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Update on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 10:25PM by

[Microsoft Conf 9:20] 10 mins out from1st press conf of E3. Microsoft is the only one with no new console to talk about... or are they?...

[Microsoft Conf 9:25] Expect: Metric ton of Kinect titles, Halo HD remake, 3rd party timed exclusives. Would like: Halo 4, Xbox 720, New IP

[Microsoft Conf 9:30] Here goes. Halo 4 and Halo 1 HD remake already outed by Xbox.com? Has 343 Studios "Treyarch"-ed Bungie?

[Microsoft Conf 9:32] Yup, starting off with what will be the big money maker of the year: Modern Warfare 3. Whoops, controller unplugged.

[Microsoft Conf 9:33] Team of spec ops scuba-ing through murkey, war filled sub graveyard. Planting charge on sub tail-fin... outside NY?!?

[Microsoft Conf 9:36] Commandos inside Russian sub => skip forward => launching subs nukes? => boat chase through massive navy battle

[Microsoft Conf 9:40] Game looks pretty insane. Infinity Ward layoffs haven't stunted things much...

[Microsoft Conf 9:41] Don Mattrick out on the stage, VP number...4? (yeah, Microsoft has gone through a lot of VPs recently)

[Microsoft Conf 9:43] Short and sweet, Don. Tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics coming up next. Gritty is an understatement.

[Microsoft Conf 9:46] Apparently rebar through the side isn't deadly to 21 year old girls...? Lara is also very chatty with herself...

[Microsoft Conf 9:49] Feels very Uncharted-y. Scripted sequences of massive devastation which the hero must run through.

[Microsoft Conf 9:50] Hey, Peter Moore is back? "This feels vaguely familiar." EA Sports with Kinect in 2012. More EA games w/Kinect too

[Microsoft Conf 9:52] Mass Effect 3 up next. Will support Kinect voice recognition!?! Game dialogue now supports Kinect voice. Neato

[Microsoft Conf 9:54] Can now speak the decisions for dialogue options. Not really game-changing... Squad commands in combat a bit cooler.
[Microsoft Conf 9:56] Mass Effect 3 will have more at EA press conf, duh. Game engine looks a lot like Mass Effect 2, probably few changes.

[Microsoft Conf 9:58] Brief trailer for Tom Clancy's Future Soldier. Guess what, Kinect support? Minority-report style gun customization

[Microsoft Conf 10:27] Fable: The Jouney, some neat looking gesture recognition, rub hands together for big fire spell, etc.

[Microsoft Conf 10:28] Minecraft coming exclusively to XBLA with Kinect support.

[Microsoft Conf 10:30] Already talked about Kinect Disneyland adventures. Oh noes, cute fake actor kids...

[Microsoft Conf 10:31] Everything awesome about this Peter Pan flight game is being ruined by children talking.

[Microsoft Conf 10:32] Yes, there will be Kinect supported Disney character hugging...

[Microsoft Conf 10:33] Kinect Star Wars, spans from racing to on-rails lightsabres. Looks like its Clone Wars focused, but some OT.

[Microsoft Conf 10:35] "Lightsabre, ON!" that classic Star Wars line... Game looks like a lot of "flailing" but I'm still kind of excited.

[Microsoft Conf 10:37] Tim Schafer on to talk about Double Fine, "I learned how to take care of my body from Cookie Monster" lulz :)

[Microsoft Conf 10:39] Schafer poking fun at the fake actor family. Doing a sort of simon-says gesture recognition. Cookie & Elmo starring

[Microsoft Conf 10:40] Easy looking set of mini-games based on Sesame Street theme. This would be awesome if I had young kids

[Microsoft Conf 10:42] Damn-it Tim, where is my Psychonauts 2!?!

[Microsoft Conf 10:43] Kinect "Fun-labs" a community home-brew hub for people to play around with those cool Kinect hacks.

[Microsoft Conf 10:44] New scanner will scan you and create a Kinect that looks like you (using your face and clothes).

[Microsoft Conf 10:45] Some neat looking photo taking / drawing thingy. Probably a lot small gimmicky things like this.

[Microsoft Conf 10:47] Can scan in anything and take it into game worlds (no games supported, but neat idea).

[Microsoft Conf 10:49] Kinect Fun Labs live today. Now onto trailer for Kinect Sports 2. Tennis, Gold, Baseball, Skiing, Football, Darts.

[Microsoft Conf 10:50] So I've played this before, it was called Wii Sports. That putt was a little scripted...

[Microsoft Conf 10:52] Wow, the "bro" acting is maybe worse than the kids. 2 Player football, say "hike" to hike the ball. Kinda neat

[Microsoft Conf 10:53] Dance Central 2, now supports multiplayer dancing. Now you can look like fools together!

[Microsoft Conf 10:54] So, waiting for that big last minute announcement...

[Microsoft Conf 10:56] New Trilogy for Xbox 360?!?

[Microsoft Conf 10:57] Halo 4 coming in 2012. I'm not really sure an old IP == a new trilogy. Oh 343, you have so much to let down on...

[Microsoft Conf 11:00] That's it. Big news: Kinect support for EVERYTHING, TV coming to Xbox, Halo 4 by 343. Nothing crazy.