E3 08: Liveblogging Microsoft’s press conference

E3 has begun!
Well, actually it’s supposed to start tomorrow, but that hasen’t stopped Microsoft from holding their press conference a day early.
Hit the jump for the up-to-the-moment going ons.
Update: Conference over! Whew, there sure was a lot of typing for me. Here are a couple of highlights from the Soft’s presentation:

Avatars confirmed, way to keep a secret guys.
Totally redesigned dashboard coming, you can form parties with your friends, launch games for everyone (like in Home), watch videos and look at pictures together.
Lips shown off, lets you play any song off your ipod/Zune, new motion sensative mic.
LOTS of bands/songs in Rock Band 2.
Lots of people are getting movies, tv shows, and music off the Live Marketplace. New partners announced.
Final Fantasy XIII coming to the 360! Guess Ron isn’t looking (quite) so crazy now, is he.
MOAR

Go ahead and read my observations after the jump for the full run-down of what happened, along […]

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back