Microsoft Press Conference Live Blog Recap

Here's a blow-by-blow account of the Microsoft Press Conference from our live blog of the event for anyone who missed it.

Be sure to come back later today when we do live blogs and video feeds from all of today's press conferences from our E3 Live hub.

Game Informer's Microsoft Press Conference Live Blog

Phil:
And we're live!
11:03
   
Phil:
Jeff Cork will be joining me momentarily
11:05
   
Phil:
Video is in the works. Ben Hanson's on-scene figuring that craziness out.
11:05
   
Jeff:
Hey, I'm here!
11:05
   
Phil:
HOORAY JEFF!
11:05
   
Jeff:
LET US HAVE FUN
11:05
   
Comment From Andy
W0000T! big Hello from Germany!!
11:06
   
Phil:
Thanks for staying up late with us, Andy!
11:06
   
Phil:
Microsoft's press conference should be starting in around 20 minutes.
11:06
   
   
Comment From chris
we will. Indiana signing in.
11:06
   
   
Comment From Tom
Go germany! Michigan native over here!
11:07
   
   
Comment From saghir
Good morning everyone from Stockton, Ca.
11:08
   
   
Phil:

Last chance to do Microsoft predictions. Jeff?
11:08
   
   
Jeff:
Oooh...
11:09
   
   
Comment From Ryan
Good Late Afternoon from Glasgow Scotland!
11:09
   
   
Jeff:
Skype for the 360, which will take up entirely too much stage time.
11:09
   
   
Phil:
I'm still guessing HBO Go on 360
11:09
   
   
Phil:
And Kinect. SO MUCH KINECT.
11:09
   
   
Comment From James
Xbox 720 anybody?
11:09
   
   
Phil:
I'm hoping no new hardware from Microsoft this year.
11:10
   
   
Comment From Hunter
Halo 4 Halo 4 Halo 4 Halo 4.
11:11
   
   
Comment From Ryaken
Cirque du Soleil again?
11:11
   
   
Phil:
Oh we can only hope.
11:11
   
   
Jeff:
Oh god that would be great! Light up shoulder things!
11:11
   
   
Phil:
Do you still have yours from last year, Jeff?
11:12
   
   
Phil:
And if so, why aren't you wearing it right now?
11:12
   
   
Jeff:
I threw mine in the bin on the way out. I wish I'd kept it though.
11:12
   
   
Comment From Allen
Puerto Rico checking in
11:12
   
   
Comment From Tom
I'd settle for lots of Mass Effect 3 videos. I guess I'm easy that way.
11:12
   
   
Jeff:
True Fact: Annette is Puerto Rican.
11:13
   
   
Phil:
I've heard we'll be getting some Mass Effect 3 stuff both at Microsoft and EA's press conference, so Tom should be happy.
11:13
   
   
Comment From Chris
Because jeff has dignity how ever small a shred
11:13
   
   
Phil:
Prove it.
11:13
   
   
Jeff:
You give me far too much credit, Chris.
11:14
   
   
Comment From johnny smooth
prediction on who wins the e3 war?
11:14
   
   
Phil:
Too early too tell, but there's a lot of excitement for Nintendo this year.
11:14
   
   
Comment From CodyB
Maybe we will get some talk of Insomniac's new game? One could only hope.
11:15
   
   
Phil:
I think we'll get that at EA's press conference later today as well.
11:15
   
   
Comment From Tyler
how about an announcement about a new ducktales game?
11:15
   
   
Phil:
YES PLEASE.
11:15
   
   
Jeff:
That would be weird and amazing.
11:15
   
   
Jeff:
Ben says "That would be great." I am sitting next to him. That's another True Fact.
11:16
   
   
Phil:
Sitting next to Ben Reeves sounds dangerous.
11:16
   
   
Jeff:
Patience stretched to the max already.
11:16
   
   
Comment From Bobby Blackwolf
I'm depending on you, Phil. I'm at 30000 feet and can't get video streams. Don't lie to me!
11:16
   
   
Phil:
I'll do my best!
11:16
   
   
Jeff:
Uh oh. I didn't realize Ben was reading this, too. Oops. BEN IS GREAT.
11:17
   
   
Comment From Raz Karcy
Predictions for which GI editor will have a Hangover-esque story to tell?
11:17
   
   
Phil:
Dan?
11:17
   
   
Jeff:
He will, as he'll tell the story.
11:17
   
   
Comment From Ben (the Killer) Reeves
I'm sitting next to Jeff and Phil. We're all holding hands
11:17
   
   
Phil:
That's a dirty lie.
11:17
   
   
Phil:
Also, no one has ever called Ben "the Killer"
11:17
   
   
Jeff:
That's not a hand. :(
11:18
   
   
Comment From Tom
Hang in there, Jeff... Ben should be on his medication, and safe.
11:18
   
   
Jeff:
Another True Fact: Ben is wearing two Silly Bandz.
11:19
   
   
Phil:
Ben is actually wearing Silly Bandz. I don't get this.
11:19
   
   
Phil:
I guess it's a Batman silly band, so he thinks it's cool?
11:19
   
   
Comment From owenking
my comments wont show up
11:20
   
   
Phil:
Comments don't show up unless we publish them. Otherwise this would be a flood of user comments.
11:20
   
