JennaK
07-11-2007, 01:08 AM
The first half of Microsoft's briefing was sweet and the last half was just as good. The biggest surprise had to be the Resident Evil 5 teaser which looks great and was made with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Halo 3 was also show. The full minute by minute list is after the break and remember every game movie they showed, you can download on XBL tonight.
08:32 p.m. The show begins
08:33 p.m. Halo 3 stuff. A band is playing the Halo theme. On the screen, they are playing screenshots from the multiplayer beta. They are mixing violin with heavy guitars.
08:36 p.m. Master Chief is on the screen right now. Peter Moore is on stage.
08:38 p.m. Peter Moore highlights every demo we see today is from a game that will ship this year.
08:39 p.m. Harmonix is on stage. Peter Moore grabed the wireless guitar. He's playing with Harmonix guys.
08:41 p.m. Hahahaha. Peter screwed it up because he pressed the pause button!
08:43 p.m. They are showing Viva Pinata. It's a new game. A party game called "Party Animals." It features 50 mini-games
08:45 p.m. They are showing a new Mass Effect trailer now.
08:46 p.m. Peter Moore has just confirmed Mass Effect will be released in November
08:47 p.m. Peter Moore is highlighting that Xbox 360 has the largest install base. Xbox 360 is selling more games than both the Wii and the PS3 combined. 2/3 of all next-gen games are sold on Xbox 360. Since November, Xbox 360 gamers have spent 2.4 billion in games.
08:49 p.m. Peter Moore is saying that the top 5 selling games of last generation were the three GTAs and the two Halos. The sequels will all be available on Xbox 360!
08:51 p.m. Clip made of different games is playing on screen.
08:54 p.m. Jeff Bell is on stage. He's presenting a new game. Scene it?, available exclusively on Xbox 360. The game comes with a new controller. When you see the answer on the screen, you just press the button on the controller and you give your answer.
08:56 p.m. Bell announces that Naruto is coming exclusively on Xbox 360.
08:59 p.m Naruto trailer ends.
09:00 p.m Now Bell is talking about EA Sports deal from 2004. All EA Sports games will run this year twice as fast as the previous year. We don't know what that exactly means. 60 frames per second?
09:01 p.m Reggie Bush is on stage. Here comes a preview of Madden 08.
09:03 p.m Bell announces this year Xbox Live will break the 7 million member mark. There was a new member joining Xbox Live every 7 seconds. Next year, they expect to reach 10 million. 45 million game downloads. By the end of the year, there will be more than 100 XBLA games. Bomberman Live!, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sensible World of Soccer, Geon from Eidos, Wing Commander Arena, Feeding Frenzy, Track & Field, Golden Axe, Space Giraffe, World Puzzle, Marathon! and Poker Smash, Switchball, Tetris Splash, Puzzle Quest, Boku. Tonigh Sonic and Golden Axe will be available tonight!
09:07 p.m. Disney will be offering movies on Xbox Live Marketplace! They are shoing footage from movies like Unbreakable, Water Boy, Coyote Ugly, Deja Vu, Primeval, The Queen, Venus.
09:09 p.m. Bell announces that every single movie shown will be available tonight!
09:10 p.m. By the end of the year, Canada and Europe will get Xbox 360 Elite and movie downloads.
09:11 p.m. Shane Kim is on stage. Kim said, to all respect to Bill Gates, that he has the best job at Microsoft.
09:12 p.m. Forza 2 is the best selling game in Europe across any platform. Kim will now show PGR 4.
09:13 p.m. Bizarre's Brian Woodhouse is on stage to show PGR 4. The game is running on real time. They are showing the new motorbike. He's showing wheelies.
09:15 p.m. New trailer of PGR 4 playing. The game looks amazing and way better than PGR 3.
09:17 p.m. Kim is reminding us other Xbox 360 games are coming: Alan Wake, Too Human, Fable 2, Halo Wars. Peter Jackson's Halo game.
09:18 p.m. Lost Odissey trailer. The game looks simply amazing. It's impossible to tell between FMV sequences and gameplay sequences.
09:20 p.m. Viva Pinata is coming to Windows. Gears of War coming to PC. No surprise. The game is coming this holiday, with new content and an editor. CliffyB is on stage.
09:21 p.m. Gears of War on Windows Vista. The game features five new levels, a new multiplayer mode and maps. They are showing the level where you have to fight the Brumak. This alone justify to get the PC version of the game. The level is called "Desperation."
