Sony E3 Press Conference

Nintendo E3 Press Conference

E3 so far…

Well guys and gals, E3 has been promising so far. We have had some big news. Lets try to sum up:

- A new Metal Gear Solid is coming for the XBOX 360; Metal Gear Solid: Rising
- Microsoft has presented their Project Natal, a revolutionary way of controlling your console and your games. It is an accessorie which captures your movements very precisely. It has a camera, sensors and a microphone, which opens up for face recognizion, voice commands, and video chat.
- We got a new look at Alan Wake by Remedy for the XBOX 360
- Splinter Cell: Conviction turns out to look very promising
- Facebook and Twitter is coming to the XBOX 360
- Zune Video, the new video on demand service at XBOX 360 is coming to 18 countries; US, Canada, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
- Crackdown 2 is coming for the XBOX 360
- Assassins Creed 2 has been announced by Ubisoft
- Mass Effect 2 has been announced by Ubisoft
- Star Wars: The Old Republic has been announced by Bioware

Have I missed anything? Probably. Now all we have to do, is wait for the Nintendo press conference, which can turn out to be very very exciting. Maybe they have some major surprizes for us…? Let’s hope so!

EA E3 Press Conference

For the next press conference at E3, by EA, I will use CoveritLive

Microsoft’s E3 press conference

So, in about 20 minutes, Microsoft launches their much awaited press conference. Exciting, exciting, exciting. Even though I’m not THERE, I will keep an update on this post on what happens at the press conference through IGN’s live streaming of the conference. It’s Microsoft time!

9:07pm 
Microsoft launches their press conference in about 15 minutes

9:20pm
5 minutes people, 5 minutes

9:23pm
This is actually kind of exciting. 2 minutes!

9:26pm
Lost connection to the video, but apparently there are music as a starter. Playing Day Tripper by The Beatles.

9:30pm
They are showing off The Beatles: Rock Band, a much awaited game for Beatles fans

9:33pm
Gameplay from The Beatles: Rock Band

9:36pm
Yoko Ono enters stage

9:40pm
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr entered the stage, talking

9:43pm
The fellows are off, leaving it to other games and stuff to be revealed

9:44pm
Tony Hawk seems to be the next announcement

9:46
Showing of the new board. Some kind of new accecories to play around with

9:50
Modern Warfare 2 trailer is showing up. Seems to be games that we allready know of for now. Has Microsoft got something up their sleve?

9:53pm
Two guys entering the stage, showing gameplay of Modern Warfare 2

- looks realistic…

- good old british dialect

- This looks like climbing up a icy mountainside… Creepy. Jeez… Looks dangerous aswell.

- All in all, gameplay. Very nice and realistic video

- New accecory at the weapon. Some kind of radar formed as a LCD screen at the side of the weapon.

- That guy must have practiced that level alot. How emberassing would it be to die after 5 seconds of gameplay…

- Still Modern Warfare 2 gameplay… It’s good, and looks promising

- It has vehiecles. Snow mobile at the moment. Modern Warfare that is…

- Shooting while driving. Not bad at all. The demonstration is over.

- Square Enix guys are coming on stage

- Seems like there will be some Final Fantasy news. He said “Arigato Gozamias”, meaning thank you…

- Final Fantasy numbers are told.

- There will be a first look at the game

- Dramatic scenes. A little birdie… A major weapon…

- Turned based fighting

- Demonstration is over

- Spring 2010 release for the Final Fantasy game

- Exclusive titles about to be revealed

- New Epic title… Sound fails, so impossible to hear what the guy is saying

- Seems like a 2D action platform game…

- Shooting. Looks a bit like hard core old style Metroid

- Showing off boss battles at the game. Shadow Complex is the game, and it will be available at XBOX Live Arcade

- A new game; Joyride…

- Looks like a racing game where you use your avatar at Xbox Live

- It is free to download, and free to play

- Coming this winter to XBOX Live

- Scene turns dark

- Another game trailer is showd. Not sure which game at the moment. Some kind of action game

- Crackdown 2 is revealed

- Next one seems otherwise. Still another action game. This time we got zombies

- Some real splatting here. Left 4 Dead 2 revealed. Nov 17 release

- Ubisoft game on screen

- Looks more like a thriller game. Splinter Cell

- Sam Fisher is back people. Finally some news about Splinter Cell: Conviction

- No release date announced

- Splinter Cell conviction guys from Ubisoft comes on stage, showing off gameplay of the game

- Splinter Cell: Conviction has changed completely

- Sam has lost his uniform, it seems. He’s wearing a backpack

- Sam has gotten a new ability; Mark and execute

- You mark your shooting targets, and Sam will shoot them. Sam is still doing best in the darkness it seems

- Gadgets are not gone at all. He has a new greanade at his disposal. The game looks really well, and really atmospheric

- Demonstration over. Looks overwhelmingly interesting. The french has done it this time it seems.

- A new racing game is about to be announced.

