Starting a thread for E3, so we don't wash the forum's away in single topics. Enjoy, I'll be at work until late tonight so I wont be able to enjoy E3 as it happens.

I guess we may as well throw out some predictions:
New Halo game/project shown.
God Of War 3 shown again.
Nintendo announces Mario/Zelda in 10 second teaser then masturbates all over stage about casual games.
MS, Sony, and Nintendo side-step discussing the inevitable next wave of consoles.
Sega announces Shenmue 3 does not exist, for the 100th time.
Sega then shows Shenmue 4 behind closed doors and it sucks.

Microsoft E3 Keynote announcements...


Epic are announcing a completely new game (not sure if it's actually going to be during the keynote)



Meh... Beatles: Rock Band bullshit... full albums available for download... Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia are at the conference... meh meh meh... I hate Ringo Star.





Tony hawks RIDE rubbish... we know all this and we're not fucking interested! ...cartoony visuals... neon lights that follow you when you jump... what a load of bollocks.

Modern Warfare 2 trailer!

Modern Warfare 2 ...fucking gameplay! Snowy mountains... climbing with an ice pick... tons of detail... more stealth gameplay than the first game... can strangle enemies with bare hands... plenty of explosions... snowmobile shooting section that was in the trailer... good ol' Infinity Ward.

Modern Warfare 2 will receive 2 downloadable map packs after release.

Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama (FFXIII directors) are on-stage... FFXIII running on 360... Odin... fighting on train... swords etc... Spring 2010 release.

EPIC ARE ON STAGE!!! New IP called Shadow Complex... and it's an... WTF!? An XBLA game? "Exploration punctuated by moments of combat" ...looks reasonable... exclusive to 360. Big wow :-( Kinda looks like Metroid... has hookshot, triple jump etc... quasi 2/3D... meh.

EPIC have left the stage... :-(

Joyride... XBLA karting game from MGS. Not what Microsoft need to be focussing on. This is a little lame. Looks like it's going to be free and you can use your Avatar.



FUCKING YES!!! Crackdown 2!!! CG trailer only though...



WHOOP! Left 4 dead 2!!! Motherfucking chainsaws! Nov 17th release...



Splinter Cell: Conviction gameplay... looks like Washington... Mazime Beland is saying that Conviction has changed quite a lot... Sam's cleanshaven... being hunted by Third Echelon... has new "Mark and Execute" abilities... controls looks fluid and responsive, not as awkward as in previous games... shooting people in the head... melee combat vs groups of attackers... he's nimble for a guy his age... getting a Bourne (movie not game) vibe... fall 2009 release.



FORZA 3... out in October this year! ...runs at 60fps and is the "best looking racing game on any console" ...player created content... rewind like in GRID... can create and upload HD video using ingame editor, kinda like Halo 3... racing through... a... city...? Forza is the new PGR?





ODST gameplay!!! Motherfuckers thir is a GOD!!! Set in New Mombasa, weeks before Halo 3. Dark and gloomy... original halo pistol returns... new low light vision mode... new online co-op mode... releases Sept 22nd 2009!!!

Wait Bungie have something else... Xbox 360 only... Halo fucking reach!!! Our in 2010... buy ODST and you'll get an invite to the Reach multiplayer beta. Short trailer...

Alan Wake (I think Microsoft just won E3... before it's even started)... abandoned building in the woods. Flashlight attached to gun... Alan looks different than the last time we saw him... hooded sweatshirt under a suit jacket and jeans... weird spooky shit in a forest... shooting in faces... cable car... nothing we haven't already seen or done in Silent Hill or Resident Evil... but looks cool as fuck! Huh... looks like it might be told in episodes like Alone in the Dark... enemies don't like light... suprize bulldozer attack! Out spring 2010.

Microsoft have partnership with Last.fm... available to XBL users at no additional charge. Kinda cool.

NetFlix... Sky... relaunching service with Zune HD release this year... full 1080p video's... movie and TV show steaming... no need to download...

Some sort or partnership with Facebook... basically access to Facebook through the guide... with added Facebook Connect... can post screenshots to your profile...???

Microsoft are bringing Twitter to Xbox 360. 

Kojima is on stage!!! Metal Gear Solid Rising announced for 360!!!! What the fuck is Metal Gear Solid Rising??? Looks like a new game that has Raiden in it...

Motion sensing camera announced... and it looks like an advanced from of EyeToy. Boring family orientated bullshit. Has voice recognition... it's called Project Natal and it extends further than games. Looks like you can choose films etc using voice control.

