Discuss E3!

[J7.]

Share your thoughts about E3 2009. What do you think of the news already leaked or announced early? Where is the best place to watch live coverage of the Press Conferences? I was thinking Gametrailers and then maybe PSN/XBL. If there is already an E3 thread, feel free to delete this, but I did not find one when I searched.

[JEKKI]

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/discussion

[bingbangboom]

Here are my E3 Predictions

Sony
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- "Officially" announce PSP Go
- Confirm a Price Drop of the current PS3 models
- Update of PS3 Greatest Hits
- Expanded Little Big Planet Games (LBP is now a "platform") with the possibility of a kart game
- MAG, Heavy Rain, God of War 3 all 2010
- Heavy focus on Uncharted 2 for this holiday season
- Talking up the past few Sony games for the PS3 (Killzone 2 & Infamous) with new DLC.
- New Sly Cooper, Syphon Filter and Trico for PS3

Microsoft
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- New Xbox 360 hardware product with a new name that they market tested with Wii owners. Possibly named "Xbox three sixty Life"
- Hulu support
- Premium Content subscriptions for HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc.
- NFL Network support, the ability to pay for a season and watch it streamed on your Xbox.
- Halo ODST Playable on the floor.
- Summer Blockbuster movies will be available before DVD/Blu Ray release including Star Trek, X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Up. Premium content available for these movies.
- New Xbox 360 will be bundled with an updated camera for motion tracking, Scene It, Your In The Movies and Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts.
- New Avatar games with "Club Houses" which will have basic Clan and Friend Support.
- Number of friends for Xbox Live has been increased.
- Exclusive Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock 2 and Assassins Creed 2 DLC and Episodes.
- EA Sports Active Bundle for Xbox 360 with DLC for exercises geared toward the type of workout you want.
- Social Networking integrated with Twitter & Facebook.

Nintendo
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- Gloating about sales numbers compared to the competition.
- New DSi Ware games made by top developers.
- New New Super Mario Bros. game.
- DSi Virtual Console to Gameboy, Gameboy Color and GBA games.
- More Wii Balance and Wii Motion games.
- F-Zero Wii with new Wii Motion Wheel.
- New Donkey Kong Country type game based on Jungle Beat type graphics.
- New Wii Colors w/ different game bundles.
- Exclusive Star Wars Light Saber game with Wii Motion Plus possibly designed by Namco (based on a version of Soul Calibur game) will include a ton of characters and the ability to create your own Jedi or Sith.
- Apologizing about not showing the hardcore games because they were still being worked on but ending the show with a new Zelda game for Wii but not coming out till 2010. Teaming with Square Enix for new way to tell the Zelda story with different design concepts.

[DarkNessBear]

Discuss E3 eh... well, I have been posting in my blog about what I want to see and I'm going to do coverage every night!

Here are the top ten games I would like to see more of at E3:
10. DJ Hero - Yes, I know this one is an odd choice (and the only real odd one of my list), but I just want to give it a try. When I first saw Guitar Hero, I thought it was weird and pretty idiotic, but once I tried it I was hooked. Who knows, maybe the same thing will happen for this?
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9. Uncharted 2 - Uncharted 1 was great and that new footage of Uncharted 2 looked suprisingly amazing, so I hope to get my hands on this!
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8. Valves new title – I have no idea what it could be and had no idea they were going to announce any thing (until I watched GT’s top ten), but like everyone – I love Valve games. Hopefully it is Episode 3!
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7. Beyond Good and Evil 2 - This game has been dropping in and out, and I'm wondering if it is even in existence anymore. The first game was truly an awe inspiring title and I have great faith that the team can improve and make this one even better.
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6. God of War ]|[ - Actually, I have only completed GoW1 and 2 about a month or two ago. But that did not keep me from loving it. The game is awesome and the mythology based storyline makes me giddy. Hopefully, it will be playable.
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5. Modern Warfare 2 - This one is simple, I loved COD4. And Modern Warefare 2 looks like more of the same... which is awesome.
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4. Trico (the next Ico Team game) - Hiding away from the "leaked" trailers of the new Trico, I'm most definitely pumped up to see this one. Shadow of the Colossus was fantastic and I can't wait to see if they show the game beautifully on a big screen at Sony's conference.
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3. Kojima's new game - that teaser that has seemingly been going on for a month or two now? I want to see it! If it is a new MGS game, it'd surely make me the happiest bear you'd ever see. Metal Gear has been my baby since I was a teen boy and it broke my soul to see MGS end at MGS4. Let there be hope!
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2. Assassins Creed 2 - I've been obsessed with AC1, even going as far as setting up a budget outline in creating Atlairs outfit (around 1000 bucks), needless to say it is my favorite looking game ever. And AC2 looks even better.
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1. Mass Effect 2 - I just finished Mass Effect 1 and it has quickly become my favorite game of all time. It's the greatest Scifi experience in any medium (even beating out Star Wars and closely Firefly). Yea, I like it that much. And Mass Effect 2 seems to be doing the impossible and topping the first. Cannot wait.

[rickonker]

It's the greatest Scifi experience in any genre (even beating out Star Wars and closely Firefly).


I think you meant medium, not genre. [/nitpick]

[DarkNessBear]

I think you meant medium, not genre. [/nitpick]
Ah, thanks for the catch. Have it the right way somewhere else...

[Furashu]

the new metal gear stuff

[bardockkun]

Braced and prepared for disappointment....NOW!

[bingbangboom]

I think one thing is that there will be very few surprises at least for this year. Its like, if it was rumored then it is true for this year. We know what the big games are going to be, there isn't anything flying under the radar that is magically going to come out this holiday I feel.

[DarkSageRK]

Braced and prepared for disappointment....NOW!

Same here. I feel the only worthwhile stuff is gonna come from Microsoft, and I don't have a 360, so... :X

[PhaperPlane]

I really hope Nintendo have something better for us this year. Hopefully a trailer for a new Zelda game and maybe a release date for Spirit Tracks.

[Frank784]

Does it begin today, or tomorrow? I know that MSFT is tomorrow, Nintendo I believe is Tuesday, and I assume Sony will be Wednesday, but im not sure.

[lokizz]

maybe there will be new Kingdom Hearts news. like the ds game that has yet to come out or a new ps3 game. not like it matters much since they killed the damn series with KH2. nintendo will bring out some of their system standards with maybe one new game being bought back from the grave. i mostly cant wait to hear more about dead rising 2. sucks that lost planet 2 seems to be a xbox exclusive......for now.........

[cdeener]

Does it begin today, or tomorrow? I know that MSFT is tomorrow, Nintendo I believe is Tuesday, and I assume Sony will be Wednesday, but im not sure.

Microsoft is tomorrow, Nintendo & Sony will have their's on Tuesday a couple of hours after one another.

If you have Comcast cable you can watch them live on G4 and probably on www.g4tv.com. There will probably be several places on the web that will have them too.

