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#1 "Activision bows out of E3 2008"

"After careful consideration, for business reasons Activision has decided not to participate in any official E3 activities. We wish the ESA best of luck with the show."
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Predictions:

- Microsoft still denying the ThreeMote
- Next to Microsoft, Rare discusses Thriis designs
- Another Alan Wake delay
- BioShock to the PS3 hype
- Sony announcing Home microtransactions
- Midway announcing Killer Instinct 3 as a party minigame game for the Wii

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Microsoft Predictions:
- Numbers BS
- Date for Too Human, Viva Pinata 2, Banjo
- Something about EA Sports
- Launch date for XNA titles
- Bell asking gamers to make a contribution to society

Sony Predictions:
- TV shows on Store announcement
- LBP dated
- Final Fantasy XIII shown
- Bioshock PS3 date, price?
- Capcom exclusive (might be dlc)

Nintendo Predictions:
- Wii Budget Line announced with a Light Blue Trim (Twilight Princess, Wario Ware, Excite Truck, RRR, Red Steel)
- 2d Zelda for WiiWare
- Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii
- Animal Crossing announced for 2009
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 announced

Third Party Predictions:
- Mega Man in SFIV
- Resident Evil 5 pushed to 2009
- Rock Band 2 announced, with improved instruments
- Assassin's Creed 2 announced, set in the Renaissance
- Dragon Quest IX coming out in 2008, worldwide launch
- 3 more FF remakes announced, none of which are FF7
 
Microsoft:

New 360 SKU
Fable 2 dated (Molyneux turns the hype-o-meter up to 11)
Alan Wake officially becomes vaporware
Peter Jackson project finally shown to the public
Too Human given more attention considering the August release

Playstation:

God of War III and FFXIII announced for spring/summer of 09
More vaporware trailers to be shown
Home dated for November of 08
Team Ico project info shown


Nintendo:
More shovelware announced
Super Mario Galaxy 2 & Kid Icarus announced
Rumors of the Super Wii for late 09/early 2010

Other:
Another Duke Nukem Trailer
Orange Box 2 announced
Jade Empire 2 shown (fingers crossed)
 
Microsoft:
-Too Human hype train begins (I saw an ad on the Japanese marketplace saying August..)
-Banjo Kazooie hype
-First details on GTA DLC
-Netflix integrated into XBox Live
-Dead Rising 2 teaser, Mass Effect DLC,
-XBox Live Arcade Explosions: Street Fighter HD dated, Goldeneye, Killer Instinct, Power Stone 1 and 2
-Multiplayer component (and possibly achievements) added to XBox Originals line, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 playable over XBox Live
-Microsoft stacks the holidays: Fable in August, Too Human in September, Fallout in October, Gears of War 2 in November, Alan Wake and Silent Hill V in December.

Nintendo:
-Animal Crossing Wii finally, finally, FINALLY announced
-Wii colors announced: Red, Blue, Black, Pink, Green, and Wii Sports broken up into five individual games.. One is included with specific bundles (Black = Bowling, etc) and the price will be $229
-Another Mario, this time it's an RPG on the DS. The Wii will see another epic Mario game, perhaps of the 2D variety
-New Zelda, cel-shaded style
-Final Fantasy Wii, an off-shoot of FFXIII.
-Earthbound Trilogy announced on the DS

Sony:

-God of War 3 dated
-Home dated
-Little Big Planet dated
-MGS4 numbers inflated and "units shipped" displayed instead of "units sold"
-Resistance 2 in November 08, within 2 weeks of Gears of War 2
-Final Fantasy XIII video shown, actual gameplay on display, announced for Spring 08
-SONY SHOCKER: To tide fans over, full 3D re-release of Final Fantasy VII this fall for PS3 only, Limited Edition FF7 comes bundled with an exclusive port (of the PS2 grahical variety) of Final Fantasy: Crisis Core
 
Crazy:
Someone else takes over the Def Jam liscence from EA. I'm thinking Ubisoft or Actiblizz....maybe namco.

Normal:
Ready to Rumble 3 is shown
Another surprise SCIV character is shown that appeals to the US audience
Afro Samuari
Duke for XBLA is shown and is released during the show....or the first of the fable games
New Capcom Fighter shown
Pokemon Platnium announced for the fall, first one to be released the same day worldwide
God of War 3 Shown
SF IV announced for fall (Sep or Oct) for all systems possible
New DS colors
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme'] Bungie working on new Perfect Dark.[/quote]

Just the idea of another PD game gets me excited but one made by Bungie would be amazing.

Microsoft:
Blu-Ray drive coming November of 2008
Either Peter Jackson Halo Project shown or new Halo project
Banjo shown off a lot
Project Gotham 5 spring 2009 made by Turn 10
Duke Nukem Arcade released during show


Sony:
Price Drop
God of War 3 trailer
Jak and Daxter trailer
FF7 remake?


