Official 2007 E3 announcement thread.....

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Thought it would be good to create a centralized thread to post annoucements as they come out of the Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and other various press conferences (along with leaked information on other websites). It appears that E3 is going to have a lot of new information about all consoles and PC gaming as well.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Anyone have links to any broadcasts of the press conferences? I know that Sony is doing it on their official PS blog. I'm assuming Microsoft and Nintendo have similar setups somewhere.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Article about four games to watch for at E3.......

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-07-09-e3-four-titles_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Price cuts for PS3 in PAL regions have been leaked. Price cut will likely be 17% across the board, which means that it will sell for 350 pounds in the UK.

http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Games_And_Devices/Console?Article=/Games%20And%20Devices/Console/D3L4X5G4

[gstelmack]

Metal Gear Solid likely non-exclusive:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/10/konami-exec-says-metal-gear-solid-may-go-to-other-consoles/

[Eaglesfan27]

Metal Gear Solid likely non-exclusive:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/10/konami-exec-says-metal-gear-solid-may-go-to-other-consoles/



Another huge blow against the PS3.

[MikeVic]

It's just talk now for Metal Gear I think... but I also don't think it'll be exclusive forever. Maybe for a short period of time, and then it'll be released on the 360.

edit: I say this because I've heard this for awhile now, with nothing concrete ever being said. I know a friend of mine would be really pissed, because he got a PS3 at launch for MGS and Gran Turismo.

[Icy]

Umm not good news for PS3 unless this is due to a major upgrade of the online shop:

Playstation network currently down:

In what is either one serious case of unfortunate timing or preparation for E3 madness, the entire PlayStation Network appears to be offline, as seen here (http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3/network/status). Sony previously announced (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/06/sony-bringing-home-e3-too-on-psn/) that they'll be bringing E3 to PS3 users, so perhaps this outage is in preparation for that. We'll let you know as soon as we hear something.

[Update: The PSN appears to be up now, though the PlayStation Store is still offline.]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/10/playstation-network-currently-off-line/

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Another huge blow against the PS3.

Rumblings are that it will be a timed exclusive. The info I saw was that it would come out for the 360 8-12 months after the PS3 release. They also mentioned that may change with another price drop to $399 for the PS3, which makes sense as most people even in discussions on this board said they wouldn't consider the PS3 until it dropped to at least $399. That seems to be the tipping point right now.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Umm not good news for PS3 unless this is due to a major upgrade of the online shop:

Playstation network currently down:

In what is either one serious case of unfortunate timing or preparation for E3 madness, the entire PlayStation Network appears to be offline, as seen here (http://www.us.playstation.com/ps3/network/status). Sony previously announced (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/06/sony-bringing-home-e3-too-on-psn/) that they'll be bringing E3 to PS3 users, so perhaps this outage is in preparation for that. We'll let you know as soon as we hear something.

[Update: The PSN appears to be up now, though the PlayStation Store is still offline.]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/10/playstation-network-currently-off-line/


They were planning to add a lot of new demos and trailers in addition to E3 broadcasts. I'm sure that's the reason for it being down.

[Icy]

They were planning to add a lot of new demos and trailers in addition to E3 broadcasts. I'm sure that's the reason for it being down.

I hope NCAA07 is one of them for next Thursday but I'm not holding my breath.

[Eaglesfan27]

A few highlights of the Microsoft News Conference so far tonight for me:

Mass Effect was dated for a November release and they listed about a dozen potentially very good titles that will be out by Christmas.

They've signed an exclusive deal to show Disney movies on Live - all in HD. All future movies from Disney will also come to Xbox Live.

[Eaglesfan27]

Assassin's Creed on the 360 looks jaw dropping.

[Izulde]

EF27, have you seen any Dead or Alive related info yet? I've heard occasional rumours about a new installment coming in the fighting series part and I'm hoping it'll redeem the step back that was DoA Extreme 2.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Anyone else see the description of this upcoming EA NFL game? I thought that the reason for the exclusive agreement was to keep the NFL game quality high. This just sounds craptacular......