Microsoft Press Conference is at 10:30 am PT/1:30 pm ET June 1st
Nintendo is at 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET June 2nd
Sony is 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET June 2nd

I'm sad because I will be at work and I don't have access to a computer but I will be reading updates from my phone.

G4 will also have coverage of the Ubisoft and EA press conferences at 4:30 pm ET on June 1st.

[homeland]

Geoff Keighley is saying on twitter that thethe MSFT is moving up the start time by 5 minutes due to a last minute surprise. Think I"m turning off the pc for the next 14 hours to enjoy the show a hell of alot more.

[Cao Cao]

IGN (http://e3.ign.com/)'s live feed last year was good, though they may have competition from GameTrailers (http://e3insider.com/) and GameSpot (http://e3.gamespot.com/) this year. We'll just have to wait until the conference begins to decide for sure.

[J7.]

Some great posts guys. I don't get G4. I'll try Gametrailers first since this type of stuff is their expertise. Where did you get that link Cao Cao? This is the one I found via Gametrailers (which looks worse): http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/?show=Press+Conferences#Content (http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/?show=Press+Conferences#Content)
Then I might also visit IGN or GS. Last year I did Kotaku but I think it was just text.

I'm hoping for
-Trico news and possible release date or at least timeframe.
-Looking forward to a few unannounced games
-Gran Turismo 5 versus Forza 3
-Gran Turismo on PSP
-Metal Gear on PSP
-LBP PSP
-DSi enhanced game cards
-New XBLA & PSN games, including those releasing during E3
-Onlive announcements
-PS1 releases on PSN
-Hardware announcements (new SKUS, etc)

[Cao Cao]

Google search. Apparently, GameTrailers runs E3 Insider, the "official" E3 video site. Who knows, that kind of designation might give their live feed an advantage.

[MSUHitman]

Pretty extensive list, my responses in blue:

Here are my E3 Predictions

Sony
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- "Officially" announce PSP Go Already leaked from early release of Qore Magazine for June
- Confirm a Price Drop of the current PS3 models Won't happen until Tokyo Game Show if you believe the latest rumors regarding the "leaked PS3 Slim"
- Update of PS3 Greatest Hits Already announced for June 16, there's a thread in the deals section
- Expanded Little Big Planet Games (LBP is now a "platform") with the possibility of a kart game Really likely; I've not played LBP as I'm not that into making my own levels but I'll probably try it when it goes GH.
- MAG, Heavy Rain, God of War 3 all 2010 I really think GoW will be this year but you're definately right on MAG and probably Heavy Rain.
- Heavy focus on Uncharted 2 for this holiday season Yeah also depending on whether GoW is 09 or 2010.
- Talking up the past few Sony games for the PS3 (Killzone 2 & Infamous) with new DLC. Killzone 2 DLC has been a joke releasing maps in packs of 2 for $6/pack. Don't really see how they are going to add DLC for Infamous unless it's some type of epilogue or they really makes changes to the powers menu or map as there's no room to expand.
- New Sly Cooper, Syphon Filter and Trico for PS3 You're most likely correct on SF and new Team Ico game, not sure if Sony wants to steal Sucker Punch's thunder from Infamous with a Sly Cooper announcement.

Microsoft
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- New Xbox 360 hardware product with a new name that they market tested with Wii owners. Possibly named "Xbox three sixty Life" I doubt this unless you're counting the rumored motion controller.
- Hulu support I doubt this as it would KILL their Marketplace sales.
- Premium Content subscriptions for HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. I would love this so I could watch stuff like True Blood (just now watching season 1 from the Blu-Ray retail release) but if they don't do it with Apple, why would they do it with MS?
- NFL Network support, the ability to pay for a season and watch it streamed on your Xbox. This seems more likely than your previous prediction and I would love it as I'm a Bears fan in St. Louis and I only get to see the games that are national broadcast (Sunday/Monday night) unless the Rams are off that week.
- Halo ODST Playable on the floor. Very likely and don't forget the Halo: Reach leak from the Bungie.net forums
- Summer Blockbuster movies will be available before DVD/Blu Ray release including Star Trek, X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Up. Premium content available for these movies. Serious doubt it as again why would they do this for MS vs. Apple or any of the satellite/cable companies
- New Xbox 360 will be bundled with an updated camera for motion tracking, Scene It, Your In The Movies and Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts. More likely that a fully rebranded console, but if MS is making money off people buying the camera seperately, will they stop doing it?
- New Avatar games with "Club Houses" which will have basic Clan and Friend Support. Very likely.
- Number of friends for Xbox Live has been increased. Most requested feature and if they could figure out how to do it without screwing up original XBox support (E has said original XBox games have the friends list "hardwired" at 100) then I'm sure they would do it immediately
- Exclusive Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock 2 and Assassins Creed 2 DLC and Episodes. Extremely likely
- EA Sports Active Bundle for Xbox 360 with DLC for exercises geared toward the type of workout you want. If it does happen, I bet this is how they bundle the new motion controller
- Social Networking integrated with Twitter & Facebook. Would be really cool if they did it, but they've never opened up the Live network for anything so I don't see them starting to now.These types of things will be reserved for the Zune HD (and hopefully somewhat with the original design Zunes.)

Nintendo
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- Gloating about sales numbers compared to the competition. Believe It! (Naruto voice)
- New DSi Ware games made by top developers. Believe It!
- New New Super Mario Bros. game. Pretty likely
- DSi Virtual Console to Gameboy, Gameboy Color and GBA games. Pretty likely as they love to resell games on new platforms
- More Wii Balance and Wii Motion games. Bet the house on it as it'll probably be Wii Fit 2
- F-Zero Wii with new Wii Motion Wheel. Would be nice but do they feel they need it?
- New Donkey Kong Country type game based on Jungle Beat type graphics. Don't think they'll do it as they don't feel they need stuff for "core" gamers
- New Wii Colors w/ different game bundles. Pretty likely
- Exclusive Star Wars Light Saber game with Wii Motion Plus possibly designed by Namco (based on a version of Soul Calibur game) will include a ton of characters and the ability to create your own Jedi or Sith. Have they made up with LucasArts over the Wii Motion Plus debacle when no one knew it was coming out and couldn't develop anything for it?
- Apologizing about not showing the hardcore games because they were still being worked on but ending the show with a new Zelda game for Wii but not coming out till 2010. Teaming with Square Enix for new way to tell the Zelda story with different design concepts. There's rumors of a new Mario game so it'll probably be one or the other. Don't think they'll let anyone outside Nintendo touch anything about Zelda for a major release. Only time they did was when they let Capcom do the work on taking the Four Swords mini-game from the GBA release and turning it into a full 4-player Zelda GBA game.

[MSUHitman]

I really hope G4 has learned their lesson from their HORRIBLE live feeds of the press conferences from 07 and will do at least the Big 3 as commercial free broadcasts.

[KingBroly]

I doubt Activision is going to allow IW to make exclusive DLC for their biggest game of the year. Same thing with Assassin's Creed too, there is way too much money to make. Hulu, TV streaming to 360...not in America. Hulu would cut the Netflix support, too. They'd also need a browser to make that work. EA Sports Active on 360...uh...wait til next year maybe?

