E3 2014: Eat. Sleep. Hype. Repeat. (June 9-12)

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Major Press Conferences (all times PST):
June 9

• Microsoft - 9:30 am
• EA - 12 pm
• Ubisoft - 3 pm
• Sony - 6 pm

June 10

• Nintendo - 9 am (Nintendo Direct)

Twitch's Live Stream Schedule:
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...cast-schedule/

Nintendo's Streaming Treehouse schedule:
http://e3.nintendo.com/#2014/treehouse

IGN's E3 List of Games to be shown or rumored to be shown:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/Games_at_E3_2014

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Microsoft's Press Conference Highlights: (Courtesy of Destructoid)

• Forza Hotrizon 2 arriving on Xbox One on September 30th
• Assassin's Creed Unity revealed to have 4-player co-op
• Ori and the Blind Forest announced as a new game and exclusive to the Xbox One by Moon Studios.
• Conker from Conker's Bad Fur Day revealed to be appearing in Project Spark
• Halo News - Halo: The Master Chief Collection arrives on November 11th for Xbox One, Halo 5 beta included in Halo: MC Collection, Halo 5 beta starts in December, MC Collection also includes access to Halo: Nightfall series as each episode is released.
• Creators of Limbo revealed their new 2D platforming game called Inside
• Microsoft showed off several games from their indie Xbox One ID@Xbox program
• Killer Instinct's Season 2 teased to start with TJ Combo and possibly include Cinder next
• Microsoft announces Ken Lobb who helped supervise Killer Instinct's revival is now in charge of Phantom Dust's reboot.
• Next game in the Tomb Raider series revealed as Rise of the Tomb Raider and arrives next year
• New game in the Crackdown series is currently in development with a TBA 2015 release date currently planned.
• Scalebound revealed to be an Xbox One exclusive game from Platinum Games studio

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EA's Press Conference Highlights: (Courtesy of Destructoid)

• Debut trailer for Star Wars Battlefront from DICE shown with more info to arrive Spring 2015
• The Sims 4 revealed to have more freedom for customization of a player's Sim character
• Concept footage for the next Mass Effect game shown off
• Sports - PGA Tour, NHL 15, Madden 15, FIFA 15
• Debut trailer for Mirror's Edge 2 shown off
• EA working on their own MOBA game called Dawngate
• Criterion Games new IP revealed to be a racing game

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Ubisoft's Press Conference Highlights: (Courtesy of Destructoid)

• New trailer released for Far Cry 4 focusing on the new main villain named Pagan Min
• Just Dance 2015 announced along with mobile support called Just Dance Now
• The Crew to be released on November 11th, closed PC beta to occur on July 23rd
• New non-gameplay trailer released for The Division
• New gameplay trailer shown for Assassin's Creed Unity along with a release date of October 28th
• Trailer for Valiant Hearts, a World War I themed puzzle game running on the UbiArt engine, was shown off.
• Rainbow Six Siege revealed as a new game in the Rainbow Six series.

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Sony's Press Conference Highlights: (Courtesy of Destructoid)

• Destiny News - White Glacier Destiny PS4 bundle revealed, Beta to arrive first for PS4 owners
• Entwined announced to be available tonight on the PS4 for $9.99 and supports Cross-Buy
• Debut trailer for LittleBigPlanet 3 for the PS4 shown
• Bloodborne from From Software studio revealed as a PS4 exclusive and arrives next year
• Games - The Order: 1886, Dead Island 2, Magicka 2, No Man's Sky, ABZÛ, Let it Die, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, The Last of Us Remastered
• Grim Fandango announced to be getting the HD remake treatment
• Playstation Now open beta to arrive July 31st
• Playstation TV arriving in North America and Europe this Fall for $99 ($139 for bundled version)
• PS4 version of Far Cry 4 will support co-op play with friends who don't own the game
• Ratchet & Clank getting both a film and an HD remake of the original game

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Nintendo's Press Conference Highlights: (Courtesy of Destructoid)

• Nintendo's version of Skylanders will be called Amiibo with Wii U support this year and 3DS support in 2015
• New Zelda Wii U game to arrive in 2015, to be more open-world than past games
• Games - Yoshi's Woolly World shown, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Kirby: The Rainbow Curse
• Bayonetta 2 arriving in October with original game being included for free
• Midna and Zelda revealed as playable characters for Hyrule Warriors, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire & Omega Ruby, Splatoon
• Mario Maker revealed as a new Mario game for the Wii U with custom level creation
• New Star Fox game for the Wii U among the three games Shigeru Miyamoto is currently working on
• Devil's Third revealed to be a Wii U exclusive from Valhalla Games

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GiantBomb's Day 0 recap show (June 9) - http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2...-00/2300-9019/
GiantBomb's Day 1 recap show (June 10) - http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/gian...y-1/2300-9056/
GiantBomb's Day 2 recap show (June 11) - http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/gian...y-2/2300-9114/
GiantBomb's Day 3 Live recap show (June 12) - http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/gian...y-3/2300-9133/