09:24 p.m. Peter Moore is back on stage. Eidos, SEGA and THQ supported Games for Windows and Moore announces that Game for Windows will be built-in on Unreal Engine 3.
09:26 p.m. Now a Games for Windows trailer is playing with several PC games shipping this holiday season.
09:29 p.m. BioShock is shipping next month for both Games for Windows and Xbox 360. Call of Duty 4 is shipping to both platforms too. Trailer playing. This game looks way better than anything else.
09:32 p.m. Live demo of Call of Duty 4 by Infinity Ward guys. "We are going deep, we are going hard...
09:34 p.m. The game looks amazing. The level demoed remind us STALKER. Believe us when we say that COD 4 visuals look as good as those of Crysis. Grass is blurry depending on the distance to you. You can see smoke going through the field and the grass. Exclusive to Xbox 360, there will be a demo of Call of Duty 4.
09:38 p.m. Grand Theft Auto IV time. Moore reveals that the first two trailers were made with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Trailer 2 playing.
09:40 p.m. Two new episodes will be released by Spring 2008. The Xbox 360 is the only console where you will get those episodes.
09:41 p.m. Moore says Japan still loves the Xbox 360. Resident Evil 5 trailer playing. The trailer was made with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Full trailer coming on July 26th.
09:43 p.m. Assassin's Creed playing real time on the screen. Jerusalem level demoed. Everything you see is interactive. The objective is to find a slave trader You can interact with everyone in the crowd. Game looks amazing. Everything is blurry on the distant and your objectives are in focus.
09:45 p.m. Real time combat being shown. Player have to fight against five foes. Sword fighting. You can perform combos. The five enemies are defeated. Now, time to chase the slave trader through Jerusalem roofs.
09:48 p.m. Now Moore is talking about how Star Wars changed storytelling. A generation later, Halo is doing the same. They are showing a short clip from the Halo. USNC soldiers getting ready to go to war. Hundreds of Warthogs and Pelicans on screen.
09:52 p.m. Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 announced.
09:52 p.m. New Halo 3 trailer. Game looks way better than in the multiplayer beta. Way better.
News Source: <a href="http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2020/E3-2007-Microsoft-Press-Briefing/p1/" target="_blank">teamxbox.com</a>
08:32 p.m. The show begins
08:33 p.m. Halo 3 stuff. A band is playing the Halo theme. On the screen, they are playing screenshots from the multiplayer beta. They are mixing violin with heavy guitars.
08:36 p.m. Master Chief is on the screen right now. Peter Moore is on stage.
08:38 p.m. Peter Moore highlights every demo we see today is from a game that will ship this year.
08:39 p.m. Harmonix is on stage. Peter Moore grabed the wireless guitar. He's playing with Harmonix guys.
08:41 p.m. Hahahaha. Peter screwed it up because he pressed the pause button!
08:43 p.m. They are showing Viva Pinata. It's a new game. A party game called "Party Animals." It features 50 mini-games
08:45 p.m. They are showing a new Mass Effect trailer now.
08:46 p.m. Peter Moore has just confirmed Mass Effect will be released in November
08:47 p.m. Peter Moore is highlighting that Xbox 360 has the largest install base. Xbox 360 is selling more games than both the Wii and the PS3 combined. 2/3 of all next-gen games are sold on Xbox 360. Since November, Xbox 360 gamers have spent 2.4 billion in games.
08:49 p.m. Peter Moore is saying that the top 5 selling games of last generation were the three GTAs and the two Halos. The sequels will all be available on Xbox 360!
08:51 p.m. Clip made of different games is playing on screen.
08:54 p.m. Jeff Bell is on stage. He's presenting a new game. Scene it?, available exclusively on Xbox 360. The game comes with a new controller. When you see the answer on the screen, you just press the button on the controller and you give your answer.
08:56 p.m. Bell announces that Naruto is coming exclusively on Xbox 360.
08:59 p.m Naruto trailer ends.
09:00 p.m Now Bell is talking about EA Sports deal from 2004. All EA Sports games will run this year twice as fast as the previous year. We don't know what that exactly means. 60 frames per second?
09:01 p.m Reggie Bush is on stage. Here comes a preview of Madden 08.
