View Full Version : The big E3 2006 thread
We need a big E3 thread!
Speculations, linkdrops, news, rumors etc!
I'll try to get some good info in this post later on. Can someone be so kind to list the times for the big conferences? I only have the CET times:
May 8th : 1AM (CET) Sony
May 9th : 6:30PM (CET) Ninty
May 9th : 8:30PM (CET) MS
Oh and a little statement to get the discussion going : "if MS doesn't show atleast a teaser of Halo 3 it's a bad show for them"
GO!
Yonix
May 8th, 2006, 23:28
I hope it's going to be one hell of a E3 _o_
I'm curious to see what Sony's new console has to offer, and if it's any good.
And offcourse I'm also looking forward to some cool games, like:
Crysis.
Gears of War.
Test Drive: Unlimited.
Halo³, and I'm with Nino's statement :p
Prey.
Let the ''Games'' begin :P
Hoffer
May 8th, 2006, 23:53
May 8th : 1PM (CET) Sony
May 9th : 6:30PM (CET) Ninty
May 9th : 8:30PM (CET) MS
I need a little help with time zone stuff here. I had to look up what CET was. Looks to be Central European Time. Converting the Sony one to Los Angeles time, that would be at 7:00 am, Monday the 8th. Am I doing something wrong here or should what you have listed be 1AM CET on May 9th??? That would be 7:00 pm LA time on May 8th. I know that the Sony one is tonight, I just don't know when.
I'm from the US. So, I don't usually do any time zone conversions other than the 4 here.
Thanks!
Hoffer
May 8th, 2006, 23:55
Just thought I'd add my conversion seems to make sense on Nintendo and MS. They would be 12:30 and 2:30 pm LA time.
Sony is 1AM, very very sorry. :( (it's in 2 hours or so)
Alkaline Joker
May 8th, 2006, 23:57
Most excited to see something about Halo 3 and hopefully some Madden '07 that isn't as abismal as the one they rushed out last year. Maybe some info on Huxley. Kind of curious about Sony and what they are showing, they are running out of time for their launch and have been pretty secretive.
Sony conference in 10 minutes on Gamespot.
I would not recommend looking at the sony event.
Gamespot already confirmed that FF XIII realtime looks better than the PS3 demo of FF VII.
Also a new realtime MGS4 demo should be on display, kojima said on his blog that it looks better than september 2005 TGS.
But microsoft will show the HD DVD XBox360, that should be neat also.
Anyway fuck this shit, im about to watch it, so download the live demos of e3 and post some screenshots!!
zaksheskyman
May 9th, 2006, 03:37
Can't wait.
Damn Sony sucks so bad, stealing the Wiimote with their '6 degress of freedom' :r
Random Guy
May 9th, 2006, 04:52
According to the Sony Conference thing on Gamespy (Live video; I watched it):
PS3 Will debut 499 USD with 20 gig harddrive and 599 USD 60 gig harddrive
Their using the Dualshock controller enhanced with 6 degrees of movement (somewhat like the Wii).
PS3 was playable in demos
The guy [was it Kutagari(?)] still says PS3 will give you 4-D gaming.(Someone please tell him there currently is no "4-D"!)
Thats what I saw
They even deemed their Wiimote rip-off 'Innovative'. :X
Random Guy
May 9th, 2006, 04:57
They even deemed their Wiimote rip-off 'Innovative'. :X
Look at this Nino tell me what you think. LOL (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/OriginalDudeboy/f650af57.jpg)
^^^EDIT: Whoever writes the news should stick this in there.^^
PS3+Wifi+20GB hdd+wireless controller=499 euro
Xbox360+20GB hdd+wireless controller+wifi adaptor=474euro
So you can get a blu-ray drive for 25 euro, that is a bargain!
Also you will have 1920*1080 games, instead of 1280*720.
Plus the games will have graphics like FF XIII.
And! you have motion sensivity, which I dissaprove of.
The multi platform will be the same. Where exclusive titles will really shine.
Unless the xbox360 cuts it's price in half, nobody will buy it when the PS3 is out.
This is my opinion, but take it for granted.
