Microsoft E3 Press Conference: As it Happens

[fitbabits]

In the event bapenguin isn't around to start it...

NOTE - The only feed I can find is tape-delayed, meaning the the updates will be also.

2:55pm EST - 5 minutes till the tape-delayed feed kicks in. I'm still reeling from the awesomeness that was the Nintendo press conference.

3:00pm EST - Eagerly awaiting feed.

3:03pm EST - Going to go with the Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net) blog feed until the GameSpot one kicks in... (note - time will be in reverse order from the usual, meaning that the most recent info. will be immediately under this line)

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16:00.26 - Surely we're about to get a Halo 3 trailer. Come on Peter, show us your latest ink.

Gates jokes about it. "Probably something we'll recognise."

A windswept plain, arches broken and tattered over the landscape. The Master Chief appears.

He turns. A huge ship - a fleet really - breaks over the horizon, with a giant hole ahead of him in what looks like a ten mile wide crater. Nope, it's some sort of building, arching up. To say it's vast would be... A giant white light. "This is the way the world ends."

Halo 3. "Finish the fight. 2007." And we're out. Can I have lunch now?

15:55.50 - "Live Anywhere is a big new thrust for us," says Gates. "To close things out," Moore is invited back.

15:45.13 - One user interface, one identity, one friends list, one message centre, one marketplace. One ring to rule them all.

15:44.50 - "This is a vision of taking Live to the next level - Live Anywhere." "It will actually be part of Windows Vista." A key milestone, he says.

15:38.29 - Bill Gates appears

15:37.33 - Next is "one of the biggest hits of last year's E3". Remedy's [B]Alan Wake.

Zooming over hillsides, piano music twinkling. Lighthouse view over glistening sea. Day night cycle accelerates. Alan's monologue is typed over the bottom.

The facial detailer is very impressive. Blair With style standing in a clearing with a torch looking panicked. "Exclusively on Windows and Xbox 360".

15:33.20 - "Games for Windows" logo pops up again. Moore claps. "Quite simply, Windows Vista is built to run games." "The single biggest launch in the history of Microsoft - and also a great day for gamers."

Easier installs, more options for family settings, and games accessible right from the start menu.

15:32.22 - Crysis again. The jungle detail makes Far Cry look like a NES game [Tom's phrase of the week, by the sounds of it!]. I've not seen this close-up before actually - bloody hell it looks nice.

15:31.39 - Demo ends. Moore returns.

DirectX 10 is the key, says Moore. Another squid of blocks grows out of the screen - erupting with weird alien life. Age of Conan trailer appears from a bubble. Then Flight Sim X.

15:30.24 - The monster's taking a hammering from our man now, even though he's hiding behind bits and bobs. It doesn't look too happy, creaking on its legs.

It glows really brightly and collapses, then explodes in a ball of blue light. "Abandon ship" they yelp.

15:29.39 - The scale is amazing. It picks up stuff off the deck and hurls it at the bridge, which explodes and crumples. You launch fire at the giant blue squid thing, but it's not helping. The frame-rate's suffering but you can see why - flecks of light illuminate amazing detail.

15:28.25 - Moving through dark, burning interiors. Out onto the deck. An enormous, Abyss-esque monster straddles the deck on four huge tentacle-like legs. Its head opens as it attacks.

15:27.49 - Demo starts inside a burning building of some sort. Flames lick at things all around, a floating squid takes some shrapnel from our man. We're on a ship - you can see out of a hole. Picks a girder up off a bloke on the floor.

15:26.33 - "Our new brand identity - Games for Windows." Won't be sent to "the land of misfit toys" any longer. Revitalisation "isn't just cosmetic".

Brings out Chris Donahue to show off Crysis.

[joruussuun]

joruussuun - piggybacking your post to make room for new content. Hope you understand... :)


15:25.45 -

Available on 360 "from day one". So presumably it's on the others too. Strategic partnership for exclusive episodic content on Live Marketplace, though.

More clapping. And now he's turning to Windows Vista. "A full blown games renaissance," he promises. New marketing, new graphics, on the most game-friendly OS in Windows history, he says.

15:24.48 -

He's taking his, er, clothes off. Well, jacket. "Yeah yeah yeah" he syas. He shows his Halo 2 tattoo. "You thought it was fake." Oh god. It's not on his chest, surely.

"Some guys do rubber ducks, some guys do tattoos," he jokes. His new one: Grand Theft Auto IV.

