E3 2011 : Show's Over, Prepare for lighter wallets this Fall
 

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June 7-9, 2011 but Microsoft, Konami, and Sony holding theirs earlier.

Press Conferences:
June 2, 2011

Konami

June 6, 2011

Microsoft - 9:30am Pacific Time

EA - 12:30pm Pacific Time

Ubisoft - 2:30pm Pacific Time

Sony - 5pm Pacific Time

June 7, 2011

Nintendo - 9am Pacific Time

Nintendo Press Conference Highlights:

* Nintendo announces the start of the Zelda 25th Anniversary by revealing Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening will be available on the eShop starting today.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...op-by-days-end

* New game in the Four Swords side series is going to DSiWare this September and will be for free.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...this-September

* Sequel to Luigi's Mansion will be arriving on the 3DS.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...ed-for-the-3DS

* New Super Mario 3DS set to arrive later this year, Star Fox 3D confirmed to have both 3D and Tilt controls, Mario Kart 3DS trailer shown

* Trailer showing off all the Third-Party support includes Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, new Aliens game, Madden to use the controller for play calling and other stuff, Ghost Recon Online, Assassin's Creed, Darksiders II and DiRT.
http://kotaku.com/5809512/the-wii-us...-hardcore-cred

* Project Cafe was revealed to be named Wii U with most of the info revolving around the controller. The controller itself was confirmed to be able to stream game media from the console to the controller along with touch controls and supports HD resolutions similar to the console itself. The console is also backwards compatible with Wiimotes and other Wii related controllers.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...Nintendo-Wii-U

* Next game in the Smash Bros series is heading to both the Wii U and the 3DS. Both versions were also announced to work together for some unannounced game features.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...-Wii-U-and-3DS

* Wii U also getting the sequel to the New Super Mario Bros Wii game. Special feature revealed involved the ability to play with Mii characters alongside with the usual Mario characters. The game will also support tv display or controller display for gameplay.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...io-Bros-sequel

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Microsoft Press Conference Highlights:

* Halo 4 arrives in 2012 with Master Chief back as the main character. The game is set as the start of a new storyline and as the next trilogy for the series.
http://kotaku.com/5809030/master-chi...halo-4-in-2012

* Mass Effect 3 confirmed to be using Kinect. Voice Recognition is used for the dialog system and issuing commands to teammates
http://kotaku.com/5808993/mass-effec...al-with-kinect

* New game in the Fable series is being called Fable: The Journey and will use Kinect
http://kotaku.com/5809010/fable-sequ...agic-to-kinect

* Minecraft also arriving on Xbox 360 and will use Kinect. The game is set to arrive later this year
http://kotaku.com/5809006/minecraft-...ox-with-kinect

* Crytek is making a "hardcore" Kinect title called Ryse. The game is set during the Fall of Ancient Rome
http://kotaku.com/5809005/crysis-cre...r-the-hardcore

* Ubisoft confirms Ghost Recon Future Solider will be using Kinect in a variety of ways. Also shown was a "GunSmith" feature that allows customizable weapons for missions.
http://kotaku.com/5808999/what-is-gh...diers-gunsmith

* Star Wars game for Kinect takes place mainly during the Clone Wars and prequel era for the Star Wars series.
http://kotaku.com/5809016/kinect-sta...r-on/gallery/1

* Kinect FunLabs uses the Kinect as a scanner to finally deliver on the promise of scanning real objects for use in a virtual world or game.
http://kotaku.com/5809028/introducin...inect-fun-labs

* Halo Combat Evolved HD remake confirmed for a November 15, 2011 release date.

* EA Sports will offer Kinect support for FIFA, Tiger Woods, and Madden NFL starting next year.

* Kinect Sports sequel is being called Kinect Sports: Season 2

* Non-gaming announcements involved Live TV for Xbox Live and uses Kinect. The program is being called "New Xbox Experience"

* Forza 4 confirmed to be using Kinect and arrives October 11.

* Cloud Storage for game saves arriving on Xbox 360.

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Sony's Press Conference Highlights:

* Uncharted 3 gameplay video shown. New combat finisher involves pulling the pin on an enemy's grenade and push/kick him away for the BOOM. Mulitplayer Beta starts June 20.

