Microsoft & the new black Xbox 360 console E3 Round Up.

Microsoft had a lot to offer their audience at this year’s E3. They showed off some highly anticipated games like Gears of War 3, and Metal Gear Solid: Rising, but the real star of their show was Kinect, formerly known as the Project Natal.

Kinect will allow for full body motion control of Kinect-enabled games. It uses two different cameras to capture your image in 3D, and determine precisely what movement you’re making. Most of the games they showed for Kinect were simple minigame collections, similar to the type of things you would typically find on the Wii. Kinect sports lets you control a variety of different athletic activities with your arms and legs, while Kinect Adventures puts you in some more exciting scenarios, like what water rafting down a river. Lucas Arts is working on a Star Wars game that takes advantage of Kinect for some awesome lightsaber battles, but other than that, nothing they had to show looked terribly innovative. It was kind of neat to see how you could control the dashboard with hand gestures, but we’re having a hard time justifying a new peripheral just to control the 360 Minority Report style.

New Black xbox 360 Console

Microsoft also showed off the new black xbox 360 that hit store shelves just days after their press conference. The new black xbox 360 console features a 250 GB hard drive, more USB ports, built in wifi, and a sleek new form factor. Expect to see some steep discounts on current 360 models to coincide with the launch of the new SKU.

Core gamers weren’t ignored completely. Microsoft showed off some Gears of War 3 gameplay that showed off the game’s four player co-op, as well as some interesting new enemies. Microsoft also showed off an extended trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Rising in which protagonist Raiden chopped everything in his path in half. Pillars, cars, and watermelons alike met their demise at his hands.

Microsoft and Activision announced a deal whereby all new Activision DLC would hit the Xbox 360 first, much the same way the Modern Warfare 2 DLC did. To celebrate, they showed off some footage of Call of Duty: Black Ops. It looked like a pretty solid shooter up until the player got in a helicopter, and took off, at which point it started looking like an extremely awesome shooter.

Sports fans (in the US) are going to have good reason to love their 360. ESPN is bringing a wide variety of sporting events straight to the 360, and the best part is, XBL Gold subscribers won’t have to pay an additional fee.

Microsoft’s E3 press conference was very Kinect heavy, but aside from the focus on motion controls, they had a strong presentation. Wigh games like Halo Reach, Gears of War 3, and Metal Gear Solid: Rising on the way, gamers everywhere have a lot of good reasons to be excited about the new black Xbox 360.

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