Gamers will be able to embark on a fictional NFL road show. With real NFL players as teammates, players will travel across the country to play against each of the NFL teams in newly designed stadiums. As players defeat each of the NFL squads, they come one step closer to winning a NFL contract.

[Logan]

What the hell are you talking about? I'm IN!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Interesting comments over on the Sports Gamers blog. They had two different impression threads. Both of them said that Halo 3 looks worse than any of the other games (GTA4, Assassin's Creed, COD4) that they previewed in the MS press conference. Obviously, that's quite interesting as Halo 3 is the one out of that list that will be released the earliest, so you would think that it should be the best looking one at this point.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

They've signed an exclusive deal to show Disney movies on Live - all in HD. All future movies from Disney will also come to Xbox Live.

An interesting move there to counter the BR exclusivity on discs. MS is obviously hoping at this point that they can increase the digital download market to combat Blu-ray since it appears that HD-DVD has lost the disc format war. I'm curious as to how long that agreement is in place.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Interview of Square Enix exec. He's stating something similar to the Konami exec. Saying that the PS3 price needs to come down another $100. Glad to see these companies pushing for price drops. Wouldn't be shocked if Sony does exactly that in the next 6-12 months.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26587

[Eaglesfan27]

EF27, have you seen any Dead or Alive related info yet? I've heard occasional rumours about a new installment coming in the fighting series part and I'm hoping it'll redeem the step back that was DoA Extreme 2.

No, I didn't see any Dead Or Alive footage at all. The theme of the night was that all of the footage was coming from games that would be out by the end of 07. They broke that rule for one game: Resident Evil 5 which was the end of the night surprise. It looked great from the clip they showed.

Interesting comments over on the Sports Gamers blog. They had two different impression threads. Both of them said that Halo 3 looks worse than any of the other games (GTA4, Assassin's Creed, COD4) that they previewed in the MS press conference. Obviously, that's quite interesting as Halo 3 is the one out of that list that will be released the earliest, so you would think that it should be the best looking one at this point.

I'd agree that Halo 3 looked worse than GTA 4, Assassin's Creed, and COD4. However, that is only because those 3 games all looked amazing. Halo 3 looked very good, although I've never been a fan of the series.


An interesting move there to counter the BR exclusivity on discs. MS is obviously hoping at this point that they can increase the digital download market to combat Blu-ray since it appears that HD-DVD has lost the disc format war. I'm curious as to how long that agreement is in place.

They didn't say how long the agreement was. However, they said it started last night and gave a list of Disney movies that would be available for immediate download.

[TroyF]

Most of the impressions I read said it was a dissapointment from the MS group.

I didn't see any of it, but I think there are some pretty big things that came out of it.

1) While Halo 3 looked the worst of the three games, that's also the game that's going to sell a millions of copies regardless. The game could be absolute garbage and will sell 2.5 million units. Odds are, it's going to be a pretty solid game, so I don't think MS is all that worried.

2) Assassin's Creed and GTA getting rave reviews (along with GTA having 2 exclusive chapters) simply solidifies their status as A list titles. Both are going to sell and sell huge.

3) Call of Duty 4 sounds pretty good.

4) The Disney deal is huge. There have been a lot of people that have said the d/l market would destroy whoever won the BluRay/HDDVD battle. MS is testing the theory.

5) 45 million games sold on Live? That's an amazing number. That's about 4.5 games per owner of a 360 if the number is true. One game every 3 months or so for the average user.

[Eaglesfan27]

Most of the impressions I read said it was a dissapointment from the MS group.


Most of it was a bore. I watched it on G4 (I think it is called.) If I wasn't playing FM while watching, I would have turned it off.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Yikes. It appears that the Nintendo presentation isn't going much better than the MS presentation. They took 30 minutes to start showing an actual game. Only major announcement before that was something called the 'Wii Zapper', Duck Hunt 2, and that Dragon Quest was moved back to next year (was supposed to be a launch title). Hopefully the rest of the presentation improves over the first part.