Home like Avatar gathering system? Please, for the love of God, no.

EDIT: I believe they're commercial free this year. In 07...it was horrendous, especially for Microsoft's Conference when they cut out during the Halo 3 trailer. Which was sorta funny, too.

[MSUHitman]

I doubt Activision is going to allow IW to make exclusive DLC for their biggest game of the year. Same thing with Assassin's Creed too, there is way too much money to make. Hulu, TV streaming to 360...not in America. Hulu would cut the Netflix support, too. They'd also need a browser to make that work. EA Sports Active on 360...uh...wait til next year maybe?

Home like Avatar gathering system? Please, for the love of God, no.

EDIT: I believe they're commercial free this year. In 07...it was horrendous, especially for Microsoft's Conference when they cut out during the Halo 3 trailer. Which was sorta funny, too.

Yeah and don't forget cutting into the walkthroughs of Mass Effect and CoD 4, the other two good parts of that show (outside of that HS band playing the Halo theme with the chick playing it on violin.)

This is with exclusive DLC I'm sure there's some type of payment made to get it exclusive (looks at GTA IV) for at least a year so I'm sure that would make up for losing sales on the PS3. Plus like with Fallout, PS3 owners will probably buy it after you release it a year later so you essentially get double payment.

If it's not MW2 then it will be someone from a big 3rd party title I would think given the recent track record. Also if they are able to keep Mass Effect as a 360/PC exclusive that will probably be a major coup as well.

[KingBroly]

I think the deal with Mass Effect is that it was originally planned to be published by Microsoft. So I don't know if Sony could get it or not because of that.

The thing with Modern Warfare 2 is that there's no real benefit to Activision to make any kind of exclusive DLC for it. The only kind of exclusive DLC that would be worth it for any big third party game would be Bioshock 2 or Final Fantasy XIII (but that's unlikely since Square doesn't seem too keen on the whole DLC thing)

[MSUHitman]

I'm just wondering about Mass Effect as Microsoft was the publisher on No. 1 when Bioware was independent but now EA is the publisher as the owner of Bioware (CAG kitae who works at Bioware confirmed EA is the publisher) so that puts a new perspective on it.

I just think if Microsoft looks at Sony's potential Christmas lineup vs. their own getting exclusive DLC for a AA/AAA third-party title at a slight premium is a sure fire way of plugging any holes in your software lineup. Bioshock 2 is a likely candidate as is Assassins' Creed 2. I think just getting FF XIII on 360 is a big enough feature and like you said Square Enix has yet to do any DLC outside of having their WiiWare titles come out in multiple parts.

[KingBroly]

I don't think AC2 is a likely candidate as AC2 sold really well on both consoles (nearly 50/50). The thing with Mass Effect is that since EA picked up the publishing rights I'm guessing they had to deal with Microsoft to keep it 360/PC exclusive at least for a while.

[Malik112099]

Well....Crysis 2 will be on the PS3/360....so much for consoles this gen not being able to run Crysis

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/01/ea-crytek-announce-crysis-2-for-xbox-360-ps3-pc/

[cgarb84]

Well....Crysis 2 will be on the PS3/360....so much for consoles this gen not being able to run Crysis

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/01/ea-crytek-announce-crysis-2-for-xbox-360-ps3-pc/

Consoles can't run the first Crysis, that ran on a different version of CryEngine. This new Crysis is on a new engine that was designed with the consoles in mind.

[crzyboy88]

It's a slow day at work, so I figure that I'll keep an eye on the MSFT Press Conference. What are some sites doing a live feed/blog? The ones already listed are all blocked by the company filter. I remember finding the Nintendo one last year at some random obscure site, so hopefully I can find it again.

[Richard Kain]

The first big news so far is probably Sony's unfortunate "PSP Go" leak. Now, it has yet to be officially confirmed. But the source it came from makes it all but innevitable.

I've been hearing a lot of gamers ripping on the PSP Go on a lot of the other boards I frequent. Personally, I think this is the proper direction for Sony to take the PSP platform in. The PSP's biggest problems are its portability, and rampant piracy. The PSP isn't currently portable enough, it isn't designed to optimize a handheld, on-the-go experience. And piracy makes the system far more valuable for its hardware than its software. The Go is designed specifically to address both those concerns.

-Removing the UMD format and replacing it with flash memory will give the system's battery live a much-needed shot in the arm. The smaller screen will also positively affect the battery life. A long battery life is much better for a handheld.
-Tieing the system to an on-line download service will seriously cut back on piracy. Setting a precedent for a retail equivalent with Patapon 2 will help keep retailers happy. Even if the hardware does get hacked, the on-line service will not be. (or if it does, it won't stay hacked for long) Sony will be able to combat piracy directly by copy-protecting their on-line distribution.
-Smaller form-factor and much lighter weight will both be better for portability. The PSP Go is going to be lighter than any other handheld, even the DSi. That featherweight combined with the smaller screen and smaller form-factor will make for a very convenient handheld.

[Malik112099]

Actually crytek already had cryengine running on both the ps3 & 360 last year.

[cgarb84]

Actually crytek already had cryengine running on both the ps3 & 360 last year.

Crysis was running in tech demo form on that version of the CryEngine. Crytek has repeatedly said that the full game of Crysis with the same code and everything wasn't possible on that specific version of the CryEngine. That's why they developed a new engine, one that worked across all platforms. They need to make money just like every other developer, having Crysis on PC, 360, and PS3 is the best way to make money.

[KingBroly]

G4's leadup to the Microsoft Press Conference was perfect. Revenge of the Nerds.

[jdeluis]

I wish I could go to E3. I only live 2 blocks away. If I didn't just get out of work, I would had gone to the Microsoft press conference.

[JEKKI]

lol, the gaf is broken.

I cant find gametrailers stream, maybe it's not up yet, but IGN's is

http://video.ign.com/streaming/e3-2009/

it works real well too.

it's like going to the movies... they jus showing trailers n shyt before the actual conference starts

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IGN stream was working like a dream for me...

but then someone called me so I hit pause...

then when I resumed it began to sync/catch up so I was like eff it and hit F5 instead.

now I'm screwed X_X neither this nor gametrailers is working for anyone lol.

word of advice, show up to the stream well before the conference begins

-edit 2-

ahhh! it works again now! IGN stream!

apparently, it's a bit delayed in comparison to kotaku live blog.

like by 4 minutes...

[J7.]

Gametrailers won't work. IGN wants me to install shit. Thank god Gamestop is working. But now I've missed so much of the conference... :( JEKKI why are you posting here I thought you said (still trying to figure out what the hell you meant, but I think it was a this thread shouldn't exist type of shit):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2262575516_1eea13a0b6.jpg

/discussion

[JEKKI]

I got another call... now the IGN stream stalled when I returned >_<

trying to work + pay attention to this stuff is lol

-edit-

sweet! gamespot does work!!

