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"E3 2010"

E3 news:

Microsoft

At the press conference

Call Of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox first for map packs for 3 years)
Gears Of War 3
Fable 3
Codename Kingdoms (Crytek)
Halo Reach (feat space combat)
Xbox Live on Windows phone 7
Kinect (Nov 4 release in America) - featured motorised tilt, RGB camera, 3D motion cameras, mic and a new hub for 360
Video Kinect - video chat and watching videos across chat
ESPN on 360 - Free for Gold members - Not sure about Europe
Your Shape Fitness Evolved - mentioned in Ubisoft conference
Forza for Kinect
15 titles at launch (showed some of the games in the other news section)
Xbox 360 Slim (250 GB and built in Wifi) - available this week in the US, 16th July in Europe

Kinect Event
Natal becomes Kinect - November release
Kinect Sports
Kinect Adventures
Kinectimals
Joyride (Kinect game)
Star Wars Kinect game
Dance Central (Kinect game by Harmonix it is reported)
Kinect game by Disney
Kinect Yoga and Tai Chi

Sony

20 3D games by March 2011
Killzone 3 (Feb 2011, 3D + PS Move)
Sorcery (PS Move)
Tiger Woods 11 (PS Move by download update)
Heroes on the Move (working title - PS Move)
KEVIN BUTLER SPEAKS!
PS Move out 15th September in Europe - over 40 titles by the end of the year and some retro fitted games
God of War Ghost of Sparta (PSP)
LittleBigPlanet 2
Playstation Plus - subscription service giving certain stuff but only for the duration of your subscription starting next month. £39.99 for 12 months, £11.99 for 90 days.
Order Medal of Honor, get Frontlines free and get Dead Space 2 and get Dead Space Extraction free (not sure if this deal is for Europe too)
Portal 2
Final Fantasy 14
Mafia 2 - exclusive content on day 1
Assassins Creed Brotherhood - exclusive missions and multiplayer
Gran Turismo 5 - out November 2nd in America, talk of worldwide release
Infamous 2 - 2011
New Twisted Metal game
Go around the Sony booth at E3 on PS Home
Games featured in quick trailers = Motorstorm Apocalypse, Eye Pet, MLB10 The Show, The Fight Lights Out, Tumble, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, The Sly Collection.
Over 70 PSP games to be released including Ace Combat, Gravity Crash, Madden 11, Fat Princess, Kingdom Hearts, Persona 3, Valkyria 3, Dragonball, Hot Shots Tennis, Invizimals, Piyotama, Patapon 3 and Tetris.

Nintendo

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
Mario Sports Mix (2011)
Wii Party
Just Dance 2
Golden Sun Dark Dawn (DS)
New Goldeneye (Wii exclusive)
Epic Mickey
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Dragon Quest 9 (DS exclusive)
Metroid Other M
Donkey Kong Country Returns
3DS - Option to have full 3D or to switch it off or somewhere inbetween. Features a slide pad, 2 camera lenses for 3D pictures, motion sensor and gyroscope, 3D movies available, automatic communication with other 3DS's, auto downloads.
Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)
Nintendogs and Cats (3DS)
Partnerships for 3DS features Metal Gear, Resident Evil, Assassins Creed and Kingdom Hearts franchises.

EA

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (November, made by Criterion)
Dead Space 2 (late Jan 2011) - more shown on Sony conference
Medal of Honor (October - beta 21st June) - mentioned in Sony conference
Gun Club - buy and play EA games with guns, get rewards.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam - Expansion
EA Sports MMA featuring EA Sports Live Broadcast (October)
EA Sports Active 2 (November)
Madden 11
Sims 3 on consoles
Crysis 2 (also in 3D)
Bulletstorm (late Feb 2011)
Star Wars: The Old Republic - every player gets own ship and PvP warzones

Ubisoft

Child of Eden
Assassins Creed Brotherhood
Shaun White Skateboarding
BattleTag
Innergy with energy sensor - claims to relieve stress
Motion Sports
Raving Rabbits Travel in Time
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Driver San Francisco
Project Dust (working title)
Rayman Origins
Maniaplanet - contains Trackmania 2, Questmania and Shootmania
Michael Jackson - was just a load of people dancing but there is apparently a game in there somewhere.