[Bee]

Yikes. It appears that the Nintendo presentation isn't going much better than the MS presentation. They took 30 minutes to start showing an actual game. Only major announcement before that was something called the 'Wii Zapper', Duck Hunt 2, and that Dragon Quest was moved back to next year (was supposed to be a launch title). Hopefully the rest of the presentation improves over the first part.

With the way the Wii is selling, I don't think it really matters what they do.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

-New Metroid Prime sometime next year.
-Mario Kart Online in the spring.
-Madden game videos running very slow and don't look good at all.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

With the way the Wii is selling, I don't think it really matters what they do.

The moment your company starts thinking like that is the moment it all goes wrong.

Reports indicate that that Nintendo showed several minutes of video of old people playing the Wii. That's great and all that Granny's off her duff, but the vast majority of gamers would like to see some new games so they don't have to play Wii Sports for the next 5 years (although I suppose there's always worse things to do with your time).

[MikeVic]

Looks like Smash Bros. December 9th, and both Madden and FIFA will be online. So will Mario Kart.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

-FIFA video looks just as bad as Madden.
-Nintendo is now showing gameplay of Cooking Mama and Donkey Kong (which have already been released).

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

New sequel to Big Brain Academy!!!! :rolleyes:

Any chance they start showing something I actually WANT for my Wii?????

[MikeVic]

Super Mario Galaxy November 12th? I'm just reading IGN's live updates, and they say Sunshine, but I'm sure they mean Galaxy...

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Super Mario Galaxy November 12th? I'm just reading IGN's live updates, and they say Sunshine, but I'm sure they mean Galaxy...

Yes, it's Galaxy.

[MikeVic]

Something called Wii Fit that has people headbutting soccer balls, doing pushups, and dancing? The IGN person is liking it and says it'll be big, but I don't know what it looks like or anything.

[Maple Leafs]

Did they announce a 360 price drop?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Something called Wii Fit that has people headbutting soccer balls, doing pushups, and dancing? The IGN person is liking it and says it'll be big, but I don't know what it looks like or anything.

Didn't look fun at all to me. I didn't buy a gaming system to exercise in front of underwhelming graphics.

Also announced:

-Wii Sports 2
-High School Musical: The Game


It appears the year of bad sequels on the Wii is upon us.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Reggie just demonstrated a balancing board accessory for the Wii.

I'm thinking that every one of the senior citizens that they showed playing the Wii would likely break a hip the moment they stepped on that thing.

I saw a couple of the running commentaries on this presentation say that they were shocked that the Nintendo presentation could be worse than the MS presentation and that 'SceneIt' for the 360 suddenly looks like a cool game. Microsoft had some games that I actually would like to play. I didn't really see anything that got me over-excited from Nintendo.

[MikeVic]

Reggie just demonstrated a balancing board accessory for the Wii.

I'm thinking that every one of the senior citizens that they showed playing the Wii would likely break a hip the moment they stepped on that thing.

I saw a couple of the running commentaries on this presentation say that they were shocked that the Nintendo presentation could be worse than the MS presentation and that 'SceneIt' for the 360 suddenly looks like a cool game. Microsoft had some games that I actually would like to play. I didn't really see anything that got me over-excited from Nintendo.

Doesn't seem like anything new was announced that I would rush out to buy. Considering I still only have Wii Sports and Zelda (stopped playing 12 hours in because I got stuck and it's really frustrating)... the only games I'd be interested in playing are the ones I already knew about.

So in the next year, I'd probably try out (and maybe buy one or two):
Super Mario Galaxy
Smash Bros.
Madden
Metroid Prime

And whenever they come out, Mario Kart and Resident Evil (the gun looks fun)... not many games there for me.

[Big Fo]

Galaxy in November, Brawl in December, Mario Kart Q1 2008, awesome news. Wii Fit doesn't look like something I'd buy but I am curious to see how it would do. Getting Galaxy this year for sure means the conference was a winner no matter how hard the rest of the presentation focused on casuals and expanding the market.

I would love a Wii Sports 2 if nobody is going to bother making a tennis game, which the system is absolutely screaming for. Top Spin 3 was just announced for Xbox360 and PS3, craziness that there won't be a Wii version IMO.

