This is a live blogging of the events of Microsofts Press Briefing. Because of the frantic blogging. Some typos and speling errors may occur. Who cares? Everything here happened, everything here is worth reading. So please, read it to discover what the future of Xbox holds (Spoiler: It's awesome).
10:14 Am: Lips ad playing Coldplay music. Supposidly this is Microsoft shoving the ugly little duckling/failed experiment (Also known as Lips) in our faces before they start announcing the more gamer friendly titles. If this is Microsoft dealing with the issue of casual gaming. Consider me impressed. Leave your casual stuff to the sidelines, let's see something for the true Xbox 360 gamer!
10:17 Am: Ad for 1 Vs. 100. Americans get to play it for the first time tonight. Again, pushing the casual stuff to before the show. Excellent idea!
10:19 Am: Video disclaiming how the show is "Innaphropriate for Children." This is great! Maybe Cliffy B lancers somebody.
10:25 Am: Go time guys and girls
10:25 Am: Damn Computer!
10:26 Am: Lights going down, I feel like I'm at Star Trek. Getting Giddy.
10:26 Am: Everyone's using the internet. It's causing both my net and mind to crash!
10:27 Am: Trailer for The Beatles: Rock Band. Cartoon playing "It's been a Hard Days Night." Cool.
10:28 Am: Trailer is going through The Beatles career. Elephant walking around while the chaps sing "Eggman and the Walrus"
10:29 Am: Obviously this game is perfect. Alex Regopolis of Harmonix comes out. This is the intro to the game.
10:30 Am: Playing "Day Tripper" Custom Beatles Rock Band accesories. Nice!
10:32 Am: Giles Martin (Music Supervisor and Creative Producer) comes on stage
10:36 AM: Game had somgs reworked and remastered specifically for game. 10 Songs announced:I saw her standing there, I want to hold your hand, I feel fine, Day tripper, Taxman, I am the Walrus, Back in the USSR, and Octopus's Garden. Great modelling on characters, crazy outfits are in!
10:37 Am: Abbey Road and All you need is Love will be DLC. The latter Xbox exclusive.
10:38 Am: "Thank you Apple Corps. Thank you Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison." Great to see them fully behind this game. I can tell people dislike Ono.
10:39 Am: This game looks awesome guys
10:40 Am: John Schappert on stage. VP for Xbox.
10:42 Am: Stating the obvious how during the economic down turn people want to have fun. Really? I thought we were into dread and despair? He likes The Beatles Rock Band too. Smart man. I'll listen to what he has to say.
10:43 Am: 10 WORLD EXCLUSIVE PREMIRE GAMES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN! Tony hawks coming on stage now with the skateboard peripheral everyones seen. This is for Tony Hawk Ride.
10:44 Am: No wheels, something called an accelerometer. It senses all your movements, even pushing with your foot beside it. like a real skateboard. Hawk is happy people can embaress themselves on a skateboard. That's nice of him eh!
10:45 Am: Video playing of exploding stair case...but oh wait...it's in the game. Phew. That's scary. Shows range of motions the board can interpret
10:47 Am: Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing. Video done. Will be on the show floor with Activision for people to try.
10:48 Am: Modern Warfare 2 trailer. One that's already out there. I'm sensing exclusive DLC. Exploding castle and we really see how Rio de janero will be a lot more open then COD games of yore. EXCLUSIVE stuff?
10:49 AM: Applause crazy, Jason West and Vince Zampella on stage. Modern Warfare 2 is getting a demo. Sweet! Exclusive?
10:50 Am: E3 demo. not for you folks. Objective is to follow soap from first game. snowy mountain from trailer. shmmying on ledge over a crevice!! Soap starts climbing side of hill.
10:52 Am: You control how you clmb. Jets overhead. visuals improved over Modern warfare. armed with climbing picks. You almost fall but saved by soap. Demo skips forward. large weapon with radar. looks similar to one from aliens. blizzard obscures view.
10:54 Am: Moving through metal house eliminating enemies. one got knifed. soap gives youorders over headset. stealthy. open enviroment. but there is still a set path. a bunch of enemies incoming. Plant bombs at fueling station which blows up. Blizzard is subsided. Firefight around airfield.
10:55 Am: Incoming snowmobiles. if you shoot them they careen off ledge. moving to mountain slope more snowmobiles. you jump on one and start driving. You shoot one handed with pistol. realistic enough i suppose.
10:57 Am: Flying jumps off cliffs fighting others on snowmobiles. Demo ends. Lame. IW and activision will release map packs first on XBL. Knew it! Toriyama director of FFXIII on stage now along with Kitase.
10:59 Am: Premiereing debut gameplay footage of game running on 360. great framerate. English voices in, that means the games pretty far along. some guy named lightning is fightint a large scorpion robot. Sazh is in the fight whoever that is. Something about 4 active tim gauges. Conjuring Odin Summon. Bad ass.
11:01 AM: Lightning tosses red ball in the air. and appears behind her in battle. Lightning goregous! Some guy named Will enters the fight. Normally you use him earlier in the game. Targeting Spring 2010.
