While Chris Park continues his journey around the Los Angeles Convention Center, and John and I prepare some commentary on the event and news thus far, the companies are inundating the inbox with their latest announcements and the press conferences go on. So in the interest of simplicity and being concise, we’ve compiled the news we’ve received directly from the sources, be it by email, press conferences or publisher websites, and tried to organize it in a digestible format for our readers in a series of posts. First up, Microsoft’s announcements, as well as some of the big games on the way announced through the company’s conference…
Microsoft’s press conference opened with a montage of Rock Band: Beatles, which is to include support for three harmonized vocalists, as well as its own instrument kit. It is set to release Sept. 9 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison made appearances. Abbey Road was announced as a downloadable ablum. “All You Need is Love” is to be an exlusive DLC song to 360, with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders. (more…)
