It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
With the new game announcements
And everyone's prouncement "E3 is HERE!"
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
It's the fap-faptastic weekend of all
With those company greetings as well as competing,
With charts for you all
It's the fap-faptastic weekend of all
There'll be lots of liveblogging
Sad fanboyish ogling
And games that will make you say "Whoa"
There'll be some disappointment
And people who will vent how
E3 kicked ass long ago
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
There'll be some gamers gloating
And minds will be floating
When all the crowds cheer.
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
There'll be lots of liveblogging
Sad fanboyish ogling
And games that will make you say "Whoa"
There'll be some disappointment
And people who will vent how
E3 kicked ass long ago
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
There'll be some gamers gloating
And minds will be floating
When all the crowds cheer.
It's The Most Wonderful Time
It's The Most Wonderful Time
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Lyrics courtesy of RPM's egomaniac parodist Protoman Blues!
Note From News Reporter Jelly
Welcome one, welcome all to the main event! I'll be your humble nerd host today as we take one last bit of time this weekend to get ready for what a lot of people have described to be the true return to form for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 for short. In this short amount of time, news from all over the gaming spectrum will be shown off and much to the delight of many salivating gamers the majority of it will be coming in the form of new and previously unheard of developments. What sort of things do we have to look forward to you ask? Don't ask me that, just stick around and see for yourselves!
As is the now tradition of my RPM mega threads, I'll be continuously monitoring things and updating sections as news breaks out from the various facets. I will ask for member help (mods too) in terms of keeping things running smoothly in terms of the relay of info, because hey, I still have IRL things to deal with as well. Hopefully nothing will get in the way, but if I have to take a leave for a bit, I leave it all in your hands. (
Viewtiful Ben,
Taiyo,
PB, &
Vixy, since you guys are the ones that frequently get involved with these threads, that's your shout out.)
Final notes from me on this all: we all know that the info will be dissected many different times in the post E3 days or even during the announcements. I'd like it if anyone who feels like a separate thread is required, no mandatory for a specific announcement would
please leave a link to said thread in here so I can create a link archive on this OP post. Thanks for your cooperation. The second bit of info is more of a general warning. Console and brand warriors, please do not take the opportunity to oust yourselves as such as there will be consequences and we
will laugh at you. RPM has been incredible in regards to this though as I doubt I've ever seen fanboys/gals of the bad kind posting flame bait around these parts. Everyone gets along so well, still this must be said. Now then with that all said, it's time for RPM to do what it does best and sit back, crack jokes, relax, and enjoy yourselves.
White Hot Updates (Shamelessly stolen from GAF for Convienience)
KEY:
L = Link to an article
Lo = Logo
I = Image
In = Interview
B = Boxart
A = Artwork
P = Press release
V = Video
W = Official website link
T = Thread Discussion
Tw = Twitter
Company Announcements● Sony will be announcing at least one "fresh new title" for PS3 at E3. We didn't already know this? (
T,
Tw)
● SEGA's E3 2009 Lineup has been confirmed. (
P,
T)
● Microsoft has made Zune HD official. It can provide a "game-changing experience" that will be shown off at E3. (
L,
I,
T)
● Electronic Arts have revealed their lineup for E3 and it is MASSIVE. (
L,
T)
● Square-Enix unveils their E3 lineup. (
P,
T)
● An enormous Pre-E3 Sony leak: PSP Go, Gran Turismo and Metal Gear for PSP, Slim PS3. (
T)
● Pre-E3 Leak: Ubisoft spills quick
Splinter Cell Conviction and
Assassin's Creed 2 trailers. (
L / V,
T)
● XSEED Games confirms their E3 2009 lineup. (
P / T)
PlayStation 3● Early internal test footage of the long-awaited
Project TRICO leaks onto the internet. (
L,
,
T)
● Pixeljunk 1-4 has officially been named
Pixeljunk Shooter. (
L / P,
Lo,
I,
A,
W,
T)
● EA's cooperative shooter
Army of Two: The 40th Day has new media for consumption. (
T,
I,
)
● Platinum Games'
Bayonetta has plenty of T&A to go along with your Kamiya badassery. (
)
● Quantic Dream's
Heavy Rain has been illuminated in the latest feature at gametrailers. (
V,
T)
● Natsume is bringing over the "photography simulator"
Afrika to America. (
P,
L)
● The E3
White Knight Chronicles Trailer! (
V)
● Bethesda announced
Brink from Splash Damage! (
L / V,
T)
● The
Tekken 6 E3 Trailer! (
V)
● Sega has announced
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Oh boy. (
L,
P,
W,
T)
●
Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time Gameplay Trailer! (
V,
T)
●
Final Fantasy VII coming to PSN as a PSOne Classic! (
L)
●
Gran Turismo 5 announced! (
