We saw a lot this year at E3, not as much as we expected to see but we still got a ton of new information during this years new” E3. Every demo and every game shown this year at E3 will be available to download/ play this year.

Here is a brief summary of the MS press conference

• Harmonix showed off “Rock Band” playing it at the beginning of the press conference with Peter Moore.
• Viva Pinata Party Animals was released, adding 50 mini games and races.
• Somewhat of a release date for Mass Effect was announced which is being slated in November.
• “Scene it?” was announced as an exclusive for the Xbox 360 and comes with a new controller specifically designed for “Scene it?.”
• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja was announced adding another exclusive to Xbox 360 and is based off off a series of novels developed in Japan.
• All of the EA Sports games will not fun in 60 frames per second.
• By the end of this year there will be over 100 Xbox Lve Arcade games available to be downloaded including: Bomberman Live!, Undertow,Hexic 2, Sonic The Hedgehog, War World, Sensible World of Soccr, Every Extend Extra Extreme, Geon, Wing Commander, Feeding Frenzy 2, Track and Field, Spyglass Board Games, Golden Axe, Space Giraffe, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo H Remix, Word Puzzle, Marathon: Dundal, Poker Smash, Switchball, Tertris: Splash, Puzzle Quest and Boku Sudoku which all were shown at the press conference.
• Microsoft teamed up with Disney Studios which broughtyou the following movies: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, Pooh’s Heffalump Movie, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Hercules, The Emporer’s New Groove, Armageddeon, Sky High, The Waterboy. Bad Company, Unbreakable, The Brothers Grim, Bringing Down The House, Coyote Ugly, Deja Vu, Primeval, The Queen, and Venus. All of these movies are in HD and are available to download right now on Xbox Live Video Marketplace.
• Xbox Live Video Marketplace is exanding into Canada and Europe.
• On August 24th the Xbox 360 Elite will release in Europe.
• Bikes were introduced to PGR4 and are able to race against cars ad race in dynamic weather effects which have also been added to the game.
• Gears of War is being released on PC with new achievements, a new multiplayer mode, new multiplayer arenas, and 5 new single player chapters
• Infinty Ward showed off Call of Duty 4 with a demo of it showing off the stealth aspect of the game. An online multiplayer beta was released and is exclusive to 360. This beta will be released in August, go here to find out more on the beta and the game.
• Splinter Cell: Conviction is now an Xbox 360 exclusive.
• A Resident Evil 5 trailer was shown confirming that it will be on Xbox 360 next year. The full trailer will be available for downoad on Xbox 360 july 26th.
• Ubisoft showed off an Assassins Creed demo at the press conference.
• A Halo Movie was confirmed and i being written by Peter Jackson.
• Single player footage of Halo 3 was shown at the very end of the conference.
• A new Halo 3 Special Edition
• Xbox 360 Console with and HDMI port and a 20 GB HDD was shown.

Though it might not have been the best E3 ever we still got to see a lot of cool stuff. Most of which will be available this year.

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