* Resistance 3 trailer shown in 3D. Sharpshooter bundle is $150 and includes the game, Move controller set up, and the PS Eye.

* PSP's God of War games being ported over as a collection to the PS3 while Ico is getting the same HD treatment.

* NBA 2k12 includes PS Move mode called "NBA on the Move".

* Medeival series returns with the new game called Medeival Moves: Deadmun's Quest. PS Move controls and 3D capable. Available later this year.

* Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time comes out next year, Dust 514 is a new exclusive for the PS3, and BioShock Infinite will use PS Move controls.

* New Star Trek game based on the newer Star Trek films and uses Move controls.

* PS3 versions of Need for Speed: The Run (7 cars), SSX (Mt Fuji track), and Battlefield 3 (Battlefield 1943) each get exclusive content.

* NGP is officially named Vita (Vee-ta) and is getting the original Bioshock, Ruin, ModNations Racers, a new LittleBigPlanet game, and Street Fighter X Tekken with exclusive character from inFamous 2.

* Uncharted: Golden Abyss set to be the main title for the Vita launch and uses a lot of touch and gimmicks of the Vita for gameplay.

* Vita is priced at $249 for the Wifi version $249 and $299 for the 3G version to go along with the AT&T subscription for the 3G model.

Updated Confirmed Games List: (credit goes to Kalyx triaD)
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...54#post3541554

Konami's Press Conference Highlights:
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...81#post3541181

EA's Press Conference Highlights:
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...71#post3544171

Ubisoft's Press Conference Highlights:
http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...89#post3544289

Pretty much itching to see what Nintendo's been cooking. And hopefully SoulCalibur 5 gets revealed by then if not this month.

Yeah Project Cafe is obvs what I'm most interested in. New COD, GTAV and RDR2 would be hot though.

Fixed the mistake.

Did a copy and paste from Nintendo's section and forgot to replace the names.

It's all good, just messing with you :p

Looking forward to the whole thing :), wondering what Microsoft will pull out of the bag...
Also interesting in seeing Sony's approach after all the PSN shitness.

New Rockstar games and Fifa is all I care about here.

If Kinect doesn't get a presence Microsoft gets an automatic letter grade deduction from whatever I will give them.

Making me sit through SKITTLES.

By announcing a new Halo.

I think you mis-typed "fresh IP". There's no a, l or o in it.

I wanna hear it all, but as I only have the 360 atm, I'd rather hear about what I'm most likely to play.

cant wait fro burgertime HD

Added in a few more games to the list with Pikmin 3 and Endless Ocean 3 from Nintendo (Pikmin 3 guaranteed to be shown), a new Brothers in Arms from Gearbox, and more stuff on the new Gotham City Impostors game from Warner Bros.

Also rumored is Nintendo will be launching a bunch of new game series with the next Nintendo. Pikmin 3 and the next Super Mario Bros would be the only existing series to get the launch treatment.

A few Kinect games were also added: Kinect Sports 2 and Dance Central 2, and an unannounced game from Rare (not Kinect Sports)

Valve sent out a press release saying they will not be showing off any titles (either new or in development) at E3 but also didn't specifically mention if they will also not be going to E3.

Unless Valve is planning a surprise secret announcement like last year, no chance at HL2: Episode 3 or anything else will be shown.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/son-of...es-at-e3/3212/

Konani releases the times and places their Pre-E3 conferences will be taking place. Unlike everyone else using June 6-9 for their conferences, Konami is doing their conference on June 2.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...3-show-venues/

I actually get the honor of going there this year.

Lucky bastard.

Probably won't be on during the conferences doing my usual live <s>blogging</s> copy/pasting. But I will be joining fellow people who spass out over gaming news in the Destructoid main page chat.

Hope the streams are on point this year. Had some hiccups last time.

Also hope Konami has another mindfuck of a conference.

G4 is covering again. I'll have to make sure I remember to DVR it this year...missed it last year

Nintendo E3 livefeed.

I have no real excitement over this, right now :( Just an "I'll check it out" type of out look.

