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The E3 show floor is open! Welcome to the Xbox 360 booth before the show floor opened.

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E3 is coming up next week, promising busy days and sleepless nights, and there’s something in it for you! Tell us what you’re most excited about this E3 and you could win a HTC HD2 mobile phone so you can call all your friends to tell them how excited you are too.

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There are 2 ways you can enter to win this phone, so listen up.

1) Twitter

Follow @XboxAustralia and post a tweet that begins, “@XboxAustralia What I’m excited for at E3 is…” then complete the entry in 140 characters or less.

2) Facebook

Respond to the wall post by “Xbox Australia and New Zealand” on our Facebook page with an entry that begins, “What I’m excited for at E3 is…” then complete the entry in 25 words or less.

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This competition ends 11:59pm AET on June 14th so get your entries in over the weekend. We’ll pick a winner next week and mail your phone out so you can call up your friends and tell them about all the crazy E3 news as it rolls in.

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Be there without being there! We’ve just announced that FOX8 will be our exclusive broadcast partner in streaming our Xbox  keynote live from E3 straight into your home. Don’t feel like getting up at 3:30 in the morning to catch it? There will be a rebroadcast at 3:30PM for you slackers so you can see all the big news on Project Natal, Halo Reach, Gears of War 3, Fable 3, and more.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook page to get live updates from the show floor during the event.

Here’s the full press release:

Sydney, Australia – June 10^th, 2010 – Xbox Australia today announced the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2010, the world’s largest video game industry trade show, will be delivered LIVE to Australian audiences for the first time on FOXTEL’s FOX8 channel.

Be a part of entertainment history as FOX8 and Microsoft bring you the world premiere of Xbox 360′s future in a special programming event – Xbox 360: The Future Revealed. The program will be delivered live from the Xbox 360 Media Briefing at E3 2010 and includes key game announcements and breaking news from the industry event.

FOX8 will also exclusively take viewers inside the World Premiere of Project Natal for Xbox 360 featuring a customised performance by Cirque du Soleil to discover gaming without the need for a controller. Singer Kelly Rowland will host this special event.

“FOX8 is the perfect partner to exclusively break Xbox 360’s latest news and share Cirque du Soleil’s amazing Project Natal performance,” said David McLean, Head of Entertainment, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Australia. “We’re really excited about our announcements at E3 2010 and extremely pleased we can share them directly with Australian audiences.”

Xbox 360: The Future Revealed

The Xbox 360 Media Briefing will air live and commercial-free on FOX8 Tuesday, June 15 at 3:30am EST with encore programming on Tuesday, June 15 at 3:30pm EST. Xbox 360: The Future Revealed will bring all the latest news on Project Natal, Xbox LIVE and new game announcements to Australian fans in real time. This will include world premiere demos of upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive games, such as “Halo®: Reach”, “Gears of War® 3” and “Fable® III” revealed to eagerly awaiting fans worldwide.

World Premiere of Project Natal featuring Cirque du Soleil’s exclusive performance hosted by Kelly Rowland

Project Natal is set to change the way entertainment is experienced and to celebrate, Cirque du Soleil has created a tailored production that brings the idea of controller-free gaming to life. The special performance will be available exclusively to FOX8 viewers on Saturday, June 26, at 7:30pm EST.

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I’m sensing the impact of some Deal of the Week discounts here for you gold members. Here’s what you purchased most in the last week!

1. Doom II
2. Trials HD
3. Metal Slug XX
4. Toy Soldiers
5. Castle Crashers
6. Madballs Babo: Invasion
7. Perfect Dark
8. Lazy Raiders
9. Ben 10 The Rise of Hex
10. UNO

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Get your quarters ready! Just kidding, we don’t do that here. Here’s what you played most in Xbox LIVE Arcade in the last week.

1. Trials HD
2. Metal Slug XX
3. Battlefield 1943
4. Castle Crashers
5. UNO
6. Magic: The Gathering
7. Toy Soldiers
8. Rocket Knight
9. Perfect Dark
10. Hexic HD

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Good week for gaming. Here’s what you spent the most time playing.

1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. Call of Duty: World at War
5. Grand Theft Auto IV
6. Battlefield Bad Company 2
7. Call of Duty 4
8. Halo 3: ODST
9. Forza Motorsport 3
10. FIFA 10

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A couple top titles moving around this week. Here are the most popular movies on ZUNE video marketplace in the last week.

1. Ninja Assassin
2. The Invention of Lying
3. Case No. 39
4. Team America: World Police
5. Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassin’s Ball
6. American Pie 2
7. Halo Legends
8. Couples Retreat
9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
10. Shaun of the Dead

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Lots of fun new stuff in Avatar Marketplace, and it shows. Here’s what you bought this week.

1. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. – Yoda Green Lightsaber
2. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. -Boba Fett Mandalorian Armor
3. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. -Tauntaun Pet
4. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. -Rebel Snowspeeder Pilot
5. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. -Chewbacca Wookiee Costume
6. Modern Warfare 2 – Riot Shield
7. Modern Warfare 2 – Ghost Uniform
8. Modern Warfare 2 – Army Ranger Uniform
9. Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniv. -Han Solo Hoth Outfit
10. Gears of War 2 – COG Armor

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Good week for gaming? Here are the top Xbox LIVE Arcade games you bought this last week.

1. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
2. Metal Slug XX
3. Trials HD
4. Toy Soldiers
5. Perfect Dark
6. Castle Crashers
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. Worms
9. UNO
10. Doom

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Spending some time in the Arcade? Here’s what your fellow Aussies and Kiwis spent the most time on in the last week.

1. Trials HD
2. Metal Slug XX
3. Battlefield 1943
4. Castle Crashers
5. UNO
6. Magic: The Gathering
7. Toy Soldiers
8. Rocket Knight
9. Perfect Dark
10. Hexic HD

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