Microsoft over-delivered at this year's E3 and there too much information to try a summarize it all. Instead, I want to share my favorite announcements in no particular order.
* Gears of War -- They will have bots! (games tend not to have bots these days). Also "Horde" mode
where you have 5player coop fighting off waves and waves of enemy hordes (who will be the last
to survive).
* Fable 2 online coop. We knew there was offline, but now online! Great!
* Red Alert 3 -- New faction "Rising Sun (Japan)". Looks beautiful. Canceled on PS3.
* Avatar system -- I welcome this new system. And I think this is just the first step
in a greater plan for social networking embodiment
* Dashboard update -- up to 8 people in a private chat room (you can all be doing different things like playing different games, doing nothing, watching a movie, and still be able to chat together). You can also share games, videos, and other stuff of on hard drive with other users. Truly the next step in social networking for consoles. Yes, blades are still there. ;)
* Netflix integration a no cost. Wow! If you have a netflix account and xbox live already, then
at no extra cost, you can queue up movies and get the downloaded straight to your XBox. Awesome strategic move by Microsoft and Netflix. Everyone wins.
* Portal: Still Alive (Portal 2). Exclusive sequel to the popular Portal coming to XBox Live Arcade this fall.
* Fallout 3 producer Todd Howard stands up and says that Fallout 3 will have substantial exclusive DLC for XBox 360
* Geometry Wars 2 with 4player online coop... That's right! Woohoo. The best $5 I've spent in my entire life
* Resident Evil 5 will have online coop so you don't have to be afraid alone
* id Software (John Carmack) partners with EA
* Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the XBox 360 and releases on the same day as the PS3 release. ZOMG!
I should note that bungie.net has yet to release any info regarding the Halo universe. Their countdown clock has about 24 hours left so be sure to see new udpates soon.
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