Based on the press package Microsoft sent to E3 reporters, Halo CE remake, Tomb Raider remake, and Star Wars Kinect (shown last year) will be part of their E3 press conference.

Another rumor has the next Smash Bros being revealed at this E3 for Nintendo's next console and not the 3DS.

Square-Enix also rumored to be making a reboot of Legacy of Kain and should show it off or announce it at E3.

Carmageddon reboot is also being confirmed to be revealed before E3 but could also be shown.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/here-c...-updated/3230/
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/oh-wha...kain-too/3232/
http://www.destructoid.com/personali...l-201846.phtml

I really hope that Smash Bros. rumor is partially true...

Yes! I'd actually like a Soul Reaver game but LoK is cool too.

A reboot in general, I'm fine with but, please, no DMC style "let's dump the characters in a city for some reason and redesign them!" reboot.

Hate virtually all reboots. "We've run out of ideas and refuse to move onto new IP." Ugh.

LoK's been dead for a while, though.

I remember being blown away when I played Soul Reaver for the first time. Being able to go between two "realms" and use any weapon you came across amazed me back then along with the way you fought enemies. Loved it.

I played the first LoK, that was cool but prefered SR. Got the other LoK for Ps2 but my Ps2 refused to read the disc so I missed out :(. I might look up the last LoK game.

I'm hoping the reboot is just a story reboot and nothing else. No modern setting or high profile voice actors for the sake of having high profile voice actors.

The second LOK is an abortion.

Blood Omen 2? That was the one I got for the Ps2 but didn't work.

Was going to buy the Xbox version for 62p. Probably wont.

Blood Omen 2 was the goods

Last Guardian for the PS3 appears to be a no-show for Sony's E3 this year after it was announced that the creator/director of the game, Fumito Ueda, won't be appearing at E3 and won't be revealing any game info for the projects being worked on.

The game itself still has a TBA 2012 release date after being pushed out of the late 2011 release window.

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...this-years-e3/

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I don't think R* reveal games at E3, do they?

I hope we get to see Doom 4.

Though from what was said in an interview a while back, they are shying away from the horror aspects of doom 3, and making it more like old school doom. Don't like that news at all. Doom 3 was the scariest game I've ever played. Leaves all other survival horror games in the dust, imo. At least from a fright factor standpoint.

judging by LA noire the next GTA is going to be absolutely sex. plus the steering camera in noire was how it should have been in GTA4 :'(

Fucking Valve does this each year :'(

I forget about E3 every year. Then like..the last 2 weeks before it takes place go extremely fucking slow.

Looking forward to what PC gamers can look forward to...

Hideo Kojima confirms he will not be at E3 this year nor will he give out any info and details on any projects his team is working on unless Konami uses someone else for the announcements.

This means no chance at the next Metal Gear Soild being revealed (not counting Rising) and everyone hoping Zone of the Enders 3 finally gets announced.

I don't think there are any new MG games planned beyond rising, atm anyway.

http://newsodrome.com/african_americ...e-21806124.jpg

I need to stop watching Battlefield 3 footage though. That engine makes me want BF3.

Definately Gonna get BF3 for PC :)

Well yeah, if your system can handle it, it's always better to go PC. Especially for games like Battlefield, that are easy to create levels and mods for.

Plus 64 player support compared to the console 32.

It is much better to get it on PC, but it being a military shooter, I'm pretty convinced I'll buy it, commend it for beig beautiful and fluid and then get bored of shooting things and want something else to play.

Hasney, Do you have any cool shit on Terraria? Just got Hermes Boots and Water pipe thing.

I've got a murimisma sword, lucky horseshoe, mini-shark (with meteor shots) necro gear and a nightmare pickaxe. Some pretty sweet stuff there.

How do you get cool shit? Bar finding chests?
I summoned Cthulu's eye on my dug, managed to get it down to 1000 health using Shurikens then it raped me... At least I put up a slight fight though, compared to that old man that transforms into a huge skeleton.

You need to defeat Cthulhu to get demo it's which you can then use to make a nightmare pickaxe. Then you can mine obsidian which is made by pouring water on lava. Then you need to mine underthe corruption and destroy the black orbs to make a meteorite hit for some more awesome material.

