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[Raughn]

Yeah, E3 isn't exactly a hotbed of Japanese third-party reveals.

TWEWY 2 would be nice on multiple levels. Great game gets a sequel, and Nomura is wrapped-up in a project he can help instead of ruin.

[minus_273]

These are 100% true prediction guaranteed come true. me love you long time.
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Nintendo will release the launch date for WiiU. I will be in late october 2012.

MS and Sony will both announce new consoles for 2013 but will have nothing more than a highlight reel.

Next unreal engine will be demoed on xbox 720 reference hardware.

Vita gets a price drop

Nintendo will announce star fox WiiU made by retro.

Square Enix announces FFXV be on all three platforms.

Dragon Quest X will be a WiiU exclusive launch title in the US, published by nintendo.

Nintendo agrees to allow golden eye HD to come out on 360, PS3 now that their system will have a comparable port.

Edited by minus_273, 10 May 2012 - 12:43 PM.

[Kirbutashi]

Speaking of disappointing Microsoft revelations...

http://www.joystiq.c...ming-to-xbox-3/

Good news: the Xbox 360 will finally have a web browser in the near future, according to a Verge source. Bad news: It's Internet Explorer.
The source tells The Verge that the new web browser is based on Internet Explorer 9, and features Kinect functionality, allowing users to search with voice input just like the Bing search tech used in the current dashboard. Users will also be able to browse the web without talking to it, reportedly.

It doesn't really matter that it's IE. But are console browsers something worth exploring at this point? And how would this line up with all the dashboard apps?

[Kirbutashi]

New patent filing. Looks like the controller may use sticks instead of slide pads. I don't think that this is indicative of the final form factor.

[TheKurichan]

God I hope it uses sticks.

[Raughn]

I love the slide pads. Same functionality, more natural thumb position.

[Hacker Alias]

I still don't like the basic idea of the WiiU. I mean, a console that has a tablet controller, but can only have ONE tablet controller tethered at a time? What the hell is the point then?
Also I'm really looking forward to Dragon's Crown. Localisation will determine whether I get a vita soon, or wait until they're everywhere for basically nothing.

[Kirbutashi]

I'm still holding out hope that Rocket Slime on 3DS may come over here some day. ;-;

It isn't like you're putting anything else out on the system until KH3D, Square!

[Hacker Alias]

SE is pretty bad overall, and they officially lost any future sales from me when I got a form letter back from them.

[Fahrenhype]

I still don't like the basic idea of the WiiU. I mean, a console that has a tablet controller, but can only have ONE tablet controller tethered at a time?

The presentation last year was really half baked. I'm guessing it is more coherent this time. But you have a good point about one tablet per system. The whole thing seems like it is caught between two audiences. The Wii Sports crowd that went to iOS may never be coming back, and the developers that made PS3 and 360 games might support this for a year until newer hardware and better graphics engines come out. The best thing that could happen for long term support would be Sony backing out of spending a ton of money on powerful hardware and taking a similar approach. If PS4, Nextbox, and of course PC all run UE4 and this does not, you already know what will happen no matter how many units it sells.

[Kirbutashi]

Looks like Sony wants to get you excited again before their conference.

[Raughn]

Looks like Sony wants to get you excited again before their conference.

Nice tone except for the "Oh, not good..." as a BUS CLOSES IN ON THE TRUCK. I'd like for the witty summer blockbuster writing to get left behind with Uncharted.

[mik]

The Last of Us... coming fall 2013.

[Kirbutashi]

2012 is looking like a ghost town for new releases.

[Kirbutashi]

A few stream links and chat has been added to the OP.

[PlayerOneCJ]

I kinda hope Sony sorts out the whole "buy once, play everywhere" thing where it doesn't mean paying $100 to play a game on both PS3 and Vita. I mean, they won't, but...it'd be nice. More original games, fewer of these console ports please. And more games that use the network/friends in interesting ways.

Looking forward to Wii U and more 3DS stuff. Really curious to see the Wii U tablet's integration in real games instead of just tech demos.

[Owozifa]

Honestly, screw it. Screw ALL OF IT. E3 is one big yawnfest. I've never been so insulted by gaming companies in all my life. I deserve better than this crap I don't even know about because I'm just reading blog posts with leaked pics and artists' renditions. I've seen enough, I just can't believe these companies would insult me, my family, and everything I've held dear in this great hobby of mine. At this point I'm just so disillusioned with the state of games, I might as well just quit altogether and become a full time critique maven on Internet forums. Maybe eventually they'll see that I truly have all the answers and will listen to me, until then, I'm out.

Yes, I have been reading the Internet too much.

Yes, I have been possessed by the sarcasm demon.

No, this is not directed to anyone on this forum.

[Fahrenhype]

2012 is looking like a ghost town for new releases.

Agreed. BioShock delayed. The lack of even a rumored release date for GTA V and The Last Us leads me to believe 2013 was the intended target date all along. God of War will be a March release if the pattern holds. I guess the silver lining here is that it seems like a potentially meager fall release schedule isn't because people got scared of Call of Duty for the fifth year in a row. This all seems to be the result of planning or potentially even some development problems (five and a half years for a BioShock game on the same hardware is kind of crazy).

