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E3 - Movie Rentals On Demand Through Xbox LIVE Starting Now

Beginning today you will have access to a growing catalog of new and classic movies from The Walt Disney Studios including titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films, on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, the leading high-definition-video download service. Xbox 360 owners will be able to rent popular Disney films on demand as they become available, such as “Bridge to Terabithia,” Miramax Film’s “The Queen” and Touchstone Pictures’ “Déjà Vu.”

“We’re always looking for more ways to let people experience our films,” said Dan Cohen, executive vice president of pay television and interactive media for Disney-ABC Domestic Television. “With the millions of Xbox 360 consoles in living rooms today with a direct, high-speed Internet connection, Xbox LIVE really has become a terrific device for the delivery of digital entertainment content.”

As a result of this partnership between Microsoft and Disney-ABC Domestic Television, an array of current and library titles will be available this July, with more to come in both standard and high definition. Currently offering more than 2,350 hours of premium entertainment content from 15 partners, Xbox LIVE Marketplace is the only online service offering downloadable movies and TV shows in high definition. In a little more than seven months since video content was launched on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, there have been nearly 10 million downloads of entertainment content.

“Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE Marketplace truly offer something for everyone of all ages, gender or personal taste,” said Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “With this partnership, we are able to feature blockbuster new releases as they become available, as well as an incredible array of classic family films that made Disney the icon it is today.”

Xbox LIVE Marketplace content is available to all Xbox 360 owners. High-definition new-release movie rentals are 480 Microsoft® Points each, and standard-definition new-release movie rentals are 320 Microsoft Points each. Classic feature films in high definition are 360 Microsoft Points each, and classic feature films in standard definition are 240 Microsoft Points.

E3 - Microsoft press conference Has Ended Let’s Review!!

As the Microsoft press conference comes to a end lots of new things going on for the Xbox360 and Microsoft games. I cry as a post this wishing I could attend.

• Lost Odyssey , confirming release this year
• Another Viva Pinata game
• Xbox Outselling PS2 by nearly 2:1
• Xbox 360 has sold more games than its two competitors combined
• “SceneIt” movie trivia game Will include HD movie clips and a new Xbox controller
• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja already announced as 360 exclusive
• Xbox Live has over 7 million members
• Walt Disney, Touchstone, Paramount, Miramax Movie library’s to Xbox Live Marketplace in HD ( Armageddon, Bringing Down the House, Coyote Ugly, Deja Vu and The Brothers Grimm along with Lots more )
• Elite Xbox 360 in Europe August 24th
• Video Marketplace to Europe and Canada this fall
• Project Gotham On Demand coming out this September
• Lots of New Trailers
• Gears of War and Viva Pinata comming to PC
• Sega, Eidos, THQ with Games for Windows Live
• BioShock for Xbox 360 and PC
• GTA4 Oct 16 in North America, Oct 19 in Europe, Two new episodes released by spring 2008 Making Xbox 360 the only console where you can get the complete Grand Theft Auto IV experience.
• Resident Evil 5 Trailer coming July 26 to Xbox Live Marketplace
• New Halo 3-themed Xbox 360 Elite Launches September

NO NEWS on the Xbox Price Drop I was wrong ..

Well Thats about it I hope I have covered it all. Look for more Game Trailer posting tomorrow for most of the games talked about here.

E3 - ACE COMBAT 6: FIRES OF LIBERATION Demo for Xbox Live

Video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI announced today that they will be releasing a free playable demo of Ace Combat^® 6: Fires of Liberation this week on Xbox LIVE^® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 as part of Microsoft’s “E3: Bringing it Home” Experience. Ace Combat fans will now be able to feel the intensity of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation from their own living room, as the first demo in the flight-action series launches this week. For those gamers lucky enough to be at the E3 Media and Business Summit this year, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation will also be on full display, as it’s being shown at both Microsoft’s and Namco Bandai’s booths on the E3 show floor.

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The demo will give gamers their first glimpse at the next generation of the popular flight-action franchise, as players will be able to take to the skies in their favorite licensed aircraft in photorealistic detail while experiencing some of the thrilling new features of the game, including the Allied Support System. In the demo, players will be able to call in immediate support of both aerial and naval allies with the Allied Support System, which allows players better control over the battlefield. This will be sure to become a favorite feature in Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation.

About Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation takes flight action to a new level in gaming on the Xbox 360^TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Two of the game’s essential new features, the Allied Support System and Dynamic Operations System, give Ace players a whole new level of control over how the enemy forces are destroyed and the way missions are completed. Also boasting crystal clear graphics, a vast “living battlefield” that will raise the intensity of the game up a notch, and a new massive online multiplayer feature that will allow up to 16 players to show off their ace skills online and around the world, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation will be sure to blow away the competition when it hits store shelves this holiday season.

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation ships exclusively for the Xbox 360 on October 23, 2007 for an estimated retail price of $59.99. Launching on the same day, the exclusive limited edition Ace Combat^® 6 ACE-EDGE^TM Flightstick Bundle has an estimated retail price of $149.99.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements Screens and Info for the Xbox360

In Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements, players will be introduced to the dark and unforgiving world of Ashan, scarred by a bloody history and threatened by the apocalyptic prophecy of the Dark Messiah.

The game will sport a refined experience thanks to several improvements in gameplay, design and other technical aspects. Players will embody the young hero Sareth and choose his evolution path to acquire spells, skills and abilities that will set his destiny.

Key Features of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements for Xbox 360 include:

• More action, new challenges. Experience Might and Magic like never before, with refined game mechanics carefully crafted for pad-controlled carnage, including a brand new lock-on feature and tweaked level design and game statistics. Explore three previously unreleased secret levels with new objectives, gameplay, and rewards.

• Multiplayer remixed. New multiplayer maps have been created exclusively for Xbox 360, while all other features have been completely remastered for an optimal Xbox LIVE experience, allowing you to play with up to 10 players. Enlist with the Humans or the Undead and choose to play as an archer, priestess, mage or knight. Make use of powerful and unique skills and spells on the battlefield, including powers such as meteor shower, berserk charge and rain of arrows.

• Cutting-edge technology. Discover the power of the Source engine on Xbox 360, featuring jaw-dropping environments, incredible graphics and top-notch physics. Immerse yourself in a gritty first-person experience with complete body awareness, realistic movements and physics rendering, making Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements the first action game to feature a complete first-person combat system.

· Environmental mischief. Use your environment as a weapon to outsmart the most fiendish monsters. From bottomless pits to diabolical traps, players will find that that their spells and weapons are not always the most effective solution to dispatching their foes.

• Never-ending action. Challenge the forces of evil across 12 chapters and master over 30 weapons and 12 devastating spells. Engage the enemy in intense melee combat with swords, bows, staffs and daggers; summon magic powers or sneak in the shadows to stalk depraved creatures. Show no mercy as you carve deep into the enemy’s flesh and use the environment as a weapon to outsmart the most fiendish monsters.

• The Might and Magic universe’s darkest side. From bottomless pits to abandoned temples, dark catacombs and swelled cities, explore the remotest recesses of Ashan, populated with fearless Orcs, dreadful Undead, elusive Cyclops and many other creatures that defy nature’s creation. This is the darkest side of the legendary Might and Magic universe, where the forces of evil are stronger and more cunning than ever.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements will be released in Q1 2008.