[MikeVic]

Oh yeah, I'd get Wii Sports 2.

[Eaglesfan27]

Did they announce a 360 price drop?

They did not announce one last night.

[Ryan S]

Price cuts for PS3 in PAL regions have been leaked. Price cut will likely be 17% across the board, which means that it will sell for 350 pounds in the UK.

http://www.smarthousenews.com.au/Games_And_Devices/Console?Article=/Games%20And%20Devices/Console/D3L4X5G4


Still far too high, around $700.

They need to get it below £300 quickly.

[KWhit]

Doesn't seem like anything new was announced that I would rush out to buy. Considering I still only have Wii Sports and Zelda (stopped playing 12 hours in because I got stuck and it's really frustrating)... the only games I'd be interested in playing are the ones I already knew about.

So in the next year, I'd probably try out (and maybe buy one or two):
Super Mario Galaxy
Smash Bros.
Madden
Metroid Prime

And whenever they come out, Mario Kart and Resident Evil (the gun looks fun)... not many games there for me.

I don't know if you played it for another console, but the just released Resident Evil 4 for the Wii is awesome.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Still far too high, around $700.

They need to get it below £300 quickly.

You already know this, but it should be noted that the $700 price tag that you mention includes the 17.5% sales tax. Actual price before tax is around $580, which is pretty similar to the U.S. price before the recent price cut. The government is more to blame than any price gouging by Sony.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Sony press conference at 1:30 PM. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the other two, but I won't hold out hope.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Lots of new sequels coming for the PSP. Not a whole lot of original new games.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

New Castlevania game coming for PSP. Not my cup of tea, but some may like it.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Ah! There we go! New version of PSP that will be smaller and lighter. Also, you can hook it to the TV and play on that as well. That may get me to buy one assuming it's the same price.

[Kodos]

I don't know if you played it for another console, but the just released Resident Evil 4 for the Wii is awesome.


I'm playing through that right now on PS2. Great game! I just hope I can finish it before NCAA 2008 comes. I think I am right at the end of the 4th chapter out of 5.

[Icy]

Ah! There we go! New version of PSP that will be smaller and lighter. Also, you can hook it to the TV and play on that as well. That may get me to buy one assuming it's the same price.

Interesting, i really love my PSP. It's great when you are married and you don't like to watch the same TV shows than your wife but she thinks you should be sitting with her and leave the damn computer for a few hours :)

[TroyF]

New Castlevania game coming for PSP. Not my cup of tea, but some may like it.

I'll pick it up day 1.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Interesting, i really love my PSP. It's great when you are married and you don't like to watch the same TV shows than your wife but she thinks you should be sitting with her and leave the damn computer for a few hours :)

Yep, I do the same thing with my DS right now. Been eyeing a PSP for awhile now. Looks like the new version comes with a couple of games for $199.

[MikeVic]

Hmm, smaller and lighter PSP... and can hook up to a TV... and a new Castlevania?? That's really good. I'm guessing the Castlevania won't be out for the DS? Did the game look like the DS games, or was it more 3D (:()?

[stevew]

The new Sci Fi Zelda game looks interesting.

[Crapshoot]

Damnit, I want to hear something about a KOTOR III!

[Big Fo]

New Super Mario Galaxy trailer, looks great and I love the new suits. For certain, my most anticipated game for this year by some distance.

link (http://rapidshare.com/files/42354295/SMG__broll_FINAL.wmv.html)

[KWhit]

Well? How did Sony do? Did they announce anything interesting?

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Other Sony announcements in addition to the new PSP.

-New puzzle game: echochrome.

-Wipeout HD shown in 1080p x 60 FPS. Really nice.

-Warhawk, SingStar and SOCOM games both available on disc or by download.

-Home will be accessable from mobile phones as well.

-NCSoft will produce all games exclusively for PS3.

-Haze (Ubisoft) will be a PS3 exclusive.

-Unreal Tournament 2007 is a PS3 timed exclusive. Mods can be swapped between PC and PS3 users.

-Midway and Epic optimizing game engines for PS3 per an agreement with Sony.

