Take this with a grain of salt, but because we’ll find out in less than 20 hours, I kinda like the sound of these murmurs. A forumer at Neoseeker talks about the X06 conference in Barcelona tomorrow. Some info has supposedly been leaked including some big surprises…
Here is a list of what is going to be anounced tommorow, or at least you’ll find out if its true at the confernce at Xbox.com from 6pm GMT.
* Gears of War single player and multiplayer videos shown. Playable on show floor.
* HD-DVD anouncement. Release date and price for Europe and United States. £119.99/€149.99 and December 1st release in Europe. $199.99 USD and November 24th release in US. All will be bundled with Universal Media Remote.
* A new Halo 3 trailer is shown. Some multiplayer info revealed. Aiming for 50-64 player online. Announce that Halo 3 will be the first game to run natively on 1080p. They will make full use of this update. Available in 2007. Playable behind closed doors.
* More info about 1080p and how it will be done. New dashboard announcement. Release date revealed for late November. Will allow users to try out homebrew content made with XNA game express.
* More news on Live Anywhere and how it will function. Talk about function with Zune and XBLA titles.
* Rare show off new version of Killer Instinct for the Xbox 360. Will support 4 player tag matches. Playable on show floor.
* Alan Wake shown and fully playable. Will also be availble on Windows Vista. Coming this Spring.
* Fable 2 trailer shown. Multiplayer confirmed.
* Black Xbox 360 anounced. Available this Christmas around the world. New Xbox 360 core and premium bundles shown. Xbox 360 Classics game list. Kameo, PDZ included. More this spring including Oblivion.
Many more videos and games are playable. I have just listed some of the major ones. Now here is a list of downloadble content on Xbox Live. As you know its Bringing it Home period. Much of what was shown at X06 will appear. This is from the 27th to midnight on the 29th…
Demos:
* Splinter Cell Double Agent multiplayer
* Crackdown
* Forza Motorsport 2
* Sonic the Hedghog
* Viva Pinata
* Need for Speed Carbon
* Call of Duty 3
* Pro Evolution Soccer 6
* Mass Effect
+ MORE
Videos:
* Gears of War single player and multiplayer
* Halo 3 trailer
* Fable 2
LOTS MORE….
Picture Packs and themes:
* Fable 2
* Call of Duty 3
* Crackdown
* X06
* Community Pack
MUCH MORE
Sadly you know what they say when things sound too good to be true. On the other hand everything said here makes sense, I put it up because it doesn’t sound like a “when pigs fly” story. That’s to say I don’t see weird Resident Evil 5 exclusivity or Duke Nukem Forever announcements
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