E3 2011: Microsoft press conference roundup
by Alice O'Connor, Jun 06, 2011 11:24am PDTThe first of the giant E3 2011 press conferences has come and gone, with Microsoft revealing a whole host of new games and features for Xbox 360--no PC presence. If you weren't glued to the live streams, here's what you missed:
- Kinect support is coming to four EA Sports games, including the Tiger Woods, Madden and FIFA series.
- Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect voice control for selecting conversation options and commanding squad members in combat.
- The new Tomb Raider veered wildly into the realm of 'torture porn' in a demo section shown on stage.
- Youtube and Bing search are coming to Xbox Live.
- All future games in Ubisoft's assorted Tom Clancy franchises will "leverage" Kinect on Xbox 360, as was demonstrated with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
- Live streaming TV is coming to Xbox Live this fall.
- Ice-T has reformed his thrash metal band Body Count to record a song for Gears of War 3. Yup.
- The oft-rumoured prettied-up remaster of the original Halo: Combat Evolved was confirmed for a November 15 launch.
- Little "gadgets" and toys for Kinect are coming free through the Kinect Fun Labs.
- Crytek's mysterious Xbox 360 exclusive has been revealed as an Ancient Roman Kinect-controlled first-person melee game, named Ryse.
- Minecraft is coming to Xbox 360 this winter with Kinect support.
- Lionhead's Kinect exclusive Fable: The Journey was announced.
- Double Fine's Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster is completely adorable.
- Kinect will let you virtually visit the Magic Kingdom in Disneyland Adventures.
- Exercise substitute sequel Kinect Sports Season Two was announced.
- Dance Central 2 was announced, boasting multiplayer.
- A new Halo trilogy is planned, kicking off with Halo 4 in the 2012 holiday season.
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Microsoft held its annual E3 mega-press conference today, revealing heaps of new features for Xbox 360 and Kinect, along with some long-awaited game announcements--we're talking multiple Haloes. Here's all that happened of note.
Microsoft held its annual E3 mega-press conference today, revealing heaps of new features for Xbox 360 and Kinect, along with some long-awaited game announcements--we're talking multiple Haloes. Here's all that happened of note. : Shacknews
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