Nintendo:
Price drop?
Animal Crossing Wii shipping this holiday
Kid Icarus coming spring 2009
Online play added to Virtual Console games

Third Party:
New James Bond game shown off
Capcom shows off SFIV
Resident Evil 5 playable
Guitar Hero World Tour song count announced, over 100 on disc with 20 titles available on launch for download.
 
[quote name='keiblerfan69']
Guitar Hero World Tour song count announced, over 100 on disc with 20 titles available on launch for download.[/quote]
Activision is out of E3.
 
[quote name='keiblerfan69']
Guitar Hero World Tour song count announced, over 100 on disc with 20 titles available on launch for download.[/quote]

With how much these guys make off DLC, there's no chance in hell we'll be seeing a disc with over 100 songs.
 
Nintendo:
- Animal Crossing
- Virtual Console/WiiWare storage solution announced
- New Wiimote colors but NO new system colors
- Starfox or Kirby Wii announcement
- Lots of WiiWare announcements
- Lots of DS software I have absolutely no interest in
- Wii Music dated
- Miyamato drops more hint about his next baby

SONY:
- PSP GPS FINALLY shown and dated
- PSP keyboard shown only to vanish into thin air by next year
- One or two decent PSP games shown off
- Team ICO and God of War trailers but nothing playable
- Possibly a price drop but I'm guessing SONY will wait until X-mas
 
Sony:

- Some bullshit about Home.
- Some bullshit about how since LittleBigPlanet lets users create content, it's good... as if more than 1% of end users will make anything worth playing.
- Killzone 2 will be showcased the hell out of.
- White Knight Story and Final Fantasy XIII = Ignored
- PSP also largely ignored.
- Long MGS4 trailer. Yeah, after the game is out.

Nintendo:

- Nothing of note. Lots of lame stuff showcased.
- DS games ignored, but a new DS is announced. The same shit, only slimmer. And it's got 3 cool colors. Buy now!
- New Star Fox. Maybe they can 1up the N64 version from 11 years ago this time!
- Oh! Shit, no, they won't 1up it, because now they've got motion controls for flying, and they suck. New airplane shell for the Wiimote.

Microsoft:

- Lots of Gears of War 2. Very little Too Human.
- Talk about US sales figures for the 360 and how those make them the global leader somehow.
- Bullshit about the Games for Windows initiative and how MS is doing everything (read: nothing) they can to improve the platform.
- Long speech about the possibilities of the Zune, as if there were any.
- J. Allard returns and is still an overly stylized piece of shit.
 
Nintendo
- Nintendo takes a shot at the Monster Hunter market with some DS co-op RPG
- New 3D Mario game announced for DS
- Nintendo announces their next "used in a few games then forgotten forever" Wii peripheral

Chac is probably right about an airplane shell.

MS
- new SKU, 60GB HD
- gow2 gow2 gow2 + something with the Halo name stuck on it
- MS will pimp Banjo-K., "the next Kameo"

Sony
- no good surprises, just the same FPS's they've been showing for years and "hey remember we still got LBP"
- release date for video store and home
- yawns from me
 
[quote name='cochesecochese']Nintendo:
- Wii Music dated
- Miyamato drops more hint about his next baby
[/quote]

According to the latest Time, his next big thing is a music title. "He is now working on a music game. It's due out later this year, even if it takes a few Bowser-like outbursts to pull it off" (Interview about Wii Fit and what's to come from him)
 
[quote name='Foo228']According to the latest Time, his next big thing is a music title. "He is now working on a music game. It's due out later this year, even if it takes a few Bowser-like outbursts to pull it off" (Interview about Wii Fit and what's to come from him)[/quote]

Isn't that probably Wii Music?
[quote name='Wikipedia']
Miyamoto also said in July 2007 he'll focus his attention on helping develop Wii Music after he's completed developing Wii Fit and Super Mario Galaxy.[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='Scorch']-Final Fantasy XIII video shown, actual gameplay on display, announced for Spring 08[/quote]
"It's been out for months and you idiots never realized it!"
 
My predictions:

Sony:

Debutes the first playable demonstration of Africa. They fail to see that the addition of tranquilizer guns (for tagging animals) and driveable humvees combine to create a hilarious exposition of what not to do in nature. The game is retitled Africa: Sleeping Roadkill and repurposed to actually be fun.

Microsoft:

Builds their soundstage in the form of a giant enemy crab, making sure that one of the most played out embarassing mistakes by a PR guy never dies. However, they fail to reinforce the bottom of the soundstage, allowing an earthquake to hit it for massive damage.

Nintendo:

Officially announces Wii Music, featuring an attachable wand for the Wii Mote, letting you act like a conductor. They then announce Wii Driving School, Wii Bill Pay, Wii Clean Up Your House and Wii Sell You Things You Should Be Doing For Real. Grandparents eat it up, and hardcores bemoan the death of "true gaming". Nintendo then announces Super Smash Brothers: Brawling Melee Fight 2010. Hardcores then return to praising Nintendo's "innovation".