Okay, wasn't Halo then. Forgive me eh? But hell. October 16th 2007 in North America, October 19th 2007 Europe. GTAIV. "The first date it's available."

15:22.25 -

More than 50 by Christmas. The 360 Player due this Christmas. People start to clap.

15:22.10 -

High-definition movies are next. Picks up HD-DVD player. It looks like a smaller 360, with the mechanism on the top.

15:21.37 -

Tonight, first time ever, you can download high-def TV content. Tonight's: "Gears of War: Road to E3". A docu-drama. Starts tonight, finishes next week on MTV.

15:20.00 -

Live Marketplace - "opened the floodgates" to digital distribution. Over 18 million downloads from Marketplace. Over 1000 pieces of content by this evening.

Says Live members and publishers are excited - every publisher has some sort of content, he says. It changes the way people try and buy games, he says.

Mentions Fight Night demo - "In just a few short weeks after the demo went up, pre-orders increased by over five times."

15:15.43 -

Video comes up. "It's about letting your imagination go and transforming a small piece of land". You want to get your land good so pinatas will join you. Worm attracts sparrow, and so on.

15:15.11 -

Talks about what a pinata is. "The hit of the party in more ways than one."

15:14.38 -

"We're creating a whole new world kids can jump into any time and anywhere." Jim Veevaert from MS/Rare comes to stage.

15:14.11 -

Trailer's over. Splinter Cell: Double Agent due this September on 360, says Moore.

"We're also creating new ." Like Viva Pinata.

15:13.43 -

Parachutes from the sky, clearly in-game. Lands on a tundra. Seen swimming underwater, pulling a bloke off an icy ledge into the water, leaping out from buried in the snow. Edging over skyscrapers. He's going everywhere. Sam Fisher World Tour 2006.

15:12.47 -

Trailer for Splinter Cell: Double Agent. "I used to hunt terrorists. Now I am one."

Shows Sam offing a civilian. "I've become a double agent."

Eurogamer's Live Blog of the MS Event (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375) for those interested.
15 minutes into it already.

[Mortis]

mortis - piggybacking for additional content.

15:12.15 -

Says he won't underestimate the challenges, and will have content by Japanese for Japanese.

Turns to Tom Clancy stuff.

15:11.55 -

"We've got great content coming to the Japanese market and not long to wait." Blue Dragon due this Christmas in Japan.

Mentions Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. "If there's one dev who's realised promise and potential of 360, it's Itagaki-san," he says, referring to the head of Tecmo's Team Ninja and the chap behind Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden. Trailer due this week on Live.

15:11.03 -

Little stylised man super-deforms his way through the sky in a spaceship, as a big stompy tin-can robot and his minions cross the ground. It's very anime.

Flying towards robot-git. Blue Dragon. That's Mistwalker (as in Sakaguchi's lot) and Artoon (as in the Blinx chaps) developed, of course.

15:10.09 -

Moore welcomes Sakaguchi to Los Angeles, says Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon are going to be, well, good you know. Video now.

15:09.34 -

"Look your opponents in the eye in Activision's World Series of Poker." All three peripherals due this holiday season.

He's turning to Japan now. "We're committed to bringing inspired, imaginative content to the Japanese market." Gestures to Final Fantasy creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi.

15:08.35 -

Steering wheel - Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. Force feedback. People clap. New wireless headset too - looks like a Bluetooth headphone. Xbox Live Vision Camera too.

15:08.00 -

"Now you can choose from over 300 cars" to tune and paint. Up to 11 other players played against on Live. Available this Christmas.

15:07.07 -

Zooming along over the top of cars. Zooming in on wheel arch during a crash. They're trying to emphasise the realism rather than show the actual game, you sense.

15:06.29 -

Cripes, that looks nice. Cars zooming backward round the track, peeling off down to bare lines. A nice attract sequence. Going forward now, splitting into component car parts in mid-air. It's a bit like a McG Honda advert.

15:05.32 -

"I'd like to show you another quality title produced by MS Game Studios." "We're shifting this into fifth gear." Forza Motorsport 2.

15:04.58 -

Moore says he's proud to have Molyneux on board. Gestures to him in the crowd. He looks quite merry.

15:04.29 -

It's all CG so far by the looks of it, but very nice. Could be in-game. Very cinematic anyway. "Every choice leads to a different destiny."

15:03.23 -

Formal announcement of new game from Lionhead. What CAN this be, eh?