[evanft]

Are we doing an AIM or IRC chat like we've done in the past during the conferences?

[J7.]

Forza 3 looks pretty good. GT5 is going to have to deliver.

[BillyBob29]

Metal Gear Rising on the 360? Anyone seen confirmation of this?

[Gentlegamer]

Metal Gear Rising on the 360? Anyone seen confirmation of this?Kojima went onstage and confirmed it.

[JEKKI]

I will admit, Microsoft killed it on so many levels except for one... where the hell are the games?!?!

aint no games they announced excite me save MGS and the Cliffy B game... and maybe Alan Wake. innovation is good but the Wii already has plenty of haters.

:( JEKKI why are you posting here I thought you said (still trying to figure out what the hell you meant, but I think it was a this thread shouldn't exist type of shit):lol u mad.

nothing to figure out, if u dont get it then u dont get it.

[Cao Cao]

Metal Gear Rising on the 360? Anyone seen confirmation of this?

Yes, Kojima showed a short teaser. It's what the web site was hinting at.

Ah, and Peter Molyneux's new project? Essentially, it's Seaman.

[Furashu]

is Meal Gear Solid Rising 360 only?

they said "all games after this are 360 only", but it didnt say 360 only on the screens.

[JEKKI]

I would assume Rising is xbox exclusive.

but I'm sure that is not the only think koji pro has to offer

[happy]

Is there any way to watch the press conferences now (after they ended?)

[Shrapnellistic]

Reactions to the X360 press conference from a PS3 centric player.

@Splinter Cell: Conviction
My game of the show. The delay went to good use, much more distinct.

@Forza Motorsport 3
If I had an X360 this would be an easy choice over NfS: Shift and Gran Turismo 5. Makes me wonder if all the time on GT5 will be worth it when it finally releases?

@Shadow Complex
Shame it bugged out on them, wanted to see more, should've of just pre-recorded these live demos to avoid that happening.

@Alan Wake
Heavy Rain, eat your heart out. The game Alone in the Dark wanted to portray.

@Halo 3: ODST
Eh... suppressed weapons in Halo? The whole flashback segment wanted to be Call of Duty, but failed. I bet the Fireteam mode will be the real attraction.

@Halo: Reach
Hope the multiplayer beta invitation reimagines what Halo is all about or at least no last-gen ladder climb animations.

@Left 4 Dead 2
Quick sequel for Valve. Makes me think it'll feel like an expansion and not worth full price.

@Crackdown 2
Not interested in these games, wasn't interested in inFAMOUS so it's not because I'm pro-PS3.

@Metal Gear Solid: Rising
No... it was supposed to be PS3's! Curses. Splinter Cell: Conviction better be timed exclusive (if it is then I'm fine with MGS:R on X360). I knew it looked like Raiden, pizzah to all posts saying it was Gray Fox (I only played MGS4:GotP).

@The Avatar couch.
Best use of the avatars yet. Emotion wheel and all.

@The motion sensor camera announcement.
At least we know why those cameras, bundled with You're in the Movies, were so cheap a couple months back, heh. Mind boggling technology.

@Modern Warfare 2
Alright, it'll be worth full price, but they better have just as much maps available at launch as CoD4:MW did or else I'd be thinking they took out a few maps for the 2 timed exclusive map packs. You know what, I'll just wait till Christmas to get it since the last two CoD's were on sale for $40 by then and maybe I'll even join a gameshare group for the PS3 so as to only pay 1/5 the price of all Modern Warfare 2 content (Activision is so aggravating these days).

@The Beatles Rock Band
Best. Trailer. Ever.


Sony and Nintendo should be lucky to present half the show-stoppers Microsoft did.

[Gentlegamer]

Is there any way to watch the press conferences now (after they ended?)
GameSpot runs replays.

[Bluth Superfan]

I would assume Rising is xbox exclusive.

but I'm sure that is not the only think koji pro has to offer

I would say if it was an exclusive then MS would have plastered that everywhere during the conference as an exclusive MG title would be huge news. I would guess PS360.

[Vader582]

Not really wowed by MS conference or Project Natal, personally.
Natal is destined to be a Target clearance item. It will not secure the soccermom demographic MS so desperately wants.
Metal Gear on the 360 is cool but it's Raiden.
Facebook and Twitter on the 360? Oy.
Where was the Hulu blade?! Biggest disappointment right there.

[Gentlegamer]

A poster at 1up.com made me LOL saying Natal can be breakthrough in digital child abuse: "I want to beat Milo with a hammer and burn him with cigs."

[DarkSageRK]

Splinter Cell and Alan Wake looked really good.

Milo though... Oh, wow.

[Furashu]

sony's is tomorrow right?

wonder what will be new...
gow3,uncharted 2, MAG, new MGS, the new ninja gaiden 2 game, ff13 junk

[Wolfkin]

where were you guys watching the conference. I tried IGN and after 10 minutes max (usually less) it stalled and after 3 minute of waiting i had to quit my browser and start again. the same thing at G4 only maxed at 7 minutes and then the same at GameTrailers.sony's is tomorrow right?

wonder what will be new...
gow3,uncharted 2, MAG, new MGS, the new ninja gaiden 2 game, ff13 junk
Sony and Nintendo i think

[Gentlegamer]

I watched at 1Up.com.

[KingBroly]

I don't know why people think Alan Wake looked good. I thought it was boring, and the "Use the Light" on the wall was kinda bad.

Metal Gear Sold Rising isn't 360 exclusive. In the PS Famitsu Magazine they said a PS3 and PSP version of Metal Gear were coming. Maybe there is a 360 and a PS3 game coming, but I doubt it. People point to the trailer not having a PS logo, but keep in mind where it was shown.

[J7.]

I will admit, Microsoft killed it on so many levels except for one... where the hell are the games?!?!

aint no games they announced excite me save MGS and the Cliffy B game... and maybe Alan Wake. innovation is good but the Wii already has plenty of haters.

lol u mad.

nothing to figure out, if u dont get it then u dont get it.
You wouldn't be mad if someone tried to sabotage your thread for no reason? I don't recall ever being rude to you in the past. Thanks for being a jerk after I helped you know Gamespot was working. :roll: MS has some nice announcements, but I agree not many games.

Is there any way to watch the press conferences now (after they ended?)
IGN, GS, and GT should have them available to watch. Last year I was even able to download GT onto PSP for portable viewing.

Impressions from a non-X360 player... a PS3 centric player.

@Forza Motorsport 2 3
This was my second game of the show. Much more appealing circuits than Need for Speed: Shift or Gran Turismo 5. Makes me wonder if all the time on GT5 will be worth it when it finally releases?
Looked very good, but I need to see more. Should be great competition for GT and Shift.

@Epic's new XBLA game (can't remember its name).
Shame it bugged out on them, wanted to see more, should've of just pre-recorded these live demos to avoid that happening.
I like the Bionic Commando vibe. Should be a fun diversion.

