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MS @ E3 11: Star Wars, Disneyland Adventures, Sesame Street come to Kinect
Just like last year, the 2011 Microsoft E3 Press Conference was all about Kinect.
Microsoft has partnered with Disney to bring Disneyland Adventures to Kinect. Minigames based on Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and other Disneyland attractions will keep the kids busy for a good long time.
More for the kids came from Tim Schafer, who showed off Double Fine’s Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. A storybook-themed romp through the Sesame Street world. He also apparently has the cutest daughter in the world and is very proud he finally gets to make a game for her.
An extended look at Kinect Star Wars makes the gesture controls used in the game look pretty spectacular. For those that didn’t jump on the Dance Central bandwagon, this may be the Kinect’s killer app for a lot of people. Fighting battledroids involves blocking blaster bolts with a Lightsaber and then counterattacking. But the demo got good when it ended with the promise of a duel with two dual-Lightsaber wielding Sith.
And speaking of Dance Central… rumor has a sequel is coming up soon in the Microsoft Press Conference.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Kinect Star Wars, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
MS @ E3 11: Minecraft coming to Kinect
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer just announced that Minecraft, the indie gaming hit, will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade with Kinect support.
Minecraft will be released this Winter.
MS @ E3 11: Kinect-based Fable: The Journey revealed
Microsoft is continuing with the Kinect as Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux has taken the stage to reveal Fable: The Journey, a Kinect-powered first person take on the Fable franchise. All of the attacks look to be magic-based as our hero blasts monsters with hands motions. The game is powered by the Unreal Engine 3 and looks stellar.
Fable: The Journey will be released in 2012.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Fable: The Journey
MS @ E3 11: Halo remake announced… anybody surprised?
It’s been the subject of rumors since before the Xbox 360 was even released, but today, Microsoft has finally officially announced Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The 10th anniversary high definition re-release of the Xbox’s most popular game will be released on November 15 courtesy of 343 Industries.
And if the rumors are true, this isn’t the only Halo game Microsoft plans to announce today.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Halo: Combat Evolved
MS @ E3 11: Ice-T brings Body Count to Gears of War 3
Aided by Cliff Bleszinski, rapper/actor/all around badass Ice-T used Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference to announce that Body Count will reunite to provide an exclusive song for Gears of War 3‘s Horde Mode.
Gears of War 3 will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360 on September 20.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Gears of War 3
MS @ E3 11: YouTube, Bing search, live TV, UFC fights coming to Xbox Live
While showcasing the new voice-activated Kinect-powered Xbox 360 Dashboard, Microsoft’s Marc Whitten revealed that YouTube will soon be available on Xbox Live. Microsoft is also adding Bing-powered search results to the Xbox Live Marketplace. The example was a search for “X-Men” which brought up X-Men games, movie trailers and buyable videos.
More TV options were announced including a “Live TV” mode as well as live UFC fighting events on Xbox Live, but no further details on either were revealed.
The New Xbox 360 Experience will launch this Fall.
MS @ E3 11: Kinect support added to Madden, Mass Effect 3, more
Peter Moore returned to the E3 stage for a Microsoft Press Conference to announce that four EA Sports titles will receive Kinect support in the next year.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, Madden NFL 12, FIFA Soccer 12 and an unnamed fourth game will add Kinect features including voice recognition. Moore also revealed that other EA games will feature Kinect support including The Sims 3: Pets and Mass Effect 3.
BioWare’s Ray Muzyka took the stage and showed off a “Kinect augmented” Mass Effect 3 demo where players can use voice recognition to actually speak Shepard’s lines. Shepard can also use Kinect to give orders to his team.
They were followed by Ubisoft, who showed off the Kinect features of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, including a gun creation tool known as “Gunsmith.” Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillomont confirmed that all future Tom Clancy games would feature Kinect support.
More from the Press Conference soon.
MS @ E3 11: Tomb Raider returns in Fall 2012
Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference opened with an amazing assault on a sub in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and a thrilling escape from a cave in the new Tomb Raider. Lara actually crashed through the ceiling of a part of the cave and needed a quick time event to pull a jagged piece of rock from her stomach. Whoa!
Developer Crystal Dynamics announced that Tomb Raider will be available in Fall 2012 on the Xbox 360 (and PC and PS3 as well).