11:02 Am: Schappert on again. I like this guy. every demo single game and experience available only on 360. Cliffy B on stage. No lancer! Announcing Shadow Complex for XBLA!
11:04 Am: Like Castlevania/Metroid. Uses unreal engine 3. 2D platforming perspective. Obviously in large underground complex. map simiar to Sympathy of the Night and Metroid Fusion.
11:05 Am: Can acquire different tools and abilities. like metroid. large boss battles. 10 hours of gameplay! Coming this summer.
11:06 Am: New game announced. Joy ride from developer BigPark from Vancouver! Cool. Avatar adventure game. Hmm.
11:07: Shows people riding around in sports cars in roadrunner type setting. FREE FREE FREE! It's a racing game, can do tricks. Again, FREE FREE FREE
11:08: "City is Infected, You are the Cure" Crackdown 2 folks. It's confirmed. Power suited soldiers chasing enemies. Co-op? Seems to have super abilities still. obviously no human can throw a dumpster. or can they?
11:09 Am: Another trailer. Zombies running around. Lots of gore. CHAINSAWS! LEFT 4 DEAD 2! decapitation. nice. Coming out nov. 17th
11:10: Trailer. Man playing Piano. Sam Fisher. Splinter Cell Conviction.
11:11 Am: Action heavy cinematic. sam at washington monument. breaking through glass of skyscraper.
11:12 AM: SPLINTER CELL DEMO! Someone slammed into toilet. sam disarmed guy rather violently. in game info up on walls of bathroom. fischer snaps some guys neck.
11:13 Am: theme of conviction is immersion. things like objectives will be plastered on the walls ala L4D. Fischer in street clothes. no more emo beard!
11:14 Am: mark and execute. sets red dot over enemies before encounter. kills them rapidly. multi-route. fischer infiltrating mansion. crawling upside down along ceiling.
11:15 Am: Shot down chadelier to make it darker. drops to ground. great marksmen that fischer. emp grenade. looks under door with busted mirror. obviously same tricks less tech. Release this fall on 360 EXCLUSIVELY.
11:17 Am: Shappert on again. this guy is a pimp. Turn 10 studios, talks about their racing games. Forza 3?
11:18 Am: Forza 3 coming in October. trailer not consisting of gameplay footage.
11:19 Am: Dan Greenwalk, game director. Forza 3 will be "the definitive racing game of this generation" has game up and running
11:20 Am: Red Audi...so hot. switching between 3rd and 1st person. move your head around in 1st person. Realistic side rear view mirrors. great touch. 60 frames per second, 400 cars from 50 manufacturers. maybe he's right
11:21 Am: One button driving. Anyone can play this game
11:22 Am: Showing how easy it is to make a car. 4 million people have viewed forza comm. videos. New video editor can create/upload high definition video. Really?
11:24 Am: Car Crash. Debris flew everywhere! super realistic. car lifted away. get well ricky bobby. game demoed later at booth.
11:25 Am: Joe Staten from Bungie. in game demo for ODST. ODST's in drop ship. pod going down with others. visuals above Halo 3.
11:26 AM: Explosion. pod gets knocked. title saying "The Rookie." Set in New Mombasa weeks before H3. playing as Rookie, seperated from the group. Creeping around underground facility. thank god no master chief.
11:28 Am: moving to open section. Low light mode. Remote detonator. but for what?Detonator is from dutch. another ODST.
11:29 Am: Game shifts to Dutch. setting a remote detonator as base comes under attack.Dutch has a sweet laser. knocks out incoming covenant ships.
11:30 Am: Powering up terminal at one end of a bridge that blows the structure up. squadmates scream. Firefight is brand new co-op mode. out Spetember 22nd.
11:30 Am: Another team, Another Halo. showing a video "From the beginning, you know the end"
11:32 Am: Showing surface of planet rotating around explosions scarring surface as people scream. Halo: Reach. Coming 2010 from Bungie. When you buy ODST you get beta for reach Multiplayer. sorry crackdown 2. something about Earth 359.
11:32 Am: Sam Lake from remedy. showing in game footage of alan wake. 7 years guys. lets see what you got.
11:35 Am: Alan wake voice over. his work as a writer coming to life. wife is missing. alan is meeting rusty about a manuscript. Alans got a shotgun, 3rd person with flaslight. ghost!? tossing things at alan, even cars!. flashlight does damage. luigis mansion spiritual succesor?
11:36 Am: Runs down a hill. trees falling everywhere. whispers and screams. he's in the middle of a forest. large axe wielding foe arrives. scary as hell.
11:37 Am: Slow mo. flashlight does damage! tons of enemies at once. reminds me of the fog! alan powers a light which scares enemies. OMG a flare gun clears a ton of them. light is obviously your friend in this game. again, very reminiscient of the fog!
11:38 Am: enters house, house rammed by bulldozer. house falling off cliff with alan inside! Demo ends. really? Spring 2010.