15:03.05 -

"The only place to play next-gen Madden will be right here on Xbox 360," he [Peter Moore] says, cryptically. And he mentions Pro Evolution Soccer.

They're still delivering software for first-gen Xbox as well he says. Though mainly it's third parties, in this case.

FYI I read over at majornelson.com that Uno is now available on the marketplace for 400 points. Can't wait for this conference feed to start, I want to see the Gears of War footage.

[NoName]

Eurogamer's Live Blog of the MS Event (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375) for those interested.
15 minutes into it already.
Har, I was just about to post that link. Back to reading!

[phantomhitman]

where are you watching it fitba?

[earthworm48]

Gamespot probably.

EDIT: 2 mins!

[Serapth]

Looks like live is getting a pretty big influx of classics.

[joruussuun]

Lumines Live!!!

[Serapth]

KICKASS LUMINES on LIVE! :D

[JediSanf]

he's not yet. Gamespot stream in 2min.

[Serapth]

Kinda pissed about Lumines in a way, its about the only great game I play on my PSP. Now I have even less reason to like it.

[gzsfrk]

Taking all predictions now--where will the MS presentation fall overall this E3, compared with Sony and Nintendo?

The easy, obvious guess is to say Nintendo > MS > Sony. I'm going to go out on a limb and say:

Nintendo ~= MS > Sony

Anyone else?

[NoName]

FYI I read over at majornelson.com that Uno is now available on the marketplace for 400 points. Can't wait for this conference feed to start, I want to see the Gears of War footage.
Uno?! Like the card game? That's so cool in a sad sort of way... I want to play virtual Uno on Live...

[gzsfrk]

By the way, seeing as my work firewall doesn't allow any form of streaming video, have I mentioned how much I despise all of you getting to watch all this unfold live?

Hosers...

[JediSanf]

Anyone have a stream?

Edit: I don't think Gamespot is going to release until 3pm CST.

[phantomhitman]

i am in the same boat, you fuckers are not giving me updates either!

[NoName]

Nintendo ~= MS > Sony

Anyone else?
I'd have to agree with that. Then again I'm somewhat of a Nintendo fan boy so... :D

Still, Microsoft better have some ace up their sleeve.

[Mortis]

Uno?! Like the card game? That's so cool in a sad sort of way... I want to play virtual Uno on Live...

Yep that's the one, it's also a camera compatible game.

[Serapth]

160 games by the holidays. (That has to include Live, still impressive )

[JediSanf]

Next-gen Madden 360 exclusive?! The hell's he talking about?

[NoName]

i am in the same boat, you fuckers are not giving me updates either!
Microsoft requested there be no video feeds. So we just have this. (http://eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375&livetextrefresh=true)

[Dragos]

Holy shit, Halo 3 Teaser is on the marketplace.

[JediSanf]

No, if you subscribe to Gamespot there's a feed.

[Serapth]

Fable2 offically announced.

[Borys]

I need that Halo 3 vid on my desktop.

[Serapth]

Forza 2!!! Please announce a release date, please please please.

[joruussuun]

Yes, Forza 2! (Gonna get my a Wii and 360, winning combo!)

[Dr.Finger]

A ton of trailers just showed up on Live.

[JediSanf]

Trying to DL the Halo 3 trailer and I think it locked the box.

Edit: NM, the network's just slow.

[Serapth]

I think almost all of this presentation is supposed to be made available on live... atleast tahts why I heard.

[Dr.Finger]

Forza 2 for Christmas, 300 cars.

[joruussuun]

"Now you can choose from over 300 cars" to tune and paint. Up to 11 other players played against on Live. Available this Christmas.
-From Eurogamer feed

[Klade]

Heh so the one live feed I am around for and its not being done live.. shucks.

[Zanzibar]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST Halo 3 trailer? (runs off to company's Xbox 360 to download)

[Mortis]

Damn I'm stuck at work away from my 360, I was hoping for something on Halo3 at the marketplace. No feed either, son of a bitch.

[Serapth]

Forza, out by Christmas, 300+ cars 12 player online on live.

This is the next game im really pumped about getting.

EDIT: Wireless Wheel announced
Wireless headset
Camera.

[Dr.Finger]

Wireless steering wheel, wireless headset, camera.

[NoName]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST Halo 3 trailer? (runs off to company's Xbox 360 to download)
Company's Xbox 360? Lucky bastard...

[FallenStar]

Downloading the Halo 3 teaser now...

[JediSanf]

Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon up to bat.