   
Comment From Sam
I want some gameplay from the new AC game!!
11:20
   
   
Jeff:
Get out of the danged aisle you maniacs!
11:20
   
   
Phil:
We just got an announcement about not walking in the aisles, which means maybe things will get started soon?
11:20
   
   
Comment From Tom
True Fact: I have a man-crush on Ben. Is there hope for my mental health?
11:21
   
   
Phil:
You're ruined as a human being.
11:21
   
   
Jeff:
Meeting Ben in person is a sure-fire cure to that.
11:21
   
   
Comment From Justin
Does the conference start 9:30 prompt? Or a few minutes thereafter? Thanks in advance
11:21
   
   
Phil:
It's supposed to start at 9:30 Pacific, but it's pretty common for these to start late.
11:22
   
   
Jeff:
The timeframe seems to be...fluid.
11:22
   
   
Phil:
All depends on how on the ball MIcrosoft is
11:22
   
   
Comment From Matt
Ben Reeves has pretty big biceps
11:23
   
   
Jeff:
They're full of wadded-up newspaper and old hair.
11:23
   
   
Phil:
As a heads up to everyone, it sounds like we're having video problems with the livestream. Erstwhile video producer Ben Hanson will continue working on that, and in the mean time this liveblog will be running.
11:23
   
   
Phil:
We're more entertaining than stupid video anyway.
11:24
   
   
Comment From Pat
Jeff and Phil - please do not hinder Ben's street comedy
11:24
   
   
Phil:
I would never consider stopping street comedy.
11:24
   
   
Jeff:
Saying "street comedy" is Ben's equivalent to "I'm sorry."
11:26
   
   
Phil:
T-minus five minutes till Microsoft's conference begins
11:27
   
   
Jeff:
Sit down, Waldo!
11:27
   
   
RyckertGI:
Am I here? Am I in the internet?
11:27
   
   
Phil:
Oh boy! Just got the official five minute announcement. TAKE YOUR SEATS
11:27
   
   
Phil:
OH BOY DAN IS HERE
11:27
   
   
Jeff:
Dan.
11:28
   
   
RyckertGI:
Super dodgy reception here, so if I disappear you know why.
11:28
   
   
Phil:
It's because you got kicked out. Don't lie,.
11:28
   
   
RyckertGI:
There is an awful lot of Kinect on this stage.
11:28
   
   
Comment From Mike
Oh wait I probably have to mention an editor or GI-staff member to get my message posted. My mistake.
11:29
   
   
Phil:
Fact.
11:29
   
   
Jeff:
I hope we get to see people dancing around like clowns.
11:29
   
   
Comment From Justin
Which Jeff is this? The suspense is killing me.
11:29
   
   
Phil:
Jeff Cork!
11:29
   
   
RyckertGI:
Announcement says the briefing is about to begin.
11:29
   
   
Phil:
Jeff Marchiafava only liveblogs in Italian
11:29
   
   
Jeff:
The real one.
11:30
   
   
Phil:
Hooray, we're starting!
11:30
   
   
RyckertGI:
Far-too-dramatic music is playing right now here at the Galen Center.
11:30
   
   
Jeff:
I am interested in what will be shown.
11:31
   
   
Jeff:
I recognize this sound.
11:31

Phil:
Here we goooo
11:31
   
   
RyckertGI:
Starting with Modern Warfare 3.
11:31
   
   
Jeff:
I hear it a lot when my system locks up and I have to restart.
11:31
   
   
Phil:
Wonder if this is the same Modern Warfare 3 stuff I saw a couple weeks ago
11:32
   
   
Phil:
Nope! It's new
11:32
   
   
RyckertGI:
Please reconnect controller error. Awesome!
11:32
   
   
Phil:
Hahaha oops
11:32
   
   
RyckertGI:
This look familiar to you, Phil?
11:32

Phil:
Nope, this is a new mission from what I saw. Lots of underwater stuff.
11:33
   
   
RyckertGI:
Some definite lag on my end, so I'll be liveblogging from 45 seconds in the past.
11:33
   
   
Jeff:
Water-based levels are the best levels.
11:34
   
   
RyckertGI:
Breaking: MW3 has checkpoints. Get that story up, Phil.
11:34
   
   
Phil:
The underwater stuff looks nice but...there's not a lot going on in this demo.
11:34
   
   
Jeff:
IT'S CALLED ATMOSPHERE!
11:34
   
   
RyckertGI:
Underwater bomb-planting mission. Reminds me of the river sequence in Black Ops.
11:35
   
   
RyckertGI:
New York City attack on the surface.
11:35
   
   
Phil:
I'm curious how much of this mission is actually the player in control of anything.
11:35
   
   
Comment From Lebrons Hairline
sorry to interrupt, but is there any way to disable that typing noise when someone posts a comment?
11:35
   
   
Jeff:
You probably hold down X to plant the explosive...
11:35
   
   
Phil:
Yes, you can mute this in the coveritlive window!
11:36
   
   
Comment From Andrew
Look exactly like MW2
11:36
   
   
Phil:
Kinda agreed.
11:36
   
   
RyckertGI:
Gunfights in the sub remind me of the Tanker in MGS2.
11:36
   
   
Comment From Lebrons Hairline
looks exactly like the opening level of MW1, and the closing level of black ops...
11:37
   
   
Jeff:
What that guy said.
11:37
   
   
Phil:
They're skipping ahead till later in the mission "in the interest of time..."
11:37
   
   
RyckertGI:
Looks like it has the same break-and-enter slowdown mechanic as previous games.
11:38
   