@Alan Wake
Heavy Rain, eat your heart out. The game Alone in the Dark wanted to portray.
Looks great, but is entirely different from what Heavy Rain is about. So I wouldn't compare them. Wake is supernatural type writer horror story shooter, Rain is all about immersive story with many branches.

@The motion sensor camera announcement.
At least we know why those cameras, bundled with You're in the Movies, were so cheap a couple months back, heh. Mind boggling technology.
Agreed. Although I do like having some type of controller in hand. And they need to deliver on games. I think this thing is still in early stages.


where were you guys watching the conference. I tried IGN and after 10 minutes max (usually less) it stalled and after 3 minute of waiting i had to quit my browser and start again. the same thing at G4 only maxed at 7 minutes and then the same at GameTrailers.
Sony and Nintendo i think
Gamespot worked.

[Wolfkin]

well then we'll try game spot for the EA conference.. as the 360 is the console I don't have I really need to figure this out for tomorrow..

[evanft]

I still need to really play FM2.

[spoo]

Electronic Arts Press Conference is on now, I wonder how much of it will be about Sims 3?

[Wolfkin]

thanks for gamespot suggestion but it's insanely quiet. annoying but way tolerable.

P.S. I like the Sims better when they were house confined

[KingofOldSchool]

Yay! A Littlest Pet Shop game!!!!

[spoo]

You heard it here first Littlest Pet Shop Online!

Edit: King beat me to it.

[spoo]

Pajama Party for my Wii!

Speed hair teasing.

[KingofOldSchool]

PAJAMA PARTY@!!!!11!1

*faints*

[Wolfkin]

EA has some hefty balls for showcasing little girl games at E3 talk about outside the audience.

[KingofOldSchool]

EA has some hefty balls for showcasing little girl games at E3 talk about outside the audience.

Yeah I'm all about games that younger kids can play, but is E3 REALLY the platform to talk about it?

How many soccer moms and young kids will be watching this coverage?

[KingofOldSchool]

We go from a Pedo's dream to a Speedster's dream.

[lokizz]

Impressions from a non-X360 player... a PS3 centric player.

@Splinter Cell: Conviction
My game of the show.

@Forza Motorsport 2
This was my second game of the show. Much more appealing circuits than Need for Speed: Shift or Gran Turismo 5. Makes me wonder if all the time on GT5 will be worth it when it finally releases?

@Epic's new XBLA game (can't remember its name).
Shame it bugged out on them, wanted to see more, should've of just pre-recorded these live demos to avoid that happening.

@Alan Wake
Heavy Rain, eat your heart out. The game Alone in the Dark wanted to portray.

@Halo 3: ODST
Eh... suppressed weapons in Halo? Flashback storyline can be memorable if executed right, but the Fireteam mode looks like the real reason to get it (so much focus on cooperative this generation). Hope the multiplayer beta invitation for Halo: Reach reimagines what Halo is all about or at least no last-gen ladder climb animations.

@Left 4 Dead 2
Valve pushing a sequel out so quickly is what's baffling the most, wouldn't of happened had L4D of been a PC exclusive, that's for sure (PC elitists need to thank X360 owners, but they won't).

@Crackdown 2
Not interested in these games, wasn't interested in inFAMOUS so it's not because I'm pro-PS3.

@Metal Gear Solid: Rising
No... it was supposed to be PS3's! Curses. Splinter Cell: Conviction better be timed exclusive (if it is then I'm fine with MGS:R on X360).

@The Avatar couch.
Best use of the avatars yet. Emotion wheel and all.

@The motion sensor camera announcement.
At least we know why those cameras, bundled with You're in the Movies, were so cheap a couple months back, heh. Mind boggling technology.

All in all, if Sony and Nintendo present half the show-stoppers Microsoft did it will be one for the industry (not to mention EA and UbiSoft's pressers)

Impressions on the multiplatformness.

@Modern Warfare 2
Alright, it'll be worth full price, but they better have just as much maps available at launch as CoD4:MW did or else I'd be thinking they took out a few maps for the 2 timed exclusive map packs. You know what, I'll just wait till Christmas to get it since the last two CoD's were on sale for $40 and maybe I'll even join a gameshare group for the maps on PS3 to only pay for 1/5 the price of all Modern Warfare 2 content (Activision is so aggravating these days).

@The Beatles Rock Band
Best. Trailer. Ever.


i appreciate your input from the pov of a ps3 owner. i didnt want to check out the 360 fotage so its good to see there wasnt much to miss imo . heres to hoping the ps3 has more than gow3 and a new psp up its sleeves.

[spoo]

Driver view looks impossible to control.

[KingofOldSchool]

Ohhh Dragon Age Origins

[spoo]

Ohhh Dragon Age Origins

Oct. 20th

[Wolfkin]

i can't believe they're keeping that sonic garbage in the trailer music Hawaii Five-o rreallyis a better choice

[KingofOldSchool]

Yay Mass Effect 2!

[Hydro2Oxide]

Dragon Age looks totally awesome. YAY MASS EFFECT 2 NOW!

[KingofOldSchool]

Time for EA Sports

[spoo]

Clever EA sports commercial and now Mr. Moore.

[KingofOldSchool]

Fight Gnat Round 4?

[SuxoR]

Too bad Wombat and Cheapy didn't do a pre E3 podcast

hmm sadly we will get nothing during this too

[Wolfkin]

on stage is not the place to have a 'conversation'. it just don't sound real. it can't. ugh. why try

[KingofOldSchool]

Nice, they moved up the release to Fight Night.

[KingofOldSchool]

EA MMA? Interesting.

[spoo]

Nice tattoo joke :lol:

[Thongsy]

Alan Wake, hell yea. The one reason I want to get an xbox. Hopefully it gets released soon.

[KingofOldSchool]

Alan Wake, hell yea. The one reason I want to get an xbox. Hopefully it gets released soon.

Spring 2010

[spoo]

The Madden Online Franchise news sounds pretty sweet.

[KingofOldSchool]

Madden Online Franchise

[Wolfkin]

i dunno how useful those madden features are but that trailer was hilariously self-aware

en cee ay instead of en cee dough-ble ay is really disorienting for me.

[KingofOldSchool]

Yay fat people exercising!

[Wolfkin]

is it weird that I'm thinking some of those active chicks were kinda bangable?

Dear Mrs "Size 4" writing down everything you do in a 'journal' isn't part of EA Sports Active. Whether it works or not it's something I can get at the dollar store for 89 cents.

"All cynicism aside, she seems genuinely enthusiastic about the product."
fair assessment GameSpot

[Cao Cao]

That Madden trailer was hilarious.

[spoo]

Yay fat people exercising!

Oh yes that size 6 lady it's good thing she is a size 4 now, I couldn't stand looking at her size 6 fat ass any longer :roll:

[J7.]

IGN says Metal Gear Rising is indeed a 360 exclusive. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/988/988687p1.html

[Raconteur]

Wow, MS kicked ass. All I can really say...Nintendo and sony better bring their A game...

