E3 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is the thread for E3, links to live streams, rumours, announcements, pics of the 3DS etc

Anyone going?

I guess I'm most curious to see the 3DS and learn exactly what that's going to be.

Then, are the 360-slim redesign / price-cut rumors true? Is there any compelling software announced that would make Microsoft or Sony motion control peripherals worth plunking down the big money for?

Also, if all goes to plan, I should be down there on Thursday, which should be fun.

i am gonna pretend this is real for just a little bit longer

http://imgur.com/15AZZ.jpg

yeh can't wait to see what the 3DS is, especially after all the ridiculous rumours (3G! 360esque graphics!)
expect to see a smaller 360, maybe with natal built in? software showings for natal & move are going to be very telling about their respective chances of success.
software-wise i'm hoping to be surprised, nothing announced so far has particularly grabbed me. (BG&E2 plzplzplz)

and how are they going to demo the 3DS onstage anyway???

ooh one more thing to look forward to.

http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/215395/e3-games-2010/

looks like details of the xbox slim have leaked

250gb + includes Wifi? hmmmmm

anybody willing to buy the new rock band stuff? I might be willing to try out a keyboard if it teaches me to play.

horrible looking
xp

does your family have to look aryan to play with M$ kinect?

also dnw a bunch of wii knock-offs from rare

It's weird - is kinect a better name than natal (both horrible names imo)? games look like the games you can already play via the stupid 360 camera. this input method just seems really limiting in the type of games you can do - only the most limited wii-lites apparently. seems like it's going to be a hard sell to rope in that casual audience they're going after, i.e. the wii audience who either might not feel like basically buying and playing the same types of games again or have wiis they bought a year or two collecting dust in their closet & won't feel like buying the same thing again knowing after a few days they'll never touch it again. Also, living in a second floor apartment, games that require jumping aren't really something I coould play - also wouldn't want to have to move my coffee table away from in front of my couch every time I turn on the 360.

Still - curious what'll come out of the full conference today & price for more laughs.

i think kinect is better than natal. not hugely. but better.

agreed, the association with the word "natal" makes no sense, at least "kinect" sounds like bland crappy microsoft jargonism

i think you nailed it, jeff - the whole natal/move thing feels like they've so completely missed the boat on this trend, too bad it took them years to develop it - and who wants to get a second Wii? nothing shown so far shows the same kind of wow factor the Wii did when it came out, it looks pretty much the same (tired). might as well develop a brand new musical instrument game now for the same effect

I'm still trying to keep an open mind, as at first I remember being pretty turned off by the Wii controller too, but now I rather like it (for the most part). Mario was a much bigger selling point for me though than Wii Sports (which I remain indifferent to).

I hope Kinect is great, not so much because I have a 360 but because I'm planning on getting a Wii finally, & I reckon good competition will get Nintendo working hard to differentiate the Wii (& thus presumably innovating again).

Kinect sounds marginally better than Natal to me because stupid marketing-y spelling aside, "connect" at least kinda sorta tells you what the thing actually does. And I always heard people pronouncing it "na-TAHL," which was weird. It's already a word! You don't get to make up a new pronounciation for it!

Right now I'm waiting with bated breath for the inevitably disappointing Valve "surprise" and cursing the Joystiq update that broke the site on my Blackberry.

I went to this last year and it was boooooooooooring. All the good demos are behind closed doors and you have to have a beefed up credential and the will to wait in long lines. The games on the floor are mostly things that are pretty close to release. Only remarkable things I saw last year was playable arkham asylum (good!) and a aliens v. predator demo (looked good, but the game was shitty).

But I did get some free batteries out of it which was pretty cool..

http://www.youtube.com/E3

so far they've shown gears 3, mgs rising, fable 3, some crytek bullshit, and reach

I kinda like the look of the dancing game lol

new xbox is shipping today (impressive) at the same price (not so much)

watched most of the conference...

No price announcement for Kinect must mean it's pretty pricey. Don't really care, because I didn't really see anything interesting. Thought the best looking thing for it was the Ubisoft exercise game, which I would never do anyway. Five minutes to show you can "walk" around a car in the next Forza project / app? The redesigned 360 appeared surprisingly ugly - kind of shocked they would go that direction visually (dark & harsh/broken angles) while supposedly trying to appeal to a more mainstream audience. At least it's smaller and maybe quieter. Not even a token price cut makes it seem like it's not exactly going to fly off the shelves. The ESPN thing sounds good, especially if you can watch most games on demand in HD (since I don't have a DVR) & no extra charge (beyond gold)?

some crytek bullshit

was about to say yaaaay but then i looked up who ACTUALLY made far cry 2

No price announcement for Kinect must mean it's pretty pricey

Maybe, but it could also mean that they're waiting to see how much Sony charge for Move before they commit to a price. In which case both could end up pretty cheap.

But yeah, that conference was about 0.002% as exciting as the iphone 4 one last week.

Like, this time last year they showed natal and there was a general feeling of "woah, that thing has UNTAPPED POTENTIAL". But a year later and none of it's been tapped yet? Meh.

