For those of you who missed out on the hour and a half of announcements, excitement and PR from Microsoft, here is a handy bullet-point summary. The statistics and PR bluster have been intentionally left out, go somewhere else to see how many items have been purchased on Xbox Live or how many more Xbox 360 consoles have been sold than Playstation 3 in North America.
-Fallout 3 will get "substantial" downloadable content exclusive to Xbox 360 and Games for Windows
-Resident Evil 5 will have full online cooperative play
-Resident Evil 5 will get a "Friday the 13th" release on March 13th 2009 in Europe and North America, and March 12th 2009 in Japan. (2009? Haven't we waited long enough for this game already?)
-Fable II development has been completed
-Peter Molyneux announces a new "innovation" for Fable II, "Friend Orbs"
-Cliff Bleszinski shows off Gears of War with new enemies (tickers), new weapons (flame throwers), new activities (Brumak riding), and new gameplay modes (Horde)
-Gears of War 2 is dated for a November 12th release worldwide
-NBC/Universal Studios have been named as partners in downloadable content on Xbox Live, (which includes NBC, USA and Sci-Fi
-The next Xbox update will include a complete overhaul of the interface and menu as well as the addition of a Mii-like avatar (designed by Rare) that will be built in to the gamercard
-A "Community" channel will be added to the Xbox interface including "Live Party," where up to eight people can chat and share photos, watch a video together or play as contestants in gameshows on the new "Primetime" channel to win actual prizes
-Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved announced exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade
-Galaga 2: Legions announced exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade releasing next month
-Portal: Still Alive announced exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade in Fall, with new levels and achievements
-An unknown game based on South Park announced Exclusively for Xbox Live Arcade
-Xbox Live Community Games, (XNA created games) will release in Fall
-An exclusive partnership with Netflix will allow Xbox Live users who subscribe to Netflix watch more than 10.000 movies and TV episodes
-Netflix movies and TV shows will be sharable with up to seven friends through Live Party
-The first exclusive Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC will hit before the end of the year
-Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise are set for a Holiday 2008 release and the original Banzo Kazooie has been announced as an Xbox Live Arcade download scheduled for a Holiday 2008 release as well
-Scene It: Box Office Smash will be the first Xbox game to integrate Xbox Live avatars online
-"You're in the Movies," a game that uses (and includes) the Live Camera to put you in a a cheesy movie green-screen style
-Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic, will be released in its entirety in September for Guitar Hero 3, and then again along with Guitar Hero: World Tour in Fall
-Lips, a new sing-along game exclusive to Xbox 360 has been officially announced and will be released this holiday season with motion sensitive, wireless microphones
-Rock Band 2 will debut as a timed exclusive for Xbox 360 in September with 84 songs on disk, all with master tracks
-All downloadable tracks for Rock Band as well as most on-disk tracks from Rock Band will be playable on Rock Band 2
-Infinite Undiscovery will be released exclusively for Xbox 360 on September 2nd in North American, 5th in Europe and 11th in Japan and Asia
-Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be releasing to Xbox 360, in Spring 2009
-The Last Remnant will be released on November 20th 2008 worldwide as a timed exclusive for Xbox 360, and will also be released on Games for Windows
-Final Fantasy XIII has been announced for Xbox 360 and will be released concurrently with the version for Playstation 3
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