[Hydro2Oxide]

Sick burn to PS3 owners.

[ohboy10451]

Alan Wake, hell yea. The one reason I want to get an xbox. Hopefully it gets released soon.

^ Gotta love Chrono Cross

[Wolfkin]

i like the way Pete Sampras is gaming rather than trying to play tennis with a wii mote that's pretty sweet

[KingofOldSchool]

Oh yes that size 6 lady it's good thing she is a size 4 now, I couldn't stand looking at her size 6 fat ass any longer :roll:

No, I was talking about the video they showed before.

[spoo]

No, I was talking about the video they showed before.

I know ;)

On topic I love Nazi killing! The Saboteur looks rad as hell.

Edit: This reminds me of the red hat in Schindler's List.

[Wolfkin]

while that sabatour video was sweet. you need actual gameplay videosto get excited. luckily it looks like those gameplay videos are coming up to par

[KingofOldSchool]

Hooray we get to dress as Nazi's!

[Wolfkin]

not sure how it's different form hitmat but you know what i liked hitman

[KingofOldSchool]

It's like Saint's Row/GTA meets Nazis

[KingofOldSchool]

Brutal Legend time

[Hydro2Oxide]

Looked Assassins Creedy, but I liked AC so it's all good.

[Wolfkin]

it's like Tim schaffer is just talking off his head. which is awesome

[Blackout]

Brutal Legend looks so fucking lame.

[KingofOldSchool]

Yeah doesn't look too appealing.

[Hydro2Oxide]

it's like Tim schaffer is just talking off his head. which is awesome

He's the first guy to seem kind of natural, everyone else just talked like they were reading cue cards/scripts

[KingofOldSchool]

This is lame.

[Wolfkin]

Brutal Legend looks so fucking lame.i'm not saying greatest of all time but it looks interesting.. esp the actual gameplay

[MillerTime2523]

The Saboteur looks sick. Can't wait to play it.

[spoo]

APB = 2nd life.

[Hydro2Oxide]

How could you Crytek! Crysis was our own little PC special treat and you took it away from me.

[CoffeeEdge]

This shit is bananas.

[Blackout]

i'm not saying greatest of all time but it looks interesting.. esp the actual gameplay

I love Motorhead and Priest but making a game out of all the metal cliches is the lamest thing ever. Adding Jack Black to the mix just makes it even worse.

[Wolfkin]

that's a crazy amt of customization in APB kinda like BlastWorks.

[KingofOldSchool]

Star Wars

[Cao Cao]

Now it's the KOTOR MMO.

[Wolfkin]

there's no way having peple walk onstage with plastic lightsabres is anything other than corny. no way.

[Wolfkin]

hoods off --> embarrassd silence

hate to be one of those filler guys.. just standing there in star wars uniform just .. hanging out on stage doing nothing.

[KingofOldSchool]

This an MMO?

Ugh.

[Hydro2Oxide]

Time to make up for SWG Post NGE.

[spoo]

Unique voices? Sounds like a gimmick to me.

[Hydro2Oxide]

It'll probably be like 30 gigabytes.

[Cao Cao]

Malak is back!

[mrn111]

Darth muthafuckin Malak!!!!

[KingofOldSchool]

Wait, the EA press conference is over?

[Wolfkin]

Unique voices? Sounds like a gimmick to me.sounds more like excess marketing speak blast processing anyone?Wait, the EA press conference is over?yep thats the ball game

who's next?

[spoo]

Wait, the EA press conference is over?

EA looks sad this year, if it wasn't for their 2nd party games and The Sims 3 they would be screwed for the rest of the year.

[evanft]

I really believe that Brutal Legend will be a crap game with funny writing, just like Psychonauts.

[Gentlegamer]

I love Motorhead and Priest but making a game out of all the metal cliches is the lamest thing ever. Adding Jack Black to the mix just makes it even worse.On the contrary, I'm surprised that such awesomeness will fit on one disc!

[spoo]

I trying to decide if I'm going to waste my time with watching Ubisoft's PC.

[MillerTime2523]

Really wish I would have a chance to play that star wars game... I would either have to get a new PC or... Hope it comes to consoles. And neither of those are going to happen, lol. Love the KOTOR series though, really wish it wasn't an MMO.

[Hydro2Oxide]

Woah, new trailer for Milo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y95nctjf7Yw

[diddy310]

No Mirror's Edge 2, boo. Maybe at Sony's PC?

[Hydro2Oxide]

No Mirror's Edge 2, boo. Maybe at Sony's PC?

It's only been 6 months and DICE probably haas their hands full with BF: BC2

[Wolfkin]

how about no Mirror's edge until it's a fun gameWoah, new trailer for Milo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y95nctjf7Yw
SO MANY HILARIOUS THINGS ABOUT THAT VIDEO!!!!!!

- advertising the game is one player so your friends can't play
-"good" bar-b-que tongs
- "No WWF" what? Moms against wrestling?
- the fact that after all the talk about how pikachu obeys your commands when he trusts you at 1:55 in front of his Mom pikachu just direclty doesn't response and that's a 'feature'.
- pikachu gender issues.
- 3 people (mom,sis,friend) crowding around a 64 that none of them can play
- all about patience mostly about fun
- his sister is a pokemon master?

[ohboy10451]

It's only been 6 months and DICE probably haas their hands full with BF: BC2

Also Battlefield Heroes & Battlefield:1942. Patience is always rewarded

[CoffeeEdge]

Jeez, man. If I was just looking at Splinter Cell Conviction screens without knowing anything about it, I would guess that it starred a new character.

[elwood731]

My review for the MS press briefing:
E3 2009: Microsoft press conference review (http://www.victimofculture.com/2009/06/01/e3-2009-microsoft-press-conference-review)

[Lord_Kefka]

Watching the EA video now. Found that I could rewind the IGN feed.

At the littlest pet shop portion. Did anyone else see those cute little animals and immediately think they looked like Happy Tree Friends?

[CoffeeEdge]

Arg. Tales of Monkey Island is starting to look sort of horrible to me.

God damn it.

[Nohbdy]

Is anyone seriously caring about Natal?

[Lord_Kefka]

Oh god, you weren't kidding. I'm at the charm girls section and I wanna hurl.

[KingBroly]

The Supposed Big 3 Games from Nintendo:
- Sin & Punishment 2
- Endless Ocean 2
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 on Wii

Also, Gran Turismo: The Real Racing Simulation is supposedly there from Sony

[Cao Cao]

Ubi's is starting, and they confirm that they're publishing NMH2 in the video reel.

[Cao Cao]

Strangely enough, now GameSpot's feed is choppy, and GameTrailer's feed is now smooth. It was the opposite in the EA presser.

[Wolfkin]

dude i was just about to say that crazy how now GS can`t stream me the ubisoft.. but i`m having no luck with GT either.

[diddy310]

Holy shit, get McHale back out here to read this (or at least translate)

[Cao Cao]

dude i was just about to say that crazy how now GS can`t stream me the ubisoft.. but i`m having no luck with GT either.

