In case you missed it, here's the full rundown on all the news Microsoft announced at X06.

Some big surprises and some minor surprises.

Big surprises:
*Peter Jackson writing the script for a new Halo game (not Halo 3), and developing a separate non-Halo game with Bungie.
*Ensemble Studios making a Halo RTS.
*DOOM available on Xbox Live today.
*BioShock and the next Splinter Cell (the one after Double Agent, which is coming out next month) to be Xbox 360 exclusives.

Minor :
*HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 arrives in "mid-November" for $199.
*Project Gotham Racing 4 unveiled.
*Exclusive downloadable content for GTA IV, whenever that ships.

There were a couple other tidbits, but that's the main news.

Those are some big announcements, but the reason I'm only giving Microsoft a B+ grade is that the reliance on Halo titles is a little unsettling. So we've got Halo 3, Halo 4 (or whatever Jackson's title ends up being) and Halo Wars all under development at the same time.

Now, those might all end up being great games (and I'm actually pretty excited about Halo Wars), and I think the Halo franchise is epic enough to accomodate them all. But I'd also like to see Microsoft develop some non-Halo franchises. Viva Pinata might be a step in that direction, at least for younger gamers.

Anyway, maybe I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth here -- and Sony would kill for the gamer reaction Microsoft is getting out of this show -- but hopefully there's more in my Xbox 360-owning future than an endless stream of Halo.