   
RyckertGI:
Looks like you play as "Frost," in this mission at least.
11:38
   
   
RyckertGI:
You play as "Frost," at least in this mission.
11:38
   
   
Phil:
Frost is a cool name, right? Right?
11:38
   
   
RyckertGI:
Boat chase sequence amongst huge sea and air attack on New York City.
11:38
   
   
Jeff:
I can't wait to pay for multiplayer!!!!
11:39
   
   
Phil:
A ton of planes, helicopters, and boats in this battle.
11:39
   
   
RyckertGI:
Whole lotta stuff blowin' up during this sequence. Runs smooth, though.
11:39
   
   
Jeff:
Follow.
11:39
   
   
Phil:
Switched CoverItLive so new posts are at the top. Should make it easier to watch the feed and liveblog at the same time!
11:39
   
   
RyckertGI:
Mission ends with helicopter evacuation.
11:40
   
   
RyckertGI:
Pretty impressive sequence overall. Super-scripted, but looks fun.
11:40
   
   
Jeff:
Those might be the only helicopters to survive a video game.
11:40
   
   
Phil:
Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling and Sledgehammer Games' Glen Schofield are on the stage.
11:41
   
   
RyckertGI:
Don Mattrick taking the stage.
11:42
   
   
Jeff:
I enjoy interactive entertainment!
11:43
   
   
Phil:
So who's excited about more Kinect stuff?
11:43
   
   
Jeff:
Tomb Raider!
11:43
   
   
RyckertGI:
Crystal Dynamics is up next with Tomb Raider.
11:43
   
   
RyckertGI:
Looks like we're getting a live demo.
11:43
   
   
Phil:
When I saw Tomb Raider last week, looked awesome.
11:43
   
   
RyckertGI:
Lara waking up, upside-down and bound.
11:43
   
   
Jeff:
I remember reading about this sequence in a popular video-gaming magazine.
11:44
   
   
Phil:
This is the same as the beginning of the demo I saw. Looks wonderful. Lara gets really beat up though.
11:44
   
   
RyckertGI:
Jeff, Sara from Guinness is sitting right in front of us.
11:44
   
   
Jeff:
Those Nos guys are going down. They shouldn't even bother.
11:45
   
   
Jeff:
Press X to torch!
11:45
   
   
RyckertGI:
Really nice lighting and fire effects in Tomb Raider.
11:45
   
   
RyckertGI:
Some zombie-looking goober grabbed Lara, looked like one of the guys at the end of the first Uncharted.
11:45
   
Expand
11:46
   
   
Jeff:
Claustrophobics need not apply.
11:46
   
   
RyckertGI:
I've never been a fan of the Tomb Raider series, but this looks pretty *** good.
11:46
   
   
Jeff:
Agreed. Looking forward to this one.
11:47
   
   
Phil:
Lots of physics-based puzzles at the core of experience -- spreading flames to items, etc.
11:47
   
   
Jeff:
I wonder if we'll get to see any combat in this demo...
11:47
   
   
Phil:
There was very little combat shown in the demo I saw last week, Jeff. That's the one big question I still have about this game.
11:48
   
   
RyckertGI:
She's doing a lot of grunting, yelling, and sounding generally unexcited about her predicament.
11:48
   
   
RyckertGI:
A lot of super-cinematic camera angles here. Along the lines of Uncharted or Enslaved.
11:49
   
   
Comment From Tyler
This looks really good. The animations and graphics are top notch
11:49
   
   
Jeff:
So glad it's a reboot.
11:49

   
RyckertGI:
Madden time.
11:49
   
   
Jeff:
Clap clap clap.
11:49
   
   
RyckertGI:
Peter Moore's coming out. I hope he sounds like he did on South Park.
11:49
   
   
Jeff:
Fake tattoo time?
11:49
   
   
Phil:
It's still weird seeing Peter Moore here for EA Sports when he used to be such an important Microsoft guy.
11:50
   
   
RyckertGI:
Moore's talking about bringing Kinect to EA Sports titles.
11:50
   
   
RyckertGI:
Tiger, Madden, FIFA, and one more unannounced title will have Kinect support.
11:50
   
   
Phil:
"Imagine the fidelity of motion while swinging a golf club in Tiger" -- I'd rather not.
11:50
   
   
Jeff:
IMAGINE!
11:50
   
   
RyckertGI:
Apparently EA also has a game based on an obscure sport called "soccer" that is popular overseas.
11:50
   
   
Phil:
Kinect voice control in Sims.
11:50
   
   
Jeff:
Control your sims with voice control, eh?!
11:50
   
   
Phil:
Kinect in Family Game Night 4
11:51
   
   
RyckertGI:
I think Moore just tried to reference South Park, but people didn't seem to catch it.

