Update: Added some Xbox Live! related items
Instead of breaking down the Microsoft E3 2009 press conference and include both multiplatform and exclusive content, I’m going to focus on the stuff you can find “exclusively on Xbox 360” — or as exclusive to the Xbox 360 as it can get.
A shit-ton of Microsoft announcements await you below. For everything else, check here.
Software Announcements
- Left4Dead 2 (Also on PC) – Nov. 17, 2009
- Coming to PC as well
- Feature melee weapons including chainsaw, frying pan, axe and baseball bat
- Dynamic world including change of weather, paths and other objects
- Trailer
- Modern Warfare 2 (also on PC, PS3) – Nov. 10, 2009
- Crackdown 2 – Coming 2010
- Developed by Ruffian Games
- To feature competitive multiplayer as well
- Trailer
- Forza MotorSport 3 – October 2009
- In-car cockpit (finally)
- In-game video editor demonstration
- Trailer
- Splinter Cell: Conviction (Also on PC) – Fall 2009
- No more hobo Sam Fisher
- Trailer
- Gameplay footage
- Shadow Complex – Summer 2009
- Epic Games’ Chair Entertainment’s XBLA title
- JoyRide – 2010
- XBLA title featuring Avatars
- Trailer
- Halo 3: ODST – September 22, 2009
- Will have Halo: Reach multiplayer beta
- Gameplay trailer
- Halo: Reach – 2010
- Another Bungie Halo title
- Trailer
- Alan Wake – Spring 2010
- Mass Effect 2 (Also on PC)
- Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition
- Coming to XBLA and PC this summer
- Trailer
Xbox Live! Announcements
- Twitter & Facebook integration coming this Fall
- Last.fm support announced
- NetFlix movie browsing improvements coming
- Re-launch of Xbox Live! Video Marketplace coming; will be Zune Video
- Coming this Fall
- “Instant 1080p HD”
- Games on Demand service coming August 2009
- Launch with 30 titles
- Will feature older titles only for now
- **New** Perfect Dark coming to XBLA winter 2009 (via MajorNelson’s Twitter)
- Runs in 1080p @ 60 FPS
- **New** Xbox 360 Avatars Getting New Outfits, Props and Marketplace (via Kotaku)
Project Natal
Xbox 360’s motion sensing camera. You should just watch the demonstrations:
Intro Video
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Lionhead’s Milo Demonstration
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No pricing or release date announced.
kayotic
There is no way that thing is that sensative. I don’t care what demo anyone shows, no freakin way. Thats all pre-rendered.
No_Style
Gotta love those smoke & mirrors. Still, awesome if it’s legit.