[X10] Crackdown 2 Pre-Order Bonus and Box Art

It seems that today's Microsoft even X10 might as well have been called "Microsoft's Release Date Event", but then they wouldn't have been able to give us any of this Crackdown 2 info.
Although Crackdown 2 didn't get a release date yet, they did release a bunch of new screen shots. One of the screen shots shows the pre-order bonus, and another picture shows us the official Crackdown 2 box art

This time around Crackdown isn't offering any beta access with their pre-orders, but they are offering four exclusive sets of armor. The armor is called the Agency suit, and it will come in  gold, brushed, red, and blue metal

[X10] Alan Wake coming May 19, Limited Edition Announced

As if Microsoft's [X10] event hasn't released enough info today, Remedy came out to say that their latest game is scheduled for a May 19 release. Along with a release date, the official Limited Edition was shown off today, along with all of its extra goodies.

There will be 3 discs, the game, a soundtrack, a bonus disk, and some art. All of this will be packaged in box which looks like a hard cover novel.

I personally think that this whole set looks a little too plain, too much blue, but regardless I am still very interested to see how this survival horror game is going to turn out.

[X10] Xbox Live Arcade: Block Party

Coming straight from Microsoft's [X10] announcement is XBLA's Block Party. Block Party is a promotional name for Microsoft's plan to release a ton of games for download starting March 3rd.
Toy soldiers will be the first game released on March 3rd, and the following month Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, and Game Room will launch as well.

After many years of fans wanting to see one of Rare's greatest titles ported over to a "next-gen" system, it seems that they finally got what they wanted. I for one am very excited for all of these releases, and am curious as to what else Microsoft has planned for XBLA this year.

[X10] Left 4 Dead 2 to Recieve New Content

Valve announced today at Microsoft's X10 event, that there will be some new Left 4 Dead 2 content coming up soon. The content will for the both of the game's platforms, PC and Xbox 360.

The announcement also stated that in this new level "The Passing" the Left 4 Dead 2 crew will have a chance to interact with our beloved Left 4 Dead 1 gang. The Passing will also have some new enemies in store for us, including a new special infected call the Fallen Survivor. "The Passing" is scheduled for a "late March" release, but when you convert that to Valve-time, it might as well be coming out 2012.

[X10] Dead Rising 2 Dated for Aug. 31

If you're still not tired from all the zombie games that have come out over the past years, then here's a new game for you. Capcom's Dead Rising 2 will be coming out August 31 in North America.

  This will be the sequel to the popular game Dead Rising, which was one of the Xbox 360's first major titles. Capcom has also announced that Xbox 360 owners will get some exclusive content when the game releases. It's not completely clear as to what this content will be yet, but Capcom has said that it will be "Prologue content that will link the first and second game together", sounds interesting.

Be sure to stick around as Microsoft's X10 event unleashes more news throughout the day!

[X10] Halo Reach Beta Starts on May 3, 2010

Seems that Blizzard isn't the only one announcing Beta releases this week. At Microsoft X10 event in San Fransisco today, Bungie announced that the Halo Reach Beta will start on May 3, 2010. They also said the beta will be for folks who have bought Halo 3: ODST only.

A bit later after their beta announcement the official Halo Reach cover was shown, as pictured below.