11:51
   
RyckertGI:
Mass Effect time.
11:51
   
   
Phil:
BioWare's Ray Muzyka on to talk Mass Effect 3
11:52

   
RyckertGI:
Mass Effect 3 to support Kinect with voice recognition.
11:52
   
   
Phil:
Mass Effect 3 kinect confirmed
11:52
   
   
Jeff:
"Mine that planet!"
11:52
   
   
RyckertGI:
They're about to show off how it works.
11:52
   
   
Phil:

Demo of Kinect in Mass Effect going on now.
11:52
   
   
Jeff:
"Launch probe!"
11:53
   
   
RyckertGI:
Live demo going on, about to see how Kinect works.
11:53
   
   
RyckertGI:
You can pick your dialogue with voice commands.
11:53
   
   
Phil:
Same ME3 demo area I saw a couple weeks ago. I wanna see how Kinect works though.
11:53
   
   
RyckertGI:
Alright, that's actually pretty cool.
11:53
   
   
Phil:
In this area, Shepard is here to rescue a rare female Krogan
11:54
   
   
RyckertGI:
I'm gonna deliver all the dialogue way more dramatically than I need to. And I'll probably do it as Kermit the Frog.
11:54
   
   
RyckertGI:
Or Fred Schneider from the B-52s.
11:54
   
   
RyckertGI:
Order your dudes around with voice commands.
11:54
   
   
RyckertGI:
"Garrus, move up" makes him...move up.
11:54
   
   
Phil:
Shepard shows off his awesome new melee attacks
11:55
   
   
Jeff:
Voice commands are something we often forget about with Kinect. Interesting stuff.
11:55
   
   
RyckertGI:
I'm pretty excited about that. Kinect looked great, and not gimmicky.
11:56
   
   
Phil:
They're promising that ME3 will be the best game in the series.
11:56
   
   
RyckertGI:
Tom Clancy time.
11:56
   
   
Jeff:
If they said otherwise, that would be a tremendous surprise.
11:56
   
   
Phil:
And here's a giant mech! Demo's over.
11:56
   
   
Phil:
And now we're onto Ghost Recon. Rumored to have Kinect support as well.
11:56
   
   
RyckertGI:
Weird classical music, slow-mo thing for Future Soldier.
11:56
   
   
Jeff:
Could this be the first game with Kinect-supported grenade-chucking!?
11:57
   
   
RyckertGI:
Not terribly impressed by Future Soldier.
11:57
   
   
Jeff:
The future is a strange place.
11:57
   
   
RyckertGI:
Sounds like Kinect support is about to be announced.
11:57
   
   
Phil:
Ubisoft CEO Yvs Guillemot is taking the stage, thick accent and all.
11:58
   
   
Jeff:
Demo time!
11:58
   
   
Phil:
Now Ghost Recon is being demoed. BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A CONTROLLER
11:58
   
   
Jeff:
I will use a controller to do this customization.
11:59
   
   
RyckertGI:
Gunsmith thing shows off Kinect support.
11:59
   
   
Phil:
People are cheering at how you can use Kinect to move the gun around and pull it apart. "20 million unique weapons through gesture or voice"
11:59
   
   
Jeff:
Microsoft's PR plants seem impressed.
11:59
   
   
RyckertGI:
This Kinect stuff for weapon customization looks cool, but I wonder if it'll actually be quicker or more convenient than a controller.
12:00
   
   
Comment From LeviRK
No controller?!? WITCHCRAFT.
12:00
   
   
Jeff:
No.
12:00
   
   
RyckertGI:
Shows off shooting with Kinect.
12:00
   
   
Phil:
uhhh so you can aim and shoot with Kinect too...but it looks so so silly.
12:00
   
   
Phil:
Oh...man this looks dumb. Um...
12:01
   
   
Comment From Jon
It reminds me of the movie Gamer
12:01
   
   
Comment From Matt
I am not playing the whole game doing that, I'm sorry...
12:01
   
   
Jeff:
You couldn't do that with a normal controller, they say? Really?
12:01
   
   
Phil:
I want to record a video of whoever plays that for review.
12:01
   
   
Phil:
All future Tom Clancy titles will use Kinect.
12:01
   
   
RyckertGI:
Marc Whitten from XBL is out next.
12:01
   
   
RyckertGI:
All future Tom Clancy titles will leverage Kinect.
12:01
   
   
Jeff:
I can't wait to play HAWX and fly around my room making airplane sounds.
12:02
   
   
Phil:
"Innovative new way to experience entertainment." Sounds like Xbox Live Diamond
12:02
   
   
Jeff:
TV HAS A NEW VOICE, AND IT'S MY AWFUL VOICE!
12:02
   
   
RyckertGI:
New dashboard shown off.
12:03
   
   
Jeff:
"Xbox remove ads from the dashboard."
12:03
   
   
Phil:
So yet another 360 dashboard change coming?
12:03
   
   
Comment From LeviRK
Don't they mean the NEW New Xbox Experience?
12:04
   
   
RyckertGI:
YouTube coming to XBL
12:04
   
   
Jeff:
It's so new. YOUTUBE!
12:04
   
   
Phil:
Finally I can watch cat videos on my 360
12:04
   
   
RyckertGI:
My favorite thing about their stage setup is the random thing blowing green smoke behind the right side of the stage.
12:05
   
   
Phil:
BING.
12:05
   
   
Jeff:
BING BING BING!
12:05
   
   
Jeff:
Bing "Find Google"
12:05
   
   
Comment From Jamie
BING? lol. People actually use Bing?
12:06
   
   
Phil:
It looks like Bing is just being used to search Xbox Live.
12:06
   
   
Jeff:
No. No they don't.
12:06
   
   
Phil:
"We believe TV is more amazing when you are the controller." I ... I beg to differ.
12:06
   