-MSG4 to be the last game in the series. Announced as PS3 exclusive. Released worldwide on same day. Playable demo will be shown next week.

-Trailers shown for Ratchet and Clank, Folklore, Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

-Another PS3 exclusive: Infamous. Created by the developers of the Sly Cooper series. Sandbox superhero game where you choose good or evil.

-Killzone trailer shown.

[Eaglesfan27]

Interesting. I wonder why the MSG4 execs were saying the other day that it might not be exclusive. I'm guessing Sony ponied up some money after all.

[MJ4H]

The new Sci Fi Zelda game looks interesting.

details????????

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Interesting. I wonder why the MSG4 execs were saying the other day that it might not be exclusive. I'm guessing Sony ponied up some money after all.

Yeah, they went out of their way to make sure it was noted when introducing the MGS developer. Guess they took him into a dark corner last night for a 'discussion' after his comments yesterday, because they made sure there was no question about it.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

For those with a PS3, Sony just tossed a lot of new trailers up on the PSN store. Here's a list.......

Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer
Killzone 2 Trailer
PS3 E3 '07 "Sizzle" video
Lair Trailer
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warrior Trailer
Unreal Tournament 3 Trailer
High Velocity Bowling Trailer
Warhawk Trailer
LittleBigPlanet "Create" Trailer
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Trailer
PAIN Trailer
Folklore Trailer
BlackSite: Area 51 Trailer
Go! Sports Ski Trailer
Blast Factor Advanced Research Trailer
Everyday Shooter Trailer
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice Trailer
E3 '07 Closing Video

[Eaglesfan27]

From a summary on Gamespot of the EA conference:

Rock Band will be adding a new batch of songs available for download every week and will eventually have "thousands of songs available."

[MJ4H]

Nintendo's (the only one I care about) press conference was terrific (I didn't see it, but I've watched trailers from it and read summaries, etc.) to me. Wii Fit looks great. There is tremendous potential with that floor mat peripheral, if you use a little imagination. I will definitely be buying it. This is the kind of thing my wife had in mind when she originally suggested to me we buy a Wii.

Mario Kart! Lots of racers. At least 12 in the trailer shown, I hear. The more the merrier.

The Galaxy trailer makes me drool. This game looks more fantastic every time I see something new from it.

The release dates for Galaxy and Brawl are good news, too. More confirmation that all of these great games will be out this year.

Also, Phantom Hourglass release date!

Then there are the other things, like Endless Ocean (which looks great), Fire Emblem, etc.

Also the EA games sound like the Wii controls and Wii-specific features will be lots of fun.

Just the rantings of a Nintendo fanboy. Pay me no mind.

OH I ALMOST FORGOT NiGHTS

[sterlingice]

4) The Disney deal is huge. There have been a lot of people that have said the d/l market would destroy whoever won the BluRay/HDDVD battle. MS is testing the theory.

Forget "testing that theory"- they're hoping to push that theory. As has been said all along, Microsoft would love for the next gen format war to be a "wash" and then they come in and pick up the pieces digitally.

SI

[sterlingice]

New Super Mario Galaxy trailer, looks great and I love the new suits. For certain, my most anticipated game for this year by some distance.

link (http://rapidshare.com/files/42354295/SMG__broll_FINAL.wmv.html)

I'm not quite as stoked about it as I was for NSMB as that was just beautiful and I knew it before it even came out. It was all the good qualities of SMB3 all over again.

This is something different. I'm not sure yet how good it will be. That said, if SM64 is the first 3D platformer, this looks like the first truly 3D platformer where you really are playing in 3 dimensions including up and down. Again, this is what everyone was predicting for SM128 way back before we got our hearts broken and such a thing never came to the light of day.

Then again, it's what Sunshine could have been if the whole game were void levels and there was none of the overworld nonsense with the water gun. Those were wicked hard and wicked fun. I remember playing one of those for almost 45 minutes trying to beat it, but I just kept wanting to try it as it had a perfect "just one more time" feel.

