Topic: E3 2011 Day 1: Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, Sony Press Conferences

[broodwars]

Well, the long-awaited day is finally here: the first day of E3 and our first batch of company press conferences.  We had a thread like this last year for discussing the non-Nintendo Press Conferences, and I thought it worked out rather well with a few hitches.  This topic won't be as elaborate as I had originally planned due to an unforeseen family errand that has had me on the road for 12-15 hours a day for nearly a week now, and I won't be home until all these conferences are over.  If moderators wish to break this thread up into smaller threads as desired, feel free.  I promised I would put these threads up closer to E3, so I'm just making sure they're up while I still have internet access in this hotel.

As I likely won't be here to monitor either the press conferences or these threads (internet access in the car is extremely unreliable), I leave it to you all to post new streaming links and police the thread.  Please be civil, as I do not want a repeat of what we had last year with the Nintendo Press Conference thread.

June 6th, 2011 Schedule (based on Gametrailers.com's listings):

- 9:30 AM PST/12:30 PM EST - Microsoft Press Conference (Note: will be broadcast on Spike TV as well as streamed on Gametrailers.com and IGN.com)

- 12:30 PM PST/3:30 PM EST - Electronic Arts Press Conference (Note: will be broadcast on Spike TV and will be streamed on Gametrailers.com)

- 2:30 PM PST/5:30 PM EST - Ubisoft Press Conference (Note: will be streamed on Gametrailers.com)

- 5:00 PM PST/8:00 PM EST - Sony Press Conference (Note: will be streamed on Gametrailers.com, as well as IGN.com and the Playstation Blog)

Enjoy!   

[ShyGuy]

E3 Hype!

[GoldenPhoenix]

Microsoft is the one that interests me most out of them and Sony, they have been super quiet lately. So I expect them to have a few big surprises. Sony's conference is interesting as well, but mainly to see how they save face a bit from the PSN fiasco. I think they need something big.

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

Busy day, very busy day. I'll try joining in the discussion between work (although on Greenwich Mean Time, these conferences will all be on through the evening and into the night). Needless to say, it's an exciting time to be playing games, no matter who you're following.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Who wants MS conference leaks?

Kinect Stuff

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/E3

Halo 4

http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/news/6012/e3-2011-microsoft-details-leaked-halo-4-confirmed

and Kotaku supposedly leaked everything MS was gonna show yesterday. Let me see if I can find it.

[nickmitch]

I wonder if MS will be able to recover from this? Halo 4 would've been a big reveal if it hadn't been spoiled. Hopefully they've got other surprises up their sleeves.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Here is the GT live stream
http://www.gametrailers.com/netstorage/e3/e3-live.html

SpikeTV isn't airing anything (according to their own schedule) till Noon pst
even though the website says 9:30am and the event starts at 9am

IGN's Youtube Live stream
http://www.youtube.com/e3

MS Live Stream
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Community/E3

[Enner]

A Halo (1) remake piques my interest if only for amount of time I spent messing around in the first several levels of Halo in co-op.

[SixthAngel]

I wonder if MS will be able to recover from this? Halo 4 would've been a big reveal if it hadn't been spoiled. Hopefully they've got other surprises up their sleeves.

Is Halo 4 even much of a surprise?  It will be the 4th Halo game on the 360. (5th if you count the RTS)  It would be surprising if the next Halo game wasn't at e3.

Has anybody seen the videos of Star Wars kinect?  It looked pretty terrible.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Has anybody seen the videos of Star Wars kinect?  It looked pretty terrible.

Stars Wars & Disneyland Adventures Kinect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuchHcnzHq4

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[Enner]

Ah, Spike and Gametrailers are rolling their ball. (With all their hosts dressing nice for the occasion.)

IT BEGINS

[BlackNMild2k1]

I've got both on.

It's funny because on Spike TV they have the guest commentary on the whole time w/ no game sound
on GameTrailers.com they cut the talking and have only game sound when a trailer is playing.


Ahhh GT.com takes commercial breaks too...


IGN's youtube stream is just game trailers till the conference.

[Ceric]

I'm at work so I can't stream it, but I'm going to think of something for tomorrow.  Just tell me if anything interesting comes out.

[BlackNMild2k1]

This is what Kotaku posted yesterday about what MS was showing for E3

This week, the E3 gaming expo gets underway in Los Angeles. Gaming's heavyweights are showing off new hardware and new games. According to an insider, here's the list of titles Microsoft will be showing:

Tomb Raider
Forza 4
Star Wars Kinect
Gears of War 3
A Halo related title
Codename Kingdoms
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
The Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Alan Wake: Night Springs (Kinect compatible)
XCOM
Hitman: Absolution
Modern Warfare 3
Spelunky HD
Ghost Recon rail shooter for Kinect
Dance Central 2
Kinect FunLabs XCommerce
Kinect Sports: Season 2
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Fable: The Journey
Raving Rabbids for Kinect
An Unspecified Double Fine game
Hybrid (XBLA shooter)
Roller Coaster Kinect
Rise of Nightmares for Kinect.

Most of these games are not new reveals. Codename Kingdoms, the sword and sandal title from Crytek, was debuted at last year's E3, while Kinect Star Wars was shown off earlier today.

Other "new" games, such as Fable: The Journey, appear to have already been revealed by Microsoft domain name registrations. Kotaku first heard about Kinect Sports 2 this past March.

"Something" Halo related doesn't necessarily have to be a game; it could be a movie or a platform—who knows. Moreover, this appears to be the secret Microsoft is guarding closest. Other game titles, like Fable: the Journey, seem to be leaking out, but this title is under lock and key.

http://kotaku.com/5808775/here-are-microsofts-e3-games

kotaku's source is supposedly 4chan

[BlackNMild2k1]

Michael Pachter says:
"The only people that care about Kinect are the people playing Dance Central. MS needs to make Kinect resonate with the core... resonate with the Xbots out there."

[Ceric]

Michael Pachter says:
"The only people that care about Kinect are the people playing Dance Central. MS needs to make Kinect resonate with the core... resonate with the Xbots out there."

So they want to get in touch with Zeke...

[Enner]

Tame words from Pachter after listening to his more unfiltered appearances on the Giant Bombcast and Gametrailer's Invisible Walls.

[BlackNMild2k1]

IT's started and the yotube stream is ahead of the TV or GT.com and in HD

[ShyGuy]

I don't see any surprises there. Curious about Kinect Star Wars and Halo 4.

[BlackNMild2k1]

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 2011 Xbo...." ::cuts off:: goes back to game audio.

LOL

[ShyGuy]

Is that MW3 or Battlefield 3? They all look the same.

[Ceric]

MW3

[BlackNMild2k1]

So many audio issues on the youtube feed. double delayed echoed pre-recorded sound bytes. lol

[Enner]

Battlefield 3 looks (slightly) prettier.

[BlackNMild2k1]

SO many audio mis-queues