Microsoft E3 2010 media briefing round-up
Microsoft’s media briefing has just come to a close. The company made a lot of announcements, most of them regarding Kinect, so we’re rounding them up for you. Here they are, all the big ones.
- Call of Duty map packs to launch first on Xbox for the next three years
- Codename: Kingdoms, a new Crytek game, announced exclusively for Xbox 360
- Kinect receives hub on Xbox 360 dashboard
- VideoKinect allows Kinetic users to chat and share clips
- ESPN announces exclusive deal for Xbox LIVE
- Microsoft details Kinect lineup
- Kinect dated for November 4th
- Awesome-looking Star Wars game announced for Kinect
- Xbox 360 slim announced, available this week
Stay tuned. Ubisoft’s briefing is later today and Activision’s tonight. Sony’s hits tomorrow morning.
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Interesting that Crytek is doing something thats a not a shooter.
Things I loved included Fable 3 (looks excellent), MGS Rising gameplay, Halo Reach and Forza with Kinect.
The Kinect, imo, has great potential but the vast majority of it looked exceedingly casual as I had come to expect. That said Ubi’s fitness thing looked good for some and Forza appeared to be for more of a core audience.
I must admit I lost patience during the ESPN part – I know it looks great for sports fans but all that stuff is as interesting to me as a toothache.
Interesting footage was actually seen at the pre show on GTTV as well for me – including Limbo, Dust on Elysian Wind and some Alan Wake DLC, all of which looked really great.
As far as release dates, most stuff seems stellar so far. Really happy with Fable III coming out in Oct and the Slim being made available right away.
Can’t wait until tommorow to see Sony and Nintendo hit the stage.