[Serapth]

He's turning to Japan now. "We're committed to bringing inspired, imaginative content to the Japanese market." Gestures to Final Fantasy creator, Hironobu Sakaguchi.

.........

cliff hanger :)

Showing Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon now. All devices announced earlier available by christmas.

[Brady]

No, if you subscribe to Gamespot there's a feed.

I subscribe and there is no feed.

Gamespot just updated to say "Microsoft Taped Stream at 1pm PDT"

[phantomhitman]

halo 3 announcement trailer is up on live-old news sorry

uno is up-old news as well

fuck you all, im not reading anymore from anywhere.....damn firewalls at work :(

[Serapth]

Blue Dragon by Christmas in Japan.
DoA Xtreme2, trailer due this week on live.

[Dr.Finger]

Some Asian content is nice, but will it be enough?

[Skjef]

Sam's the bad guy now? WTF?

[NoName]

I subscribe and there is no feed.

Gamespot just updated to say "Microsoft Taped Stream at 1pm PDT"
See, I said Microsoft requested a one hour delay to all feeds. :)

And yay for Blue Dragon!

[Serapth]

Sam's the bad guy now? WTF?

No, according to Game Informer, he is undercover in prison. Hes still a good guy, but has to do bad shit in the game.

Splinter Cell out in September btw.

[joruussuun]

Sam's the bad guy now? WTF?
Where have you been for like, 6+ months?
(See Serapth's post above...)

[agentgray]

Lumines? On Live?

The only game I ever liked on PSP before sony went all Sling Blade on me.

My purchase last Saturday is now 100% justified!

[JediSanf]

See, I said Microsoft requested a one hour delay to all feeds.

Wow, what a dumb thing for MS to do. They should've streamed it on Live.

[Serapth]

Viva Pinata... this game is just sounding odd. Live Marketplace tie in, trade Pinatas over live...

[NoName]

This Pinata thing sounds like a way to milk people's wallets while they make micro payments to get in-game items.

[Skjef]

Where have you been for like, 6+ months?
(See Serapth's post above...)Not caring about Splinter Cell, apparently.

[Dr.Finger]

Viva Pinata sounds like a Pokemon married Animal Crossing and they had a deformed love child that wants you to buy crap.

[Serapth]

Viva Pinata also out this holiday season. Shesh, is everything coming out then??!

[NoName]

And here comes the HD-DVD plug...

[Serapth]

Not sure NoName, sounding like a Live plug.

[FallenStar]

This holiday season is gonna be murder on my wallet :(

[Varsity]

Can someone post the URL of GameSpot's video? They're missing it from their site. Non-subscriber of course.

[JediSanf]

Nope, it's the HD-DVD.

[NoName]

Not sure NoName, sounding like a Live plug.
"surrounding you with the high-def entertainment of your choice."

Yar, so it goes Live downloads and then HD-DVD. Looks like I jumped the gun. :o

[joruussuun]

Live plug AND HD-DVD Player plug!

[Serapth]

HD TV content starting tonight. Gears of War: Road to E3, starting tonight ending next week on MTV.

Oh... HD Announcement. Looks like a smaller 360, due out christmas.

[Mortis]

Awesome, HDTV content on Gears of War from the marketplace. Can't wait to check that out.

[Dr.Finger]

There is no live video of the MS presser. Just text blogging from Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375)

[Serapth]

"It'll be a better bargain than anything else in this new entertainment format."

Cryptic...

[gzsfrk]

I'm also wondering what was meant by the Madden statement. It's HIGHLY unlikely MS scored Madden exclusive this year. Perhaps he was simply stating his opinion that the 360 is the only console that you should play Madden on this year.

[NoName]

"It'll be a better bargain than anything else in this new entertainment format."

Cryptic...
aka. It'll be a lot cheaper than the stuff Sony is putting out, just because they can :D

[Serapth]

GTA4! They got first dibs at it from the sounds of things.

[JediSanf]

GTA 4! October! Exclusive?

Edit: Nope, just first off the mark.

[earthworm48]

Gta4 360 Only Omfg

[gzsfrk]

Holy hell... so they did get GTA4 on day one. Sounds like it's not exclusive, tho.

[antoniogaud]

They did it.. They REALLY did it... GTA!!!!!!!! SONY IS DOA.

[Serapth]

I'm also wondering what was meant by the Madden statement. It's HIGHLY unlikely MS scored Madden exclusive this year. Perhaps he was simply stating his opinion that the 360 is the only console that you should play Madden on this year.