   
Jeff:
My body is growing so weary from being a controller. :(
12:06
   
   
RyckertGI:
Live TV coming to XBL
12:06
   
   
Jeff:
Nice! Live TV coming to Xbox Live!
12:06
   
   
Phil:
TV on 360 is happening for real.
12:06
   
   
Comment From Tamuramu
Xbox Bing P0rn
12:07
   
   
Jeff:
Local TV. Interesting.
12:07
   
   
RyckertGI:
Launching this fall.
12:07
   
   
Jeff:
TV is still TV, even if you are a supermega controller
12:07
   
   
Comment From Miles514
Or I could turn off my console and use Direct TV
12:07
   
   
Phil:
"TV is more amazing when you are the controller" again.
12:07
   
   
Phil:
I am definitely interested in TV on Xbox Live, but...meh. Also, do people really use Kinect to voice command their 360? Sounds dumb.
12:08
   
   
Jeff:
That's exactly what my house looks like, and that's how my wife and I sit on the couch.
12:08
   
   
RyckertGI:
Dana White coming out.
12:08
   
   
Phil:
UFC's Dana White is on stage now.
12:08
   
   
Jeff:
True Fact: If you make Dana White angry he will slash your tires with your own teeth.
12:09
   
   
Phil:
"Xbox will revolutionize how fans experience live events on television." So I guess UFC fights will be shown on 360?
12:09
   
   
RyckertGI:
I hope they let me customize my own shirt with a bunch of stupid skulls, hearts, and pointy lettering all over it.
12:09
   
   
Jeff:
This looks great.
12:09
   
   
Phil:
Or an American flag, Dan?
12:09
   
   
Jeff:
These graphics are intense.
12:10
   
   
RyckertGI:
NO PHIL. You don't understand how stupid UFC shirts are. No flags.
12:10
   
   
Jeff:
Looks like a more refined version of the ESPN polling functionality. Cool.
12:10
   
   
RyckertGI:
Phil Spencer out for MS Studios
12:10
   
   
Phil:
Flag shirts are not stupid. Got it.
12:11
   
   
Phil:
"Xbox will always be about games, games you can't find anywhere else" - some exclusives coming?
12:11
   
   
Phil:
yep every game and demo being shown now is 360 exclusive
12:11
   
   
Jeff:
Halo? Kinectimals?
12:11
   
   
Phil:
Starting with Gears of War 3.
12:11
   
   
RyckertGI:
Gears of War 3 time.
12:11
   
   
Jeff:
Oh, that.
12:12
   
   
RyckertGI:
Cliffy B is out.
12:12

   
Jeff:
Glad they coaxed this Cliff guy out of his office. What a wallflower. Get some confidence, man!
12:12
   
   
RyckertGI:
Campaign demo.
12:12
   
   
RyckertGI:
Here comes Ice T to play co-op.
12:12
   
   
Phil:
Cliffy thanks everyone for beta participation.
12:13
   
   
Jeff:
He's no Ice Cube, but he's far from the worst Ice.
12:13
   
   
Phil:
Here's hoping that Ice T is at every conference.
12:13
   
   
Jeff:
Whoa, space kraken!
12:13
   
   
Phil:
Looks like these muscly gears guys are fighting a giant tentacle creature. LIKE ALWAYS.
12:14
   
   
Jeff:
Slow walk and talk time.
12:14
   
   
Jeff:
Press X to door!
12:14
   
   
RyckertGI:
Marcus still can't run and hear his earpiece at the same time.
12:15
   
   
Phil:
The clawed tentacles remind me of the tentacle monster from Half-Life...I wish this was a Half-Life demo. Not that Gears 3 looks bad.
12:15
   
   
Jeff:
Nobody ever looks like they're having fun while playing games on a stage.
12:15
   
   
Phil:
Gears 3 isn't about fun, bro.
12:15
   
   
RyckertGI:
"What in the nuts?". Looks like we've got some Bulletstorm writers on board.
12:16
   
   
Phil:
Space kraken has some glowing bits that are begging to be shot at.
12:16
   
   
Jeff:
This reminds me, I need to finish Lost Planet 2.
12:17
   
   
Phil:
EXPLOSION.
12:17
   
   
Phil:
Ice T seems so impressed.
12:17
   
   
Jeff:
OH MY GOODNESS, BODY COUNT IS COMING
HORGE MORG!
12:17
   
   
Phil:
...Body Count song for Hoard Mode? great?
12:17
   
   
RyckertGI:
Crytek time.
12:17
   
   
RyckertGI:
Timesplitters please?
12:17
   
   
Jeff:
!!!!
12:18
   
   
Phil:
Here's the Crytek 360 exclusive that was announced last year.
12:18
   
   
Phil:
Looks like it takes place in Rome.
12:18
   
   
Jeff:
Dog confirmed.
12:18
   
   
Phil:
Puppy dog watches a guy get stabbed. This Rome is a real wreck.
12:18
   
   
RyckertGI:
**BRAAAHHHH**, I just want Timesplitters.
12:19
   
   
Jeff:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
12:19
   
   
RyckertGI:
Kinect game set in Rome
12:19
   
   
Phil:
Ooooh boy it's a kinect game.
12:19
   
   
RyckertGI:
Ryse
12:19
   
   
Jeff:
I'm going to accidentally kick my kids in the face a million times while playing this game.
12:19
   
   
RyckertGI:
HALOZ
12:19
   
   
Phil:
It's great that Microsoft is putting some effort toward hardcore Kinect games...but these all look dumb. Game is now called Ryse.
12:20
   