What is microsoft going to show?
a 2 minute halo 3 trailer, xbox live will be free (sucks to be you who invested in a 50 euro card 3 months ago :D ) Some more chuggy framerated Gears of war. This will question the xbox360 ability to do unreal engine 3, and so on.
Nintendo will show games with graphics like this:
http://wii.qj.net/Tony-Hawk-Downhill-Jam-Wii-Screenshots/pg/49/aid/35893
which looks pretty good..in 1998... :)
It is too late and tomorrow i will have to watch M:I-3 with some mofos, so i am done now.
Oh, and it should be clear now that a 48 unified shader thing would run GOW in 1080P at 80fps, that is if you believe some posts made in this forum by tech experts.
Curry is a software engineer he claims, and he believes that the xbox360 is more powerfull, so take that for granted. Dont believe real time footage, believe what fans say.
adois amigos.
:z :z :z :z :z :z
Random Guy
May 9th, 2006, 06:39
PS3+Wifi+20GB hdd+wireless controller=499 euro
Xbox360+20GB hdd+wireless controller+wifi adaptor=474euro
So you can get a blu-ray drive for 25 euro, that is a bargain!
Also you will have 1920*1080 games, instead of 1280*720.
Plus the games will have graphics like FF XIII.
And! you have motion sensivity, which I dissaprove of.
The multi platform will be the same. Where exclusive titles will really shine.
Unless the xbox360 cuts it's price in half, nobody will buy it when the PS3 is out.
This is my opinion, but take it for granted.
What is microsoft going to show?
a 2 minute halo 3 trailer, xbox live will be free (sucks to be you who invested in a 50 euro card 3 months ago :D ) Some more chuggy framerated Gears of war. This will question the xbox360 ability to do unreal engine 3, and so on.
Nintendo will show games with graphics like this:
http://wii.qj.net/Tony-Hawk-Downhill-Jam-Wii-Screenshots/pg/49/aid/35893
which looks pretty good..in 1998... :)
It is too late and tomorrow i will have to watch M:I-3 with some mofos, so i am done now.
Oh, and it should be clear now that a 48 unified shader thing would run GOW in 1080P at 80fps, that is if you believe some posts made in this forum by tech experts.
Curry is a software engineer he claims, and he believes that the xbox360 is more powerfull, so take that for granted. Dont believe real time footage, believe what fans say.
adois amigos.
:z :z :z :z :z :z
Sorry guy but get your facts straight. The following is facts about the 499 USD SKU:
1. No Wifi
2. No MemoryStick /SD/CompactFlash Reader
3.8X DVD Reader
4. 2X BD player
5. No HDMI (No BD movies supposedly)
6. Larger than the Xbox 360
7. Weighs more than the original Xbox(Xbox 7.7 (7.5?) pounds
PS3 is 11 pounds
8. No Rumble
Speculation by me is as follows:
Hardrive connects with 2.5" Serial ATA so does that mean non upgradeable hardive if you don't void the warranty?
Sources: From Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509ae.pdf)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509be.pdf)
It'd help E2K if you'd cite your sources.
P.S. E2k this link (http://E2K.justgotowned.com) is for you (turn the volume up).
EDIT: Nite everyone!
EDIT: Felt the post was too harsh.
Emily
May 9th, 2006, 07:11
Damn Sony sucks so bad, stealing the Wiimote with their '6 degress of freedom' :r
rofl wiimote.
i think i love you. :*
Look at this Nino tell me what you think. LOL (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/OriginalDudeboy/f650af57.jpg)
^^^EDIT: Whoever writes the news should stick this in there.^^
Yeah I refuse to do a newspost on last night's fiasco :P
Sorry guy but get your facts straight. The following is facts about the 499 USD SKU:
1. No Wifi
2. No MemoryStick /SD/CompactFlash Reader
3.8X DVD Reader
4. 2X BD player
5. No HDMI (No BD movies supposedly)
6. Larger than the Xbox 360
7. Weighs more than the original Xbox(Xbox 7.7 (7.5?) pounds
PS3 is 11 pounds
8. No Rumble
Speculation by me is as follows:
Hardrive connects with 2.5" Serial ATA so does that mean non upgradeable hardive if you don't void the warranty?
