Tuesday, September 26, 2006

X06 Rumor Control

The X06 event in Barcelona Spain is only one day away and already rumors are swirling as to what will be shown. According to gaming website Kotaku, a few very juicy rumors about what will be shown during the pre show press conference have surfaced on TeamXbox and NeoGaf forums.

Here are the most interesting rumors to surface (left unedited from its original state)

Tommorow is the X06 conference in Barcelona. Some info has been leaked
including some big surprises. Here is a list of what is going to be anounced
tommorow. Tune in for the confernce at Xbox.com from 6pm GMT.


Gears of War single player and multiplayer videos shown. Playable on
show floor.

HD-DVD anouncement. Release date and price for Europe and United
States. £119.99/E149.99 and December 1st release in Europe.$199.99 USD and
November 24th release in US.All will be bundled with Universal Media
Remote.

A new Halo 3 trailer is shown. Some multiplayer info revealed. Aiming
for 50-64 player online. Announce that Halo 3 will be the first game to run
natively on 1080p. They will make full use of this update. Available in 2007.
Playable behind closed doors.


More info about 1080p and how it will be done. New dashboard
announcement. Release date revealed for late November. Will allow users to try
out homebrew content made with XNA game express.


More news on Live Anywhere and how it will function. Talk about
function with Zune and XBLA titles.


Rare show off new version of Killer Instinct for the 360. Will
support 4 player tag matches. Playable on show floor.

Alan Wake shown and fully playable. Will also be availble on Windows
Vista. Coming this Spring.


Fable 2 trailer shown. Multiplayer confirmed.

Black Xbox 360 anounced. Available this Christmas around the world.
New Xbox 360 core and premium bundles shown. Xbox 360 Classics game list. Kameo,
PDZ included. More this spring including Oblivion.


Many more videos and games are playable. I have just listed some of
the major ones


The validity of the information has come into question, as the writers of said information have not listed their sources, if there were any to begin with. X06 officially begins tomorrow, September 27, 2006, so gamers will not have long to wait until the truth is revealed.

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