The new console doesn't look too impressive, though it is nice it got a token HD bump and the wifi inclusion. It may sound minor but the wifi thing actually does make a big difference to me. But probably not enough of a difference to completely get over my MS suspicions built up over the years, and no price cut is not helping.

and so nice and blatant of them to give a free one to everyone who attended that press conference lol

X-com fps is coming

Medal of Honor multiplayer trailer - from DICE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaz7r2r_Fik

Child of Eden - i.e. REZ 2 fr ps3 / xbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25jMTB5KQ9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGvAJ6-SsY&feature=player_embedded

is that actually REZ2?!

medal of honor looks dece; cod crossed with bfbc basically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTYtH28esTg

ok now i officially love that meme

yeah that one really works :)

lol
http://www.cracked.com/article_18608_the-day-gaming-industry-died-impressions-from-e3-2010.html

okay cannot stop loling at GTGWE

so the new xbox slim, have they finally moved the GPU from above the fucking CPU or w/e the deal was behind the RROD?

hopefully new case, smaller design, new power and more air flow means its fixed, but i guess we'll know a few months from now

cracked really became the new seanbaby in the last few years didn't it

yeah tbh probably the only reason for me not getting an Xbox in the past 4 years is knowing that the probability of having to send it in for a RROD was asymptotical to 100%

I'm claiming credit for this btw

yes because THAT is the HD remaster everyone has been clamoring for on PS3. of course!

team ico collection is a gimmie by this point!

or did u mean battle arena toshinden collection cs if so my bad

xp I wish they'd have let me finish selling SOTC on ebay before leaking that rumour... here's hoping my prospective bidders don't see it.

can't wait for this, coming this summer!
http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/might-and-magic-clash-of-heroes-comes-to-consoles

http://i49.tinypic.com/2vl7gq9.gif

0_0 he's not your boy toy!

what the fuck is sly cooper

is that some british tea simulator or something

Child of Eden Kinect gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKivlywog-o

looks pretty... fun, i'm not sure

so... turns out PSN+ looks like it actually does exist

wuzzat

paid-for service like xbox live gold, no-one's sure about the exact details yet (sony conference is at 8pm BST tonight) but it's rumoured online play is still free

an insider over on GAF has all but confirmed its existence tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8nABQLSfmU
pro: eric chahi working in games again!
con: it's inspired by Populous

lol @ "the following trailer is entirely made of in-game footage" followed by graphics that look 8 years out of date.

Who's Eric Chachi? And what's wrong with Populous?

pretty psyched for the 3DS reveal and the potential of a new zelda/f-zero and kid ic/donkey kong reboots later

Eric Chahi was the creator of Another World/Out of this World; hasn't done anything since Heart of Darkness back in '98.

Populous isn't really bad, but pretty dated and modern attempts at these God games (like Black & White) haven't been great. Though I'd argue isn't wasn't a fantastic game to begin with, especially compared to the Civs and Sim Cities of its own time.

boom! cel-shaded zelda!

This is already excruciating.

And that Sarah Palin woman hasn't even shown up yet.

the set up is borked I think

Can't tell whether "you need to turn off your wireless devices" is a really weak Steve Jobs dig or a genuine plea. Watching this through my fingers.

it's obviously just the set up, n/m easy enough to get the gist; looks good to me, cel shaded version of twiligh princess

this is like some fucking xbox kinect shit

the Mario Kart hockey game looks fun. wii party and that dancing thing were terrible.

Remaking Goldeneye on wii is completely pointless.

epic mickey looks good and warren spector certainly talks a good game

EM looks really good I think

woah kirby looks gorgeous

What is wrong with you people this all looks shit.

you're dead inside old man

i like the look of Epic Mickey

OH LOOK IT'S ANOTHER 2D PLATFORMER.

EUCLID DISCOVERED 3D!

hott

ok, I'm excited about a built in 3d camera.

kid ic!

wow, its a 3DS game! i guess it's officially gamecube/wii level graphics now

look like PS1 graphics to me

maybe a bit better

This persistent online connection sounds promising.

dead or alive -_- uh ok

MGS 3DS!

no really you guys, stop it

only one fps u must be disappointed old man

: P

3DS is pretty sick tho you have to admit?

No 3DS price or launch date was disappointing

yeah might be a similar steez to M$ holding back the kinect price - waiting for sony to commit on PSP2? iunno, would've been nice to have some detail

kudos on Nintendo for focusing on games this time around - was expecting vitality sensor bullshit. The return of 2d platformers looked great. Hyped for Kirby, Donkey Kong and Epic Mickey. Goldeneye on Wii seems like a missed opportunity - really showed how crappy Wii is when dealing with semi-relaistic graphics. Not sold on 3DS, but will wait for hands on impressions. Graphics still looked kinda crappy. Seems like it's still a way off. Curious to learn more specific specs. MGS announcement was definitely a jaw dropper. Strange than neither Nintendo or Microsoft has so far talked about downloadable games at all...

Yeh the lack of details about the 3DS is frustrating, guess its not coming out for a while, the list of 3rd parties was encouraging though. Glad that Zelda isn't coming out this year, that shit needs to go back in the oven. Really loved the Kirby & Epic Mickey side scrolling stage, 2D awesomeness.

wonder if the Vitality Sensor got bumped cos Ubisoft stole the whole concept and showed it off the night before?

hope they delay 3DS as long as possible actually (well, past holiday 2010 at least), the more games available at launch the better; and the DS doesn't feel quite dead yet, though getting there

surprised to hear about MGS also. Street Fighter and Resident Evil were mentioned? DJ Hero and Saints Row make me curious to see what they'll do with it. don't really care about Goldeneye/Kid Icarus, and most of the Wii stuff wasn't too interesting as usual, even zelda didn't really do it for me

Curious about the 3ds analog stick & if it's better than the psp knub - could be a game changer.

