Breakdown of Microsoft's Conference:
- Trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Gameplay demo of CoD: Black Ops
Announcements of timed-exclusive map packs for Call of Duty games for the next 3 years
- Kinect is Natal's new name
- Hideo Kojima takes the stage
Talks about Metal Gear Solid: Rising, shows game footage. It looks more Devil May Cry than Metal Gear Solid.
Every Game, Every Demo, Every Experience from here on only available on XBox 360
- Gears of War 3 - Out comes Cliffy B, they demo 4-player co-op with actual live game-play.
- Fable 3
- Codename Kingdoms by Crytek (it looks like the movie Gladiator)
- Halo Reach
Campaign demo - Grenade launcher looks badass!
Space combat scene - think X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
- XBox Live is coming to Windows Phone 7
- Kinect demo: Sign in, interface control
- VideoKinect demo: Video chat (these girls are terrible actors)
I still can't understand why anyone would want to see me when they call unless they're here. Sorry, I'm thinking aloud.
- ESPN On Demand is coming to XBox Live
- More Kinects - Games:
Kinectimals
Kinect Sports (Soccer, Bowling, Ping Pong, Track, Volleyball, etc)
Joyride (funny, this game was just an XBLA game last year)
Kinect Adventures
Your Shape (fitness evolved) by Ubisoft
Note: I wanna see a fatty try one of these. All of these people are in great shape.
Dance Central by MTV Games & Harmonix
Kinect Star Wars game!
Turn10 Sorry, apparently this IS Forza Motorsport for Kinect (racing game by the makers of Forza)
- New XBox 360 Slim (250 GB HDD, Built in Wifi all for the same price) available THIS WEEK!
Note: not mentioned during the conference, existing Elites will be discounted to $249, Arcades to $149, while the new 360 will be $299. No announcement for Kinect pricing yet. But Kinect launch date is November 4th.
I think that's it.