Microsoft E3 Press Conference Wrap Up

[mutelight]

WHAT WE SAW TODAY.


Resident Evil 5

Online co-op confirmed, release for March 2009

Gears 2

New online 5 player co-op mode where you will fight wave after wave of bad guys with your buddies

Fallout 3

DLC exclusive to 360 and PC

Portal - Still Alive

The original single player game, as well as all new challenges for wicked players to play. The cake is.... ah balls to it, you all know the line by now.

New Dashboard

Brand new 3d dashboard coming - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sionyboy/randomshop/newdashboard.jpg

Avatars

The answer to Mii's - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sionyboy/randomshop/avatars.jpg#

8 Player Party System

Create a party of 8 players, you can all follow each other into games, watch movies etc

Xbox Live Primetime

You know those pub games you play in the pub (Quiz games like 'Who Wants To Be Rich?') Well its like that, but over Live, with your friends. Get achievements and win real prizes *shocked silence* a Don Mattrick pair of underpants is up for grab

Netflix

Watch your netflix movies over the 360, you can even share them with your friends so you can watch (well....kind of) together.

You're In The Movies

A game where you and your friends get drunk and get to look really stupid on-screen. Drunken laughs ahoy! (Hot BBW chick not included)

Lips

A Karaoke game for the 360, sing to your friends, get punched in the face

Banjo Kazooie

The original Banjo game is coming to XBLA

Geometry Wars

New Geo Wars game coming next month, looks like it has co-op

Uno Rush

A brand new Uno game coming to Live

Galaga Something-or-other

A brand new Galaga game for the 21st Century

South Park XBLA Game

No details, just news that South Park will be heading to XBLA in some shape-or-form

16:10 Resolution Support

1440x900/1680x1050 over HDMI and VGA

Fully install your games to Hard Drive

Install the game to hard drive, no more dvd noise.

Square Enix

Star Ocean, The Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery all coming to 360 soon

Final Fantasy XIII

Something happened... I missed it, Kinggroin was spamming me. I think its being released on more than one console... not sure.


10 minutes until the conference starts.

What we might see;

1. Motion Controller
2. New Halo game (or games...Halo Wars, Halo Chronicles and possibly two more)
3. Bungie's new project
4. Forza 3
5. Avatars
6. Lips
7. Fable 2/Banjo/Viva Pinata
8. Dead Rising 2


Live Streams (choppy as hell, might not even be working)
http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/press_conf...nference_key=1 (http://e3.g4tv.com/e32008/press_conf_detail.aspx?pressconference_key=1)
http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html
http://livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html (USE IGN, IT WORKS!!)

Live Blog
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=180665

[66chevyIISS]

I'm stoked for Gears 2! can't wait. I don't know why more game makers don't incorporate co-op into their games. COD4 and Bad Company would be that much better if they had it.

[avelanchefan]

Surprisingly enouogh I am stoked for the new/old Banjo Kazooie. Absolutely loved that game.

Also the new Geometry Wars is also tops on my list. So is UNO Rush. Love those small xbox live games.

[Imperitor]

Not owning a 360, the biggest news for me is the fact that FF13 will be coming to PS3 and 360. FF has been exclusive to Playstation since the beginning of time. Now I have to question Playstation's future. If all the games PS3 has are also on 360, plus 360 has other games that are not on PS3, who will buy a PS3?

[66chevyIISS]

Not owning a 360, the biggest news for me is the fact that FF13 will be coming to PS3 and 360. FF has been exclusive to Playstation since the beginning of time. Now I have to question Playstation's future. If all the games PS3 has are also on 360, plus 360 has other games that are not on PS3, who will buy a PS3?

Blu ray and Gran Turismo fans I would assume. Those are the only 2 Reasons I would buy one anyways.

[PhantomOG]

who will buy a PS3?
maybe people who don't want to pay a fee for online every month?

[Demiurge]

The Netflix thing is the most interesting of all.

[Imperitor]

maybe people who don't want to pay a fee for online every month?
I'm not saying no one will buy a PS3, I still love mine, but if I didn't have a console right now I would seriously consider getting a 360 over a PS3. I've always been a PS3 fan but now every game is on the 360, and they're charging us money to play demos (Qore), so the free online play is one of the only things it has left. Maybe at their press conference they will announce some new exclusive games (I hope).

[Demiurge]

maybe people who don't want to pay a fee for online every month?

It's not a monthly fee. It's $50 a year (which would be $4.16/month - Cheaper than a gallon of gas) and the online services from the 360 are 100x better than the PS3, in my opinion.