New Silent Hill: We'llNeverMatchSH2GetOverIt announcement expected today from Konami, for 2011 release.

I will buy it. Even the low points in the series have been fun to play.

3DS First and Third-Party Upcoming Game List From Nintendo Press Site #1
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Activision Publishing, Inc.
DJ Hero® 3D

AQ INTERACTIVE
cubic ninja

ATLUS
Etrian Odyssey
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

Capcom
RESIDENT EVIL® REVELATIONS
SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D Edition (name not final)

Electronic Arts
FIFA Soccer
Madden NFL
The Sims™ 3
Gameloft
Asphalt GT

Harmonix
Music game

HUDSON SOFT
Bomberman franchise
DECA SPORTS franchise
KORORINPA franchise

KONAMI
Baseball franchise
Contra franchise
Frogger franchise
HIDEO KOJIMA’S METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D
“The Naked Sample”
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER franchise /
WINNING ELEVEN franchise

LEVEL-5
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (name not final)

Majesco Entertainment
BloodRayne: The Shroud
A Boy and His Blob
Face Racers: Photo Finish
Lion’s Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti
Martha Stewart
WonderWorld Amusement Park
Marvelous Entertainment
BOKUJYOUMONOGATARI 3D (name not final)

NAMCO BANDAI Games
Dragon Ball® franchise (name not final)
Gundam® franchise (name not final)
PAC-MAN™ & GALAGA™ (name not final)
RIDGE RACER® (name not final)
Super Robot franchise (name not final)

Nintendo
Animal Crossing™
Kid Icarus™: Uprising
Mario Kart™
nintendogs™ + cats
Paper Mario™
PilotWings Resort™
Star Fox 64™ 3D
Steel Diver™
ROCKET
Crash-City GP
VS-robo

SEGA
Sonic (name not final)
Super Monkey Ball (name not final)

SQUARE ENIX
CODENAME: Chocobo Racing® 3D
DRAGON QUEST® franchise
FINAL FANTASY® franchise
KINGDOM HEARTS franchise

Take-Two Interactive
Carnival Games® franchise

TECMO KOEI GAMES
DEAD OR ALIVE® 3D (name not final)

That is a strong strong strong launch lineup if it happens

holy shit o.0

http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/e3_2010/mgs3d/en/

curious about these:
Steel Diver™
ROCKET
Crash-City GP
VS-robo

lol:
Martha Stewart

BOKUJYOUMONOGATARI 3D (name not final) -- this is harvest moon

think ROCKET are a developer - at first reading i thought all those were Nintendo games :/

announced at E3: new Paper Mario, allegedly some other stuff too

seriously holy shit

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/3/0/25130.gif

Kitten petting simulator:

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/2/4/25124.gif

sony conference was garbage

only thing I saw that I wanted was GT5 and sly cooper tea sim collection

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9033963

holy shit theres an Ocarina Of Time 3DS remake as well!!!
where is Last Guardian????

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/nintendo-3ds-in-the-flesh/

Sony seemed very flat to me, maybe nothing as completely awful as Microsoft, but nothing actually interesting or exciting either. I did notice they specified a North and South American release date for Gran Turismo for November 2nd - I imagine it'll be sooner for Japan and Europe maybe (though dates have been announced before, so we will see)? Don't care about 3D - not buying a pricey TV and not wearing glasses at home.

can't be real
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/06/7bd22171087b905ee2074cbb2e08bbf1/340x.png

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/06/b3f8b3a1f9beb4fa227a9f12f011f942/340x.png

is that MGS a port of MGS3?! sold

they made it easy to port over ps2 games huh

that's definitely what it looks like (SMT ports!?)

That Shawn Michaels animated gif is the greatest thing of all time

btw - do the math, $170 US to get the full move set-up for one person (2 $50 remotes, 1 $30 sub-controller, 1 $40 camera) - ouch - then $40+ for a crap game - crazy.

none of the 3DS screenshots are throwing around a huge number of polygons, and there is some evidence of low-res textures in the MGS screenshots, but the thing that stands out for me is how clean everything looks; it's a portable dreamcast 2!

I can't see much postprocessing in the screenshots either; MGS seems to show some bloom, but only in very specific places. DoA has some 'flame' effects and SSF4 appears to have some cel shading, but I'm not sure if that's texture based or real-time like JSR.

basically I'm on board day 1

loved all of the 2D platformers shown for the wii too; will have to pick up a cheap console

can't follow details at work (stupid blackberry-incompatible Joystiq), but are they correct in saying Portal 2 will be on ps3 and have Steam Cloud compatibility? Because if so, the surprise is simultaneously more surprising and less interesting than I had thought possible.

Also, exclusive content in the ps3 version of AC: Brotherhood? Anything interesting or more psp unlock BS like in AC2?

