Microsoft announces Xbox Summit 2005 in Japan

Since E3 in May, Microsoft has been hinting it will hold an additional event during the summer to outline more details on the console's launch in Japan. Today, the company officially announced Xbox Summit 2005, an event that will be held in Tokyo on July 25.

Yoshihiro Maruyama, general manager of Microsoft Japan's Xbox division, disclosed in a recent interview with Famitsu Xbox that Microsoft is planning to make the event "a rollout equivalent to the scale of E3." The company is expected to disclose a number of additional games from Japanese publishers, including new ones for the console's launch in Japan.

In previous interviews, Maruyama has stated that the Japanese price of the Xbox 360 will be announced in the summer. Today's announcement means the Xbox Summit 2005 will likely be the occasion.