   
Phil:
"10 years ago Halo changed the way we play video games." Did it? I guess. I dunno.
12:20
   
   
Jeff:
Now we're remaking it...
12:20
   
   
Phil:
Halo HD remake confirmed.
12:20
   
   
RyckertGI:
Is this retail?
12:20
   
   
Phil:
Updated and enhanced multiplayer maps and single-player campaign. Co-op and multiplayer over Xbox Live.
12:21
   
   
Jeff:
Novemner 15
12:21
   
   
Phil:
"Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary" is the title. Coming out November 15 alongside EVERY OTHER GAME THIS YEAR
12:21
   
   
Jeff:
or November, if you want to get technical
12:21
   
   
RyckertGI:
November 15th. Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary.
12:21

Jeff:
Forza!
12:21
   
   
Phil:
Onto Forza 4! Hooray!
12:21
   
   
Jeff:
This guy always has nice beards.
12:21
   
   
Phil:
I'm not a car guy at all, but I've always really enjoyed the Forza series.
12:22
   
   
RyckertGI:
Kinect support for Forza.
12:22
   
   
Jeff:
Check your tires by kneeling, right?
12:22
   
   
Phil:
Via @johnshaman on Twitter: "At Xbox, we have a simple vision: force Kinect *** into everything."
12:22
   
   
RyckertGI:
Kanye for Forza!
12:22
   
   
Jeff:
Hey, it's the song from the Saints Row trailer!
12:23
   
   
Jeff:
If they call it 4za I'm going to mash my hand on the keyboard.
12:23
   
   
Phil:
#4za
12:23
   
   
Jeff:
Top Gear, nice.
12:23
   
   
Phil:
Microsoft is not calling it 4za, but I am from now on. Thanks, Jeff.
12:23
   
   
Jeff:
October 11 *** you Phil
12:23
   
   
Phil:
Oooh, Peter Molyneuz's out.
12:24
   
   
Phil:
*Molyneux
12:24

   
Jeff:
Fable: The Journey.
12:24
   
   
Phil:
"Fable: The Journey" is apparently the next iteration of the series. Wasn't expecting a new Fable!
12:24
   
   
Jeff:
Hey, it's not a bird this time. Oh, there it is.
12:25
   
   
Phil:
"The age of heroes is over."
12:25
   
   
Jeff:
This might be the game that I play as a bad guy...
12:25
   
   
Phil:
Looks like things might be getting dark in Albion?
12:25
   
   
Phil:
The smoke monster from Lost is in Fable apparently.
12:25
   
   
Phil:
"Albion's end is coming."
12:25
   
   
RyckertGI:
Kinect horse-riding. O...k.
12:25
   
   
Jeff:
TCCHT TCCHHT TCCCHHHTT!
12:26
   
   
Phil:
Uh...it's a first-person horse riding simulator...?
12:26
   
   
Jeff:
You are the horse controller.
12:26
   
   
Phil:
Horse-riding is more amazing when you are the controller.
12:26
   
   
Phil:
First-person spell-casting too?
12:26
   
   
RyckertGI:
This appears to be on-rails with hand-controlled magic blasts.
12:26
   
   
Jeff:
Is this thing on rails?
12:26
   
   
RyckertGI:
Fable: The Journey.
12:27
   
   
Jeff:
Olde Time Crisis.
12:27
   
   
Phil:
So this basically looks like an on-rails shooter, but with magic. Nice one, Jeff.
12:27
   
   
RyckertGI:
My updates seem to be coming from all sorts of points in time. Apologies if you're getting posts about how Dukakis is doing in the primaries.
12:28
   
   
Phil:
Minecraft callout?!
12:28
   
   
RyckertGI:
Minecraft for Kinect?
12:28
   
   
Jeff:
Minecraft on 360. Will it be a game by then?!
12:28
   
   
Phil:
Whoa, Minecraft for Kinect.
12:28
   
   
Jeff:
THAT GUY SOLD OUT!!!!
12:28
   
   
Phil:
Minecraft for console will be exclusive to Xbox 360/kinect.
12:28
   
   
Phil:
That's a pretty big surprise. Huh.
12:29
   
   
Phil:
Microsoft collaborating with Disney for Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
12:29
   
   
Jeff:
Disneyland Adventures. OK then.
12:29
   
   
Jeff:
Guess I don't need to book that vacation now. Awesome.
12:29
   
   
Phil:
Visit Disney Land via Kinect, for sad people like me who never got to go to Kinect as a child
12:30
   
   
Jeff:
No avatar support?
12:30
   
   
Phil:
Little kids on stage to pretend like they're flying with Peter Pan.
12:30
   
   
Jeff:
These poor kids.
12:30
   
   
Phil:
THAT'S NOT HOW LITTLE KIDS TALK
12:30
   
   
Phil:
They should be swearing more and punching each other in the shoulder
12:30
   
   
Jeff:
"This crap is stupid do you have Gears?!"
12:31
   
   
Jeff:
Falling down a pit collecting things is my least favorite thing in gaming right now.
12:31
   
   
Phil:

All of this Kinect stuff looks so embarrassing. I don't want it to be. :(
12:32
   
   
Jeff:
FIST BUMP!
12:32
   
   
Phil:
FIST BUMP, JEFF.
12:32
   
   
Jeff:
I'd rather just be tethered to a virtual seat and experience faithful versions of the actual rides.
12:33
   
