Microsoft to host E3 Natal event June 13, media briefing June 14

by Richard Mitchell on Mar 25th 2010 2:45PM

Microsoft has sent out a "save the date" email announcing its major events leading up to E3 2010 (June 15–17). The first event, the "World Premiere 'Project Natal' for Xbox 360 Experience," is open to all ages and will be held on Sunday, June 13 at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. No further details have been provided, though Microsoft announced earlier this month that it's bringing "the full lineup" of Natal titles to E3.

The following morning, on Monday, June 14, Microsoft will hold its annual E3 media briefing at the Wiltern Theater. The event will be restricted to ages 18 and older. With the media getting a taste of Natal the night before, it should be interesting to see what Microsoft has up its sleeve for the actual briefing. Expect more details on both events in the near future.

Tags: e3, e3-2010, media-briefing, microsoft, natal, press-conference, project-natal, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (57)

So... two press conferences?

There's gonna be a whole lot of flailing around.

You'd figure Peter Moore *wink wink* would know better than to think they will be showing demos with the pre-milestone builds of Natal like they have up until this point. The current builds are pretty amazing, no flailing required, but it does make you that much cooler if you do.

OH MY GOD! IT'S PETER MOORE! EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOU LIFE!

*your

I don't trust you Michael Jackson.

You didn't think only Nintendo was going to be on the spotlight this week did you?

I'd like to play the booth babe game

OR

DOA Paradise*.

Time to rub in that sunscreen.

*yes I know it's only on PSP, just a wish.

http://www.match.com/

You're welcome.

No thanks.

1's and 0's are all I need.

Oh and Coachella of course!

"sorry, no minors can sign up to match.com"

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

so...is milo going to be there?

Milo will be there. But he's going by "Chris Hansen".

Can;t wait for coachella! less than a month now! jayz, deadmau5, she and him, ztrip, benassi, guetta, muse, tiesto, gorillaz, les claypool, teh xx, fever ray, and oohhhhh so much more!

All ages?! But I don't want screaming babies disrupting my press conference time!

The plot thickens

If NATAL allows me to navigate the dashboard using my hands, then I'm sold.

They showed that in the tech demo last year.

Then I'm sold!

Can I type on the on-screen keyboard using Natal? Multi-touch?

If yes, then wrap me up with Morph156.

Move does that too, so...

Yah, but with Natal I wouldn't need a wandmote.

"Move does that too, so..."

And of what consolation is that to 360-only owners?

I am sure that someone will come up with some sort of Natal-detectable wand, for the Harry Potters amongst us. As for me, I am just gonna use the force, Luke.

Star Wars Natal - AAA title!

The idea of being able to control the dashboard with the hands alone is the big draw to me. I don't care so much for the game side - but to be able to turn it on and flip through netflix or whatever without the remote or controller sounds awesome.

well, since Natal has it's own day, hopefully the 6/14 briefing will be Natal-free for me to enjoy. not trying to troll against Natal, but in this post-Wii day and age i'm far more interested in control-based gaming where nothing but my thumbs, fingers and eyeballs are meant to move.

So, eye tracking is still on the table then?

Everyone wants a holodeck, but even as we make steps toward it, they're too lazy to get off the couch.

Microsoft's going to push Natal huge at the actual keynote, the difference is that it's going to be about announcing Natal software, whereas this thing seems to be about playing with it (which is far more important anyway, especially for something like Natal)

So, being open to all ages...I assume that means everything will be rated E (no shit sherlock).

is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Will they show mass marked name change???

Is Natal the official name, or is that still the internal project name? I can't say that I really like it, but it's grown on me a bit, seeing everyone use it.

Still not sold on the idea of the thing though. Will have to try it out first.

I still think the revolution is a better name than wii, but everyone just stopped calling it that shortly after. Im sure the mass market is pretty unaware of the Natal name.

Remember Nintendo Revolution? Natal will probably end up as XBOX Sii

or

xflail?

I dunno, I thought it was still the project name. While I'll agree with you that the name has grown I can't see it being the name in the stores. It will probably be something like "XBOX Infinity View Plus" or something the like.

I PROMISE I hit reply to my last comment dang it!

Not sure about that...I went to the managers convention (only for managers at our store), and the name natal was all over the electronics department section of the center, also Natal just rolls off the tongue nicely too

Well piss up a rope! And what company do you work for?

C'mon Avatar Slap-Fight!!!

Isn't that called Wii Sports Boxing?

Not possible - Microsoft has got very stringent rules about avatar use, and this would probably fall under the rule about having the avatar act threatening or bullying:

http://creators.xna.com/en-US/article/avataruse

I think the avatars are acting slightly threatening when they pick up people in the Kingdom for Keflings game.

They're showing all of their launch titles? Wow, this is really going to be a make-or-break-it event for me.

I don't think they'll have a ton, besides the obvious like EA Sports Active, maybe PGA Tour 11. People are probably still trying to wrap their heads around the thing.

That's basically what most people want to know I suppose. With Move, there isn't a whole lot of questions because it's sort of familiar territory with the Wii already. This is a whole other beast. I'm very curious to see just what the heck this thing is capable of.

Also, it was confirmed a while ago that Tiger 11 won't be out for Natal.

Personally, I would like to see games utilizing it in a manner that *isn't* motion control. Head tracking for pseudo-3D, games that can detect if I'm frustrated or bored and adjust the difficulty, that sort of thing. Everyone is talking about it as some new way to control games, but I think they're missing the real potential.

Yeah, this is the decider right here.

no one noticed how the Natal showing was all ages but the E3 Keynote was 18+?

so uhhhh not Rated 'M' Natal games?(at least at launch)

E3: 2010

The Summer of Flail.

SUMMER OF GEORGE!

Haha.

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking of.

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