E3 predictions that are much better than from some "analyst"

:'(

Unofficially, E3 starts off tomorrow with Konami's multiple press conferences.

Microsoft is rumored to put a lot of emphasis on their E3 coverage on making the Xbox 360 branded heavily as an "entertainment device" than a video game system and even more than last year's 50/50 split of games to non-games stuff. This year they only have 5 games as part of their main conference dealing with game announcements.
http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/8...details-at-e3/

Sony's press conference is expected to confirm NGP to be called PS Vita and Square-Enix to announce something big for Sony (not expected to be the long rumored FF VII remake).

Konami's Press Conference Highlights:

* Contra Reboot on its way to current consoles
http://kotaku.com/5808065/konami-teases-contra-reboot

* Sillent Hill getting the HD remake/collection treatment to go along with a new Silent Hill for NGP/PS Vita. Silent Hill 2 and 3 are being remade in HD while the NGP game is being called Silent Hill: Book of Memories.
http://kotaku.com/5808062/silent-hil...nt-hill-teased

* Metal Gear Solid getting made into a collection for the 2nd time but this time in HD for Xbox 360 and PS3 (previous collection was on PS2). Also announced was Zone of the Enders getting the HD remake treatment
http://kotaku.com/5808055/metal-gear...hd-collections

* Metal Gear Solid Rising confirmed to be a no-show for E3 and still has a TBA 2012 release date. The game is expected to take on more of a sci-fi style for story and gameplay.
http://kotaku.com/5808069/no-metal-g...ase-reaffirmed

* Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater on the 3DS is being called a "tribute to the series" by Konami. The camera on the 3DS allows customized camouflage based on what was taken as a pic. Gyro sensor used to keep balance while climbing.

* New game called Neverdead and its a 3rd person shooter where the player can't die but can lose limbs. Those limbs grow back over time.

* New Pro Evo Soccer game with improvements to passing and dribbling to go along with a wider camera to show off more of the field.

* New game engine called Fox engine in development to help with multi-platform games for use in future Konami games.

Lame about no MGS Rising. Also wish the HD collection had MGS1.

Well fuck. Do I get the collection, or MGS3DS.

Also just noticed, Konami haven't done a good non-Kojima game in a loooonnnngggg time.

HD Zone of the Enders

Fuck yes.

Why aren't they including MGS1 in the collection? I liked MGS1 but I was a little too young to fully appreciate it so I'd have liked to have played it again in the collection. It was my first thought when I read Meatballs post about the collection. Sucks it wont be there.

MGS2, I'm glad to hear because I liked that a lot. It would have been cool if it was Substance with the skate boarding and Challenges.

Yeah I figured they'd port the GCN remake. It is nice to have Peace Walker on console.

Maybe they're saving MGS1 for an XBLA/PSN release in the future. Probably not.

I bought MGS3 on release and didn't really like it. I got as far as the part where you fall off the bridge and have to give yourself surgery/first aid for the first time and thought "screw it" and moved on to another game.

Isn't Peace Walker just another MGS3 style MGS?

Maybe my opinion of MGS 3 will be different this time around.

Peace Walker is a sequel to MGS3, yes, but it's not some 'update'. It's an official part of MGS, as integral as the four core games. I never finished MGS3 because that's about when I got multiplayer oriented (damn Halo 2), and I didn't play Peace Walker. With these re-releases I can tie up every moment of Metal Gear Solid's story.

Wish Twin Snakes came with it. Loved Twin Snakes.

Updated E3 List
 

2K Games

BioShock Infinite (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Duke Nukem Forever (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
The Darkness II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
XCOM (PC, Xbox 360)

Activision

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Prototype 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
X-Men: Destiny (PS3, Xbox 360)

Bethesda

Prey 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Rage (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Capcom

Asura's Wrath (PS3, Xbox 360)
DmC Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360)
Megaman Legends 3 (3DS)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)
Street Fighter X Tekken ( PS3, Xbox 360)

Deep Silver

Dead Island (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Risen 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Electronic Arts

Battlefield 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Mass Effect 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Need for Speed: The Run (3DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Shadows of the Damned (PS3, Xbox 360)
SSX (PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)

