park game. Great titles coming to xbox live arcade this yeah, all looked fantastic.
- Portal: Still Alive. A version of Portal for XBLA. A crowd favourite heading to the 360 this year!
- Netflix integrated into Xbox Live. Netflix customers will be able to stream movies to their Xbox for no additional fee. You'll also be able to view movies with people on your friends list like you're all sitting on a virtual couch. (US Region only at luanch)
- Scene-It: Box Office Smash. A new version of Scene-It will be the first game to integrate the Avatars into the gameplay.
- You're In the Movies. A new title that uses the Xbox Vision Camera to integrate you into b-grade movies at home.
- Guitar Hero: World Tour. They announced exclusives with Metallica, Van Halen and the Eagles. 85 songs, all master tracks, on the disc at launch.
- Lips. Microsoft's karaoke game, ships this holiday season. Ships with two wireless mics, allowing for duets. Comes with music on the disc, but will also let you use your own tracks from a Zune or an iPod.
- Rock Band 2. Will release first for the 360 in September. Comes with 84 tracks on the disc, but you'll be able to DL 20 more when it's released for the other systems in November for free. You'll also be able to transfer "most' of the on-disc songs from RB1 into RB2, as well as using all of the DLC in the new game. Bob Dylan and AC/DC will be in the game, as will a new song off of the new Guns n' Roses album, Chinese Democracy. They also announced the full setlist.
- Square Enix. Infinite Undiscovery September 2nd. Last Remnant November 20th. Star Ocean 4 Spring 2009.
- Final Fantasy 13 on 360. The big announcement from the show. No word on when, but it is coming to the 360!
- The ability to copy an entire game off the dvd to your hard disk will also be launced with the revamped dashboard a little ater on this year - great news!
As you can see Microsoft had plenty to announce and had the strongest showing at this years E3.
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