- Forza Motorsport 3 is announced. Will be released in October

- A employee of the creators of Forza enters the scene, talking about the game

- Forza 3 gameplay is showed at screen. It looks very impressing and realistic

- New graphics engine for Forza 3

- Some interviews with designers of the cars on screen

- There is a video editor in Forza Motorsport 3. Giving you the ability to make videos of your hardcore driving skills

- Shipps this October

- Halo is coming on the screen

- Gameplay of a Halo game is on screen. Halo 3: ODST

- The games plot is weeks before the start of Halo 3

- Halo 1 pistol is back

- Halo 3: ODST demonstration is over

- A new game from Bungie is revealed…

- A unknown trailer is starting

- Halo Reach is revealed. Falls 2010

- Two guys on the stage. A writer

- It is remedy that is on stage. The game is Alan Wake

- So far it seems like a thriller game

- Alan Wake gameplay is on screen

- The game seems to have a narrator, telling what is happening as if it was a book. Also, some kind of vision which I’m not sure of what is

- People, we have Bullet Time

- Seems to have super natural AIs. They can’t hande light it seems. And the game has some very nice special effects

- The game will launch spring 2010

- Music is coming to XBOX Live, through a cooperation with Last.fm

- It will be available to everyone around the world free of charge later this year

- Netflix will come to XBOX 360, where you can see movies and TV series. Seems to be USA only.

- Sky makes it possible for Ireland and UK to do the same thing

- More countrys will have the posibility to watch movies on XBOX 360

- Facebook is coming to XBOX it seems

- Facebook is customized for the XBOX 360 menu

- You can post screenshots of your gaming experiences at Facebook

- Twitter is announced for XBOX 360

- Both services coming to XBOX 360 this fall

- Hideo Kojima enters the scene

- MGS seems to come to XBOX 360!

- Metal Gear Solid: Rising for XBOX 360

- A trailer seems to come on screen

- “Raiden is back…” is the slogan at the end of the trailer

- It seems that a motion controller will be announced

- Seems like a motion controller with only a sensor, without any controller

- Somehow it seems a bit like Eyetoy, only it seems more accurate and it is a motion capture, not a camera

- The motion capture has facial recognition, as well as video chat

- It has voice recognision, as well as it will be able to recognise speach commands

- It seems it won’t come any time soon, and that it is half a vision, but in the works, so far. Called Project Natal

- Steven Spielberg entered the scene

- Speaking about future game visions

- The project leader of Project Natal comes on stage

- Demonstration of Project Natal

- They showed a game where they punched balls, using body movements only

- Paint Party is demonstrated

- You basically use the voice to tell the color you want, and throw the paint at a canvas

- You can make stensils by using your body

- Peter Molnyeux enters the scene

- This mister is well known for his big words. Is there a Fable 3 in the workings?

- There is a video of Lionhead playing around with Project Natal. They have made some kind of avatar you can talk with and interact with through conversation and sharing objects

- Very impressive possibilities with Milo, which is the boys name. Is Molnyeux talking to big words again? We’ll have to see.

- That seems to be the end of Microsofts conference, and we have to say it was impressive. Will Sony and Nintendo be able to do as well? It will be interesting to see

Who is knocking? E3 is!

Alot is awaited from E3 this year. Monday first of June, Microsoft is launching their press conference, fulfilling our hearts with their breaking news about their XBOX 360 and it’s schenanigans.

The following two days, will continue to ram us with fulfilling news from Nintendo, Sony, Ubisoft, EA, let’s just say all the big ‘uns.

What is awaited? Well, there have been speculations about a couple of things, to the least.

When it comes to Microsoft and the XBOX, alot of Box-gamers hope to see Solid Snake in Metal Gear ported to their favourite console. Also, there are expectations that Microsoft will show their brand new motion capture device for the XBOX, much (very much) like Nintendo’s revolution.

Let’s head over to one of the other big ones, Sony. There has been alot of stuff coming here from all sort of corners on the internet. Where shall we start? Well, the half-confirmed new PSP is a must-tell. A leaked episode of Play Stations own game program, Qore, showed us the new fancy console. Or is it fancy? Up to you guys… Also, there has leaked suspicious photos from a chinese factory of a new version of Play Station 3, a so called slim version. A interview GameStop had with a Sony associate, boosted these rumors. When good ol’ GameStop brought the leaked pictures into the interview, the Sony associate was surprised that the photos allready were released. Bad move… Real bad… When GameStop told him or her that it was unconfirmed photos, he didn’t want to talk about it anymore. It has also been said that Sony won’t reveal the PS3 Slim at this years E3, but that it is deffinetly genuine.

Ok, so let’s head over to the other Japanese biggie; oldtimer Nintendo. There are expectations in this camp aswell. Some rumors, tell us that Nintendo will reveal a new Zelda game, and a new Super Mario game. I have my small doubts about it, but I would of course not mind it. It would something awsome to happen, no doubt about it.

All in all, there are ALOT of things to look forward to at this years E3! And remember, Dukiba will follow the expo from hour to hour, so check up on updates here!