And free Move-ified DS: Extraction on the ps3 Dead Space 2- surprisingly classy move, even though I'll probably never fork over the extra cash to play it. Not enough developers exploit the extra storage space on blu-rays.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4703217355_15da1397f8_b.jpg

yeah the Steamcloud/Portal 2 surprise is odd. basically it amounts to some sort of huge bribe from Sony to get Portal on there, but functionally what does it mean? Steam gets its own foothold into onto the PS3? the games will be still be sold retail, it's like having to sign up for Rockstar Social Club to get those extra online benefits or whatever.... you can chat with Steam friends on PC? eh who knows

From the sound of things, you can chat with anyone on Steam no matter what platform they're signed in on, but multiplayer is still platform-specific (well, maybe if/when they release a Mac Portal 2 they'll be able to play with PC people, but that's about it). I'd bet it will probably track Steam achievements in addition to console-specific gamerscore/trophies, too.

okay holy shit YES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSo1k2Y1Uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQLpU0T-Sow

nerd boners

with the exception of push updates every single aspect of PlayStation Plus is mega-lulz

the 3DS line-up is unbelievable

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/4/tumblr_l0z7qaEQWv1qaf8ryo1_500.jpg

was watching the gamespot stream on this last night. Not overly impressed with much but there was a japanese manga fighting game that had fucking GORGEOUS graphics and animation. Can't remember what it was called, was half asleep at the time.

my only concern about the 3DS is how you have to have your head quite still to see the 3d effect, i tend to throw myself about quite a bit when playing games.

kudos to nintendo for actually making 3D interesting
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-nintendo-3ds

Portal 2 locked in to first place in my 2011 ilg poll ballot already.

I'm kind of feeling like there might be a twist coming with Portal 2. Something like "omg portal 2 IS ALSO HL2E3!"

Too much wishful thinking in that one... really at this point, Valve must have some performance doubts about pulling it off, especially in light of all the cinematic shooters that have come out since Ep 2, since sales-wise it's a no brainer. I'd rather not see any more HL games than one than was a total disappointment or dated out of the gate, considering how good everything they've been releasing has been

but i'm still a little paranoid about them turning Portal into a full-length AAA game as well

wondering if teh 3DS will be easy on the eyes or a total ice cream headache a la virtual boy

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Joystiq/videos/3592/1.033

I'm kind of feeling like there might be a twist coming with Portal 2. Something like "omg portal 2 IS ALSO HL2E3!"

― JimD, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that wd be kind of dope

I just think making it full length will be tricky unless they pull something game-changey like that. I guess the other option is that HL2E3 comes out as a kind of "HL3 Prologue" game, running in a whole new engine etc. Because yeah, I agree with Nhex that it's going to look a bit flaky if it ends up just being a nominal spec bump over E2.

this doesn't mean portal 2 is ps3-exclusive, does it?

nah, long ago slated for PC/Mac/360, but the PS3 was missing in the original announcement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEZj5zt5PZw

looks cool!

apparently some of the sony move stuff needs 2 wands per player too so that doesn't help the cost any

silly

you can use the dualshock as a nunchuck tho so that's something I guess

watching this gamespot again, the floor footage is awful. the cameraman is more interested in showing the presenter pratt and everyone at the show couldn't seem any less enthusiastic about anything really.

Xpost What gets me about Portal is how they're seemingly moving it AWAY from Half-Life and the convergence of the two games' settings that seemed inevitable after the ending of episode 2. I mean, they could still pull some huge surprise, but I'm not expecting it at this point. Part of it is setting the game centuries after the first one, and part of it is audience expectations- the first Portal came in a package whose star attraction was a Half-Life game, and they had a reasonable expectation that between Episode 2 and Portal people who cared about Gordon Freeman, Action Mute would make the connection and those who didn't wouldn't need to in order to enjoy the story. With Portal 2 being a full-length standalone game, not only is it going to need to stand on its own story-wise but it might not be the best idea to confuse people whose only familiarity with the shared setting comes from playing the first Portal by itself after all the hype/awards/cats and dogs living together/etc.

were there any references to HL in Portal besides the Black Mesa mention in "Still Alive"?

i think there were some memos about black mesa when you're running around in the abandoned office sections

There's a slide projector presentation about the running Aperture/Black Mesa rivalry for government grants running on a loop in a conference room near GLaDOS, and the wink-nudge-you-fanboys-know-what-i'm-talking-about dialogue during the boss fight. They kept the references on the Portal side of things relatively subtle, but made Episode 2 very explicit.

holy cow!

Right now, Kinect only works when you stand. This includes menu navigation. All the cool options to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie you are watching only work when you are on your feet. Kinect, we've been told, has problems handling your skeletal frame while sitting. The voice commands still work, but every game we've seen and even simple menu navigation have to be done with you out of your seat. That's not exactly how I want to watch my movies.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1099085p1.html

^I noticed that during the conference but wondered if was just a presentation thing. useless garbage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgHBHvOUQ8

lol

As cool as Donkey Kong Country and Kirby look I bet they are very easy which would be unfortunate.

Twisted Metal is probably lots of fun but I'm never going to get a PS3.

Epic Mickey looks cool. Hopefully the gamplay experience is fun and not too easy

Okay, some serious O_O stuff here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5THiN8szSKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq2mZoKkqMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlyQmmvj0w

They're getting more expressive "acting" out of a metal eyeball than most developers get out of their human characters.

thx to radio 4's today programme for telling us that microsoft has announced the xbox 360, to compete with the wii.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCJwQQj9Eao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBrhwUWSyDU

still got to pinch myself abt this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jiMBnzi0P4

radio 4 also had a phone interview with an industry expert who is IN L.A NOW that the next big thing is downloadable games!! and that this will somehow 'do away with the console altogether'.. no mention of what will be doing this downloading..

this is a thing tho

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnLive

A low-end computer, as long as it can play video, may be used to play any kind of game since the game is computed on the OnLive server

...

