Microsoft E3 2010 Discussion Thread

[jakebonz]

I haven't seen a thread for this yet.

If anyone has any good links to some live streams, let me know and I'll edit this first post.

Conference Starts today at 1:30 pm EST, 10:30 am PST

TV Channels

290 on Comcast (in Chicago)
Whatever channel Spike TV is on

Work-Friendly Live Blog

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2...e-liveblog.ars

Live Streams

Destructoid: http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-mic...m-176122.phtml

G4: http://e3.g4tv.com/e32010/pressconferences/index.html

IGN: http://e3.ign.com/2010/live/

Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5562876/xbox-360-at-e3-2010-live

Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/p...liveEvent.aspx

Gamespot: http://e3.gamespot.com/press-confere...opslot;thumb;1

GameTrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/livef...s=synd_twitter

Major Announcements and News Items (only unknown new stuff here, as I'm at work and I don't want to use a messageboard as a makeshift liveblog)

COD: Black Ops - The guy playing the demo lacks trigger discipline and the helicopter somehow has an infinite amount of rockets. Timed exclusive COD mappacks until 2012.

Kojima - Shamelessly marched out onto stage to announce the person who actually worked on the HACK 'N SLASH GAME MGS: Rising

- Everything announced after this is exclusive to the 360 -

Gears 3 - First Co-op Gameplay live on stage

Fable 3 - Hopefully a better ending than Fable 2

Codename Kingdoms?!

Halo: Reach - Single player gameplay

Kinect - Yet another way to get through a menu (I WANT MY BLADES BACK, DAMMIT. AND DON'T TELL ME I CAN JUST HIT THE XBOX BUTTON ON MY CONTROLLER). Voice controls are kind of cool, but Video Chat has been part of the PS3 for several years now.

Xbox Live - Simulating a sports bar right in your home! On-Demand / Live sporting events from ESPN.

Kinectimals (SP?) - Be a crazy cat lady without the smell!

Kinect Sports - ...

Can we just agree that Kinect is just a Wii Clone? PUSH-UPS ARE FREE, PEOPLE!

Dance Studio - why...

Kinect and Star Wars - Light Sabres WOO!

Kinect and Forza 3 - How do you use the pedals? No matter, I can walk around my car and look at it...but how do I complain about a new scratch? "XBOX Complain about scratch"

Xbox 360 Redesign confirmed. Will it stay cooler? Is it more reliable? 250gb Hard Drive, Wireless N built in (which really isn't needed, because N is faster than the internet). Out today! $299. (Biggest cheer so far was that everyone in the audience gets one)

And that's it...



Jakebonz Grade: Check Minus

[hdinred]

Something tells me we are also going to need a tread for each conference in the smackdown section!

[jakebonz]

Probably...actually, definitely...but I'd at least like some friendly discussion on each.

That's why I made one for each conference!

[TheAnalogKid]

Looks like Destructoid will be streaming MS live starting at 10am pdt. I'm sure a few others will too, but I just saw this one.

http://destructoid.com/

[KTA]

well I hope the bullshit they showed last night was a ponzy scheme for the main stream media and hopefully today we don't see some guy grand standing on stage like he's making the jedi stand like that.

They better bring the A game today. Lady Gaga & Bieber on stage FTW.

[nmcmahan52]

update your first post with all the announcements jake, don't know how much i'll be around today

[michealo]

Something tells me we are also going to need a tread for each conference in the smackdown section!

hoping to get the E3 2009 sub-forum opened shortly.

[TheAnalogKid]

well I hope the bullshit they showed last night was a ponzy scheme for the main stream media and hopefully today we don't see some guy grand standing on stage like he's making the jedi stand like that.

They better bring the A game today. Lady Gaga & Bieber on stage FTW.

Hmmm...I dunno, dude..When you have an audience full of gaming journalists, writers and developers...you would think THAT would be the time to show off what you really have. After all, these are the guys that are going to either embarrass or prop you up the next day when they give the juicy details...And quite a few of them are embarrassing MS from what I'm seeing this morning.

[jakebonz]

update your first post with all the announcements jake, don't know how much i'll be around today

I'll do my best

[nmcmahan52]

I'll do my best

yeah you better

[jakebonz]

yeah you better

1,000th post

[Shoeless]

That kinect media briefing last night was WHACKED. Two words:

Space Panchos.

Any journalist that was there will know what I'm talking about...

Anyways, headed down to the convention center to get the badge and then hit the MS conference now.

[KTA]

1,000th post

Newb

That kinect media briefing last night was WHACKED. Two words:

Space Panchos.

Any journalist that was there will know what I'm talking about...

Anyways, headed down to the convention center to get the badge and then hit the MS conference now.

If you get the chance you should ask for a Rick Flair Kinect simulator where all you do is get down and beg and then strike the nuts or poke the eyes

[TheAnalogKid]

Newb



If you get the chance you should ask for a Rick Flair Kinect simulator where all you do is get down and beg and then strike the nuts or poke the eyes

Ric.....noob.

Whoooo

[jakebonz]

Newb

Don't make me go Shawn Michales on you, Marty Jannetty