Try G4's feed on justin.tv
http://www.justin.tv/g4tv_e3

[Lord_Kefka]

Link for gametrailers?

[carbogo]

http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/video-press-conference/ubisoft
seems to be working ok for me

[Cao Cao]

Link for gametrailers?

http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/video-press-conference/ubisoft

[Wolfkin]

thanks. forgot about g4 again.. i tink i got gs to play continuous.. looks like garbage for some reason but hopefully it`ll clear up and at the minimum it`s at least listenable

[Wolfkin]

why is James Cameron explaining so much about Avatar..

Is it me or does his font look similar to the ATLA font. alright do I even need to see the movie at this point he`s explained pretty much everything

[carbogo]

He's making sure we're not confused about his movie the Avatar and not Avatar: The Last Airbender

why is James Cameron explaining so much about Avatar..

Is it me or does his font look similar to the ATLA font

[Lord_Kefka]

Has anything happened in this Ubi conference yet? Cause James Cameron is putting me to sleep

[Cao Cao]

Yeah, it's almost like he's going talk about the movie's ending next.

[spoo]

Has anything happened in this Ubi conference yet? Cause James Cameron is putting me to sleep

And yet he is still yapping on about his first movie in over a decade.

[Wolfkin]

someone on G4 ``This guy was 30 when he started this speech``

[KingBroly]

Please shut this man up!

[Wolfkin]

He's making sure we're not confused about his movie the Avatar and not Avatar: The Last Airbenderi understand why he would not let them use Avatar in the movie name. i do not like it but i can understand. this speech.. this speech almost takes away my intrigue for his movie.

[Cao Cao]

No wonder Ubi's conference was scheduled to run for an hour and a half. That extra 30 minutes must be for James Cameron's yapping.

[Lord_Kefka]

Was Ubisoft required to make a time quota or something? I feel like Cameron is just doing filler.

[Hydro2Oxide]

Wow, he's been talking for a while but I'm kind of glad he has. At first this sounded stupid as hell but now I'm kind of excited about the idea of a movie and game that exist in the same world but are totally different and the idea of a movie and game being developed side by side.

[spoo]

someone on G4 ``This guy was 30 when he started this speech``

This is why Titanic was 3 1/2 hours long.

[ohthehellwithit!]

He's not even stopping to breathe! This is unprecedented.

[Cao Cao]

Phew, there was the "In closing." His speech must be halfway done.

[carbogo]

FINALLY!!! Let's all clap cause he's done!!!

[spoo]

This presenter rocks.

[KingofOldSchool]

My goodness, THAT was boring.

[Cao Cao]

Ah good, the comedian's back. At least this one's sober, so that gives him an edge over the last comedian-host. (Dun dun dun, Jamie Kennedy...)

[spoo]

I wish I could pull of the cane look.

[Wolfkin]

all corniness in the redsteel presentation is made up for by live gameplay.. wicked

[Cao Cao]

Hey, they're gonna show gameplay footage!

[Lord_Kefka]

Feeling a little homo-erotic action between these two.

[Cao Cao]

As expected, Red Steel 2 is going to launch with a WM+ bundle.

[Wolfkin]

i got GT going smooth. and RS2 looks like KZ2 the decent sequel to a lackluster start of series

[KingofOldSchool]

It's Carrot Top!

[Lord_Kefka]

New Shaun White snowboarding. Video was lame. Hmmm. Did anyone care anyway?

[Wolfkin]

did he just call out Cammy

[KingofOldSchool]

Pele!

[help1]

Why does he keep trying to make jokes?

[spoo]

Pele!

He needed an introduction for me, hell I still don't know who he is.

[Lord_Kefka]

Is this our first major glitch of the night?

[ZForce915]

Why does he keep trying to make jokes?

And it's not like they are bad...just little things to keep it light...but no one is throwing him a bone and laughing.

[help1]

And it's not like they are bad...just little things to keep it light...but no one is throwing him a bone and laughing.

I agree, some of them aren't his fault. It is a tough audience.

[Lord_Kefka]

And it's not like they are bad...just little things to keep it light...but no one is throwing him a bone and laughing.

True. The crowd is very dead. I've been unimpressed with them all night. I haven't heard a really good crowd reaction save a little bit of Star Wars geekdom. Which really just hurts gamer image even more.

[ZForce915]

I agree, some of them aren't his fault. It is a tough audience.

I wonder if it because everyone is live blogging and twittering?

[Wolfkin]

i despise soup and pretty much all of E but this dude has been pretty real. has not come off plastic.

[Dr Mario Kart]

Is this our first major glitch of the night?
One of the guys during MS didnt have a working mic, but no one seemed to notice and he kept going.

[Cao Cao]

At least they didn't bring out James Cameron again. This is more interesting.

[DrNo888]

Is the MC the guy on that Talk Soup show on E!?

[Lord_Kefka]

One of the guys during MS didnt have a working mic, but no one seemed to notice and he kept going.

Ahhh, that's right. I forgot. That was during Epic's game which then didn't have any context. I didn't think Cliffy would let the silence lapse that long.

[Wolfkin]

Is the MC the guy on that Talk Soup show on E!?
yeah

don't watch E but that's who they said he was

[Wolfkin]

the game is kinda cute. reminds me of an animated version of Shaolin Soccer

[spoo]

I wonder if it because everyone is live blogging and twittering?

It has to be or they forgot the preshow cocktails.

[Wolfkin]

dude stealth games are supposed to be like that.. Ubisoft is wacked yo.

[Lord_Kefka]

Seen it during the MS conference. Show me AC2 and some kind of big announcement please.

[Wolfkin]

conviction looks pretty nice.. almost makes me wish i had an xbox. guess ill have to get the pc version

[ohthehellwithit!]

Oh I'd love a demo of that.

Crowd needs to just be polite at this point.

[Lord_Kefka]

That Ruse table video was cool.

[spoo]

Crowd needs to just be polite at this point.
The crowd is full of jet lagged zombies.

[Wolfkin]

i'm not sure i get ruse.. but it looks expensive

oh i called it i called it.. imagine series

well if you put up 50 imagine games per month of course you sell. ugh.

[ohthehellwithit!]

The crowd is full of jet lagged zombies.


Even zombies would moan.

[Lord_Kefka]

Imagine?

[Wolfkin]

seems to me that rather make three petz games so i have to transfer my dog from nursery and then dog show how about you put it all in one game?


of course the sales guy would ask for the number one seller to present. he's the only one who doesn't realize the lamest games are the number one sellers


fitness the number one selling genre.. oh this guy is hilarious

[KingBroly]

Style Lab........

[Wolfkin]

it may be sexist but once again i find extremely bangable girls talking about genres I have zero interest in very distracting.

[Lord_Kefka]

What is with her blouse?

[Wolfkin]

What is with her blouse?oh it's hideous. the ugliest thing about her.

oh hey.. camera for the wII now /that/ is interesting

[spoo]

....it also comes with a spoon and a coupon for a bottle of laxatives.