OnLive will sell a console, called the "MicroConsole",[21] that can be connected to a television and directly to the OnLive service, so that it will be possible to use the service without owning a computer.[3]

Steve Perlman has also suggested that the underlying electronics and compression chip could be integrated into set-top boxes and other consumer electronics.[22]

How is Sly Cooper HD collection more important to Sony than Team Ico HD collection?

fully expect a team ico collection prior to the release of the last guardian; lg will show up at tgs but it could still be a long way out so I'm sure they want to bundle the marketing of each together

besides sucker punch have more time at the moment than naughty dog and insomniac games are hardly their favourite studio at the mo (so that nixes the potential jak & daxter or ratchet collections). sp also have infamous 2 in the pipeline and some of the goodwill collateral from the success of infamous

ah ledge now that makes sense. (i guess.) ILX > BBC!

onlive runs on ipad
http://www.vg247.com/2010/06/17/onlive-seen-running-on-ipad/

o_O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKMqdMWNec

The business model for OnLive is really crappy - you have to pay a monthly subscription ($15 US a month) and have to pay for the games on top of that (around full retail price, supposedly), but if you cancel your subscription, you no longer have access to any of the games you "bought." On top of that, most people figure that the added latency will make multiplayer games that require any kind of timing (shooters / fighters) impossible to play.

There is also at least one onlive competitor, http://www.gaikai.com/ which is going to have some kind of different pricing model (better?), but offer basically the same stuff.

That onlive ipad demo is pretty rad (really want an ipad now)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpFzpF0msrU

lol, that konami press conference!
extreme! extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeme! hack and slash title!
#3! Gameplay! It has it! You'll be sucked!

oh lord konami!

cool if true

Nintendo has packed 3DS with so many features that it's not even promoting some of the major ones. Today's Nikkei detailed one such silent feature: software install.

According to the paper, gamers will be able copy 3DS software to internal memory. Multiple games can be stored with the system in this fashion. You'll be able to switch between games by selecting a title from the system's main menu.

The paper notes that due to this feature, there'll be no need to swap cartridges. When outside of the home, you won't need to carry game cartridges with you.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/06/17/3ds_software_install/

apparently it has achievements and friends lists too

thank lord, won't need to buy flash carts either! xp

now you can buy games instead!

House of Mario is going for the motherfucking jugular, good god

£149 and I'm there day 1

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/06/500x_custom_1276797106833_spielburg.jpg

the sperg!

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1e/Aspieicon.png

I would be shocked if it costs more than $200; they're trying to drive a stake through the PSP's heart once and for all before moving on to the iPhone so I expect it to be priced extremely competitively against whatever Sony's primary PSP SKU is at the time

/gaf

i'd be shocked if it was $200 or less, gotta fleece the 1st day nerdz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_boy - $189
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_boy - $180ish
http://gameboy.about.com/od/hardwareprofiles/p/Profile_GBA.htm - "This model is out of production so it’s only available used, going for around $40, less than half of the original retail price.", e.g. less than $200
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS - $149

etc.

ya but
DS Lite $129
DSi $169
DS XL $189

right, all less than $200. they might go $199.99 since the tech seems to be so much further along than the crippled hardware they usually use but Nintendo clearly knows where the sweet spot is. $189 is more likely though.

i just like the way it goes up!

hopefully they learn from the PSP Go and not price it anywhere near $250

also hoping the DSi XL was a special one-off thing, since it was physically much larger than the other DSs, costs of material were probably more than the regular DSi

i agree though, $190 seems likely, depending on what's going with PSP2 and when the release date is

180-200 sounds about right and i will day one purchase that shit for sure

n.b. that they're also going to be pricing it against the iPhone & the 3GS is cheeeeeeeeap now

their conference was so vicious that I can almost imagine them pricing it at 150 just to end Sony forever in handhelds but it'll be 189.

and yes, day one. new Paper Mario + Snake Eater = u got my money.

I might even get round to finishing ocarina of time on this thing.

3GS is still £419 w/out a contract

http://i47.tinypic.com/4vkehu.gif

portal 2 vids look amazing, shame i have no decent pc to run it on.

(and no i don't care if it's on 360 or ps3 either, there's no way in HELL i'm playing a portal game without a mouse)

http://i.imgur.com/d9uiq.gif

Ste - it's not very expensive to build a PC that could play Portal 2 maxed - the Source engine isn't super demanding, which is one of the great things about it... there are a lot of guides out there, something like this at $550 US (371 GBP) would do the job easily... http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu-gpu-overclock,review-31923.html (save $50 (34 GBP) a month and you'll be ready before the game comes out next year)

3GS is still £419 w/out a contract

yeah, but the parents-buying-electronic-gizmos-for-their-kids market (or at least the vast, vast majority) wouldn't get their kids an unlocked phone, would they?

(and no i don't care if it's on 360 or ps3 either, there's no way in HELL i'm playing a portal game without a mouse)

would you play it with a Move?

iunno, phones are so expensive when you factor in contracts etc. guess the ipod touch is the true competitor in that market; not sure what they cost these days of the top of my head

$200 for the lowest model 8GB iPod Touch, though with refurbs or older gens you can do better. I still don't get the feeling Nintendo has really jumped into that pool the way Sony has - still seems like they look at the DS as a family/kid's machine more than a cool gadget, hence the feel, design, and kind of ridiculous durability. Pricing it too high would also move it out of family machine to cool gadget, in terms of market (though arguably since DSi they've been moving back in that direction). Also to compare to upcoming iPT 4th Gen, wifi video chat, etc.