Rockstar:

Fresh off the victories of GTA4, Rockstar announces the new entry in the series "Grand Theft Auto: Developing Country", taking place in some unnamed 3rd World Country. New activities include robbing people for their food, selling people DDT to fish with and a far smaller choice of cars to steal.

Activision Blizzard / EA / TakeTwo / Ubisoft:

These four companies announce a new wave of the future and simultaneously merge into one company, Take Active EA Blizzardsoft. Then to show their dedication to their new monolith, the four PR leads run at each other and leap into each other, merging to become one monsterous horribly efficient Marketstein. People recall both being excited for the new company and the inability to stop puking.
 
Anyone think there is going to be something to do with new 360 hardware? Maybe a new hard drive amount (60gb is rumored), a possible price drop, or even a variation to the console itself?

I'm itching to finally pick up one (as I just recently spent some money on games for it...plus GTA IV is hard to pass up) but I'm unsure of if the wait until E3 is worthwhile or not (I have waited this long)
 
[quote name='Foo228']Anyone think there is going to be something to do with new 360 hardware? Maybe a new hard drive amount (60gb is rumored), a possible price drop, or even a variation to the console itself?[/quote]

anybody? :roll:
 
[quote name='Logain8955']My predictions:

Sony:

Debutes the first playable demonstration of Africa. They fail to see that the addition of tranquilizer guns (for tagging animals) and driveable humvees combine to create a hilarious exposition of what not to do in nature. The game is retitled Africa: Sleeping Roadkill and repurposed to actually be fun.

Microsoft:

Builds their soundstage in the form of a giant enemy crab, making sure that one of the most played out embarassing mistakes by a PR guy never dies. However, they fail to reinforce the bottom of the soundstage, allowing an earthquake to hit it for massive damage.

Nintendo:

Officially announces Wii Music, featuring an attachable wand for the Wii Mote, letting you act like a conductor. They then announce Wii Driving School, Wii Bill Pay, Wii Clean Up Your House and Wii Sell You Things You Should Be Doing For Real. Grandparents eat it up, and hardcores bemoan the death of "true gaming". Nintendo then announces Super Smash Brothers: Brawling Melee Fight 2010. Hardcores then return to praising Nintendo's "innovation".

Rockstar:

Fresh off the victories of GTA4, Rockstar announces the new entry in the series "Grand Theft Auto: Developing Country", taking place in some unnamed 3rd World Country. New activities include robbing people for their food, selling people DDT to fish with and a far smaller choice of cars to steal.

Activision Blizzard / EA / TakeTwo / Ubisoft:

These four companies announce a new wave of the future and simultaneously merge into one company, Take Active EA Blizzardsoft. Then to show their dedication to their new monolith, the four PR leads run at each other and leap into each other, merging to become one monsterous horribly efficient Marketstein. People recall both being excited for the new company and the inability to stop puking.[/QUOTE]Fail
 
Throw them out!

Wii - Starfox (makes sense as it's the only series that hasn't been out for Wii yet)
- Kid Icarus (everyone's calling this)

DS - Nothing much. They'll just show clips of upcoming games we know about.

360 - Motion Controller?
- Star Ocean 4 360 exclusive?

PSP - Devil May Cry
- Suikoden 6?

PS3 - Kratos in Soul Calibur
- Introduction to movie download service
Announcement on firm release date for Home (next year)
 
Shenmue 3 for the Wii.
Startropics 3 for the Wii.
Suikoden VI for the Wii.

Luigi's Mansion re-mix for DS.

Bill Gate's All Star Baseball, Hockey, Basketball and *drum roll* Cricket for the 360
Rallisport Challenge 3 for the 360
Atari E.T for XBox Live Arcade
 
[quote name='InuFaye']1. Team Ico News.
2. Who gives a shit about the rest, nothing else matters.[/QUOTE]

QFT
aside from that, Diablo III for consoles?
 
Gta goes xbla (the first 2)...for some reason it`ll be a huge deal
Nintendo`s legit take on the crazed music genre: Mario fuckin' Rock Band
Tagline: You thought we weren't badass. You thought we wouldn`t make a worthwhile M-Rated game. You thought wrong.
 
[quote name='Nephlabobo']Wii - Starfox (makes sense as it's the only series that hasn't been out for Wii yet)[/quote]If they don't announce Pikmin 3 for the Wii at E3, then I'm selling my Wii. I bought it because I had a bunch of credit from GameRush, but it's worthless to me now. I have a couple friends that want to buy it from me for near full price since they can't find it, and the only reason I'm still keeping it is for the possibility to play Pikmin 3.
 
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[quote name='sj41']If they don't announce Pikmin 3 for the Wii at E3, then I'm selling my Wii. [/quote]

Actually, I hadn't thought about that.

Starfox, Pikmin or Animal Crossing for Wii this year....

Which one is most likely? I'm starting to think Starfox is least likely.
 
I hope they don't make another Starfox unless they go back and look at what made 64 so awesome and ditch the on foot crap.


On topic- Hmm....maybe the next Xbox, and maybe new versions of the DS/PSP.
 
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