Kinect, the new Xbox 360, and ESPN: highlights from Microsoft at E3 2010

My, what big showing you have there, Microsoft. We're still recovering from today and yesterday's big Xbox 360 Kinect unveiling party, but let's take a brief trip down short-term memory lane. First, Project Natal became Kinect, unveiled a handful of interesting / guaranteed-to-embarrass uses, and solidified its November release date. Then ESPN3 made an impressive debut on Xbox Live. Finally, the piece de resistance, a slimmed down Xbox 360 250GB that came (almost) out of nowhere and hits retail as soon as physically possible. Everywhere Microsoft was this past 24 hours, so were we:

Liveblog

• Live from Microsoft's E3 2010 keynote!

The new, slim Xbox 360

• Xbox 360 250GB first unboxing!
• Xbox 360 naming guide: the new Xbox 360 vs. the Xbox 360 Original
• New Xbox 360 gets official at $299, shipping today, looks angular and ominous (video hands-on!)
• New Xbox 360 250GB now available for preorder at GameStop, Newegg and Amazon
• Xbox 360 Arcade to eventually be replaced by $199 new Xbox 360; data transfer cable will be $20

Kinect

• The new Xbox 360 Kinect port, up close
• Kinect priced at GameStop: $149, $399 for Elite bundle
• Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 launches on November 4
• Microsoft Kinect to go on sale in November, somewhere
• Microsoft Kinect gets official, Video Chat announced
• Video Kinect: video chat and stream sharing over Xbox Live and Live Messenger
• Kinect in the flesh!
• Microsoft demos new Kinect dashboard and voice contro

Other news of import

• Zune music heads to Xbox 360
• ESPN3 comes exclusively to Xbox 360
• Netflix for Xbox 360 adds search in November

Galleries

Eyes-on	More eyes-on	Press shots	Unboxing
Kinect in the flesh!	Kinect press shots	Liveblog highlights

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