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Missed this in the panic earlier. A new version of Uno, Uno Rush, was announced for XBLA in the Microsoft E3 press conference tonight. It’s out next month.

Apparently you’re going to be able to win real-life prizes in it.

Power-news.

Joystiq is reporting that NBC and Universal Studios are releasing both television and movie content respectively on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace today.

NBC will be bringing TV shows in the shape of Monk, The Office and Battlestar Galactica whilst Universal will offer films like 12 Monkeys, The Bourne Supremacy, The Mummy and The Chronicles of Riddick.

A bit more through the link, but not much.

By Mike Bowden

Engadget’s posted up a good gallery of shots of Xbox Experience, the newly-announced Xbox 360 dashboard revamp, just shown fro the first time in Microsoft’s E3 press conference.

Avatars, parties, shared movies: all sorts of stuff’s included. Check out this for more info.

Nelson just posted up a bunch of information on Xbox Experience, the new 360 dashboard just announced in the Microsoft E3 press conference for release this autumn.

In there’s confirmation that you’re soon going to be able to copy games to your HD completely.

Check this out:

• Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.
• Access Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web. Browse and purchase Marketplace content whenever you want from Xbox.com and it downloads automatically to your console. Purchase that new map, television episode, the latest Xbox LIVE Arcade game or set up a movie to watch when you get home from work.
• Dashboard built into the new Xbox Guide. For everyone who loves the blades interface, it’s not going away; they are now built directly in to the new Xbox guide. Every feature and option is available right from the guide. You can even access your full games library at all times. No matter where you are (in dash or in game), immediately call up your games played list and directly launch a game.
• LIVE Party system. Create a party of up to eight friends, and stay with them from one game to another, or watch a Netflix movie together, or share a slideshow of your personal photos. It works with all Xbox 360 titles, not just upcoming games. LIVE Party allows up to eight people to chat in the dashboard, so you can meet up before playing.
• Xbox LIVE Primetime. This whole new category of games is going to give you more reasons to get online with your friends. Games will support everything you’d expect, like Achievements and leader boards, but many of these games will include real prizes. You can invite your friends, and even set a reminder for an upcoming show. Each game is broadcast simultaneously, so everyone is answering the same questions. Many events will have a live host, calling the shots as they happen.
• Avatars. Your online identity started as a Gamertag – it then grew into a personalized Gamercard. Now, it has evolved even further into avatars. You can express your style, check out new outfits and share this with the community. Avatars will also be integrated into Xbox LIVE Arcade games, LIVE Party, as well as retail games.
• New display support. Because you asked for it, we are adding 16X10 over VGA or HDMI, and support for 1440×900 or 1680×1050.

More through the link.

Despite all the rumours, no new Halo title has been announced at this year’s E3. We sat there patiently, but nothing came. Well, nothing Halo anyway.

The countdown over at Bungie.net does however have one day and 18 hours left on the clock. So you you never know.

By Mike Bowden

Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has just confirmed FFXIII for 360.

A lengthy trailer for the game was shown, and Wada described Square’s relationship with Microsoft as “growing”.

Mattrick just described the game as an “astonishing addition” to 360′s line-up.

No shit.

Speaking at Microsoft’s E3 conference, Square Enix President Yoichi Wada has said that Star Ocean 4 will be released “spring 09.”

Microsoft just said that Rockband 2 will be releasing as a timed exclusive for Xbox 360 this September.

Bob Dylan, ACDC and Axel Rose will all be included in the soundtrack. You can read the rest of the track listing after the break.

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The creator of Singstar clone, “Lips” has just announced that the game will allow you plug in your Zune or iPod and play along with your own music collection.

We’re not sure how it’s going to work exactly but we we do know is that Keiichi Yano from iNiS said that the game will release this “fall”.

Microsoft just showed Lips, its singing game, running for the first time at its E3 conference. Looks like SingStar. Obv.

The game has microphones that light up as you drone along, and will support iPod and Zune libraries, the company has confirmed.

Harmonix just confirmed that upcoming Metallica album Death Magnetic will be released for Guitar Hero at the same time as it hits retail.

You’re in the Movies, a brand new IP from Codemasters and Zoe Mode, has just been announced for Xbox 360.

The title’s about “making short, happy B-movies where your friends and families are the stars. You just know it’s going to be a cult classic,” said Shan Kim.

More soon.

Speaking in the ongoing Microsoft E3 press conference, Shane Kim just confirmed that the original Banjo-Kazooie is to be released on XBLA.

The exec didn’t give a release date, unfortunately.

More soon.

Microsoft’s Shane Kim just promised that Xbox 360 would be host to a library of over 1,000 games before the end of the year.

Kim was speaking in the ongoing Microsoft E3 press conference. More soon.

Microsoft just confirmed that it is to partner with Netflix exclusively for 360.

The service will be provided at no extra cost to the Xbox Live subscription, gamers were assured, giving access to thousands of films and TV shows.

All video content will be viewable by other Avatars in parties. Which is kind of cool.

John Schappert, head of Live services has just announced that Portal: Still alive will be an Xbox 360 exclusive.

He welcomed onto the stage a “special guest speaker” that was none other than GLaDOS who went on to announce that she was indeed, “still alive”.

The game is to be released this “fall” exclusively to Xbox 360.

Microsoft has just announced that Geometry Wars 2 will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade next month.

John Schappert, head of Live services showed a video of the game that looked very much like the first Geometry Wars but with more HD-flare.

No price or release date was given.

The Gamerscore Blog let the cat out of the bag a bit early but Elite Beat Agents dev iNiSs Singstar clone, Lips will feature motion-sensitive wireless microphones.

Full thing through the link.

By Mike Bowden

Keynoting at this year’s Microfot E3 conference, Don Mattrick, MS senior vice president, announced that he was confident that the Xbox 360 will “outsell the PlayStation 3 this generation.”

The announcement was made as he boasted that Xbox owners have spent over $1 billion on content and how 360 software outsold both Playstation 3 and Wii in 2007.

We love E3.

Microsoft just confirmed that Avatars will come to the new Xbox 360 dashboard this autumn.

Live Party, up to eight friends chatting together, was also shown, as were Avatars being customised with clothing, and so on.