The durability thing is awesome though. If the iPad is really going to be an "around the living room" device it needs to be about 1000000 times more rugged.

Engadget have an E3 writeup, authored by someone who has an interesting past. a coincidence, of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usn6eo9FeTM

MS had the best showing? loooool

interesting that the new Echochrome II has the exact same concept as the long ago announced Wii game, Lost in Shadows, which is also supposedly coming out this fall...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zgKLX8gfiY

http://i45.tinypic.com/54r3l.png

I cant seem to be excited about any of these e3 games as Im not a wii or ds fanboy. I guess civ 5 is kinda cool, but I knew about that before e3.

http://japan.gamespot.com/videos/story/0,3800076101,20415519,00.htm

thats kinda interesting, is it realtime or prerendered? just think what games are going to look like in 2 years time when developers have got used to the machine.

caught the homefront trailer and it's very nicely done but I don't really feel entirely comfortable w/ it, seems very jingoistic. also it seems that obviously north korea is a stand-in for china and you know, with the whole 'all you dudes look alike' trope etc. etc.

real time, apparently, which makes it all the more o_0

i see dead stars

Bumppity

I finally get to go this year! any other ILXorzzzzz gonna be there?

new thread?

one a yous start it!

As our rep at E3, I think the honor should go to Jamescobo.

btw that GTGWE video still slays me

See if theyre promoting any PSP titles at all!

so i got time to watch this on line. whats the best site, I'm currently on e3expo ?

microsoft going to be streaming live here http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Community/E3

no more purple, this will not please hardcore halo fans oh my

Xbox conference starts with MW3

Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare

omg are we seeing this on Mass Effect 3. speech recognition.

if you had a drink every time said 'epic' you'd be dead already. and there's still another hour to go!

oh look, tv on my tv! whatever next!

ice t promotes new bodycount single via GOW

kinect minecraft lol

lol Fable onrails shooter & reins simulator

are you guys just making shit up mess with us

+to

xxxpost LOLOLOLOLOL, it'll have huge first-week sales on the basis of every gamer publication on the planet lining up to suck its dick then absolutely fall off a cliff. can't wait to see what Sean Malstrom has to say about it though!

think this conference was set up just to provide ridiculous animated gifs.

you too can now be that 'star wars kid'

Tim Schafer reduced to making Sesame Street Kinect games :(((
its like the CDi never went away

fucking most hilarious conference ever

just painful

but seriously: MINECRAFT KINECT. what are they thinking?

excruciating to watch, but almost everything they've shown is going to sell well.
is Kinect really as laggy as its been in all the onstage demos? haven't tried it myself yet.

i can't believe those demos are live, not after nintendos fuck up last year.

Skyrim. nice.

Yeah I really loved the atmosphere of Strange Journey and to a point the oppressive difficulty helped but about 40 hours in it just got too much hard work and I gave up. I think it was soon after the maze in which teleporters constantly send you back to the start.

Oops, wrong thread.

okay, i gotta go google some of this shit y'all are talking about cuz it really does sound like you're making it up

EA up next

ugh Sony on too late for me. any way to watch it unspoilered tomorrow?

lol Pete Molyneux on gametrailers, showing a feable Fable

cut to girl reading viewer comments. None about fable (because everyone trashing it)
girl sudden flusters, then says "erm, more tweets coming in"
...pretends to read one "People are super excited about Fable"

so awkward

Kinect Fun Labs will launch with four Gadgets -- Kinect Me, Bobble Head, Build A Buddy and Kinect Googly Eyes.

GOOD LORD SIGN ME UP FOR UR CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES

can't wait to use Kinect Blingee

i have no idea why need for speed needs QTEs

god i hate the star wars franchise these days. do they think that the more lightsabers they show on screen = more fanboys get erections?

Pretty much yeah

are they showing the mmo or ?

cgi of it, yes

microsoft conference had a kinect star wars that was on rails and based on the prequels.

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6317239/e3-2011-star-wars-kinect-preview-impressions

Now fifa 12

has it got a revolutionary new passing/shooting/off-the-ball/tackling/dribbling* system?

* can't remember which one is due a revolution this time around

all that + being able to replay that weekend defeat at Ibrox thus helping Celtic move up some virtual league or something

haha yeah i wasn't sure if the virtual league was a new thing or not

BF3 - the one i've been waiting for

Revenge matches - the quantum leap sports gaming has been waiting on.

Ooh this Overstrike game looks nice and shiny and loud.

Battlefield huge tank demo, some viewers found it boring but imo was the highlight of the show so far

http://i.imgur.com/WhRoZ.gif

Rayman looks sweet

first game that interests me

i just tuned into ubisoft presentation - they have this dillweed doing lots of games humor. gaming humor. funny. funny games. they clearly want him to be the next reggie but he's bombing badly

oh he's bad. but this game now looks good, what is it?

oh Farcry3

oh Farcry3

?whu

Tintin yey

lol check out fuckin epic tintin here. epic tintinery.

yess trackmania... im a fwiggin maniac for these twacks!!!!!

lol still no BG&E2, gamers trolled again

http://i.imgur.com/RXs9k.gif

Sony soon, will they mention anything about the recent farce, or will it be a farcical strict scripted show out of touch with the gaming people, like the xbox was.