Konami

Def Jam Rapstar
Lucha Libre
Saw 2 - release due Halloween 2010
99 Nights 2
O:Tomedius Excellent
Adrenaline Misfits (Kinect game)
Dance Masters (made by the makers of Dance Dance Revolution)
Glee Karaoke Revolution
Beyblade Metal Fusion
Deca Sports 3 (supports online and Wii Motion Plus)
Deca Sports Freedom (Kinect game)
Lost in Shadow
Silent Hill 8 (working title)
Never Dead
Castlevania Harmony of Despair (a multiplayer action game)
Castlevania Lord of Shadow
Metal Gear Solid Rising (also shown at Microsoft conference)

Other News

Force Unleashed 2 - release date end of October
Sonic Colours and Sonic 4 footage available
Some N64 games coming to 3DS - I've seen Paper Mario, Star Fox 64, Pilotwings and Ocarina of Time
Rock Band 3 - talk of 2 different guitars: a 17 fret full of buttons with 6 strings to play and a 22 fret full strings guitar. Keyboard has 25 keys (a 2 octave range). Drums can now have 3 cymbal add ons for up to 7 'pads'. Pro mode on the hardest setting will basically be playing the song. Guitar pro mode will have 6 lines, 1 for each string, the track will come down to indicate the string and a number for the fret to press. Keyboard pro mode will have colours for certain note ranges and arrows indicating that the track path will move left and right, also has white and black symbols to indicate white and black keys. Drum pro mode includes little cymbal pictures over the appropiate colour. 83 song set list with all Rock Band and Rock Band 2 (and Green Day Rock Band) songs available for RB3. New search options in game for songs and a rating system so you play what you like.
Darksiders 2 announced - release date is 2012.
Saints Row 3 confirmed
New Mario Kart coming for the 3DS
New You Don't Know Jack in the works
Test Drive Unlimited 2 - September release

I'd have to say that very little really caught my attention this year. I guess my lack of interest in Kinect and Move plays a big part in that. I'm very curious about the 3DS though but as others have said, I need to see more.

Kaepora Gaebora wrote:
> Sony most definitely did not blow the others away. Kevin Butler
> was complete mental for the Sony Conference. I don't mean funny
> 'kicking ass, taking names' Reggie mental - but step away from
> this loony before he flips, mental.
>
> And Sony had absolutely nothing new or original to show. The
> Move packages... has anyone not learnt from the Premium/Arcade
> debacle that multiple SKUs confuse the consumer?
>
> I think Nintendo had the best of the 3, by far. Even though they
> relied on 2D platformers of reliable franchises, and a
> disappointing Zelda, it still had the content and originality -
> and of course the 3DS.
>
> Microsoft's presenters you could tell were nervous,
> overcompensating by screaming and making awkward noises as they
> pranced about in front of Natal/Kinect.
>
> 3DS was actually the only product from all 3 conferences
> showcased that I was genuinely putting down as a must buy.

Which just shows that different things appeal to different people!

Kevin Butler, for many, was the pinnacle of an otherwise lacklustre E3.

As a whole, I thought EAs presentation was actually the strongest out of everyone's.

Sony showed plenty of games I'm interested in, Microsoft only dedicated 15 minutes to games like Gears that I'll be playing. Nintendo had some good content, but not much to excite me and I'm waiting to get hands on with the 3DS to really decide if it's worth it.

Kinect and Move are not that interesting to me at the moment and I won't be getting them at launch. Wait a year, maybe, to see what they can do with it first.

Sony most definitely did not blow the others away. Kevin Butler was complete mental for the Sony Conference. I don't mean funny 'kicking ass, taking names' Reggie mental - but step away from this loony before he flips, mental.

And Sony had absolutely nothing new or original to show. The Move packages... has anyone not learnt from the Premium/Arcade debacle that multiple SKUs confuse the consumer?

I think Nintendo had the best of the 3, by far. Even though they relied on 2D platformers of reliable franchises, and a disappointing Zelda, it still had the content and originality - and of course the 3DS.

Microsoft's presenters you could tell were nervous, overcompensating by screaming and making awkward noises as they pranced about in front of Natal/Kinect.

3DS was actually the only product from all 3 conferences showcased that I was genuinely putting down as a must buy.

Sony show was 2 Hours! But it did blow the others away. Kevin Butler helped, of course, but didn't see a lot of that coming. Valve, Twisted Metal, exclusives. Nice.

MS should have shown off Gears 3 and more Halo Reach really, they just didn't do much for core gamers at their show despite having the software there.

Nintendo had 3DS, interesting but I need to see more. Just Dance 2 looks good.

Okay, Nintendo and Sony press conferences both done. I'll try to add anything else I deem relevant or interesting as the show goes on.

Mario Kart 3DS ain't on the list yet :P

Overall a great conference from Nintendo. It would have been uterly mind blowing had it had one other game in. I have to admit I am very disappointed Pikmin 3 weren't there. We know it's being made, we know it's well underway, it just seems odd that it hasn't been shown at all :( Oh well there's still hope with the roundtable later tonight.

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit done by the Burnout guys has certainly caught my attention much more than anything else so far.

And Ubisoft have had their conference and I'm out for the night. 5pm for Nintendo.

EA conference done and dusted and all the relevant info is in the main post.