Today at the San Diego Comic-Con, Microsoft and LucasArts announced the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle. Check out the pictures of it below (or here in fullscreen), which show you what a transformed (or design inspired) R2-D2 looks like as an Xbox 360 system and C-3PO as a golden Xbox 360 controller. Also included is the first white Kinect for Xbox 360 Sensor. As in previous custom Xbox 360 consoles from Microsoft, this Xbox 360 features custom power on and off sounds, in this case the bleeps and bloops of R2-D2. This special edition Xbox 360 is being released to commemorate the launch of the Kinect Star Wars game.
Here are the details of the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle, from Microsoft:
This first ever custom Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle includes an R2-D2 blue-and-white themed console, a custom Xbox 360 Wireless Controller inspired by C-3PO and the first ever white Kinect sensor. The bundle is set to debut alongside Kinect Star Wars this holiday, but is available now for pre-order through participating retailers. Priced at $449.99, the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle will include:
Kinect Star Wars game
Custom R2-D2-themed Xbox 360 Console with custom sounds
Xbox LIVE Arcade’s Summer of Arcade begins next month, and there is a great lineup of downloadable games scheduled for release. Below are the XBLA games coming out each week, beginning July 20, 2011.
Microsoft is also offering a special deal when you purchase all of the Summer of Arcade games before August 23, 2011. You’ll get a download code for Crimson Alliance (available September 7, 2011),including a download code for all three characters in the game. Prepare to spend a good part of your summer indoors enjoying these XBLA games!
For more details on the fourth annual Summer of Arcade, visit www.xbox.com.
Gearheads have an amazing Xbox 360 console to look forward to on September 20, 2011. I’m talking to the Gears of War Gearheads, who will be able to pickup the Xbox 360 Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Console Bundle during the launch of Gears of War 3. The amazing looking Xbox 360 slim 320GB system gets decked out with the Gears of War Crimson Omen design, and sound effect. Just like the slick silver Halo Reach Xbox 360 Limited Edition Console was given its own power sound effect, this Xbox 360 will feature the memorable “Crimson Omen” sound effect when powering the system on or off. See and hear it for yourself in a video from Epic Games below (or here on YouTube).
Here is what will be included in the Xbox 360 Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Console Bundle ($399.99 MSRP):
- Xbox 360 limited edition Gears of War 3 system - 320GB harddrive
- Two Gears of War Xbox 360 wireless controllers
- Gears of War 3 Standard Edition game
- Built-in Wi-Fi connection
- Wired headset
- Download token for Infected Omen Weapon Pack (Lancer, Retro Lancer, Hammerburst, Gnasher, and Sawed-Off Shotgun) and Adam Fenix multiplayer character.
Microsoft will also be offering a Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Wireless Controller for $59.99 (MSRP).
See more pictures of the Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 System Bundlehere in fullscreen and the Gears of War 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 Wireless Controller here in fullscreen.
Just the title of Dragons Vs Spaceships is likely to perk your interest on the unusual combo. Game Production Studios has managed to blend the two very different worlds together for one unique fantasy shooter. Dragons Vs Spaceships is an Xbox LIVE Indie Game title taking part in Microsoft’s Dream Build Play 2011 challenge. For the Dream Build Play 2011 challenge, Dragons Vs Spaceships was created using XNA Game Studio and has been submitted as part of the competition.
In the lore of Dragons Vs Spaceships, dragons have been a species that have outlasted all others. That is, until an unknown alien force threatens their existence. Players are cast a one of four remaining dragons to thwart the alien force. The top-down shooter looks like Dragon Spirit in one level, but clearly jumps to a whole other level when combined in space battles.
Game Production Studios has let us know a few additional details of Dragons Vs Spaceships. Two-player co-op will be supported. As in any shooter, expect boss battles and unique dragon upgrades. Among the six dragon powers is an ability that allows the player to “grab a ship in an electric grip and swing it around smashing it into other ships causing massive amounts of damage,” said Chris Brousseau of Game Production Studios.
Watch a trailer from Dragons Vs Spaceships for yourself below (here on YouTube), to see how the developers have managed to create a unique shooter experience. Good luck to Game Production Studios on their Indie XBLA title and their running for part of Dream.Build.Play 2011!
Microsoft held its Xbox 360 E3 2011 Press Conference earlier this morning. Advancements in Kinect for Xbox 360 were announced, which include finger recognition and voice recognition (even voice support for Mass Effect 3). Beyond gaming, Microsoft announced voice search on Bing using Kinect as well.
Kinect supported experiences will be found in games like: Dance Central 2
Fable: The Journey
Family Game Night 4
FIFA
Forza Motorsport 4
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Kinect Sports: Season Two
Mass Effect 3
Madden NFL
Ryse
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
Star Wars Kinect
The Sims 3 Pets
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR
Here are some of the game highlights that were announced during Microsoft’s E3 2011 Press Conference:
Fable: The Journey
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo 4
Ryse
A new Halo trilogy was announced at the end of Microsoft’s E3 press conference. Halo 4 was announced for a Holiday 2012 release (which also means Halo 5 and Halo 6 games will follow in the years to come). Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary brings an HD re-release of the original Halo: Combat Evolved from the original Xbox days, with new gameplay features.
For more details on Microsoft’s E3 2011 announcements, visit xbox.com. Watch for more details on these announcements here on GamingBits.com.
