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Welcome to our live text updates from the Pre-E3 Microsoft Press Conference 2006. Our men, Kevin and Matt have got front row seats and we'll be updating you.

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21.03 BST The conference has ended. Our guys are running out of the centre right now and to a Wi-Fi access spot to post video footage and whatnot.

21.01 BST Finish the fight in 2007. We assume those words from our guy mean Halo 3 is out next year. Damn.



20.58 BST And now. Halo 3 footage presented to the audience.

20.57 BST Lots of mobile discussion and boring stuff like that. I might just make a cup of tea.

20.56 BST Full Cross platform integration shows Forza on 3 platforms, Moore as on stage with Bill.

20.53 BST Motorola Q being demonstrated with Arcade content. Content can be used on mobile and PC.

20.47 BST Eighteen new trailers on the Marketplace including Halo 3. Service is being hit like hell. Meanwhile back at the show, where all the exciting stuff is happening, ahem, 360 dashboard with friends on mobile and PC is being shown. One tag for all platforms, and a guide in Vista.

20.46 BST Xbox Live and Vista is going to be a family. Scott Henson talks about overall strategy and is showing demos.

20.45 BST Halo 3 trailer avaliable from the Marketplace right now plus themes and images. Balls to Gates talking statistics, we're off to download!

20.43 BST 10 million 360's will have shipped by Wii and PS3 launch.

20.42 BST Eight new Live countries including South Africa, Chile, India, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. And we assumed them lot still lived in huts.

20.41 BST Moore images shortly (geddit?).

20.40 BST Bill Gates says his family are Live Arcade addicts. No wonder when he runs the place.

20.39 BST Bill Gates has entered the stage to talk about the future of gaming. Rumours of him throwing money to the audience are untrue.

20.38 BST Facial looks in Alan Wake are said to be very impressive. Perhaps our guy is looking at someone in the audience instead.

20.36 BST Video shown for Shadowrun which launches in January on Vista and 360. Alan Wake video being shown.

20.35 BST Talk moves to Oblivion which sold 1.7 million copies in three weeks for 360 and PC and more is planned like this.

20.33 BST Moore returns to the stage and Cyrsis is discussed again.

20.32 BST Ah, they awake, we get an update. Crysis looks very much like a 360 title on PC and is powered by Direct X 10. Hurrah.

20.31 BST We do actually believe our guys have gone to sleep. It's all gone eerily quiet. Maybe. October 2007 for GTA 4, our apologies for the false information.

20.28 BST Crysis being shown to the audience on PC. It looks astonishing.

20.27 BST Discussion moves to Windows Vista. Our guys start to fall asleep.

20.26 BST The Halo 3 bit was sadly fake. The guys at the conference tricked our writers!

20.25 BST GTA 4 will be avaliable this October 19th in Europe.

20.24 BST Our guy reports Halo 3. We'll bring you more as we get it from our guy. Who happens to sit on the front row next to the team at 1UP.com. But they suck. Ahem.

20.23 BST HALO 3

20.22 BST HDTV programming on Live. HD-DVD drive revealed and shown, avaliable Q4 2006.

20.21 BST "true episodic content" and "opens new worlds of digital entertainment." Direct line to 18-34 demographic. Music videos, movie trailers, and exclusive content from Paramount, Touchstone, Disney, Epic Records, Lionsgate and Fox.

20.20 BST 1000th piece of Marketplace content goes up later. Wow, we've reach that dizzy number already!

20.15 BST Some sites are reporting Halo 3 videos. We can reveal, that NO Halo 3 video has being shown yet.

20.14 BST "It's about letting your imagination go and transforming a small piece of land" says the video.

20.13 BST Viva Pinata video being shown. Sod the silly icon above the 'a'.

20.12 BST Splinter Cell Double Agent being shown. Our man is wowing. Like wow.

20.11 BST Moore welcomes a Japanese guy called Sakaguchi. Never heard of him myself...

20.10 BST Forza avaliable this Christmas. New Xbox Live headset is small, groovy and next-gen. Ho hum. Xbox Live Vision camera shown off.

20.09 BST Make that 12 players. Wireless steering wheel is announced along with a camera and headset.

20.08 BST Forza is looking very special indeed. Over 300 cars to pick from and you can play against 11 people.

20.07 BST Kevin is excited as Peter Monelyx is sitting next to him.

20.06 BST Forza Motorsport announced and shown to the audience.

20.05 BST Kevin informs us the footage looks great, but its all CG sequencing so far.

20.04 BST Lionhead show Fable 2, and our guy Kevin screeches with excitement.

20.03 BST Madden will be a 360 exclusive from EA. Apparently so. Pro Evo mentioned for all those soccer fans.

20.02 BST Ninety-Nine Nights is shown and Microsoft promise 160 games by the end of 2006.

20.01 BST More games shown include World Series of Poker, Saints Row, WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2007, Stranglehold, Enchanted Arms.

20.00 BST Trailers now being shown including Battlefield 2142, Mass Effect, Too Human, Viva Pinata and Sonic. Yes Sonic again.

19.59 BST The next wave of Xbox 360 games are going to be truely next generation apparently. I thought they were already though!

19.58 BST 100 arcade developers all signed on, Lumines Live announced and Warner Brothers are a music partner for the Live service.

19.57 BST Mention of a Sonic game on the Arcade.

19.56 BST New Live Arcade titles include Pac-Man, Contra, Frogger, Galaga, Sonic the Hedgehog, Defender, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Time Pilot, Ultra Mortal Kombat 3, Scramble.

19.55 BST Namco, Konami, Midway and Sega have signed deals to bring games to the Live arcade.

19.54 BST Talk about Xbox Live and how important it is. 6 million subscribers by next year and 67% of 360 owners have Xbox Live.

19.51 BST No Xbox 360 consoles were hidden, 5 million have been sold so far making it the fastest selling console in history apparently.

19.45 BST Gears of War has been demonstrated. Our man Kevin loves it.

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