V, T)
● The
God of War 3 demo is amazing. (
L)
●
Final Fantasy XIV announced! PS3/PC Exclusive. 2010! (
W,
V,
I / T)
●
Project Trico officially shown, called
The Last Guardian. Looks absolutely stunning. (
T,
P)
● A huge blowout of Sony PS3 news: Motion Control, Rockstar PS3 Project Revealed: Agent, Mod Nation Racers Shown, AC 2 Connectivity, MAG is still massive. (
L)
PlayStation Portable● An enormous Pre-E3 Sony leak: PSP Go,
Gran Turismo PSP and
Metal Gear PSP. (
T)
● LucasArts officially announced
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for Nintendo DS and PSP. (
L,
I,
W)
●
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe coming to PSP in Q3 2009! (
L)
●
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is coming in Autumn 2009. (
L,
T)
● Some official
PSP Go images have leaked. It's pretty gorgeous. (
L / I)
● The early June 2009 Qore that leaked which has an in-depth PSP Go segment and the first
LittleBigPlanet PSP footage. (
V)
●
Final Fantasy VII coming to PSN as a PSOne Classic! (
L)
● PSP Go officially announced for 249.99. (
T)
●
Invizimals, a camera add on that acts like the PSEye, for PSP. (
L / I,
V,
T)
● An massive blowout of Sony PSP news: New Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil PSP Titles, Assassin's Creed 2 PSP Connectivity. (
L)
Nintendo Wii● Nintendo announced
Metroid Prime Trilogy is coming to the Wii on August 24th. (
L,
I,
W,
T)
● High Voltage Games, makers of The Conduit, reveal
Gladiator A.D., a brutal action fighting game. (
L,
I,
Lo)
● In other High Voltage Games news, their other future Wii title is
The Grinder, a vampires, werewolves and zombies co-operative online shooter. (
L,
I,
T)
●
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, sequel to the critically acclaimed DS title Drawn to Life, was announced. (
L,
B,
W,
T)
● Majesco has announced
Flip's Twisted World which looks to be a Super Mario Galaxy-inspired platformer scheduled for release in January of 2010. (
L,
W,
T)
● Ubisoft has announced a Wii-exclusive sequel to Shaun White Snowboarding entitled
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage. (
L,
T)
●
Dead Space Extraction has an official release date of September 29, 2009. (
L)
●
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is coming in Autumn 2009. (
L,
T)
● Sega has announced
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Oh boy. (
L,
P,
W,
T)
●
Fragile is being localized for North America! Thanks XSEED! (
L,
I,
T)
● Atlus announced
Trauma Team for release Spring 2010! (
L,
Lo,
T)
●
Monado: Beginning of the World, a pretty Nintendo developed RPG is coming to Wii. (
L, I)
● A new
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle trailer! (
L,
V,
T)
● The
A Boy and His Blob remake is looking stunning. (
L,
V,
In)
●
Wii Fit Plus officially announced. Will be released Fall 2009 bundled with or without the Balance Board. (
L, I, Vl)
●
New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a four player 2D Mario, announced and confirmed for Holiday 2009 release. (
L, I, V)
●
Red Steel 2 to be bundled with Wii Motion Plus! (
L)
●
Super Mario Galaxy 2! Coming in 2010. (
L, Lo, I, V,
T)
● Iwata's Wii Vitality Sensor will bring a greater sense of relaxation to people in our stressful society. (
L)
● Team Ninja and Nintendo announced
Metroid: Other M for 2010 on Wii. Looks [tornado fang]ing amazing. (
L, Lo, I, V,
T)
● Miyamoto announced that he wants to announce a new Zelda next year for Wii using MotionPlus. (
L)
Nintendo DS●
The Another World, the Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's DS RPG announced last year, is looking fantastic and is still slated for a 2009 release. (
L,
I,
W)
●
C.O.P: The Recruit, an open world DS game, was announced. (
L, I, V)
● LucasArts officially announced
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for Nintendo DS and PSP. (
L,
I,
W)
●
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, sequel to the critically acclaimed DS title Drawn to Life, was announced. (
L,
B,
W,
T)
●
WarioWare DIY announced! (
L, V, I)
●
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is coming in Autumn 2009. (
L,
T)
●
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days coming to U.S on Setptember 29th. (
L)
● Sega has announced
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Oh boy. (
L,
P,
W,
T)
●
Golden Sun DS revealed! 2010 release! (
V,
I,
T)
●
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story coming to NA and EU in Q3 2009. (
L, V, I)
● Summer DSi Update will allow photo upload to Facebook! (
L)
Xbox 360● EA's cooperative shooter
Army of Two: The 40th Day has new media for consumption. (
T,
I,
)
● Yeah, Platinum Games'
Bayonetta has plenty of T&A to go along with your Kamiya badassery. (
)
● Bioware's
Mass Effect 2 looks incredible, and is sure to fix many of the problems people had with the first if the trailer is anything to go by. (
V,
T)
● Rockstar announces
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony as part of their DLC exclusivity deal for Microsoft. (
P,
Lo,
T)
●
Bioshock 2 has a firm release date of November 3rd. (
L)
● Bethesda announced
Brink from Splash Damage! (
L / V,
T)
● The
Tekken 6 E3 Trailer! (
V)
● Sega has announced