Rayman Origins was beautiful, really looking forward to that now

Sony is going to be an hour of japanese men in suits crying

Sony late for their conference. we apologise for the delay, here is a free copy of Micro Machines

haha

the playstation: now with dubstep

jesus christ nobody wastes time like sony

this guy's face and shirt are the same color

salmon shirt, blue tie, grey jacket... boy thats a good look

"we'll sell some copies of that bad boy"

sony making it clear they're only after the $$

games are so desaturated these days... i've seen bosko cartoons with more color

sony does not have a clue how to demo games

eco in 3d

ITS SO EASY ANYONE CAN DO IT *kobe cant do it*

nothing amazing from sony so far. maybe the split screen tv thing.

Actually i had that idea last week, seriously.

iclandic man introduces eve online type game to ps3. and its called Dust

no price drops??

you're a soldier in a squad in a teal and orange colorless future world - really pushing boundaries there swedish chef guy

lol bioshock infinite is a game thats literally on railway tracks

nothing mentioned about price drops, yet

haha crowd booed the at&t announcement

bhagavad psvita

quicktime touchscreen combat? Touch screen and dual analog and buttons?? what a goddamn clusterfuck. this is one of the worst ideas i've ever seen.

HAHA he said pc instead of ps3

FIRED

Vita press release gives the price as $250

not interested in these games but i will buy it anyway

sixaxis controls look terrible, i bet they will get ignored just like they are on the ps3.

$249 vita wireless
$299 3g vita

sorry, 3G + wirelss the second one

these drums are horribly mic'd

also lol europeans are getting hosed on the vita

http://i.imgur.com/sjugZ.jpg

P drunk tbh

Mr caffeine could be yr life

at the standard tim shafer is so fucked up

Talked with evan wells from naughty dog ultimate bro

mario kart 3ds looks exactly like every previous mario kart

you can kill the pipe plants in mario 3d by jumping on their heads. that's just wrong.

WiiU is the stupidest name ever but after that video I'm'a buy it SO HARD

Somebody on Kotaku suggested calling it the 'PSV' which I shall henceforth do

that new controller is wild

this explains why they need the 3d gimmick; something to set aside a handheld so they don't cannibalize their own business?

so they totally ripped off Pac-Man Vs. with Miis to demo on the showroom floor? I approve of this.

also that controller's going to work REALLY well for Detective Vision in Arkham City (ditto for Eagle Vision in ACR)

i'm confused i thought the WiiU was just the new controller for the Wii, but EA just went on about a new console and he said the new controller was for the WiiU

no Wii games announced, one new 3DS game. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(ok more than 3DS game, but still...)

but excitebike! will u never be happy?

lego city stories had me interested but no footage

zero interest in Kid Icarus but Mario 3DS looks super fun (pipe-plant stomping aside)

also I'll definitely be buying Link's Awakening tonight

kind of funny that Nintendos conference had the least amount of motion control out of the big 3

wii erd

ok just going to go ahead and straight up say that WiiU thing looks dumb as hell

wow all of the "fun" of playing tilt control games on an iPad, but without doing all the other things an iPad does yay

lol it does a bit more than that

i laughed when reggie said "it will change the way you interact with your family" and then the first big selling point of the clip they showed was that if someone in your family wants to watch baseball you don't have to watch it with them

NOTES FROM THE FIELD

- played Dark Souls for about 5 minutes before dying; I'd like to blame this on the fact that I couldn't invert the fkn look but a more honest & accurate appraisal is probably just, y'know, YOU DIED (or in the confusing parlance of the new game, YOU HOLLOWED). game owns, though; any fears about whether it's good enough to carry Demon Souls' jock can be safely allayed.

- the Nintendo part was SLAMMED; most of these were for people trying to go hands-on with the WiiU but there was also a hell of a line for all the major 3DS games on display too. I'm going back tomorrow pretty much specifically so that I can get some sweet one-on-one time with Paper Mario 3DS. in the meantime I did get to play the Wii port of Itadaki Street for a good long while (not that I was expecting there to be a line for some weird-ass board game) and it was pretty good! wish it had netplay since I am a resolute shut-in but w/e, it's a decent, quiet little game. my folks from work were all making fun of me for going to E3 and playing a board game but FUK THEM

- speaking of 3DS, I got like 50 streetpasses today~ (including one from some dude already playing OoT?!)

- Anarchy Reigns (the new online beat-em-up from Platinum Software) is a must-play; it reminded me of the Power Stone games a LOT which is a v. good thing. I'll be interested to see how the final game turns out since I need to see (a) how well that kind of gameplay holds up without big setpieces, (b) whether the final stages have more destructable shit, and (c) the depth to which the movesets can be customized before I can say whether it's actually good or not, but they definitely got a lot of the fundamental stuff like the speed and the collision detection and the general feel of the controls right (and the booth dudes kept pointing out that it's got a long way to go before its release next year) so my hopes are pretty high. oh and when I was playing it I looked over and realized that I was playing (and getting my ass beat by) Suda51.

- the Sega booth was also showing off the Shinobi game for 3DS made by Griptonite Software (makers of a Spyro the Dragon GBA game which I shit you not ranks among the best action games on that platform as well as some commendable licensed brawlers for the DS) and it's REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY good, like if-you-have-a-3DS-earmark-$40-for-it-in-September good.