   
Phil:
And here's Kinect StaR Wars
12:33
   
   
Jeff:
STAR TREK KINECT!
12:33
   
   
Phil:
Kinect Star Wars is better-looking than I expected, graphically.
12:34
   
   
Jeff:
That combat was stiffer than Darth v. Obi Wan in Episode 4...
12:34
   
   
Phil:
Still not showing how this stuff is actually controlled with Kinect, but lots of variety -- looks like a lot of vehicle segments, podracing, x-wing fighting, etc.
12:34
   
   
Jeff:
Looks like lots of swaying side to side to collect things.
12:34
   
   
Jeff:
This is what they showed last year.
12:35
   
   
Jeff:
Only that had Stormtroopers. Or maybe I am not good at remembering things.
12:35
   
   
Phil:
Dude slowly slashes from side to side, automatically moving to the next enemy. Yikes.
12:35
   
   
Jeff:
Maybe I don't really want the force.
12:35
   
   
RyckertGI:
Am I back?
12:35
   
   
Phil:
I can't tell if this is on-rails or what. Seems like it has to be?
12:35
   
   
Jeff:
My kid is going to lose his stupid mind over this though.
12:35
   
   
Phil:
Dan's back. UGH.
12:35
   
   
Phil:
Jeff, please give your kid a better game to play than this.
12:36
   
   
Jeff:
This is punishment.
12:36
   
   
RyckertGI:
I want to edit old Star Wars scenes to say "LIGHTSABER ON" every time they unsheathe it.
12:36
   
   
Jeff:
Press X to lightsaber
12:36
   
   
Phil:
Sometimes after slashing a couple of times, the character does a flip. It looks...really bad. He also glides to each new enemy in a really silly way.
12:36
   
   
Jeff:
What was that battledroid even shooting at?!
12:37
   
   
Jeff:
Jar Jar!
12:37
   
   
Jeff:
Strike that.
12:37

Jeff:
OK, I'm a softie for this one.
12:37
   
   
Jeff:
Sesame Street!
12:37
   
   
RyckertGI:
Tim Schafer comes out to what sounds like the TaleSpin theme.
12:37
   
   
Phil:
They teased having to fight two evil jedi at once.
12:37
   
   
Phil:
(In Star Wars. Not Sesame Street.)
12:38
   
   
Jeff:
Cookie Monster just ate leaves.
12:39
   
   
Phil:
Ben Reeves: "Cookie Monster got fat." Life lesson.
12:39
   
   
Jeff:
Wanna play this game.
12:39
   
   
Jeff:
I bet the achievements are super hard to get though.
12:39
   
   
Phil:
Right now the Sesame Street gameplay mostly looks like imitating the poses/actions of the characters on-screen.
12:40
   
   
Jeff:
If I was a little kid on the stage with so many people watching I wouldn't stop peeing my pants.
12:40
   
   
Phil:
The adult on-stage is telling the kid he's doing a good job, but I don't buy it.
12:41
   
   
Jeff:
This seems to fall into the other Kinect gameplay mainstay of pawing around in the air to collect bubbles.
12:41
   
   
Phil:
For the record, Jeff won't stop peeing his pants anyway.
12:41
   
   
Comment From LeviRK
I'm sure it must be so satisfying to work on Sesame Street after Brutal Legend.
12:42
   
   
Phil:
Kudo's on stage. So, uh...more Kinect.
12:42
   
   
Jeff:
SHOW US YOUR SHOE!
12:42
   
   
Phil:
You guys like Kinect? You want more Kinect? Kinect?
12:42
   
   
Jeff:
Fun Lab, where fun is deconstructed.
12:42
   
   
Phil:
Kinect Fun Labs is essentially a place to check out indie Kinect developments.
12:43
   
   
RyckertGI:
Kinect Fun Labs is a thing.
12:43
   
   
Comment From Alpinestars
That looks cool with his sunglasses on inside
12:43
   
   
Jeff:
He has two tiny mouths behind those, it's really odd.
12:43
   
   
Phil:
"In the past, you could control your Avatar. In the future, you become your Avatar." Terrifying!
12:43
   
   
Jeff:
Avatars created based on what you look like... hurt feelings incoming.
12:44
   
   
Phil:
Kinect can capture face and clothing to create an Avatar for you. Great?
12:44
   
   
Jeff:
Microsoft's PR plants really love this thing.
12:44
   
   
Comment From Brett
Isn't this the kind of stuff Sarah Connor was warning us all about?
12:44
   
   
Jeff:
I'm going to be so naked and see how it reacts.
12:45
   
   
Jeff:
That pose DOES look fun!!
12:45
   
   
Jeff:
That background DOES look fun!
12:45
   
   
Phil:
"Kinect + finger-tracking = awesome."
12:45
   
   
Jeff:
Huh. Drawing in 3d.
12:46
   
   
Phil:
It's cool technology, for sure, but I dunno if I'd go so far as to say awesome.
12:46
   
   
Jeff:
Dan is going to draw arcs of pee.
12:46
   
   
Phil:
Kudo's kinda begging the crowd to clap.
12:46
   
   
RyckertGI:
I wonder if it can capture Phil's weird S&M gimp mask for his Avatar.
12:46
   
   
Phil:
Now we're talking about Kinect Object Capture. ANYONE ELSE REALLY TIRED RIGHT NOW?
12:46
   
