Microsoft E3 2012 Press Conference round-up

Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference is over, and we’ve rounded up all the news for you in one tidy list.

The conference was short on new announces (partly due to pre-show leaks), but did feature some good looking gameplay from Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and the newly announced Splinter Cell: Blacklist.

Widely rumoured before the show, Internet Explorer for the Xbox 360 was also confirmed, as was 360 SmartGlass – a system that connects your console with your tablet and smartphone.

New games releases included the Kinect-only Wreckateer, Twisted Pixels LocoCycle and XBLA RPG Ascend.

Biggest stories as follows:

• Halo 4′s alien jungle demoed at Microsoft E3 conference
• XBLA’s Summer of Arcade line-up announced
• Gears of War: Judgment: A prequel to the first game
• Internet Explorer coming to Xbox dashboard
• Splinter Cell: Blacklist revealed
• LocoCycle announced for Xbox 360
• Black Ops 2 DLC coming first to 360, lets you fly a plane
• South Park RPG is a quest to ‘be cool’
• Fifa 13 & Madden 13 getting Kinect voice support
• Xbox SmartGlass connect 360 with tablets and Windows Phone
• 360 getting timed-exclusive DLC for Resident Evil 6
• Dance Central 3 confirmed, Usher-ing in a new dawn
• Tomb Raider DLC coming first to 360
• Nike+ Kinect Training jumping onto 360
• Forza Horizon due this October

• Swords and cyborgs in new Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance screens
• See the PlayStation All-Stars do battle [Video]
• E3 2012: Beyond: Two Souls [Preview]
• Bungie thought Halo Wars was a "whoring out" of the Halo franchise, never supported idea
• Forza Horizon demo coming on 9 October [Video]