SI

[sterlingice]

Oh, and can someone explain the appeal of the newer PSP? It just doens't look that different. The DS went from blocky to sleek but the PSP was already sleek-looking. Now, maybe if they bulked up the battery life to go along with the slight redesign, it has some redeeming features.

That was the thing with the DS Lite- it looked a lot better as well as being smaller, lighter, and almost doubling an already long battery life.

SI

[stevew]

details????????

Oh, shit, i think it was some april fools joke gone bad or something. My bad.

[Izulde]

Is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the newest installment in the Unchartered Waters series from Koei?

I hope so, cuz I loved that series on the NES and SNES.

[kingnebwsu]

From a summary on Gamespot of the EA conference:

Rock Band will be adding a new batch of songs available for download every week and will eventually have "thousands of songs available."

If that comes true, that could give that game an almost infinite shelf-life. Crazy stuff.

Brawl comes out the first week of December...just like Smash Melee and just like I was expecting.

I seriously don't expect a 360 price drop this year. Maybe next spring.

Can't wait for more previews and videos this week.

[SackAttack]

Checking in very, very briefly, as I'm exhausted after the Bethesda party.

1) Super Mario Galaxy rocks.
2) Rock Band will still fucking destroy Guitar Hero III...but Neversoft didn't flush that franchise down the toilet, so at least it won't look *worse* by comparison.
3) Wii Fit is entertaining, but exhausting as all hell.
4) Sony's press conference was a hoot. I have pictures of Jack Tretton getting hugged by Chewbacca.

They were a little ambiguous on some of the 'exclusives,' leaving some doubt whether they were permanent (other than MGS4), with Haze being a notable "only place *this holiday season,* eh?

5) Big announcements for each system - Disney for Microsoft, Wii Zapper/Wii Fit for Nintendo, NCSoft for Sony and the price cut for Sony - but nothing really amounting to a knockout punch.

6) I may actually buy Madden 08. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

I have another long day tomorrow, so I'm crashing. My next post should be on Friday.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Oh, and can someone explain the appeal of the newer PSP? It just doens't look that different. The DS went from blocky to sleek but the PSP was already sleek-looking. Now, maybe if they bulked up the battery life to go along with the slight redesign, it has some redeeming features.

That was the thing with the DS Lite- it looked a lot better as well as being smaller, lighter, and almost doubling an already long battery life.

SI

FYI.....they said that they had improved the battery life quite a bit in the press conference.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

4) Sony's press conference was a hoot. I have pictures of Jack Tretton getting hugged by Chewbacca.

They were a little ambiguous on some of the 'exclusives,' leaving some doubt whether they were permanent (other than MGS4), with Haze being a notable "only place *this holiday season,* eh?

Yeah, the Tretton hug was awfully funny.

FYI......Haze is a timed exclusive. That may be what you're referring to. It's exclusive through end of March 2008.

[MJ4H]

Metroid Prime 3 is amazing.

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/748/748547/vids_1.html

[spleen1015]

Metroid Prime 3 is amazing.

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/748/748547/vids_1.html

Metroid Prime was the reason why I bought a GameCube. I am really looking forward to this one.

[sterlingice]

FYI.....they said that they had improved the battery life quite a bit in the press conference.

Were there any specifics about how much and how long?

SI

[sterlingice]

2) Rock Band will still fucking destroy Guitar Hero III...but Neversoft didn't flush that franchise down the toilet, so at least it won't look *worse* by comparison.

I saw GH3 is now for X360, Wii, PS3, and PS2. Any news on any differences between the versions? I may just cheap out and get it for the PS2 if there aren't any significant changes.

SI

[MJ4H]

I'm finding it very interesting how many people are saying that Wii Fit is the stupidest thing they've ever seen. This thing will be huge. I also think there is a lot of potential for that peripheral in other games.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Were there any specifics about how much and how long?

SI

Not in the presentation. They just mentioned "longer battery life". I'm guessing we'll see info in a press release on the Sony website or official blog.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Just announced that the Rumble SIXAXIS controller will be shown in September at the Tokyo Game Show. My guess is that they released this info since people were wondering why it wasn't mentioned in yesterday's presentation.