Sources: From Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509ae.pdf)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509be.pdf)
It'd help E2K if you'd cite your sources.
P.S. E2k this link (http://E2K.justgotowned.com) is for you (turn the volume up).
EDIT: Nite everyone!
EDIT: Felt the post was too harsh.
Thanks, you're my new favorite poster, pointed everything out that I wanted to point out. How the f*** can you defend Sony with their retarted '6 degrees of freedom'? Have you even seen the conference and especially the bit where the guy plays Warhawk? He can't control it let alone land it...
rofl wiimote.
i think i love you. :*
Haha thanks but I didn't come up with the word, sorry.
Well, it have to agree that it truly is a bitch that there is no 'rumble' feature.
This is more important than a six dimension tilt sensor or what it is.
You will have the best games ever, but then i ask:
at what cost?
How will you now feel when you drive into a wall in a racing game?
etc. Not that i ever have this sensation ;)
This truly is a dissapointment.
As for your speculation: it said the harddrive was removable. You can look at a sheet from the conference, there i saw it.
Btw, the dual shock name seems not appropriate anymore.
No six dimension, 6 DEGREES. Whole other conept.
A bit off topic, but I just saw Nino's MI Theme movie and it's awesome! _o_
This brings back memories.. played this game a lot back in the day.. There should be a new MI on the 360! :D
I want a Nintendo Wii know.
etalien
May 9th, 2006, 21:18
Btw, the dual shock name seems not appropriate anymore.
Dual non-shock
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 21:25
35mins til the Microsoft presentation :cool:
For those of you who can't get an online feed for it - I'll post live news updates in this thread for you as it happens. Cause I'm nice like that :)
D4V360
May 9th, 2006, 21:50
I'll add some nice screenies to that (just took the gamespot subscription just for you guys, lol!). Gonna start the stream now :)
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 21:51
wtf? Gamespot's taken down its live stream link - there's a taped stream available in an hour. Arses.
Only available with fscking delay. I'll retreat to my chambers until the stream is available , I want to watch it without spoilers. Thanks though Studley.
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:00
New XBLA games coming (think most of these were already known):
Pac-Man, Contra, Galaga, Frogger, Sonic, Defender, Street Fighter II, Time Pilot, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Rally-X, Dig Dug, Ms. Pac-Man, PaperBoy, and Rootbeer Tapper.
Time Pilot :9~
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:01
11:58: Moore announces deal with Warner Bros. Music to put music videos--Madonna shown as an example--in the background of Lumines Live.
Um, unless I misunderstand.... Lumines is coming to XBLA? _o_ _o_
That game was the only reason I owned a PSP
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:08
Gamespot's frozen for me now. I'll wait for the hi-def feed in an hour.
WolfsNL
May 9th, 2006, 22:12
Everybody check marketplace. Seems Microsoft uploaded them a bit too son.
HALO 3, FORZA 2, FABLE 2
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:13
And we're back.
Wireless steering wheel announced \o/
Forza this autumn \o/
World Series Of Poker will have camera support \o/
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:14
Halo?!?!?!
WolfsNL
May 9th, 2006, 22:20
That's right.
Check Gamespot.com.
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:23
Downloading the Halo 3 trailer now.
Don't think there's gonna be much in it, it says it's an "Announcement Trailer".
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:25
"Xbox 360 Player" (HD-DVD add-on) to be released for Xmas.
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:27
OMG WTF WTF YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
12:22: "Major announcement about one of greatest franchsies of all time." Says its so exciting that he has to take his shirt off. Shows Halo 2 tatto--GRAND THEFT AUTO IV tatoo on other arm. Grand Theft Auto IV October 16 to Xbox 360 ONLY.
Coup of the year \o/ _o_ 8)
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:53
Live integration via Windows Vista too. So PC games played on Vista have gamerscore/achievements etc, you can play against PC players, chat with them ingame etc
Studley
May 9th, 2006, 22:56
Export cars from Forza to your PC, photoshop them, re-import them to 360 _o_
E3 over - Game, set and match Microsoft
D4V360
May 10th, 2006, 01:47
Because images tell you more then thousand words:
http://www.fijter.nl/360/gta1.jpg
http://www.fijter.nl/360/gta2.jpg
I'm excited about this new toy though, i present to you the wireless headset:
http://www.fijter.nl/360/headset.jpg
:D
Longsword_337
May 10th, 2006, 17:35
ya, that tat is a photoshop.