[avelanchefan]

Quite honestly if anyone thinks that the PS3 online play will be free in the long run is gravely mistaken. They stay free because M$ is killing them with Live. But QORE is just the beginning.

Plus I have both systems, and Live is light years away over the PS3. There is no comparison.

[Shizelbs]

IMO, thats a fairly impressive list of titles and feature updates.

If its like I am picturing, the hard drive install feature is going to be like heaven for me.

[Imperitor]

What is the big deal with Xbox Live anyway? I play it at my friends house from time to time and it doesn't seam any different then PS3's online play.

[PhantomOG]

wow... too funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uTnqYHZ-I

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damnit... why won't it embed!

[Demiurge]

What is the big deal with Xbox Live anyway? I play it at my friends house from time to time and it doesn't seam any different then PS3's online play.

sew?

[lanion]

xbox live and my 20gig harddrive don't play together nicely. I'm with PSN. PIXELJUNK!

[AdamRagland]

yea the install straight to HD sounds sweet. no more dvd noise and the fact im just a lazy bum when it comes to switchin games discs out. I knew i would have a reason to have the 120GB elite. i wonder how the netflix thing is going to work. If its just watching the online library they have, they need to beef up the titles by a TON. the online movie viewer only has movies ranging from like Short Circuit to Chupacabra 3

[mantis]

maybe people who don't want to pay a fee for online every month?

I would pay double and still think it's a killer deal. Online is all I do with my 360. I love it to death. I wish live was around when I was growing up. Man the Street fighter battles and Mortal kombat.... Damn we missed out.

[Shizelbs]

Live is underpriced if anything.

[kuntasensei]

Before anyone gets excited about the install to hard drive feature... You still have to have the game disc in the drive to confirm that you still own the game. It's not like you can just dump all your games to the 120gb drive and never have to get off the couch. Otherwise, you could just rent a bunch of games, copy them and pass them on.

This feature is mostly to give the option of reduced load times and drive noise. I'd imagine it's also to make multi-disc games like FFXIII possible, since the other discs could be installed to the HD and you could just have one disc in to verify that you own it. That way, you aren't swapping discs out as you play. I'd be willing to bet that new functionality went a long way toward getting FFXIII on the 360.

As far as the new dashboard goes, I'm psyched! The avatar thing I could go either way on (though I'm sick of people acting like Nintendo invented the concept with the Wii), but the new layout and guide look outstanding. I'm still curious how they're going to manage the large amount of content in the marketplace such that it is easy to find everything, but I'm sure we'll see more on that in the near future. I'm mostly happy about the 8-way party chat and the party system being backwards compatible with all 360 titles. That's the advantage of Live being a closed network instead of just straight peer-to-peer.

[Demiurge]

Before anyone gets excited about the install to hard drive feature... You still have to have the game disc in the drive to confirm that you still own the game. It's not like you can just dump all your games to the 120gb drive and never have to get off the couch. Otherwise, you could just rent a bunch of games, copy them and pass them on.

I don't doubt this is a fact, but what's the source on this commentary?

[PhantomOG]

See joystiq post here (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/install-your-xbox-360-games-to-the-hard-drive-access-xblm-on-th/).

Play from hard drive. You'll be able to copy game discs to your Xbox 360 hard drive. Installing the games will prevent wear 'n tear on the disc drive, and will shorten load times. You will still need the disc in the disc tray to prove you own the game.

[kuntasensei]

Could be the same info, but Xbox's Major Nelson posted this (http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/07/14/some-of-the-features-in-the-new-xbox-experience-8-person-chat-vga-plus-more.aspx).

[Sherardp]

Wow Im stoked, all nice games and new features. I have one premium, one arcade version and will buy a new one, perhaps the elite in about a month or two, or maybe even the 60 gig. I like the black elite though, thats hot. HDMI right into the JVC HD1, awesome gaming experience.

[djlogix]

Before anyone gets excited about the install to hard drive feature... You still have to have the game disc in the drive to confirm that you still own the game. It's not like you can just dump all your games to the 120gb drive and never have to get off the couch. Otherwise, you could just rent a bunch of games, copy them and pass them on.

This feature is mostly to give the option of reduced load times and drive noise. I'd imagine it's also to make multi-disc games like FFXIII possible, since the other discs could be installed to the HD and you could just have one disc in to verify that you own it. That way, you aren't swapping discs out as you play. I'd be willing to bet that new functionality went a long way toward getting FFXIII on the 360.

Can't confirm or deny what you're saying. I can say however, when the feature was implemented it was at the request of some of the bigger developers in the industry. Western mostly. I assure you, their wants and concerns weren't about drive noise or load times.