Earlier this morning, Microsoft held its E3 press conference. The studio responsible for the XBOX previewed several new games including, "Halo: Reach," "Gears of War 3" and "Metal Gear Solid: Rising."
However, a majority of the event focused on the new Kinect, which was formerly known as Project Natal. Kinect is a system that enables players to let go of the controller and use their entire bodies during gameplay. Demos featured track and field on a sports game, a racing game and a animal game where a little girl played with a tiger, like it was her pet.
Unfortunately, once you get past the bells and whistles, nothing about Kinect seemed especially impressive. Of course, watching a demo and playing are completely different experiences, so once there is a playable demo, I may feel differently.
However, right now, I'm unimpressed with Kinect and its games. It just looked like a Wii, but not quite as fun. Kinect is set to be released on Nov. 4.
Probably, the biggest announcement came when the new XBOX was unveiled. The new version will have a 250GB hard drive, be Wi-fi ready and is slimmer than previous consoles. The new XBOX ships today and will be available later this week for the same price of $299.
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