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Microsoft’s E3 presentation has just come to a close, marking an official start to the biggest week in the annual games calendar. The conference was light on new announcements, though did see a couple of game reveals and the confirmation of some important DLC exclusivity tie-ups. Also revealed was Microsoft …

With Master Chief having opened proceedings, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II was given the honour of closing Microsoft’s E3 press presentation just moments ago. The live gameplay shown saw a player in a squad transporting a female President, only for the convoy to be compromised by an attack …

R&B legend Usher has given Microsoft’s E3 audience a surprise with an on-stage performance to announce Dance Central 3. The star appeared and performed a full track, with no further details about the game revealed. It’s probably safe to assume Usher it will be in it, at least. Oh, and …

Animators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took a cheeky poke at Xbox’s new SmartGlass technology while promoting South Park: The Stick of Truth. "How many times have you been watching an episode of south park, and thinking I want to be playing a game, on my tablet, while connected to …

DLC for Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 will be released first on Xbox 360 via a timed exclusivity agreement. The deal wasn’t actually mentioned in Capcom’s impressive E3 demo, though confirmation was flashed on the screen at the end. Microsoft had just moments before confirmed DLC exclusivity for Square Enix’s Tomb …

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Voice commands to be used through Kinect to search Bing and find content

Xbox has won another DLC exclusivity deal, this time with Square Enix’s Tomb Raider. New footage from the reboot of Lara Croft’s adventures was shown on stage during the format holder’s E3 press conference. Following the demo, the game’s the developers confirmed that the game would be supported with several …

Hardware-spanning digital platform to 'open doors to multiscreen' for developers

Microsoft has announced innovative new software that connects Xbox 360 with tablets, smartphones and other devices. Xbox SmartGlass will be made available for a wide range of products, including Windows smartphones, iPad, Android devices and so on. It will then track users’ activity across all of these platforms. For example, …