Mircrosoft E3 2012 Press Conference Recap
  • A game play demo of Halo 4, for some reason it reminded me of Metroid Prime.
  • A game play demo of Splinter Cell: Blacklist, which features Kinect voice support.
  • New trailer for the upcoming Gears Of War: Judgment in 2013. It is a prequel.
  • An announcement trailer for Forza: Horizon which featured a lot of crappy dubstep music and a release date, October 23rd, 2012.

Then there was a bunch of non-game related stuff for the XBox such as:

  • You can now Bing by genres for movies. Bing voice also recognizes new languages such as Spanish.
  • 35 new entertainment providers will be coming to the XBox this year including Nickelodeon, Paramount, Machinima and Univision.
  • NBA will be coming to the XBox
  • NHL and ESPN will also have 24/7 live coverage. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN 3, ESPN U will all be live and all in HD.
  • XBox Music was announced. 30 million track and new ways to share on Windows tablets, PC's, Phones and the XBox
  • XBox SmartGlass was also announced. Using the Windows Phone, Windows Tablets and the XBox to work together to bring you an immersive experience. So you can play Madden on your XBox, change the game plays on your tablet and read player info on your Windows Phone.
  • Internet Explorer will be on XBox. Finally we will get to watch porn on the XBox! Also...ewe, Internet Explorer.
  • There was also a demonstration of Tomb Raider.
  • A trailer of Ascend: New Gods by Signal Studios, coming 2013.
  • A teaser trailer for Twisted Pixel's LocoCycle coming 2013.
  • A teaser for the game Matter which will be directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) coming 2013.

A couple guys from Capcom then stepped on stage and demoed Resident Evil 6. It featured a lot more action execute kills, melee weapons and dual wielding. There are also new Quick Time Events that require pressing the button at a specific time rather than just a window of opportunity.

Someone from the Wreckateer crew came on stage and demoed their new Kinect game for XBLA coming this summer. Then the creators of South Park came on stage and showed off a trailer for their new South Park game called South Park: The Stick Of Truth. It is an RPG developed by Obsidian Games. You play as the 'new kid' in town and you go on a quest to become cool and the 5th kid of the gang.

Harmonix then announced Dance Central 3 and had Usher perform a song. I really didn't pay much attention because I, and pretty much everyone else, took this moment as a bathroom break.

The Microsoft E3 2012 Press Conference then ended with a game play trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The graphics look amazing and the game play looks intense.

Splinter Cell: Blacklist E3 2012 Trailer

Ascend: New Gods E3 2012 Trailer

Halo 4 Game play Demo at E3

South Park: The Stick of Truth E3 Trailer

Gears of War: Judgment E3 2012 Trailer

If you don't feel like reading, then here's Microsoft's E3 2012 Press Conference in full for your viewing pleasure.