9.5.06

Microsoft Keynote Part 1

It's not letting me look at this one live for some reason, so it's back to Engadget's coverage.

Lots of sales figures to open. Plus showing some of what they've got.

Announcing a new cool feature that would allow small time developers to show their stuff on an Xbox Live arcade.

Fable 2 announcement. The first Fable wasn't the gaming revolution that the creator originally claimed it would be, and a lot of its content was over exaggerated. We'll see what he can do with part 2.

They announced a camera attachment for the Xbox, no surprise there. Another Splinter Cell game (big fan of the series here), Dead or Alive game, nothing earth shattering.

They announce that the plan to move into the market for kids games. No longer will the Xbox sport mostly teen and adult content. Good move, especially with the Wii's attempts to reach out to gamers, and non-gamers, of all ages.

Very non-surprising: the announcement of an HD-DVD attachment for the 360. This is to help fight Sony's standard inclusion of BluRay. I've got a whole post on these formats for more info.

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