This also seems like the first year I can remember where Sony has taken what was usually the Microsoft approach of not knowing what the hell was coming out for the fall until well into the spring. Uncharted 3, Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted 2, LBP, etc were all known about well ahead of time. I honestly have no idea what the hell Sony is publishing this fall.

[Kirbutashi]

Looks like Spike/GT are already hyping up Microsoft's presser.



A new Gears of War has been announced, which should be shown off Monday.

[levitynyc]

Day 1. Love me some Gears of War.

[juanster]

My most anticipated game at E3.

New characters announced so far are Vyse from Skies of Arcadia, Gilius Thunderhead (the dwarf) from Golden Axe, and Joe Mushashi!

Also, there will only be one track per IP this time around, instead of three tracks from only 6 IPs. Announced so far are tracks from Sonic, Jet Set Radio, Panzer Dragoon, Golden Axe, and Super Monkey Ball.

One last thing, for you really big Sega fanboys like me (is it only Greg?), Beat is wearing his clothes from Jet Grind Radio this time, instead of his Jet Set Radio Future gear. This little detail excites very much.

[Kirbutashi]

I refuse to believe that they will only have one Sonic track.

[levitynyc]

Lords of Shadow 2

Yes!!!!!!

[PlayerOneStewy]

Lords of Shadow 2 and the new Sega All-Stars Racing game are dulling the sting of BioShock Infinite's delay.

[Raughn]

And not just a Lords of Shadow sequel, but one that looks like it embraces and builds upon that awesomely weird ending:



Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[levitynyc]

I still want to try the DLC for LOS. I know they are short and lousy, but at half price, I'd bite.

Edited by levitynyc, 01 June 2012 - 10:15 PM.

[Fahrenhype]

I'll playing Lords of Shadow now and I wish I hadn't seen that earlier in the day on GameTrailers. My fault for waiting so long. With all the leaks about Xbox tablet app, Gaikai PlayStation streaming, etc. I'm still wondering if any of the game announcements will be about fall releases. After all the delays it is looking barren. I'm hoping what was mentioned on Bonus Round about GTA V being October 23rd is true, but as of that taping they still thought BioShock was coming out a week earlier.

[Ondore]

Breaking: Nintendo holding another Nintendo Direct conference... tomorrow. The subject of discussion is "the concept of WiiU hardware".

6pm EDT, 3pm EDT, 2300 GMT.

[TheKurichan]

I can't wait to take a dump on that controller, you know for that see a prostitute sim that is coming.

[levitynyc]

An Alan Wake 2 announcement would make me masturbate.

[famousmortimer]

[Ondore]

You got your damn points. Happy now?

(yellow bar at the top)

Edited by Ondore, 03 June 2012 - 06:04 PM.

[levitynyc]

Wii U = Day 1 for me.

[Guy Legend]

The Wii U showing today was pretty excellent. Really digging the the Wii U's UI system and the fact that they made a legit pro/classic gaming controller. Wii U gamepad is going to be great for just picking up and surfing the web, tv, communications when relaxing at home.

The graphics may not scream next gen when compared to PS3/XB360, but whole package including form and function really does.

[PlayerOneCJ]

Yeah. Really liked what Nintendo had to say here. I like their ideas and the Wii U Pro controller looks pretty great IMO.

Kind of amazing that Nintendo's the first to make the next step into real, meaningful social gaming. Sony's live area social stream on the Vita started in that direction but sputters in some key ways (not being able to view in-game being the big one). And unless Microsoft has something to show in that area tomorrow they're woefully behind.

[famousmortimer]

You got your damn points. Happy now?

(yellow bar at the top)

If that yellow bar in top carries over to something permanent I'm most likely in on day one. If not i'm probably not. Weird that I'm a one issue guy like that, but it's mostly that I got almost zero enjoyment out of the gamecube and wii, so the fact that im even thinking about getting a wii-u is a testament to it looking pretty darn cool.

[GSRJedi]

I'd like to see that phone interaction eventually make it's way to apps of some kind. Especially if you could choose specific people from your friends list to get notifications from. Like getting game invites when your system is off.

I also heard them mention using the GamePad as a TV remote. It'd be interesting if you could program it like a Harmony. Then maybe start a game up on the GamePad and hit a button and your TV and receiver could change to the proper inputs. Maybe even having an interactive guide from your cable or satellite company on there and letting you browse through what's on via the GamePad and change the channels with that.

I don't imagine anything like that will happen though. I didn't hate what I saw and I'm more excited to see what they have to show at E3 than I was yesterday.

[I AM JOHN!]

I've never hated anyone more than I do Microsoft right now.

[Wenny]

I've never hated anyone more than I do Microsoft right now.

No new Viva Pinata game announced?

[SickBoy]

Something I find weird about this E3 is that most of the games I'm interested aren't until 2013. I can't remember a previous E3 where that was the case (at least, the intended case... I can think of several E3 games that have fallen out of the fall season, especially last year).

Intrigued by the new Madden, though. Hope the demo comes nice and early.

Edited by SickBoy, 06 June 2012 - 09:17 PM.