Microsoft Flight brings a new perspective to the long-standing franchise, welcoming everyone, including long-time fans, to experience the magic of flight. From new game play elements and enhanced scenery and terrain to new aircraft and integrated content marketplace, it is an entirely new breed of virtual flight.

Entering the seventh year of its lifecycle, Xbox 360 just closed the biggest sales week in the history of Xbox, selling more than 960,000 consoles in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday.

Microsoft Flight brings a new perspective to the long-standing franchise, welcoming everyone, including long-time fans, to experience the magic of flight. From new game play elements and enhanced scenery and terrain to new aircraft and integrated content marketplace, it is an entirely new breed of virtual flight.

Microsoft announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based game developer Twisted Pixel, the creative minds behind Xbox LIVE Arcade titles  such as “Splosion Man” and the recent Kinect for Xbox 360 title, “The Gunstringer.”

Gamers and media aficionados, have no fear. No longer will you need a plethora of drives and other storage devices to be able to have all your games and media at your fingertips. This fall, Microsoft is introducing the largest hard drive it has ever offered for Xbox 360, with 320GB of storage space.

Microsoft plans to roll out the next generation of TV entertainment on Xbox Live, with nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers, in more than 20 countries.

Microsoft's Xbox Live enforcement team exists to help protect the Live  experience, preventing consoles from accessing the service that are involved in bad behavior.

Check out the following new screens from Microsoft's E3 2011 lineup:

• Batman: Arkham City (ALL) - Facts & Features
• Fable: The Journey (X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• Forza Motorsport 4 (X360) - Features & Screens
• Gears of War 3 (X360) Gets Custom Console - Features & Screens
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (X360) Revealed - Screens
• Halo 4 (X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• Mass Effect 3 (ALL) - Features & New Screen
• Microsoft Announces New Titles, Kinect Support For Upcoming Games, New Features
• Microsoft Adds Voice Control To Bing Search Engine On Xbox 360
• Saints Row: The Third (ALL) - Facts & Features
• Tomb Raider (ALL) - New Screens
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (ALL) - New Screens

Check out the following new screens from Microsoft's XBLA E3 2011 lineup:

• Crimson Alliance (X360) - New Screens
• Ms. Splosion Man (X360) - New Screens
• Regenade Ops (PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens
• Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Online Edition (PS3/X360) - Features & Screens
• Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (PS3/X360) - New Screens

Check out the following new screens from Microsoft Kinect's E3 2011 lineup:

• Dance Central 2 (X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• The Deepak Chopra Project (X360) Announced - Screens
• Fable: The Journey (X360) Announced - Screens & Trailer
• The Gunstringer (X360) - Features & Screens
• Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (X360) - Screens
• Kinect Fun Labs (X360) Revealed ... and Launched - Screens
• Kinect Sports: Season Two (X360) - Features & Screens
• Kinect Star Wars (X360) Officially Announced - Screens
• Rise of Nightmares (X360) - Screens
• Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster (X360) - Features & Screens
• UFC Personal Trainer (X360) - Features & Screens
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 (X360) Unveiled - Screens

During Microsoft's pre-E3 2011 Media Briefing, it revealed that it will ramp up its Kinect support. Just about every upcoming game will have a Kinect feature, including Mass Effect 3, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and even the previously PC-only indie title, Minecraft.

At E3 Microsoft announced new game titles from blockbuster franchises like Halo and Gears of War, and unveiled a flood of new Kinect games and hands-free controller support for titles such as Mass Effect 3, Forza, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

Microsoft kicked off the Electronic Entertainment Expo by solving the challenge of finding the entertainment you want, quickly and easily. The solution: voice search with Bing on Xbox 360.

Microsoft has kicked off a new campaign to promote its Xbox 360, offering student a free Xbox 360 4GB when they purchase a PC of $699 value or greater.

MGS Vancouver is building a world-class development team in Vancouver, BC, Canada, dedicated to making games for “core” gamers. Its mission is to push the limits of proven and unexplored game development and show the world what’s possible on Microsoft’s game consoles. While Art Director/Senior Artist Shawn Woods' resume reveals that the new studio is working on a "core AAA shooter experience using Kinect."

As a part of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to improve Xbox Live, it is are rolling out an optional testing program called Xbox LIVE Labs which performs a number of network tests from your console to Xbox Live.

In addition to the Xbox LIVE experiences unveiled during Steve Ballmer’s keynote, Microsoft is revealing new downloadable games and LIVE experiences for the Xbox 360 console, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 onsite at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

After recently raising the subscription fee, Microsoft is giving back, sign up and start earning Microsoft Points by watching movies and sports, playing games and more. Plus, when you sign-up for Xbox Live Gold, or renew your membership you’ll earn even more.

Microsoft's new Games for Windows Marketplace launched today. Now consumers will be able to take full advantage of the great PC gaming content and deals on the Marketplace.

Whopper lovers don’t have to camp out to get a chance at scoring the new Kinect for Xbox 360. Every 15 minutes for the next 28 days, guests who purchase a Whopper Value Meal, at participating Burger King restaurants, can play to nab a shot at winning a Kinect for Xbox 360 Prize Pack.

Microsoft announced the Games for Windows Marketplace, a new online PC games store that combines the convenience of the Web with the power of Games on Demand online distribution offering PC gamers a robust lineup of games, easier navigation and purchase, and recurring specials such as Deal of the Week.

Gear up for a fun fall too, full of thrilling downloadable games, brought straight to your Xbox 360 by Microsoft Game Studios.

Kinect, previously known as Project Natal, is the controller-free gaming and entertainment experience from Microsoft for its Xbox 360 console. Earlier today Konami revealed its launch titles, and now Microsoft has unveiled the entire list of titles you'll be able to wave at upon launch.

Microsoft is further expanding its digital entertainment service this fall, as Zune will extend its music and video footprint and bring the free Zune software, Zune Marketplace online store, Zune Pass music subscription service and enhanced features on Zune.net to new markets on PCs, Windows Phone 7 and through Xbox Live.