HALO 3 FTW!!! gerrraghgreeeerrraghgeragh!!!!!
i wet my pants, spooge my shorts, and shit my undies with desire! i salivate all over my shirt, my nose blleds with anticipation, and my eyes crust over from not blinking!
to quote that dude from the front page comment that curry replied to :
'im whacking it in my office right now!'
lol.
best. teaser. trailer. evva.
now, must go shower, more E3 coverage up soon.
Studley
May 10th, 2006, 17:47
Actually I think they managed to overshadow a couple of their big titles.
Gears Of War now interests me much more than any mention of Halo 3.
And viewing the trailer for Saint's Row after hearing that GTA4 was on the way... very underwhelming.
Longsword_337
May 10th, 2006, 18:05
tru dat.
GoW really excites me, but after seeing the halo 3 trailer, i cant control my bodily functions. i am literally incontinent with anticipation.
but GoW hits killzone with the bat-wing, donkey, and abraham lincoln all at the same time.
lol. Waiting.
Halo 3 FTW! GoW FT close 2nd!_o_
Nino
May 10th, 2006, 19:53
ya, that tat is a photoshop.
No it's not. It was pretty misleading though.
TRIGGER M4N
May 10th, 2006, 20:29
Anyone now where I can stream the whole of the Microsoft E3 conference for free. Gamespot.com's isn't working for me.
Rival24
May 10th, 2006, 21:09
Anyone now where I can stream the whole of the Microsoft E3 conference for free. Gamespot.com's isn't working for me.
It's available on less legal websites, but for a summary head to the official xbox site (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/events/e32006/default.htm).
TRIGGER M4N
May 10th, 2006, 22:27
Cheers Rival.
What about Resident Evil 5, I presume that will be at Capcoms stand.
Anyone heard anything about it? I really need to know about and see this game. It's one of the big one for me.
ONI 23
May 11th, 2006, 02:36
Cheers Rival.
What about Resident Evil 5, I presume that will be at Capcoms stand.
Anyone heard anything about it? I really need to know about and see this game. It's one of the big one for me.
Yeah!! I wanna know too...anyone?:?
jrichar3
May 11th, 2006, 04:11
Looks like I'm spending all of my money on 360 this year too. lol
Wireless stearing wheel, headset...
HD DVD add on....*drool
Now I just need to figure out how to afford my new HD TV
The game list is great too
Crackdown
Halo 3
Saints Row
GTA IV
GOW
Too Human
Nino
May 11th, 2006, 09:19
Viva Pinata! Sooo good!
GoGo22
May 11th, 2006, 14:12
New XBLA games coming (think most of these were already known):
Pac-Man, Contra, Galaga, Frogger, Sonic, Defender, Street Fighter II, Time Pilot, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Rally-X, Dig Dug, Ms. Pac-Man, PaperBoy, and Rootbeer Tapper.
Time Pilot :9~
Iam waiting for Street Fighter:9~ Has any one got any idea when its comming on XBLA? i cant wait any more 8)7
Longsword_337
May 11th, 2006, 17:36
kk, the tat is fake. fake fake fake.
as far as i know, SF is coming to XBLA soon.
and, u can find the 360 coverage on G4 on demand.
Nino
May 11th, 2006, 18:20
It's not real but it isn't photoshop either. Just bodypaint or something...
Oh and for the people who didnt get to see the conference please read our special as it took me hours to type up :P http://www.xboxic.com/news/882
vandenbond
May 11th, 2006, 19:06
let's be honest...no one has any clue when Street Fighter is coming to XBLA
Nino
May 11th, 2006, 19:19
let's be honest...no one has any clue when Street Fighter is coming to XBLA
True, the only thing I know for sure that it will be released around the time Cloning Clyde is going to be released...
Chris
May 11th, 2006, 21:01
When will hoopworld be released? Was it even mentioned at the conference?
Nino
May 11th, 2006, 21:10
It wasnt, they (streamline studios) didnt have a booth either. They did on the GDC but no love at this years E3.
