Over the week of June 6th, Microsoft fired the opening salvo of videogame news to kick off E3 2011, and it was quite explosive!

The company focussed heavily on its upcoming offering of Xbox 360 Kinect titles, revealing details on motion games catering to all types of Xbox owners, from the hardest of the hardcore to more family friendly fun.

Details on upcoming highly anticipated games that make use of Kinect were also revealed, while the welcome announcement of Kinect Fun Labs was made to further diversify the range of entertainment opportunities now available on Xbox 360.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Microsoft gaming event without a few Halo announcements… let’s dig into some of Microsoft’s key reveals at E3 2011:

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Crytek (Far Cry, Crysis) has been working in secret on an Xbox 360-exclusive title for quite some time now, and the only hint of its existence that we’ve received was with a teaser trailer last year, and a name: Codename Kingdoms.

Today during Microsoft’s E3 2011 press conference, not only was the game’s official title revealed, but a new trailer was also released along with the news that it is to make extensive use of the Xbox 360’s Kinect.

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