E3 July 11-13 2007Some info about E3 this year.
Microsoft- Microsoft is first this year there conferance starts 07:30 Swedish time(that is 06:30 UK time)
- There is some rumors floating around that there is a new Crimson Skies coming out, Bungie is working on a non-Halo game. And that Epic is gonna show a Gears of War 2 teaser. And that Microsoft have bought and exclusive on Star Wars Battlefront 3. Also Rare should have some things to show since they are working on 2 unknown games besides Banjo Kazooie.
- Third party rumors. There is a rumor about an upcoming game based on agent Jason Bourne, instead of Matt Damon this game is gonna be base on the books and is probably gonna go in the same steps as Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. According to that rumor there is a "auction" about who has bidding the most and it is rumored to be Microsoft. Tecmos Team Ninja is another developers that most likely have something to show(but it is unknown if there are doing it at E3 or if they are saving it for later). Anyway it is likely about Ninja Gaiden 2 that is probably 360 exclusive, possible a convert(sp?) to other consoles later. And Square Enix might announce a new Final Fantasy under E3. Is it to 360?probably not unless Microsoft have been there with some money..And after that there is a rumor that Microsoft have bought Resident Evil 5 exclusivt. It sounds not true because that would be very expensive. last rumor for Microsoft is that Metal Gear Solid might come for xbox 360..
Nintendo- Same day 18:00 Swedish time(17:00 UK time).. Nintendo is probably gonna stand as the c0ckys performance since Wii and DS is "killing" everything in sales right now..
- Nintendo is like always very secretly and we don't really know anything about what they are gonna show. Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Super Smash Bros. Is what everyone is hoping for and sure we will se more about those titles.Also there is Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn, Wii-Brain Training .but of course Nintendo got lots of more going on and there is most likely some really big surprises on there conferance.
- Some rumors going around is that Nintendo finally is gonna release a Demo Channel to Wii. In Demo Channel(if the rumor now is true) you can download Nintendo DS demos via WiFi, time limited Virtual Consoles, and also Wii Demo's rumored first is a Mario Kart demo. The size wouldn't be any problem since it would be easy just to get a map and 2 drivers. Mario Kart is also rumored to be release this year close to christmas.
Nintendo is also rumored working on a Harddrive for Wii, which would be pretty obvious with the Demo Channel, and could open up releases of Saturn and Gamecube games on Virtual Consoles. And Nintendo is rumored to have a NEW version of DS since Sony is rumored to work on a new PSP(more info on that later)..
More Nintendo games that is rumored is Pilotwings since that leaked out the same way that Oblivion and Resident Evil:Wii Edition did, on Gamespots list on upcoming games.
And there is some more rumors floating around that a new Zelda might be shown, but that is gonna be released at earliest christmas 2008(most likely 2009), since Nintendo hyped Zelda: WW and Zelda: TP more then a year ahead there wouldn't really be a surprise if they showed a new Zelda..
And also Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles - Crystal Beares is of course gonna be shown.And that is most likely gonna be shown during Nintendo's conference since because its really important to the company. Also its rumored that Nintendo got something coming up with Rockstar, It might be a convert of the latest GTA games..
And for DS well there is rumored to come out a new New Super Mario Brothers. Besides that it is totally unknown what Nintendos plans for DS is.
Only negative thing on the Wii side is that H.A.M.M.E.R. is rumored not to be shown on E3. because its rumored to be canceled, but honestly..who cares?
Sony- Two and and a half hour later 20:30 Swedish time(19:30 UK time) its time for Sony's conference. Can we wait? I know I can
Anyways Sony got a lot to prove after last years disappointment and after the slow sales of PS3 and they are last. This year Sony is gonna do everything to not be laughed at like last years E3.
- This year Sony got 3 consoles to raise, Playstation 2 is old but it sales to high to be economical to cancell and we know Sony doesn't wanna do that.
After all most of the focus is on PS3 that is the big sad baby right now.So Sony will likely announce a price drop at E3..
- The positive thing PS3 got to show is most likely Killzone 2 and besides that of course we will see Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction,Lair,Little Big Planet and Heavenly Sword and some of them might come as trailers and demos on PS3.
Another thing is Eye of Judgement the new Eye Toy camera that is rumored to be WAY more advanced then the last one.
Also Wipeout is rumored to do comeback on PS3. Also Gran Turismo 5 is a game the will most likely show some info on.
And we will of course get some more info on upcoming online functions for PS3 online community.
Also PSP is gonna get some new clothes and more powerful, a new design, more batterytime,a microphone, inbuilt memory.
And at last there is a rumore that the war god Kratos is gonna be shown in God of War 3 to PS3, if the develvopers have gotten so far that we will be able to try it is yet to see. We will probably see a nice trailer that will be able to download.
A game that Sony haven't said anything is Africa that is rumored to be downloadable on PS3 network just like Gran Turismo HD. Not even the hyped Eight Days is on Sony's list of games to show that game is also rumored to be cancelled..
And Thats it for Sony... looks pretty weak in my eyes, no offense Sony fanboys..
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www.systranbox.com/systran/boxThings we wanna see in E3 :
-Super Smash Bros Brawl Trailer(more characters announced maybe)
-John Woo's Stranglehold Demo on Marketplace
-Resident Evil 5 new trailers maybe some gameplay
-Alone in the Dark trailers
-Banjoo Kazooie trailers gameplay maybe
-Bioshock demo on marketplace maybe
-Dead or Alive Chronos gameplay trailer
-Alan Awake demo maybe
-Army of Two demo
-Assassin's Creed Demo
-Battlefield Bad Company trailer(not really so important, I can wait)
-Fable 2 gameplay trailers
-GTA IV gameplay trailers
-Super Mario Galaxy more gameplay trailers
-Indiana Jones gameplay trailer
-Kane & Lynch Dead Men gameplay trailers or maybe a demo
-Marvel Universe Online I wanna see what it like
-Splinter Cell Conviction more gameplay trailers
-Too Human gameplay trailers
-Turok trailer
-Unreal Tournament 2007 demo
-New Timeshift Demo
- Mass Effect demo we all know that the demo is coming sometime so...
-Postal III(3) gameplay trailer
-The Simpsons demo
-Manhunt 2 gameplay trailers
-Rare has 2 unannounced games
-Also Nintendo is working on more then 120 titles so hopefully we will se a kick ass montage..
-Since Zelda: TP was announced really early we might see a new Zelda this year
-the new rumored Perfect Dark
Games we wanna see thats not announced(but most likely will show up sometime) :
-Star Wars Next Gen(Star Wars celebrates 30 year anniversary this year so we will most likely see something)
-Saints Row 2
-Hitman 6
-Just Cause 2
-Gears of War 2 teaser
-Oh and a cool arcade montage of games not released yet