Konami

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D (3DS)
Silent Hill: Book of Memories (NGP)
Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Xbox 360)
Silent Hill Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Zone of the Enders Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)

Microsoft

Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)

Namco Bandai

Dark Souls (PS3, Xbox 360)
Soulcalibur V (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tekken X Street Fighter (PS3, Xbox 360)

Natsume

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (PS3, Wii)

Nintendo

Animal Crossing 3DS (3DS)
Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)
Mario Kart 3DS (3DS)
Paper Mario (3DS)
Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)
Super Mario (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
Project Café games (Project Café)

Sega

Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Xbox 360)
Binary Domain (PS3, Xbox 360)
Sonic Generations (PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS)

Sony

Journey (PS3)
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
Resistance 3 (PS3)
Twisted Metal (PS3)
Starhawk (PS3)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (NGP)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)

Square Enix

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Dungeon Siege III (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Hitman: Absolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)
Tomb Raider (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

THQ

Devil's Third (Xbox 360, PS3)
Saints Row: The Third (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
WWE '12 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
UFC Undisputed 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)

Tecmo Koei

Ninja Gaiden III (PS3, Xbox 360)

Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Call of Juarez: The Cartel (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Driver: San Francisco (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Just Dance 3 (Wii)
From Dust (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Rayman Origins (PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Rocksmith (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
TrackMania 2 (PC)

Warner Bros.

Bastion (PC, Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

And I'm interested in:

Asura's Wrath (PS3, Xbox 360)
DmC Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360)
Megaman Legends 3 (3DS)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)
Street Fighter X Tekken ( PS3, Xbox 360)
Battlefield 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D (3DS)
Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Xbox 360)
Zone of the Enders Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Soulcalibur V (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tekken X Street Fighter (PS3, Xbox 360)
Mario Kart 3DS (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
Project Café games (Project Café)
Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Xbox 360)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
WWE '12 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
Ninja Gaiden III (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Actually very excited for MGS and ZOE. Saw the news on Joystiq but couldn't see it coming on 360, was slightly gutted, but very happy now. :)

Maybe sometime when they're cheaper, they *might be cool.


Duke Nukem Forever (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
X-Men: Destiny (PS3, Xbox 360)
DmC Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360)


Main interests.


Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Hitman: Absolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

who cares about a zone of the enders HD remake? the games came out on PS2 and look fine... why would you want to play them again and just have them look better instead of having a new game in the series actually utilizing the PS3's hardware and not just its graphics

Trailer:
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Looks pretty cheesy. Not sure what I think of it.

Had a 2 page article in a magazine I subscribe to this month...
Sounded decent from what I read.
You sell your soul to the devil or something... You can also take limbs off which then stay alive and help you do stuff.

Maybe because there a bunch of new gamers and people who never played the original titles (me) out there who might check it out and then join the movement for a new game if the collection is the goods. It's not a new game, but it's a step in the right direction. It's cheaper to up the graphics and change a few icons and churn out a collection in order to test the waters.

If this generation of consoles has taught me anything, it's that if you get enough fan demand going anything is possible. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: HD Remix led to SF4. The rerelease of Marvel vs Capcom 2 and the release of Tatsunoko vs Copcom led to massive demand for MvC3. The developers said it would never happen and not even a year later they had no choice but to reacquire the license and do it.

If I remember correctly the biggest reason Twin Snakes would not be in the Metal Gear Solid collection is due to Nintendo owning some rights to Twin Snakes (similar to them having some rights to Eternal Darkness and GoldenEye or Sony with FF VII). The game is a remake of MGS 1 but with some changes and extra stuff added (ex. Mario and Nintendo Easter eggs). Unless Konami was willing to port the collection to the Wii or "Cafe", Nintendo could reject Twin Snakes getting ported.

Metal Gear Solid 1 might be on the PSN Store (not completely sure) so Konami wouldn't want to hurt its PSN sales for a collection set.

We may get some pre-E3 stuff over the weekend like last year.

STICKY THIS BITCH IT'S GO TIME

It seems someone has found out what Nintendos next console will be called. Someone searched for sites registered with the name "Nintendo" and, after 5 minutes of searching, came across enough sites registered to the same people/on the same date to make an educated assumption at the name.

