E3 2007 Microsoft Keynote

The Microsoft E3 Keynote Address just wrapped up, and before we dive into the news, it should be noted that G$ who carried the event "live" provided just horrible coverage. There was some very bad cutaways for an endless amount of car insurance, money lenders, and the like ads. Even their live online coverage suffered from having an itsy-bitsy window that made some of the awesome upcoming games hard to see.

In any event, it looks like the 360 will get a workout download a plethora of videos, demo, and even some free and costly themes and gamer pictures.

Some news to note, which will be discussed later:

+ Resident Evil 5 coming to the Xbox 360 in the future. No street date was given but this was probably the biggest surprise of the night.

+ The home game Scene It is coming to Xbox Live with a package that includes four new controllers that have a large red button with the four colored buttons vertically stacked down the slim controllers.

+ Disney comes to Xbox Live Marketplace....as in right this freakin' minute. Go look. All content are promise to be in HD and SD and future titles will be added.

+PGR4 ships sometime in September.

+ Mass Effect will ship in November.

+ A more kid friendly Viva Pinata, Viva Pinata: Party Animals which features 50 mini-games will ship this Fall.

+ A "special edition" Halo 3 Xbox 360 will be out in time for the Holidays. No further info on any special content...but it looks like the Elite, just very grey.

For more details, pics, and E3 notes, check back with us through out the week.