- played some Uncharted 3 multiplayer and got a rude awakening of how bad I am at competitive games where you have to run around and shoot people. it felt like more of the same in the best way, though, so w/e.

- noticed a new Pixeljunk game being demoed ("Pixeljunk Sidescroller") and the booth for Twisted Metal but got dragged away before I could play, planning on hitting them both up later in the week too.

- a lot of people are saying the new Sonic game is good; I can confidently say that these people are not your friend. they got the speed right but the jumping all wrong; it feels like LBP.

- the line for Arkham Asylum was nuts so I didn't get to see it. ditto for the new SSX and the NGP.

- the best freebie I saw being given out was the box-shaped Creeper masks promoting Minecraft on (curiously) Xperia Play. most shameless was the bikini carwash offered by Saints Row 3.

- SO MANY JORTS

ok just going to go ahead and straight up say that WiiU thing looks dumb as hell

― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Tuesday, June 7, 2011 5:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wow all of the "fun" of playing tilt control games on an iPad, but without doing all the other things an iPad does yay

― just malorted a little bit in my mouth (jjjusten), Tuesday, June 7, 2011 5:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

you are my boy but u rong. there will of course be an avalanche of stupid cash-ins but IMO this could lead to a lot of really subtle developments which make games a shitton better - HUDs can be streamlined, plays/tactics can be called/designed in secret, hopefully we never have to see another inventory screen again, etc. plus all the new possibilities for making existing shit generally more immersive are exciting - Detective Mode sounds like a great fit for the Shield Pose, can you imagine The Show with those fielding mechanics, sniping in (ALL SHOOTERS EVER) will be hell of fun, etc - especially since the new system can run current-gen games from the look of things.

of course in the end I guess it just comes down to how well Nintendo teaches developers to use the tools. the biggest mistake they made last generation was showing developers that you could get away with mapping a button press to a gesture.

w/e 3rd party ds developer does those type of games should do a E3-inspired fashion game w/ lots of khaki cargo shorts & jorts & tshirts w/ ironic phrases on them as a promotional tool during E3

"YOU HOLLOWED"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1563hgmh0uU

oh forgot to mention that I nearly bumped into the Regginator in the Nintendo part. dude has the biggest head ever.

also saw a bunch of folks doing the Haters Gonna Hate dance at some Kinect dance game demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1563hgmh0uU

goddammit where did that gif go

http://i.imgur.com/li3TJ.gif

Tim Schafer seems like a great guy to have a drink with

man, dark souls looks GREAT

yeh, preorder VINDICATED!

goin to a ladies in gaming party tomorrow

wish me luck

NOETS FRUM TODAEY

- Nintendo had literally every upcoming game out for demo EXCEPT for fucking Paper Mario 3DS (aka the only game I *really* wanted to play at the whole show). BOO. I did get some hands-on time with Starfox 3DS (sucked), Mario 3DS (owned), and Kirby Wii (owned), though.

- it does not please me to say this but the new Pixeljunk game is Not Fun :(

- Starhawk is INCREDIBLY good, and I didn't even get to go up into space.

- I didn't get to see it, but word on the skreet is that the new X-Com game isn't just not shitty, but may have been the game of the show outright, which is a major relief/surprise. ditto for Street Fighter vs. Tekken, which was one of like two fighting games I saw being demoed anywhere (the other being the HD remake of Third Strike).

- went back to the Sega booth and discovered their remake of Guardian Heroes which owned immensely. sadly it's 360-only right now, which especially sucks since the game is way less fun with the analogue stick than with a d-pad.

- the line for Battlefield 3 was INSANE, thank god I don't give a shit about those games.

- Deus Ex 3 is really really really not looking like a winner :( I'm holding out hope that it's just one of those games which sucks in a demo setting since loving Deus Ex requires digging into Deus Ex and trying things eleven thousand different ways, but there's a very real possibility that it's just not a good game.

- Twisted Metal: more like Twisted Meh-tal

- LOVED the trailer for the new Metro game set to Portishead's "Machine Gun", although unfortunately the game looks pretty boring.

- the best FPS I saw was definitely Rage, although as previously mentioned I don't give a fuck about FPSeseseses so I didn't stick around to investigate much

- after playing MGS 3DS I think I'm going to get the HD remaster instead; the controls are just too cramped to work for me, sadly. wish I could have played further if only to see whether the touchscreen was used intelligently but o well.

- I got 95 streetpasses in the last few days and could have gotten more if I cleared out my queue more regularly. of course, I also stood behind some Japanese dude in line with FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX streetpasses so yeah.

oh and all the Saints Row people were running around with shirts reading "I LOVE RIM JOBS"

I heard that the new Elder Scrolls looks amazing.

party was ok, talked to some hookers, free food

Street Fighter vs. Tekken

waaaaaht

The one you want is Tekken vs Street Fighter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_X_Street_Fighter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_X_Tekken

word on the skreet is that the new X-Com game isn't just not shitty, but may have been the game of the show outright

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xxp no 2d/3d engine mashup? fuhgeddabahtit.

james can i just say i love it when you write about games.

some of the xcom stills/promo videos I saw looked kinda shitty. I did like the art design tho.. wouldn't mind if the game ended up being dope. I loved x-com so hard as a young'n.

what he said.

dont believe a word cobo says