[Hydro2Oxide]

My shape? Round.

[help1]

Was Beyond Good and Evil 2 announced?

[Lord_Kefka]

OK, I LOL'ed at the Seacrest's car joke. This bit should be funny, but their timing is off

[Wolfkin]

the obama cameo was funny


BG&E2 nothing today

[spoo]

Ubisoft has now officially became the kings of games for kids.

[Lord_Kefka]

I don't know how to describe that motion but it probably reminds you of your adolescence.

[ZForce915]

Abusing dogs? Does Michael Vick work for Ubisoft?

[Wolfkin]

this game actually looks more fun than the presenter's over enthusiasm would have made me thinkoriginally

hecky yeah tmnt. been dying to see what this looks like

[Cao Cao]

Looks like TMNT Smash-Up is coming up.

[spoo]

I fight for fuglieness.

[Survivor Charlie]

Go figure that French publisher Ubisoft would prominently show a video of an airplane being disabled and presumably crashed on takeoff by evil rabbids on the day that a French airplane crashed, killing 200+ people.

Timing is everything.

[Wolfkin]

wow that first trailer looks SO slow. almost agonizingly slow. that hurts man.

I fight for fuglieness.classic

how about meteos Ubi? Meteos > Luminies.

[Cao Cao]

I find it funny that the head of Ubi USA has a thicker accent than the guys from France.

[Cao Cao]

Something from Q Entertainment?

EDIT: "Project Eden". No details.
Now we're going into AC2

[Lord_Kefka]

This presentation goes from Hilarious to awkward to awkwardly hilarious. It has it all.

Assassins Creed 2 time! Yay!

[Cao Cao]

White mask...
BOOM! Headshot!

[Wolfkin]

well all in all it was an interesting day

[Lord_Kefka]

Dammit! Gtrailers feed botched during AC2.

[diddy310]

Hopefully you can actually kill the targets with the long range weapon this time :D

[KingBroly]

Seriously...Best.Press Conference.EVER!!!

[Hydro2Oxide]

No BGE2 makes this a pretty lame conference. At least AC2 looks good and while Avatar was long winded, sounds cool to me.

[Furashu]

well all in all it was an interesting day
yes it helped make work on a monday go by faster:)

[VipFREAK]

All I want to know is if there's a new Rainbow Six coming out!?!?!? damn it.

[DarkNessBear]

Ugh, I can't decide what was worst, Ubi's or EA's press conference. I had to fast forward a majority of both... Man, James Cameron talked forever. At least Microsoft's was great, made up for it.

They didn't show ANY AC2 ingame footage? What the hell? Ugh, hopefully I can play it tomorrow. And the same old Mass Effect 2 footage, ergh. Heres hoping Nintendos (which I dont get to see live T_T) and Sonys (which I get to be at) will be great!

[Survivor Charlie]

I wish I could ask one question of Ubisoft.

"Yes, considering that Red Steel is quite possibly one of the worst games ever made and was universally shat upon, why on earth would you call any game of a sequel to it? Wouldn't an entirely new franchise have been better? I sure know *I* don't want Red Steel 2, and it has nothing to do with the footage, but rather the legacy of the first game. Are you guys fricken morons by choice or is a French genetics thing?"

[lokizz]

left 4 dead 2 trailer was awesome. the only game im jealous of the 360 for. whats the story on why this series isnt on ps3?

[kilm]

left 4 dead 2 trailer was awesome. the only game im jealous of the 360 for. whats the story on why this series isnt on ps3?

Valve (Gabe) thinks developing and programming for the PS3 is needlessly ridiculous and a total waste of productive time.

[CoffeeEdge]

left 4 dead 2 trailer was awesome. the only game im jealous of the 360 for. whats the story on why this series isnt on ps3?

Because Gabe Newell absolutely hates the PS3, and Valve's general position seems to be that, largely because of the Cell, the PS3 is a waste of time to develop for. He doesn't want to waste time developing for an architecture that he does not see a future for.

[Dr Mario Kart]

They could always farm it out like they did with Orange Box I guess.

[CoffeeEdge]

They could always farm it out like they did with Orange Box I guess.

Of course. And the fact that they refuse even that shows that they're not kidding.

[Nohbdy]

They could always farm it out like they did with Orange Box I guess.

Yeah, let's put out a game that gets no updates like the other versions do.

At least 360 players have to depend on Valve Time to get TF2 stuff. PS3 players are stuck.

[Blackout]

Ubi's conference was so damn boring. All Ubisoft does is put out half assed games that never realize their full potential. I have no idea what they were rambling about with the movie thing but to me it sounded completely uninteresting. They were talking about expanding their stuff to books, movies, etc. Now we can have half assed products in all forms of entertainment.

I also like how they already announced DLC for Assassins and Splinter Cell which is going to be released at launch. That stuff should be on the disc.

[KingBroly]

Game Press does it again it seems

http://i40.tinypic.com/2jz681.jpg

[sendme]

Valve (Gabe) thinks developing and programming for the PS3 is needlessly ridiculous and a total waste of productive time.

Thats what people thought about the PS2 also. Well atleast it was a pain in the ass when it first came out is what was being said online and in a few mags. However we can all tell that changed. I'm sure Sony didn't make the PS3 easyer or any thing like the PS2. I'm sure they found some new way of making it a pain in the ass. Hell BD-J from what I read is a big pain in the ass to program for, for Blurays or atleast it was at one time. HD-i was a lot easyer. However I never delt with programming on any of this stuff so I wouldn't know first hand only the stuff I read.

Also I really don't want to read all the way through this to find out what all was talked about so other then games it was just Facebook and Twitter on the 360 along with some camera that lets you controle the games?

[Shrapnellistic]

@Blackout (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=28918)
I also like how they already announced DLC for Assassins and Splinter Cell which is going to be released at launch. That stuff should be on the disc.Ubisoft games are discounted really fast, use that to offset the nickle-and-dime.

@KingBroly (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/member.php?u=88826)
That's what I was holding out for.

[MSI Magus]

So heres my big question. Regardless of if your in the camp that thinks Natal is the second coming or those that thing it was just made to look good but will suck you have to agree MS atleast managed to make it look like it played extremely well. If Sony was planning a new motion sensing tech toy and it doesn't look as impressive what do they do? Do they still show their waggle version or do they pull it from the show?

Personally I think if Sony is planning motion tech stuff and cant atleast come close to showing a Natal level project then they need to pull it from the show and announce it in a few months after Natal hype is down.

Edit - Also what are the announcments you guys are hoping for? Personally im hoping to see

1. FFVI remake for DS finally announced(its the only one left!!)
2. Diablo 3 release date announced for this year(I can dream and still have a hunch!)
3. Sly Cooper 4 finally announced(ok I know I know this is more of a dream then D3 this year)
4. Dark Cloud 3 annouced

[EXStrike]

They didn't do FFV yet.

[MSI Magus]

They didn't do FFV yet.

GBA re release with new content.