The next console will be called:

lol

I'm anticipating Elder Scrolls Skyrim the most.

Yeah it was retarded, but it made sense. Wii focused on getting everyone playing together (We), and the ii's resembled the systems controllers. Beem though. wat?

The game is BEEMED to the controller.

Makes sense, but the shitstorm over the name will be unavoidable if they do go with Beem

I'm working tomorrow 5.30pm till 10pm....
Gutted, watched the live stream the past 2/3years :(

Don't worry, Sony's is 1am-6am....

This could just be the name of the technology or gimmick or something. Now there's a rumor that it may just be called "Nintendo".

All times are PST.

Monday, June 6th

• Microsoft Press Conference | 9:30am
• Electronic Arts Press Conference | 12:30pm
• Ubisoft Press Conference | 2:20pm
• Sony Press Conference | 5:00pm

Tuesday, June 7th

• Nintendo Press Conference | 9:00am
• Mass Effect 3 | 1:00pm
• Battlefield 3 | 1:30pm
• Batman: Arkham City | 2:00pm
• Resistance 3 | 3:00pm
• Starhawk | 3:20pm
• Twisted Metal | 3:40pm
• NGP Demos | 4:00pm
• Journey | 4:20pm
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | 4:40pm
• Gears of War 3 (Campaign) | 5:00pm
• Forza Motorsports 4 | 5:20pm
• Super Secret Remake | 5:40pm
• Ms. 'Splosion Man | 6:00pm
• Modern Warfare 3 | 6:30pm

Wednesday, June 8th

• Spider-Man: Edge of Time | 11:00am
• Dead Island | 11:20am
• Gears of War 3 (Horde Mode) | 11:40am
• Rage | Noon
• Prey 2 | 12:20pm
• Shinobi | 12:40pm
• Saints Row III | 1:00pm
• Lord of the Rings: War in the North | 1:30pm
• Ninja Gaiden III | 2:00pm
• The Darkness II | 3:00pm
• Street Fighter X Tekken | 3:20pm
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 3:40pm
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution | 4:00pm
• Tomb Raider | 4:20pm
• Super Secret Sequel #1 | 4:40pm
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 5:00pm
• WWE 12 | 5:20pm
• Super Secret Sequel #2 | 5:40pm
• Prototype 2 | 6:00pm
• BioShock Infinite | 6:30pm

Thursday, June 9th

• Star Wars: The Old Republic | 11:00am
• Dark Souls | 11:20am
• Inversion | 11:40am
• Warhammer 40k: Space Marine | Noon
• X-Men: Destiny | 12:20pm
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | 12:40pm
• Jurassic Park: The Game | 1:00pm
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 | 1:30pm
• Bastion | 2:20pm
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations | 3:00pm
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | 3:20pm
• Rayman Origins | 3:40pm
• Sonic Generations | 4:00pm
• Catherine | 4:20pm
• Need For Speed: The Run | 4:40pm
• SSX | 5:00pm
• Madden 12 | 5:20pm
• FIFA 12 | 5:40pm

http://games.ign.com/articles/117/11...#disqus_thread

I can't wait, hoping to play Twisted Metal, Legend of Zelda, and any others once I see what else there is to offer.

Did G4 lose the rights to broadcast the press conferences on TV or something? I went to set my DVR and nothing E3 related is supposed to come on until 1pm.

Spike has Microsoft's

So Kinect is the on-rails system, you can even talk to your 360 while playing Mass Effect.

At least Forza looked hot. Everything else.... MEHHHHHHH.

EA are up now. GT had some exclusive Skyrim footage and good god that was hot.