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Oh boy. (
L,
P,
W,
T)
●
Supreme Commander 2 Revealed! (
V,
T)
●
Mear Gear Rising announced. It stars Raiden, not much else is known. (
,
A,
T)
●
Halo Reach announced. Not much is not, except it is about the last holdouts on planet Reach and will be released in 2010. (
,
A)
●
Halo: ODST was demoed, and it looked pretty [tornado fang]ing rad. (
A,
V)
● The much rumoured Xbox Live "Motion Camera" has been revealed. Called
NATAL, it requires no controller and is much like an advanced EyeToy. (
,
T)
●
Crysis 2 has officially been announced for PS3, 360 and PC. It will further demonstrate Crytek's capabilities on consoles apparently. (
T,
P)
●
Alan Wake is finally slated for release in Spring 2010. It was demoed on stage and seemed incredibly thrilling. (
A,
V,
I)
●
Left 4 Dead 2 is announced for release this winter. Changes include new melee weaponry, special infected and characters. (
A,
V,
I)
●
Splinter Cell: Conviction was shown at the event. Looks badass. 360 Exclusive. (
A,
V,
I)
● The GAF favorite is receiving a sequel in
Crackdown 2. Almost nothing is known about it as a CG teaser was shown. (
A,
I)
●
Final Fantasy XIII was demoed at the Microsoft event, with a tentative release window of Spring 2010. Cross your fingers. (
A,
V)
●
Forza 3 looks insanely feature packed. With over 400 cars from 50 different manufacturers, it is being heralded as THE sim racing event of the generation for 360. (
A,
I)
●
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not only looking insane, it's also getting exclusive DLC on the 360. (
A,
I,
V)
●
Rock Band: Beatles is set to bring the iconic group to your music gaming love. (
)
● Microsoft will have a Games-on-Demand service starting in August. (
T,
I)
iPhone●
8bitone, by Japanese developer Yudo, lets you arrange your own chiptune soundtracks on the fly. Available on the App Store in June. (
L,
V,
W)
●
Mass Effect Galaxy, a prequel to ME2, is coming to iPhone! (
L,
I)
●
The Sims 3 iPhone version is really shaping up. (
L)
PC●
Natural Selection 2 is coming this year! (
L,
V,
W,
T)
● Bethesda announced
Brink from Splash Damage! (
L / V,
T)
●
Supreme Commander 2 Revealed! (
V,
T)
●
Crysis 2 has officially been announced for PS3, 360 and PC. (
T,
P)
●
Left 4 Dead 2 is announced for release this winter. Changes include new melee weaponry, special infected and characters. (
A,
V,
I)
Major Presentation Schedules, Live Blogging & Feeds
Monday June 1st, 2009Microsoft: 10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM GMT / 7:30 (19:30) Europe Time
"The Transformational Bank Breaking Show"G4 (Also on TV)
GameTrailers (HD)
Official Xbox SiteIGNGameSpotElectronic Arts: 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM GMT / 11:00 (23:00) Europe Time
"Something Original? Or More Madden?"G4 (Also on TV)
GameTrailers (HD)
IGNGameSpotUbisoft: 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 (2:00) Europe Time
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hosted By The Soup's Joel McHaleG4 (Also on TV)
GameTrailers (HD)
IGNGameSpot
Tuesday June 2nd, 2009Nintendo: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM GMT / 6:00 (18:00) Europe Time
"The All or Nothing Gambit"G4 (Also on TV)
GameTrailers (HD)
IGNGameSpotSony: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 (20:00) Europe Time
"Their Grandest Conference Ever...?"G4 (Also on TV)
GameTrailers (HD)
IGNGameSpot[Not a Press Conference]
Miyamoto + Nintendo Presentation: 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET / 2:00 AM GMT / 3:00 (3:00) Europe Time
"The After E3 Presser"No live streams. Hopefully live blogs though. This is where Brawl was shown three years ago. This is where Chris Remo went "Are you making Pikmin 3" and got a reply last year (which was the only relevant news out of Nintendo that show...). So who knows. Maybe something will come of it.
Wednesday June 3rd, 2009Square Enix: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 (20:00) Europe Time
No live streams. At the very least 1up is liveblogging it and the blog sites should obviously be liveblogging too.
Konami: 3:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM ET / 11:00 PM GMT / 0:00 (0:00) Europe Time
"A NEXT METAL GEAR/SNATCHER/ZONE OF THE ENDERS/SODA(?) IS..."No live streams. At the very least 1up is liveblogging it and the blog sites should obviously be liveblogging too.
Podcasts
Listen UP! (Formerly 1up Yours) - Daily E3 Podcast, wraps up the biggest news of the day with the high rollers in the industry.
Vice Weekly - Alternative Daily E3 Podcast
Button Masher - Audio and Video E3 Week Podcasts, hosted by GAF Members.
CO-OP (From the makers of the 1up Show) - Video Podcast with 3 E3 live stream shows and some E3 specials.
More to be added as info on show dates becomes available!
Special Note
Finally, I want everyone to take a good hard look at our resident 2nd Best Ninja, Ninja Lou and wish him well as he's going to the event much to our collective jealousy.
Seriously though, have fun man and bring us some swag!
The Laugh Reel
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The E3 .gif & Photoshop Collection
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