09:03 p.m Bell announces this year Xbox Live will break the 7 million member mark. There was a new member joining Xbox Live every 7 seconds. Next year, they expect to reach 10 million. 45 million game downloads. By the end of the year, there will be more than 100 XBLA games. Bomberman Live!, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sensible World of Soccer, Geon from Eidos, Wing Commander Arena, Feeding Frenzy, Track & Field, Golden Axe, Space Giraffe, World Puzzle, Marathon! and Poker Smash, Switchball, Tetris Splash, Puzzle Quest, Boku. Tonigh Sonic and Golden Axe will be available tonight!
09:07 p.m. Disney will be offering movies on Xbox Live Marketplace! They are shoing footage from movies like Unbreakable, Water Boy, Coyote Ugly, Deja Vu, Primeval, The Queen, Venus.
09:09 p.m. Bell announces that every single movie shown will be available tonight!
09:10 p.m. By the end of the year, Canada and Europe will get Xbox 360 Elite and movie downloads.
09:11 p.m. Shane Kim is on stage. Kim said, to all respect to Bill Gates, that he has the best job at Microsoft.
09:12 p.m. Forza 2 is the best selling game in Europe across any platform. Kim will now show PGR 4.
09:13 p.m. Bizarre's Brian Woodhouse is on stage to show PGR 4. The game is running on real time. They are showing the new motorbike. He's showing wheelies.
09:15 p.m. New trailer of PGR 4 playing. The game looks amazing and way better than PGR 3.
09:17 p.m. Kim is reminding us other Xbox 360 games are coming: Alan Wake, Too Human, Fable 2, Halo Wars. Peter Jackson's Halo game.
09:18 p.m. Lost Odissey trailer. The game looks simply amazing. It's impossible to tell between FMV sequences and gameplay sequences.
09:20 p.m. Viva Pinata is coming to Windows. Gears of War coming to PC. No surprise. The game is coming this holiday, with new content and an editor. CliffyB is on stage.
09:21 p.m. Gears of War on Windows Vista. The game features five new levels, a new multiplayer mode and maps. They are showing the level where you have to fight the Brumak. This alone justify to get the PC version of the game. The level is called "Desperation."
09:24 p.m. Peter Moore is back on stage. Eidos, SEGA and THQ supported Games for Windows and Moore announces that Game for Windows will be built-in on Unreal Engine 3.
09:26 p.m. Now a Games for Windows trailer is playing with several PC games shipping this holiday season.
09:29 p.m. BioShock is shipping next month for both Games for Windows and Xbox 360. Call of Duty 4 is shipping to both platforms too. Trailer playing. This game looks way better than anything else.
09:32 p.m. Live demo of Call of Duty 4 by Infinity Ward guys. "We are going deep, we are going hard...
09:34 p.m. The game looks amazing. The level demoed remind us STALKER. Believe us when we say that COD 4 visuals look as good as those of Crysis. Grass is blurry depending on the distance to you. You can see smoke going through the field and the grass. Exclusive to Xbox 360, there will be a demo of Call of Duty 4.
09:38 p.m. Grand Theft Auto IV time. Moore reveals that the first two trailers were made with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Trailer 2 playing.
09:40 p.m. Two new episodes will be released by Spring 2008. The Xbox 360 is the only console where you will get those episodes.
09:41 p.m. Moore says Japan still loves the Xbox 360. Resident Evil 5 trailer playing. The trailer was made with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Full trailer coming on July 26th.
09:43 p.m. Assassin's Creed playing real time on the screen. Jerusalem level demoed. Everything you see is interactive. The objective is to find a slave trader You can interact with everyone in the crowd. Game looks amazing. Everything is blurry on the distant and your objectives are in focus.
09:45 p.m. Real time combat being shown. Player have to fight against five foes. Sword fighting. You can perform combos. The five enemies are defeated. Now, time to chase the slave trader through Jerusalem roofs.
09:48 p.m. Now Moore is talking about how Star Wars changed storytelling. A generation later, Halo is doing the same. They are showing a short clip from the Halo. USNC soldiers getting ready to go to war. Hundreds of Warthogs and Pelicans on screen.
09:52 p.m. Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 announced.
09:52 p.m. New Halo 3 trailer. Game looks way better than in the multiplayer beta. Way better.
News Source: <a href="http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2020/E3-2007-Microsoft-Press-Briefing/p1/" target="_blank">teamxbox.com</a>