Xbox 360 E3 2008 Media Briefing
Monday, July 14th from Los Angeles Convention Center
10:00am-Noon

See highlights and pictures from Microsoft's E3 briefing as it happened from the live blog notes below!

10:11 am PST:
Rivithed in and seating has begin...

10:25 am PST:
Xbox 360 LA "Street Talk" rolling on screen and trailers from Xbox 360 hardware. Things should be starting soon. We'll see how this holds up! Stay tuned!

10:32 am PST:
Don Mattrick takes the stage. Talking about the biggest selling games on the Xbox 360.

10:33- Sets the stage for Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Resident Evil 5. Trailer for Fallout 3 showing.

10:36 - Todd Howard, director of Fallout 3 takes the stage to talk on Fallout 3. Being demoed live.

10:38 - Showing different weapons. Laser rifle. Over 100 hours of gameplay. Targeting system shows how you can focus on various body parts of enemies. Todd is fighting sentry guard. Open gameplay allows you to choose sides (good or bad). Kinda like Oblivion's factions. Exclusive Fallout 3 downloadable content coming, on Xbox 360.

10:43: Resident Evil 5 producer takes stage. First public demo of Resident Evil 5 being shown, being played by director of Resident Evil 5.

10:44: Online co-op mode is coming, being shown. Takes teamwork to get through some areas.

10:47 - Resident Evil set for a Friday 13th, March 2009 worldwide release.

10:49 - Peter Molyneux takes the stage for Fable 2. It's finished. Online co-op invites can be sent by touching blue orbs. Invite other players in by clicking it. Get married virtually. Experience your own unique world with your own unique hero. Releases October 2008.

10:53 - Gears of War 2 trailer being shown. Cliffy B takes the stage.

10:55 - Co-op demo gameplay being shown. Marcus Fenix and Dom taking on shielded locust and reaver.

11:02 - New mode called Horde. 5-player co-op mode. Take on waves and waves of locust. Available worldwide November 7, 2008.

11:03 - Don Mattrick returns to stage. Speaks about how interactive entertainment has become the biggest entertainment industry. Projection of $48 billion in sales this year. Largest selling media of entertainment.

11:04 - Xbox 360 is more than 5 million units ahead of PS3. Don Mattrick declares that Xbox 360 will sell more than PS3.

11:05 - More than $1 billion spent on Xbox LIVE. More than 1/2 billion pieces of content sold via LIVE

11:06 - 10,000 movies and tv shows on Xbox LIVE. New TV and movie partner announced. NBC and Universal Studios now part of XBL downloadable content (movies and TV). Movie trailer being shown. Starting today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

11:09 - John Schappert takes the stage.

11:10 - New system update coming. 3d avatars being shown. Interface has completely changed. Completely streamlined look. You can customize various accessories.

11:13 - Avatars can appear on websites. Clothing changes through seasons (seasonal clothing). Promises changing DLC of avatar clothing. Back to interface of new Xbox 360 dashboard. Can setup a "live party" to invite up to 8 friends. Share photos with others in party. New channel: Xbox LIVE Primetime. Various trivia games or other games can be played. Showing 1 vs 100.

11:17 - Xbox LIVE Primetime - real prises will be offered (sounds better than Xbox LIVE rewards program). New game channel being shown. Uno Rush coming, being demoed as part of the Xbox LIVE Party.

11:18 - New Geometry Wars 2 coming from Bizzare Creations and Activision. New Galga game being shown. Galaga Legions, coming exclusively to XBLA.

11:20 - GLaDOS Portal: Still Alive coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusively. South Park XBLA game coming too, exclusively.

11:22 - Community Games coming to Xbox LIVE. Word Soup shown. Coming in Fall 2008.

11:22 - Exclusive partnership announced with Netflix. Current subscribers can join. Movies can be shared via Xbox LIVE Party. Watch with friends online.

11:24 - Shane Kim comes on stage. GTA IV downloadable content coming later this year.

11:25 - Rare games being shown. Banjoo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts gameplay shown. Viva Piñata trailer being shown. Original Banjo Kazooie coming to XBLA.

11:29 - Scene-It? Box Office Smash announced. Supports global play and new downloadable content. Includes avatr support. "Your in the Movies" announced.

11:32 - You're in the Movies uses Xbox LIVE Vision camera to put you in the game with graphics/animation.

11:35 - Mini-game footage/movie clips are combined into a single movie. Movies can be downloaded. Xbox LIVE Vision camera is included with "You're in the Movies".

11:37 - Shane Kim now talking about music. 3.5 million songs downloaded every month. Xbox LIVE accounts for 80% of songs downloaded across all platforms. Guitar Hero: On Tour. Kai Huang takes the stage.

11:40 - More than 85 songs to be included with Guitar Hero: World Tour. Music creation and sharing in GH Tunes. REM Track Pack debuting on Xbox 360. Metallica coming to Guitar Hero as well. New album release.

11:42 - Lips being shown. New singing game from Microsoft. Coming this holiday. Keiichi Yano takes the stage. Uses your exsiting music collection from iPod or Zune. Includes motion sensitive mic. Execute moves while singing. Duffy performs.

11:47 - Rock Band 2 being introduced. Rock Band 2 set list. Guns N Roses introducing a new track. Bob Dylan. AC DC will be premiering in Rock Band with "Let There Be Rock". Over 100 songs (including about 20 downloadable) coming. Over 500 tracks can be played in Rock Band 1 and 2 by the end of this year.

11:53 - President of Square Enix takes stage. Yoichi Wada introduced. Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Spring 2009) and The Last Remnant coming from Square Enix on Xbox 360.

11:55 - The Last Remnant debuts this holiday. New footage being shown for The Last Remnant. Coming November 20, 2008.

11:58 - The Last Remnant also coming to Games For Windows.

12:00 - One more announcement from Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360. Coming to North America and Europe.

12:05 - Show concludes!

Keep an eye out for all of our E3 2008 updates here.

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