This thread is for anyone interested in the numerous offerings from E3. This thread has been made with the intention of tracking every e3 news story and screen capture, no matter how small or insignificant, and gathering them all into one place. I urge you, your friends, relatives, and significant others to provide links and discourse within the thread so that I may update the main page with your very important and appreciated contributions.
Hopefully, by the end of this thread's life cycle, we will have a fully armed and operational (sourced and linked) "battlestation" for all your E3 desires. This will also be useful in tallying all those announcements/offerings of your favorite company so that you may present a list of your company's awesomeness to your next debatee.
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(11:58:01 AM): Rectangular peripheral is what it seems to be that sits low in front of your TV. It's project Natal. 'The only experience you need is life experience', says Mattrick. Sensor in Natal tracks 3D movement. It will work with every 360 sold so far. And every one to be sold.
(11:56:57 AM): Friends online with video chat, selecting clothes for each other to wear for going out to parties. Playing 1 vs 100. System will feature voice recognition. Can say 'play movie' to get a movie to start. (11:51:10 AM): The next major release will be called Metal Gear Solid Rising and development is currently underway for Xbox 360. He didn't say anything about solid snake.
(11:49:48 AM): He looks happy. He thinks microsoft is missing one crucial piece of the puzzle. OMG. Kojima on stage.
(11:48:28 AM): Looks like you can view other people's Twitter posts, and you can post from Twitter right from your Xbox. Updates instantly. Twitter and Facebook will be coming to Xbox Live this fall.
(11:47:34 AM): Facebook Connect is on there as well, which lets you posts screens and texts in real time. Will work for the new Tiger Woods PGA Tour. In addition to Facebook, Twitter will also be available through XBL.
(11:45:35 AM): Season 3 of the guild is coming this fall... Showing off Facebook on Xbox 360. Same kind of windowed browser as the rest of the Xbox interface. Can use friend linker, that shows XBL and FB friends in the same list.
(11:44:19 AM): Announcing Live Party so that your avatars will sit around a virtual TV and watch it. Looks like a lame version of Mystery Science Theatre. Announcing a partnership with Facebook. Felicia Day on stage from The Guild.
(11:42:54 AM): Today Microsoft is relaunching video service with full 1080p with Zune video. Also, every movie and TV show will be accessible instantly. Doubling number of countries video store is available in. Will launch this fall. No need to download or anything. Will just play.
(11:39:40 AM): saying there'll be some kind of innovation coming to Xbox Live. Music is coming to Xbox Live, with partnership to Last.fm. Lukewarm applause.
(11:32:53 AM): Sam Lake from Remedy. Lake going to introduce a writer. Showing in-game footage from Alan Wake. There's going to be an in-game demo.
(11:32:29 AM): When you buy ODST you get an i Alan Wake is giving voice over, saying his work is actually coming to life in this town.nvite to the Reach multiplayer beta. I think they said Earth 359 in the Reach video. Also I think Falls 2010 means sometime in 2010 not Fall.
(11:31:31 AM): Showing the surface of a planet rotating around. Explosions scarring the surface as people scream over radio chatter. Halo Reach announced. Fall 2010. from Bungie and MGS (11:25:00 AM): Joe Staten from Bungie for ODST. Showing in-game demo.
(11:18:29 AM): In October they'll be shipping Forza Motorsport 3. Showing a trailer, doesn't appear to be in-game footage of cars racing around.
(11:17:40 AM): Seems very violent, dark, and action-heavy. Will release this fall exclusively on Xbox 360. Shappert talking again, talking about Turn 10 studios and racing games.
(11:10:44 AM): Another trailer playing, man playing a piano. It's Sam Fisher, splinter cell conviction.
(11:09:46 AM): Now sownig a trailer with zombies running around, high level of gore. There are chainswaws in the game, decapitation. Left 4 dead 2 on Nov 17. Xbox 360 / PC is what I saw on there.
(11:07:58 AM): Another trailer starting up. Saying the City is infected and that you are the cure. Power suited soldiers chasing after enemies. holy crap. Crackdown 2 confirmed.
(11:06:03 AM): It's coming to XBLA this summer, it'll be at Microsoft's booth at E3 along with Gears Dark Corners content. Now moving on to the next game, called Joy Ride from BigPark. Cartoonish style trailer. It's an 'avatar adventure.'
(11:02:51 AM): Schappert takling again, saying every single game and demo and experience will be available only on Xbox 360. Donald Mustard and Cliff Blezinski from Epic coming onstage. They're announcing Shadow Complex, an XBLA game.
(10:59:01 AM): Giving a brief history of Final Fantasy, tracing FF from when it first started 20 years ago. Last year (Toriyama) says he shocked the world with the FFXIII to Xbox 360 announcement. Today they're premiering the game running on Xbox 360.
(10:57:38 AM): Infinity Ward and Activision will release 2 MW2 map packs first on XBL.
(10:44:33 AM): No wheels on it, but it's got an accelerometer, it can sense if you put your foot alongside it to push you along.
(10:43:44 AM): Tony Hawk coming out on stage. Carrying a skateboard, naturally, presumably talk about Tony Hawk Ride. Oh it's the skateboard controller he's holding.
(10:37:34 AM): The game will also have DLC, including full albums, including Abbey Road in its entirety shortly after launch. All you need is love will be downloable only through Xbox Live. Proceeds from purchases donated to Doctors Without Borders.