   
Jeff:
Ronaldo!
12:47
   
   
Comment From Vanlinkenstein
I'm guessing their not going to show anything on Skyrim.
12:47
   
   
Jeff:
I'm imaging the possibilities, and it took about...15 seconds.
12:47
   
   
Phil:
They said everything they're showing from now on is 360-exclusive, so I'd guess no Skyrim.
12:48
   
   
Phil:
So you can scan in items and do finger-tracking. Hooraaaay. "Imagine the game experiences you could have." Sigh.
12:48
   
   
Phil:
Everyone go check out Kinect Fun Labs now! What are you waiting for?! Oh yeah, E3.
12:48
   
   
Jeff:
Is this their..."OH crap we don't have any games coming out here's this thing" stopgap solution?
12:48
   
   
Phil:
Kinect Sports sequel.
12:49
   
   
Jeff:
New kinect sports! Golf, skiing, tennis,
12:49
   
   
Jeff:
football (the real kind)
12:49
   
   
Comment From Alpinestars
Ughhhh This kinda wants me to make the switch to only PC gaming....
12:49
   
   
Comment From loki
Seems like Xbox has become the new Wii
12:50
   
   
Jeff:
Make a salute pose, and you'll get a birds-eye view of the green.
12:50
   
   
Jeff:
I do prefer voice over pawing in the air for menus though.
12:51
   
   
Jeff:
WHAT AN AMAZING SHOT!
12:51
   
   
Phil:
WE'RE SPENDING TIME WATCHING SOMEONE PLAY KINECT SPORTS GOLF I AM SO TIRED
12:51
   
   
Jeff:
Jeff Bell 2.0
12:52
   
   
Phil:
Playing football on Kinect looks as dumb as playing everything else on Kinect.
12:52
   
   
Comment From Chris
So.....do we need this much time talking about Kinect Sports?
12:52
   
   
Phil:
Nope!
12:52
   
   
Jeff:
When they wear helmets, it really drives home how oddly proportioned those avatar things are.
12:52
   
   
Jeff:
OOf. Chest bump averted.
12:53
   
   
Jeff:
Dance Dance Central 2!
12:53
   
   
Phil:
Harmonix on stage now. Dance Central 2 announcement.
12:53
   
   
Jeff:
It's that guy from last year.
12:53
   
   
Jeff:
He is a dance guy.
12:53
   
   
Phil:
Dance central is "the best-selling Kinect dance game." as it should be. 2 will have voice control and a campaign mode.
12:53
   
   
Jeff:
More than 100 songs!
12:53
   
   
Phil:
All songs from the first game can be ported into Dance Central 2.
12:53
   
   
Jeff:
Multiplayer dancing of the simultaneous kind.
12:54
   
   
Jeff:
True StoryL That guy on the left was in our offices, and I watched him dance by himself even though nobody was watching. I'm kind of a spy that way.
12:55
   
   
Phil:
The dancing itself looks pretty much just like the original.
12:55
   
   
Jeff:
He was wearing a brightly colored hoodie. Honest.
12:55
   
   
Phil:
EVERYONE IN THE GI BOOTH IS BREAKING IT DOWN. BEN REEVES WON'T STOP DANCING.
12:55
   
   
Jeff:
They danced and it looked like the last one, which is good.
12:55
   
   
Phil:
Don Mattrick's back. Wrapping stuff up?
12:55
   
   
Jeff:
Break it down for us Don.
12:56
   
   
Jeff:
LOOK UNDER YOUR SEATS AND YOU'LL FIND ALL THE AWESOME STUFF WE COULDN'T SHOW!!!
12:56
   
   
Phil:
Mattrick's doing the regular going back over the various announcements. Hopefully something exciting to end things with though...?
12:56
   
   
Jeff:
...but that's not all. (?)
12:56
   
   
Phil:
THE GLOBE TURNED INTO AN XBOX LOGO AMAZING
12:57
   
   
Phil:
First look at a new project.
12:57
   
   
Phil:
"The dawn of a new trilogy for Xbox 360."
12:57
   
   
Jeff:
TOO HUMAN 2?!
12:57
   
   
Phil:
We're in space I think.
12:58
   
   
Jeff:
Wake up, John?
12:58
   
   
Phil:
YEP HALo
12:58
   
   
Phil:
Looks like a new Halo trilogy is gonna be starting. Looks intense. Lots of stuff blowing up. A giant spaceship. Halo 4.
12:58
   
   
Jeff:
Halo 4.
12:59
   
   
Phil:
So does Halo 4 make it worth the rest of that fairly lackluster press conference?
12:59
   
   
Jeff:
Thoughts, Dan and Phil?
12:59
   
   
Jeff:
I think it's safe to say Nintendo or Sony is going to have the press conference of the show...
12:59
   
   
Phil:
Overall grade for Microsoft? I'm voting...C-
1:00
   
   
Comment From Tony P.
Halo 4 looked like it took a cue or three from Dead Space.
1:00
   
   
Jeff:
Hmmm... I'll agree with that.
1:01
   
   
Phil:
Alright, folks, we'll be back at 12:30 Pacific (or a little before) for EA's press conference. Hope you'll join us again!
1:01
   
   
Jeff:
I'm not a big Gears fan, so that demo didn't do much for me. Tomb Raider looked good, but that's not exclusive.
1:03
    [Standby]  We'll be back around 12:30 P.M. Pacific for EA's press conference.