PJSkiboy
May 12th, 2006, 03:27
kk, the tat is fake. fake fake fake.
as far as i know, SF is coming to XBLA soon.
and, u can find the 360 coverage on G4 on demand.
The tattoo is just a temporary tattoo. But GTA 4 is releasing on the same day for both PS3 and XBOX 360 according to a Rockstar press release.
Messiah
May 12th, 2006, 03:56
Too many good games for Xbox360 to get this year.
Gears of War
Forza 2
Viva Pinata
Too Human
And 2007 will be even a better year!
Nino
May 12th, 2006, 17:13
Hmm the tattoo could be real (http://kotaku.com/gaming//yes-that-halo-tattoo-is-real-173052.php) btw.
Curry
May 15th, 2006, 12:07
Iam waiting for Street Fighter:9~ Has any one got any idea when its comming on XBLA? i cant wait any more 8)7
I played SF2 a few weeks ago in Sydney, it was in (nearly) finished state and was going to be released 'asap'. Could be this week, could be next week, but not a month I'd guess :)
As for Hoopworld: not soon. Email from Streamline last week hinted at that they themselves don't know a release date yet.
PJSkiboy
May 29th, 2006, 08:47
All I know is that Crackdown went from one of the most wanted games to off my radar now. It just didn't look like it had any personality at all. Every gameplay movie i saw the guy just drives around, gets out of his car and shoots somebody.
I was expecting something completely different than what they showed and i'm not big on the cartoony art style they are going with the game.
Totally took this game off my radar.
Nino
May 29th, 2006, 10:18
All I know is that Crackdown went from one of the most wanted games to off my radar now. It just didn't look like it had any personality at all. Every gameplay movie i saw the guy just drives around, gets out of his car and shoots somebody.
I was expecting something completely different than what they showed and i'm not big on the cartoony art style they are going with the game.
Totally took this game off my radar.
Yeah I was kind of disappointed aswel, not as disappointed as you are but it seemed kinda boring. Saint's Row started looking way better, before E3 I was more excited for Crackdown than for Saint's Row but that reversed after seeing how both games are coming along. Ah well, I'll probably buy both of them on their releasesdates.
Curry
May 29th, 2006, 13:43
Well I think most movies are derived from this one (http://www.xboxic.com/news/939), so please notice the part where I said "The full video, supplied in two parts, shows you around the game’s ’sandbox’ mode where you can freely roam through the city doing whatever you like".
Actual gameplay itself isn't really sure yet what it will do.
Nino
May 29th, 2006, 13:53
Well I think most movies are derived from this one (http://www.xboxic.com/news/939), so please notice the part where I said "The full video, supplied in two parts, shows you around the game’s ’sandbox’ mode where you can freely roam through the city doing whatever you like".
Actual gameplay itself isn't really sure yet what it will do.
Yeah I know but the sandbox mode didn't have much new to offer, not as much as I was expecting. It was everything we could do in GTA3 but with higher jumps and the ability to kick vehicles... Ah well, atleast it didnt disappoint as much as Too Human did...
Curry
May 29th, 2006, 18:42
Did I miss a Too Human in-game trailer during my holiday? :o
Nino
May 29th, 2006, 23:45
Did I miss a Too Human in-game trailer during my holiday? :o
You missed the fact that it's camera system was working really bad and the framerate of under 10FPS aswell probably ;)
Curry
May 30th, 2006, 14:09
Well I was looking forward to that game, hope they iron the probs out then :)
Chris
June 6th, 2006, 09:31
http://www.gamerandy.com/ps3/images/hardware/huge%20ps3.JPG
:)
Nino
June 6th, 2006, 09:37
Haha Chris you're destined to keep this one alive as long as you can aren't you?
Doing that makes Ken cry http://xs101.xs.to/xs101/06232/kutaragicry2wl.gif
Chris
June 6th, 2006, 19:27
Haha Chris you're destined to keep this one alive as long as you can aren't you?
It must live forever!
Curry
June 7th, 2006, 16:04
/me looks at his "lock thread" buttons :Y)
vBulletin® v3.7.1, Copyright ©2000-2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.