11:39 Am: Last.Fm. Bringing music to Xbox Live. I don't think anyone cares. Free to XBL gold members.
11:41 Am: Netflix can ad movies to cue without a PC. Coming to Ireland and UK. No Canada!?!?!?!
11:41 Am: Big selling point. Cricket. You can watch live cricket from your XBOX. congrats UK, i'm officially jealous.
11:42 Am: Today, MS is relaunching video marketplace with full 1080p. Every show and movie available instantly. Double he number of countries available for. Will launch this fall. No download required.
11:44 Am: Live Party. Avatars sit around a virtual TV and watch it. Lame. Partnership with Facebook...that's kind of cool. Woman from some online cartoon comes on stage. Seaon 3 of the Guild coming this fall. uber-nerd. Shows off Facebook on 360. Same interface as the rest of the 360. Can use friend linker that shows XBL and FB friends on the same list.
11:46 Am: Can view photos from ou and friends. view in slide show mode! right on! Browse status updates on 360.
11:47 Am: Facebook Connect is on there as well. Posts screens and text in real time. works with Tiger Woods PGA tour. Twitter also coming to XBL. Post to twitter right from Xbox. Both Facebook and Twiter coming this Fall.
11:49 Am: Schappert, NOT DONE YET! Don Mettrick on stage. Seinor VP of Xbox. Kojima on stage, happy to be on XBOX stage!
11:50 Am: METAL GEAR SOLID FRANCHISE COMING TO XBOX 360!
11:51 Am: How did they do that? the money, legality, all of it! It's a f****** miracle!
11:52 Am: Major release will be Metal Gear Solid Rising. Development is underway for 360. Nothing about solid snake. TRAILER!
11:51 Am: clouds shifting. Shots of Raiden. Raiden is back folks. new MGS experience. "Can look forward to many great things" Mattrick says. Continues "Microsoft Platform is now complete" Kojima off stage
11:53 Am: Question asked about motion controller for 360. MAttrick replies "Of course we can" but he sees a problem.
11:55 Am: Wants to make the player the controller. Showing video. No controller required. guy walks in front of TV. Character on screentalking directly to him. Fighting sequence with person dodging. onscreen character following precise actions!
11:55 Am: Driving game with no wheel!
11:56 Am: Scan objects. CAN PLAY A SKATEBOARDING GAME WITH AN ACTUAL SKATEBOARD. SUCK THAT TONY HAWK!
11:57 Am: Video chat. select clothes to wear!? ! Vs. 100 feature voice recognition! If you say "Play movie" the console plays movie!
11:58 Am: Rectanguler peripheral sits low on TV. No experience needed says Mattrick. Tracks 3D movement. Will work on every 360, thought he said with every 360 game HAHA
11:59 Am: Steven Speilberg collaborates on this. On stage with MAttrick. Speilberg wants interactive entertainment to be approachable. Wants people to not be intimidated. Apparently according to Speilberg. 60% of homes don't own a console. Hmm.
12:00 Pm: Speilberg was approached two months ago. "Flipped Out." Says it's not about reinventing the wheel but about having "No wheel at all"
12:02 Pm: Mattrick is retardedly happy.
12:02 Pm: Kudo Tsunoda, creative director for Natal. On stage with sunglasses.
12:03 Pm: System gives you total control oer your character, voice, and body movements. Xbox can facially recognize you! Creepy
12:04 Pm: Avatar in main menu contolled with camera. mimics body movements. Operates dashboard using movements. Ricochet, seen it before, throw back ball with arms
12:05 Pm: Dissing the Wii! making fun of "Waggle Controls" What's Nintendo thinking right now?
12:06 Pm: Velocity is all dependent on you. Painting game. hmm.
12:07 Pm: Launchin buckets of paint at canvas. Not really creative there MS. that's sloppy art.
12:09 Pm: "Spill on Aisle..."
12:09 Pm: Camera takes pictures. Really? Not shocked on that one.
12:10 Pm: This artistic stuff is pretty lame. Very casual!
12:10 Pm: DEv kits arriving at corporate partners today. Mattrick is bad, retardedly smiling
12:11 Pm: Peter Molyneux on stage. Talks about Natal being "Revolutionary" and the controller being "The biggest barrier in gaming"
12:12 Pm: Video of Lonhead Studios. Creating Virtual Boy.
12:13 Pm: Milo, responds emotionally to topics of conversation.
12 14 Pm: Talks about school work, possibility of fishing. Milo goes to a dock. Requires demo-goer to put on goggles. He insists!
12:15 Pm: You can play with the water Milo is standing over. Pedophilish.
12:16 Pm: Demoer writes something on paper. Shows it to the camera. Milo grabs the paper and there it is on screen! This is incredible!
12:16 Pm: Both Molyneux and Mattrick call this a revolution in gaming. They're not kidding. Being shown behind closed doors.
12:18 Pm: Personally, I want to play Crackdown 2 right now.
12:19 Pm And we're done! Mattrick wishes everyone a great E3
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