Microsoft Press Conference Highlights:

* Halo 4 arrives in 2012 with Master Chief back as the main character. The game is set as the start of a new storyline and as the next trilogy for the series.
http://kotaku.com/5809030/master-chi...halo-4-in-2012

* Mass Effect 3 confirmed to be using Kinect. Voice Recognition is used for the dialog system and issuing commands to teammates
http://kotaku.com/5808993/mass-effec...al-with-kinect

* New game in the Fable series is being called Fable: The Journey and will use Kinect
http://kotaku.com/5809010/fable-sequ...agic-to-kinect

* Minecraft also arriving on Xbox 360 and will use Kinect. The game is set to arrive later this year
http://kotaku.com/5809006/minecraft-...ox-with-kinect

* Crytek is making a "hardcore" Kinect title called Ryse. The game is set during the Fall of Ancient Rome
http://kotaku.com/5809005/crysis-cre...r-the-hardcore

* Ubisoft confirms Ghost Recon Future Solider will be using Kinect in a variety of ways. Also shown was a "GunSmith" feature that allows customizable weapons for missions.
http://kotaku.com/5808999/what-is-gh...diers-gunsmith

* Star Wars game for Kinect takes place mainly during the Clone Wars and prequel era for the Star Wars series.
http://kotaku.com/5809016/kinect-sta...r-on/gallery/1

* Kinect FunLabs uses the Kinect as a scanner to finally deliver on the promise of scanning real objects for use in a virtual world or game.
http://kotaku.com/5809028/introducin...inect-fun-labs

* Halo Combat Evolved HD remake confirmed for a November 15, 2011 release date.

* EA Sports will offer Kinect support for FIFA, Tiger Woods, and Madden NFL starting next year.

* Kinect Sports sequel is being called Kinect Sports: Season 2

* Non-gaming announcements involved Live TV for Xbox Live and uses Kinect. The program is being called "New Xbox Experience"

* Forza 4 confirmed to be using Kinect and arrives October 11.

* Cloud Storage for game saves arriving on Xbox 360.

EA Press Conference Highlights: (VGChartz Live-blog source)

* Mass Effect 3 trailer and footage shown. Major storyline this time around is the Reapers have begun their invasion on Earth. Release date set for March 6, 2012

* New Need for Speed game shown and is called Need for Speed: The Run. Autolog helps play a part in the story, ability to get out of the car, and Frostbite 2 engine is being used.

* Star Wars Old Republic shown off but very little shown in terms of details and footage.

* EA completely drops the dark style of SSX in favor of the more cartoon/colorful style the series is known for. Set for January 2012 release date.

* FIFA 12 set to improve the defending and dribbling parts of the FIFA series and uses a new physics engine called "Player Impact Engine" more than FIFA 11 did.

* Madden 12 barely shown besides having some NFL players on stage

* EA makes fun of Farmville and then debuts The Sims Social as a new game. Plays like a regular Sims game but is a Facebook game.

* Battlefield 3 shown with the Frostbite Engine being revealed more in depth and in footage. Open Beta arrives this September and Battlelog appears to be similar to the Autolog for Need For Speed.

* Overstrike is a brand new game from EA and appears to be class-based for gameplay. Main group of characters are called The Misfits.
http://kotaku.com/5809086/when-ea-an...get-overstrike

* Reckoning was revealed as a fantasy open-world game being developed by 38 Studios.

Watched the show live and it was all junk I don't care about (GoW, CoD, Halo etc).

Got excited at the mention of Fable only to be put off when I saw it was "Links Crossbow Training" with magic.

Trying out that free Kinect Fun Labs thing and it's ok, I guess. THere is no practicle stuff, really. It's the sort of like the Kinect equivilent to those PS1 demos where you got to look at the 3D model of the T-Rex or manta ray.

Cool to try out but no actual game to play. I tried the "Kinect Me" section. Scanned my actual t-shirt design into the software and managed to pick up I was wearing shorts. The face was no where near mine and neither was the hair.

Tried the Googley-Eyes next and scanned in a cushion as that's all I had to hand. Again, it was cool but there was nothing to really do after you scanned it in. About to try out "Build A Buddy" which looks like Googley-Eyes minus the googley eyes.

I did like the very breif glimpse of Forza 4, though, and I like that Minecraft is coming to the 360. I guess I wont need Fortress Craft anymore.

I was overall disappointed with the conference but I'm hoping Nintendo will make up for it with an interesting show.

Nintendo is going to be big, but I hopefully Sony has something big.

That Microsoft conference was pretty lackluster.

That's not highlights, that a list of things. Most of which are lowlights.