Steven Spielberg just walked onstage... "It's not about reinventing the wheel, it's about no wheel at all" ...looks like its camera orientated.

Using camera will sign you into your profile automatically using facial recognition... can navigate dash blades by waving hand...

Tech demo running on UE3.0 and including XBL Avatars... impressive-ish jap at Nintendo's preset "waggle".

Some Paint Party shit, again running on UE3.0 ... choosing colours by saying "white" etc...

Peter Molyneux's on stage... "That thing in our hands that has evolved and got more complex" has become "a barrier", he says. Natal will "change the landscape of the games we play" ...again camera based... very Molyneux but not that interesting. Can interact with water and animals with your hand... looks like a good use of the tech... can drak a fish on paper and have it translate into a digital fish in the "game" world vis the camera.

Conference appears to be over...

ooooh shit....Hideo Kojima....

Great turn of events. Instead of going in at 2, they asked me to go to 415 shift, so Ive been watching.

Nitro, your updates have been better than the text updates on IGN and G4. Everyone who cant watch the stream owes you a huge thanks.

KICKASS! Anything more on this Halo 1 pistol? Is it just in the single player or will this be in multiplayer somehow?

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KICKASS! Anything more on this Halo 1 pistol? Is it just in the single player or will this be in multiplayer somehow?

No details. It looks to be a cross between the H1 and H2 pistols. Similar to what was shown in the first Halo 2 footage. I would assume that the silenced scoped smg and the pistol will be in Halo Reach, and the ODST Firefight Co-op. But seeing as how the MP will be Halo 3, as in literally, I doubt it.

yeah I was thinking maybe they would just add new weapons and gear as options to put it in forge.

So I thought MGS was the end, maybe they have another huge announcement left? I hope so. Looks like Sony and the big N wont be able to top this.

I knew Peter Moore. I was a fan of Peter Moore. AND YOU, MR MATTRICK, ARE NO PETER MOORE!

That Natal thing actually looks pretty good. Ever seen The Island? MS had some ingame advert pretty much showing exactly that only refined. The conference started pretty dull and reallyy managed to pick up big time...

Im calling it. E3 is over, and MS wins. Natal shits all over the Wii, and the games(ODST, REACH, Alan Wake, L4D 2, MW2, Crackdown 2, MGS) top anything Sony could have. And while the XBL Arcade games werent the greatest, the already known line-up will top PSN.

As far as the new services, Im only interested in watching movies, listening to music, and viewing pics in the party.

Molyneux's game bored me. I dont care what most real people have to say, why do I care about his fake character that has no bearing on the real world? The conference shouldve ended with Halo, followed by the MGS anouncement.

i'm very satisfied with what ms brought to the table, amazing conference, great games, the project natal seems brilliant (yes i'm sceptical about it) , and the new services are an awesome addition, they really nailed it. the only let down i think is the absence of a new exclusive AAA IP in the show.

Oh yeah!  Xbox360 has a Metal gear game with Raiden in it!  Now there is no reason to like a PS3 as Metal Gear Solid 4 was the ONLY good game on the console.  Oh yeah Xbox 360 oh yeah oh yeah!  Waitaminute... I don't even like Metal Gear games (except for the first Solid).  Still though, I bet Xbox 360 fanboys are having a field day hating on the PS3 right now.

Oh gawd i made the mistake of browsing N4G's comments section...oh fer fuck sake i just wrote 'gawd' without even thinking about it...

Edit Update:
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/19806/Microsoft-Announces-Xbox-360-Games-on-Demand/

That's cool but I don't know if I believe it when they don't provide any source at all....

http://gizmodo.com/5274395/xbox-live-full-retail-games-on-demand-download-mass-effect-bioshock-and-more
Pictures then?

k I believe it like that :) You guys ready for Charm Girls Club?!?!?!?! EA is really kicking ass!

I'm happy for the Halo and Crackdown announcements.  I'm not a MGS fan, but Left 4 Dead 2 is  a bit of a shock.  Why not just give me a couple of downloadable campaigns for Left 4 Dead 1?

Now all I need to see is more ME2, Bioshock 2, Half-Life, a Mario/Zelda announcement(not windwaker bs), and GOWIII gameplay.

Conviction looks fucking superb. I'm infinitely glad they took it back to the drawing board.

Post it here, or email me when the Modern Warfare 2 gameplay footage gets upped somewhere? P's & Q's!

its been up on gametrailers
EDIT: But GT is having issues...