Xbox Live Marketplace"s E3 offerings [update 1]

Microsoft has already hinted at plans to make Xbox Live the best source for E3 coverage by providing as much downloadable content related to E3 as possible. Today, Microsoft released a list of what to expect next week while you enjoy free Xbox Live Gold.

While the celebrity gaming session are kind of lame (Jenny McCarthy, Method Man ... what year is this again?), you can expect some new Call of Duty 2 multiplayer maps, UNO for the Xbox Live Arcade, and some behind-the-scenes videos from E3. Oh, and a demo of Lost Planet, as well as some other goodies from such hotly-anticipated titles as Viva Pi�ata, Splinter Cell: Double Agent and the new Sonic the Hedgehog. This near-simultaneous download is a smart move for Microsoft -- no longer will you have to listen to silly, ego-centric bloggers to know whether or not the demo we played (or trailer we saw) at the show was fun.

The demos and/or trailers that will whet your appetite:

Test Drive: Unlimited
Moto GP ‘06
Crackdown
Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2
The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle Earth II
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Sonic the Hedgehog
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Viva Piñata
"Plus a flood of HD trailers from games that have yet to be announced." Hmm ... could they be referring to Halo 3?

[Thanks, bv]

[update 1: In our excitement, we misread the statement. The aforementioned titles may or may not be playable demos; the only one confirmed to be released as a demo is Lost Planet. Sorry for the confusion.]

Reader Comments (22)

Whoa! That's a lot of demos! I love my 360 even more after hearing this announcement.

Can't Wait..one word AMAZING! Can't wait to try Viva Pinata (been wondering what it's like), and I really wanna try Test Drive. That is awesome, I love How Microsoft got onto things quick!! A+ for the 360!

Excuse me, but who confirmed those are all demos. The MS announcement states that there will be trailer OR demos of those games.

And as some more resources for this one...

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar/news.html?sid=6148786

... and ...

http://www.360monster.com/newspost.php?id=0000000709

Guess I was "late" in getting them submitted. *SIGH*

Anyhow, what I was thinking would be freaking cool... Microsoft could be saying "If it's at E3, it's at your place. That 2 minute video of Halo 3? Download it. Demo for Lost Planet? Download it. If you can see it or do it in L.A., you can do it at your home too."

Now if only Sony and Nintendo could follow suit and a)not make false promises and b)not disenfranchise their fanbase with stupid product names or bad controllers.

Going to be an interesting week, for certain.

Major Nelsons wording is

* Playable game demos and/or trailers from highly anticipated titles like:

o Crackdown (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Dead or Alive� : Xtreme 2 (Tecmo)
o The Lord of the Rings �, The Battle for Middle Earth� II (EA Los Angeles)
o Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)
o Moto GP� �06 (THQ)
o Sonic the Hedgehog� (Sega)
o Splinter Cell Double Agent � (Ubisoft)
o Test Drive Unlimited (Atari)
o Viva Pi? (Microsoft Game Studios)
o Plus a flood of HD trailers from games that have yet to be announced

More than likely the games listed will only have trailers, the demos will probably be of other crap.

The games on that list will have demos *OR TRAILERS*. So, probably trailers for lots of 'em. We know a Lost Planet demo is coming, but the status of the others have not been clarified at all.

OMG!!! :D

I love the Xbox360... I'm glad we get to play the same demo's that the people there are playing!

I love you Microsoft.

~Iced_Eagle

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition will be a DEMO they said that and the rest i dont know about

Probably will only be covering 360 stuff too. I don't think they would show stuff from Sony or Nintendo.

hey well i dont care if they are demos or just trailers i just like the xblm in general thats all i gotta say plus those call of duty maps sound good to wonder when they will hit marketplace they need some new content for such a popular game like that it just keeps the interest in suck a good game going

The E3 stuff is pretty damn cool, But for the time being, I want to know more about this Call of Duty Map pack...

SickNic - 4 new maps set for E3 release - two free and two for MS points. 5 more maps to be released during the Summer.

Thanks Carl. You wouldn't happen to have a link on ya would you?

For #9
COD's Info:

Four maps will be ready on May 10, the first day of the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3 runs from May 10 - May 12), and five more are prepped for July 2006. Two of the first four maps are free: The Bonus Map Pack features Vossenack and Wallendar, Germany. The Skirmish Map Pack includes a Kalach, Russia map and a Beaumont-Hague, France map and costs 400 Microsoft points.

The five maps slated for July are part of Activision's Invasion Pack, worth 900 Microsoft points. This pack features:

* Antoville, France (Crossroads)
* St. Louet, France (Newvillers)
* Amaye sur Seulles, France (Normandy)
* Alam Halfa, Egypt (Decoytown)
* Rostov, Russia (Harbor)

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/704/704299p1.html

"Probably will only be covering 360 stuff too. I don't think they would show stuff from Sony or Nintendo."

Why should they? Would you?

Live is back. Nothing new on the 360 side, though the My Xbox section of Xbox.com has had some work.

too bad it will probably take all of E3 to download the videos and even more so with the demos.

Haha no crap, the LIVE servers are going to be going crazy! Oh well, its worth the wait!
I just need to delete some space on my HDD to download these!
Oh Great, More COD2 Maps, I mean its not like we have enough WWII games out there, let alone enough maps!
Gah, why wont companies get smart and sttop making WWII games?

/crazzzyness

Oh, man. I want an E3 map. That would be amazing. That huge hallway between the South and West Halls, with all those huge columns--there are tons of great hiding places. Not to mention all the fun you could have in Kentia Hall. Icing on the cake would be a view of Staples Center out the windows, where the Lakers and Clippers will be in a showdown for the ages.

Yeah, I know it's a WWII shooter. Who the f cares?

Well, this is one of many reasons to own a 360!!! Sounds like next week might be a REAL good week to call in sick and hopefully play alot of demo's. Not to mention watch full HD trailers of up coming titles!! I can't wait!!!

MS likes to market this as the one-stop E3 shop. Hmm. If that's true, I wonder if I'll be able to download Wii and PS3 content?

Just to clarify, you cannot download these items unless you have the 360, right? I have Xbox Live and a regular Xbox, have not upgraded to the 360 yet.

Tee-hee, I might now though, broke up the GF and that $500 I was going to spend on her birthday will be better spent on a premium package a game or two for me!

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