(10:29:30 AM): And it ends with the title of The Beatles Rock Band. Alex Regopolis on stage now and Van Toffler from MTV. That was the opening cinematic from the game.
The E3 press conferences are where all of the magic happens. It was during this talk last year that Microsoft announced its plans for Avatars and Square's intentions to bring Final Fantasy XIII to Xbox 360. Two years ago, Peter Moore kept hitting the guide button while playing Rock Band and Jeff Bell called Reggie Bush his "brother." This is the one part of E3 you as a gamer can't afford to miss.
3:11 - Rod announces SimAnimals. It's new and different. Not like SimSafari, SimAnt or any other Sim Animal like game. confirmed animal sex. Coming January 2009 exclusively for Wii and DS.
3:15 - Sims 3 trailer time! Showcases the community aspect and town parts of the game. Plus there are cellphones! And an emo haired rock celebrity.
3:17 - Dead Space is up next. Huge screensots of space autopsies on people that are still alive. Totally freaking gross, in an awesome way.
3:25 - Patrick Soderlund from EA Europe is on stage to show off Mirror's Edge
3:40 - Spore trailer. Telling the history of life though Spore. Ameobas to fish to land dwellers to war mongering bidepal jerks.
3:43 - Peter Moore is on stage, ready to talk about NBA Live. Bill Walton is here too, talking about how cool Spore is. Oh wait he's supposed to be talking about how cool NBA Live is, oops.
3:58 - Peter Moore is demoing EA All Play with Tiger Woods. He's better than a professional lady golfer since he's playing on "kid mode."
4:04 - Nanea Reeves has come out to announce Nucleus. It's an online account and social networking tool built around the EA games.
4:06 - Shawn Fanning is now on stage, talking about Rupture. He's showing off something called Social Achievements, which are made and posted by users to challenge their friends.
4:08 - EA Mobile is talking about games for the iPhone. Tetris uses touch screen and Spore uses the accelerometer.
4:12 - Bioware showed up, gave us a trailer for Dragon Age Origins (it's a fantasy RPG. With dragons perhaps) then left quickly.
4:15 -Now Valve is up with Left 4 Dead. Oh no... powerpoint? Valve! You know better!
4:21 - Holy crap it's John Carmack. He's on stage and talking about a partnership with EA. Id has a taste of a new title, Rage, which is a first person, post-apocalypticish Mad Max meets Doom thing.
(5:35:02 PM): Intros Red Steel 2 and shows Red Steel 2 trailer. Live action film of a guy using the Wii Motion Plus like a warrior. Juxtaposing shots of the player and the on-screen character swinging a sword. Lighting looks really nice. Mostly saw cinematics, but the in-game action looked good too.
(5:12:38 PM): We were the first to jump on the Wii with Red Steel, he says. Talks about Red Steel 2 and its use of Motion Plus.
(5:12:15 PM): Brings up Avatar, the game based on the Cameron movie. A new creative team has joined forces with Ubi... joined forces again with Peter Jackson, and working with Spielberg on Tintin.
So basically Ubisoft is making a Tintin game along with Spielberg. Jackson project is unclear...
(5:09:50 PM): Ubi has created a new divisioncalled Hybrid to help its media convergence efforts. Created a 'destination' called Uplay that will allow social networking from within their games. There's a shop, etc. Will be on Assassin's Creed, Avatar and Splinter Cell -- A new multimedia experience.
9:15 a.m.: Wii Fit Plus is the result. It's official.
9:32 a.m.: He introduces Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers and shows a trailer.
9:35 a.m.: Reggie: Square is also brining Kingdom Hearts to DS on September 29.
9:36 a.m.: Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story name official. Nintendo shows off English gameplay footage of the title in motion.
9:36 a.m.: Golden Sun DS! Gameplay footage shown. Thank you, Camelot. Took you suckas long enough!
9:39 a.m.: James Patterson Women's Murder Club: Games of Passion demo for DS. From THQ. It's book form. That's kind of cool. But, uh, probably not going to buy it.
9:41 a.m.: New IP from Ubisoft. C.O.P. The Recruit. This is the title I mentioned in the podcast. The GTA competitor.
One more title. Style Savvy is the name. It's the fashion design game on DS in Japan. Definitely for girls. I bet IGN's Fran Mirabella would love all the fashion tips in the game, though.
9:46 a.m.: Moving Memo, called Flip Note Studio here, will be available to DSi owners this summer.
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again. Playable on the show floor. Available only as a download via DSiWare next Monday, June 8.
9:49 a.m.: WarioWare DIY includes a feature for players to design their own games from scratch. Characters, environments, actions -- even the purpose of the microgame itself can be edited by the player.
Beginning this summer, you'll be able to automatically upload photos taken with your DSi to Facebook.
Cammie mentions The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, which will be playable on the show floor this week.
9:59 a.m.: What's next, though? Something completely new? An entirely different way of thinking about games. Wii Vitality sensor. It recognizes your pulse.
10:03 a.m.: Super Mario Galaxy 2. Yoshi's playable. Mario running around crazy environments. Huge boss battles. Graphics look great, as expected. Rolling a giant snowball around planets. Swimming unerwater.
10:05 a.m.: Gameplay montage of The Conduit.
10:05 a.m.: Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles is next.
10:09 a.m.: Dead Space Extraction is last.
10:10 a.m.: New footage of darker game. Team Ninja and Nintendo! Metroid: Other M! Holy eff!
