Tue, May 17, 2011 | 10:13 BST
Spike to be exclusive TV broadcaster of Microsoft E3 briefing
Spike TV’s announced it’ll be the exclusive broadcaster of the Microsoft E3 briefing in Los Angeles on June 6.
It’ll air live a 90 minute program known as “Xbox 360: The Future Revealed,” which will be shown on the channel as well as GameTrailers.com, Facebook, Xbox.com/E3, MTV.com, mobile platforms and on demand on Xbox Live. It’ll also air in Times Square, New York.
“We are excited to be back again this year working with Spike TV and MTV Networks to broadcast our E3 Media Briefing to millions of consumers around the world,” president of interactive entertainment at Microsoft, Don Mattrick.
“We encourage everyone to tune-in Monday as we world premiere our exclusive line-up of leading blockbuster games, showcase the next wave of innovation for Kinect and demonstrate new ways to experience the entertainment you love.”
Two games were name dropped for the press conference, Gears of War 3 and Forza Motorsport 4, but no other hints were provided in what else to expect. It follows a report from yesterday that cites ten non-sequel Kinect games will be shown at the event, with reveals of Dance Central 2 and Kinect Sports 2 also expected.
Microsoft’s E3 briefing will take place at the Galen Center on the campus of the University of Southern California from 9am PST (5pm BST) on Monday, June 6.
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23 comments
#1
Blerk
17/05/11, 9:47 am
Totally overblown title aside, it’s nice to get this confirmed up front. Will it be showing ‘live’ on Live or available later? Do we know?
#2
EscoBlades
17/05/11, 9:55 am
Hope it is shown “live” so i can stream the damn thing.
#3
Johnny Cullen
17/05/11, 10:05 am
It’ll be streamed live all over the shop like IGN, GameSpot or whatever. This just means Spike will be the only lot to show it on TV.
#4
Lahanas
17/05/11, 10:08 am
Johnny you have it mixed up, both today and yesterday. It’s not “ten non-Kinect games”, it’s “ten non-sequel Kinect games”. Microsoft is all about Kinect now, there is no way they are going to announce games that dont use Kinect.
#5
Blerk
17/05/11, 10:13 am
He’s right, y’know!
Well, about the quote, anyway. I don’t think for a minute that the Microsoft presentation will be entirely Kinect stuff. There’s no confirmation about who the ten games are coming from, so I’d surmise they’d not all internal Microsoft projects.
#6
Johnny Cullen
17/05/11, 10:13 am
Fixed it.
#7
daytripper
17/05/11, 11:13 am
wont be watching any e3 conferences, last few have been boring and the last time i missed them they were awesome with three consoles and great games announced, dont want to jinx it
#8
minxamo
17/05/11, 11:40 am
Microsoft seem to be hyping this conference up, maybe they have some good (non-kinect) exclusives to reveal.
#9
StolenGlory
17/05/11, 11:45 am
The whole ‘Ten New Games’ Shtick actually has precedent for MS, since didn’t they pull a similar thing at E3 2009?
#10
M. K.
17/05/11, 11:45 am
`I don’t think for a minute that the Microsoft presentation will be entirely Kinect stuff.`
Remember last year? :’(
#11
Hunam
17/05/11, 11:48 am
Yeah, it was like here is CoD, Fable and Gears montage video for 2 minutes. Now an hour of Kinect also, a free console for the jurno’s who already have tons of free stuff anyway.
#12
M. K.
17/05/11, 11:55 am
Last year’s E3 was the worst ever imho :/
#13
Blerk
17/05/11, 12:09 pm
Hey, don’t ruin my wishful thinking!
#14
HeavenlyGamer
17/05/11, 12:15 pm
@ minxamo
Don’t hold your breath! Expect MS to do the same as last year; give gamers a worthless show. What you can expect from their presentation: Forza, Gears of War. And maybe 1 or 2 yet unknown games that will be released not this year, somewhere fall ’12. Oh and maybe they’ll brag some more about their “amazing” CoD timed exclusivity DLC deal with Activision. But the most time consuming part of their presentation will be about their latest acquisition; Skype. They’ll try to convince people that acquiring Skype will benefit gamers greatly. Which of course it won’t, as to hardcore gamers it’s nothing more than a novelty item like the Kinect. So basically they won’t have much relevant to show to their gamers.
#15
DGOJG
17/05/11, 12:43 pm
@#3
Johnny are there going to be any live streams this year online? Like for each conference?
#16
Johnny Cullen
17/05/11, 12:53 pm
Like I said, all over the shop. IGN, GameSpot, 1UP, GameTrailers, etc.
#17
mojo
17/05/11, 12:55 pm
i would at least expect to see the crytek game shown on the ms presser.
do u think its a kinect game?
#18
M. K.
17/05/11, 1:04 pm
It is a kinect game
#19
StolenGlory
17/05/11, 1:06 pm
@18
Is it?
#20
Erthazus
17/05/11, 1:06 pm
@17, probably a kinect game.
#21
ManuOtaku
17/05/11, 1:19 pm
I think microsfot will have a great E3, with big surprise announcemnts, this in order to compesate the lacking show of 2010, lets wait and see
#22
OrbitMonkey
17/05/11, 1:58 pm
I’d rather watch paint dry… Magnolia paint at that -_-
#23
FadeLive
17/05/11, 2:02 pm
They will probably focus a lot on Kinect but I really really really hope that they won’t. Last year was about the most boring presentation Microsoft has ever delivered at E3. More games less random people using Kinect to show off all the features that have nothing to do with games in the first place. :/