[Big Fo]

Little Big Planet is going to make me buy a PS3 eventually, it's gorgeous and looks fun as hell.

[Kodos]

Is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the newest installment in the Unchartered Waters series from Koei?

I hope so, cuz I loved that series on the NES and SNES.

No. It's an original game from the creators of Jak and Daxter on the PS2.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

First hands-on impressions of Killzone for PS3.......

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/07/12/world-exclusive-first-killzone-2-hands-on.aspx

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/07/12/world-exclusive-expanded-details-on-killzone-2.aspx

[MJ4H]

Super Mario Galaxy walkthrough
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21649.html

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek:
:eek:

[MikeVic]

Super Mario Galaxy walkthrough
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21649.html

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek:
:eek:

Looks like Sunshine... and I had such a hard time with that freaking game, I'm scared about this lol.

[MJ4H]

Looks like Sunshine

:confused:

[MikeVic]

:confused:

I mean it reminds me a lot of Super Mario Sunshine, for Gamecube. And I had such a hard time with that.

[MJ4H]

Well it is a Mario game. This is a huge leap better than that, though.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Two additional news headlines coming out of today......

****Capcom president in an interview said he expects another PS3 price cut before the end of the year.

****New PSP has additional RAM, speeding up load times significantly in hands-on sessions at E3.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Interview of 'Dirt' developer about the PS3 version of the game. Says that the PS3 "looks spectacular when compared to the 360 version". Really happy with full steering wheel compatibility with force feedback as well.

http://uk.gamespot.com/video/932887/6174494/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32007_videos

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

New Europe bundle coming soon.

60 gb PS3, 2 controllers, Resistance, and Motorstorm for 600 euros.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Couple of news notes coming out in advance of the Tokyo Game show.......

New version of Loco Roco nearly complete for PS3. Expected to be controlled by SIXAXIS, which makes perfect sense.........

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/805/805612p1.html

New game from creators of Katamari Damacy coming for PS3.......

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/805/805606p1.html

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

More announcements from Tokyo Game Show.....

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue out in Japan in October; out in US and Europe likely by year-end.....

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/805/805611p1.html

New Disgaea RPG game coming for PS3......

http://www.nippon1.co.jp/news/pdf/2007/20070717_1.pdf

Another new title headed for the Playstation Network: Elefunk........

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/elefunk/images.html?sid=6174953&om_act=convert&om_clk=newlyadded&tag=newlyadded;title;1

[Eaglesfan27]

Not E3 news, but still big news. Peter Moore has resigned from Microsoft. The rumor is that he left the job to take over EASports.

hxxp://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/07/17/552114.aspx (http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/07/17/552114.aspx)

http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/peter-moore-to-head-ea-sports-279366.php

[SackAttack]

The irony is his replacement is a former Electronic Arts executive.

[BrianD]

We should shortly see an announcement that all future EASports games will be exclusive to the 360.

[SackAttack]

Part of me wonders. EA was a heavy hammer against the Dreamcast back in the day; does Moore carry a grudge against Sony for that?

It'll be an interesting development to watch, for sure.

[Eaglesfan27]

We should shortly see an announcement that all future EASports games will be exclusive to the 360.

I can't imagine that happening, but if it did, it would be a huge blow to the PS3.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Post from Bill Harris regarding multiple rumors suggesting that Moore was forced out due to the extreme failure rates that were mishandled.

http://dubiousquality.blogspot.com/2007/07/microsoft_17.html

Multiple articles are also linked in this post showing the negative media coverage that the 360 continues to receive, including one article suggesting that a total recall of all units may be in order. EB Games of Australia has pulled all Xbox 360 stock from the shelves and will not be stocking the 360 until they can get new stock that is free of defects......

http://kotaku.com/gaming/two-weeks/eb-games-australia-issues-total-360-recall-278562.php

A new article up on MSNBC discussing 360 failure rates still continuing with current stock....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19685018/

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

New Metal Gear Solid 4 demo shown in Tokyo. Looks like the main character gets to choose which side they fight on in the game. Multiplayer gaming will be available as well.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6175206.html