Microsoft has unveiled its line-up for the rest of the year at E3 in Santa Monica for its Xbox 360 console, promising a wrath of new titles it hopes will mean it becomes number one in the gaming console arena.

Among the games due to be released are “Halo 3”; the successor to the seminal “Grand Theft Auto” franchise, “Grand Theft Auto IV,” featuring exclusive content for Xbox LIVE; “Madden NFL 08” and “Rock Band,” where players can perform music from the world’s biggest rock artists with their friends as a virtual band.

Other games include “Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation” (NAMCO BANDAI Games), “Assassin’s Creed” (Ubisoft), “Beautiful Katamari” (NAMCO BANDAI Games), “BioShock” (2K Games), “Blue Dragon” (Mistwalker/Artoon Co. Ltd.), “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” (Activision), “Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE 2” (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.), “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” (RedOctane/Activision), “Mass Effect” (BioWare Corp.). “Naruto: Rise of a Ninja” (Ubisoft), “Project Gotham Racing 4” (Bizarre Creations Ltd.), “Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action” (Screenlife Games/WXP), “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction” (Ubisoft), “Virtua Fighter 5” (SEGA), and “Viva Piñata®: Party Animals” (Krome Studios Pty. Ltd.)

In addition, Microsoft has said that it will be adding several new Xbox LIVE Arcade titles including “Bomberman Live.” “Golden Axe”, “Hexic 2”, “Marathon: Durandal”, “Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords”, “Sonic The Hedgehog”, and “Undertow”.

Microsoft has also announced new special edition designed consoles for Halo 3.