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Re: E3 2010 - Microsoft
The conference is over. All of my quick notes are below.
(I missed around 30 minutes of the conference)
Partnership with Crytek - Codename Kingdoms
34 million games, 2 billion hours online of Halo games
Halo Reach - September
Pitching Xbox live for a bit
Kinect Intro
Sign in recogizing by camera alone
Controller free menu, use Kinect to select menu, voice commands
Zune hype
Bringing Xbox live to Windows Phone
Video Kinect - video conferencing, connection to windows live network
(Why do people keep announcing video conferencing like it's new?)
ESPN Sports broadcasts over Xbox Live
(The Sports Center hosts came on stage, they were way more natural than the game presenters
Replay support, statistics, interactive trivia without leaving game.
Free for Gold Members
Kinect demos
Kinectimals (Nintentigers!)
Kinect Sports (LOL)
Kinect Joy Ride
(No control of gas pedal/brake?)
Kinect Adventures - Takes pictures, allows sharing to Facebook or whatever
Ubisoft - Yourshape
(I noticed all demos had a half second delay between movement and game response.)
Dance Central - Harmonix with partnership with MTV
(This was the first thing I thought was cool. This is a huge step forward from DDR.)
Kinect release, November 4 in US, 15 launch titles
LucasArts - Star Wars trailer
(Comment from person at the conference: "This footage is not coming out of a 360. You probably can't see on a stream but the models are way too smooth.")
Forza, face tracking, head turning inside car to look out corners and see mirrors, virtual car examination including going inside the car.
Xbox360 slim announced, 250GB, built in wifi, 299$, shipping NOW. Available later this week. They gave away free Xbox360 slims to everyone in audience 0_o;;.
No price on Kinnex.
Conference end.
I will get pics up soon.
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