Kotaku: xbox media briefing 2008

Xbox Japan Honcho Says Price Cut Leak Was "Disappointing"

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:00:00 MDT

Yesterday's big announcement at the Tokyo Xbox Media Briefing 2008 was across the board Xbox 360 console price cuts. But that news was leaked early! Whoops. Microsoft was left with announcing, hrm, what exactly was Microsoft left with? After the event, we tracked down Xbox Japan honcho Takashi Sensui:

Was it disappointing that the console price cuts leaked before you could announce it?
"It was disappointing. Very unfortunate."

That was your only big announcement today.
"That was one of our big announcements."

Oh yeah? ... Are there any surprises in store at next month's Tokyo Game Show?
"Well, you'll have to wait and see."

Here's What Ninja Blade Looks Like

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:30:00 MDT

Microsoft & From Software unveiled their new action game - Ninja Blade - at today's Fall Press Conference. When we say "unveiled", we mean they showed a brief, brief trailer, which you can watch here. Should trailers not be your thing, there's some screens (from the trailer) below. Not ideal (we have GAMEPLAY QUESTIONS!!) but still, it's better than trying to imagine what it would look like for a ninja to jump off a helicopter, kill some dragons then run down the side of a building, no?

Liveblogging Xbox Japan's Fall 2008 Press Conference

Brian Ashcraft — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:25:00 MDT

Microsoft's fall Xbox Japan press conference is about to kick off here in Tokyo! We've ("we" being "me") have touched down and will be blogging the dealio. While Microsoft's already announced the across the board price cuts, does it have any more surprises in store? Who knows!

Hit the jump for the live blog.