He might just mean madden 2006. If you figure it, Nintendo and Sony are both launch out of sync for the season. It might be a non comment.

[gzsfrk]

Not only GTA4 on day one, but with episodic content releases!! Sounds awesome...

[JediSanf]

Ok, Crysis, stuff we've seen before. Did I miss the HD-DVD price?

[antoniogaud]

Microsoft and Rockstar games have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide exclusive episodic content through Xbox Live. Moore is interrupted by applause after this announcement. The crowd was not expecting this, and is pumped to hear it.

[NoName]

Since they're moving onto Vista, it almost sounds like they've skipped Halo 3. Does anyone with access to Live have comments on it?

[absolut taco]

Gta4 360 Only Omfg
If you guys are making this up... I will kill y'all! :)

[gzsfrk]

No HD-DVD price shown on Eurogamer... just that it's due out Christmas.

[gzsfrk]

If you guys are making this up... I will kill y'all! :)

No mention of it being exclsuive. In fact, it was implied that it WILL NOT be exclusive, but will be out day one.

[JediSanf]

Yea, that "partnership" could be interesting, could be more horse carcasses. I'm not optimistic yet.

[Dr.Finger]

It may not be 360 only, but it will be released first on the 360.

[antoniogaud]

We Are Not Making This Up>!

[gzsfrk]

The Crysis stuff sounds awesome--but then, I'll probably never again own a PC up to spec enough to play it. :)

[Serapth]

It will be like it is today. 360 first, then port to other systems. Basically like PS2 had the advantage of GT3, MS has the GTA4 advantage.

Nice coop by MS :)

[Borys]

GAME OVER

For Sony.

[gzsfrk]

Anyone finish dl'ing the Halo 3 trailer from Live yet?

[NoName]

Nice coop by MS :)
It makes my new founded decision to abandon thoughts of getting a PS3 over the 360 easier.

[gzsfrk]

Wish I could see this:

"Crysis again. The jungle detail makes Far Cry look like a NES game [Tom's phrase of the week, by the sounds of it!]. I've not seen this close-up before actually - bloody hell it looks nice."

[earthworm48]

I'm looking at Gamespots blod feed as Eurogamers had too much crap in it before the thing started and I just didn't like reading it, wasn't clear enough, and they say:

Major announcement about one of greatest franchsies of all time." Says its so exciting that he has to take his shirt off. Shows Halo 2 tatto--GRAND THEFT AUTO IV tatoo on other arm. Grand Theft Auto IV October 16 to Xbox 360 ONLY.

Link (http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149698)

[gzsfrk]

GAME OVER

For Sony.

The hell??? This is going to be my new sig. :)

[absolut taco]

No mention of it being exclsuive. In fact, it was implied that it WILL NOT be exclusive, but will be out day one.
Awesome. I don't care about exclusivity, but not having to wait 6 months is a major victory!

[JediSanf]

So long as Vista'll get out of the way and give me the sys. resouces gaming will be good. I don't want to need 4Gig of RAM to play Crysis.

[Dr.Finger]

Shadowrun, for 360 & Vista in January.

[Serapth]

SHADOWRUN SHADOWRUN SHADOWRUN...

Oh, available on PC too. That should cheer Borys up a wee bit :)

[gzsfrk]

I'm looking at Gamespots blod feed as Eurogamers had too much crap in it before the thing started and I just didn't like reading it, wasn't clear enough, and they say:



Link (http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149698)

I'm still not sure that it's going to be exclusive; Moore mentioned that it was going to be released on the 360 on day one--why would he say that rather than pump up the fact that it would be 360 exclusive? Only time will tell, I suppose.

Btw, if judging by the LiveBlog is any gauge, I'd say MS is coming pretty darn close to the excitement of Ninty's show, if not quite.

[Serapth]

H,mmmmmmm... was Alan Wake always supposed to be a 360/PC title, or wasnt it just 360 before?

[Dr.Finger]

Alan Wake exclusive to 360 & PC.

[NoName]

Shadowrun in January!!!!! *tries to breath*

[Serapth]

Gates is out... here comes the big news im guessing.

[gzsfrk]

Alan Wake was previously not specified as exclusive to any system, although it was leaked a few days ago that it would be PC/360 exclusive.

[Varsity]

H,mmmmmmm... was Alan Wake always supposed to be a 360/PC title, or wasnt it just 360 before?
It was just PC before.

[UglyPimp]

I think MS is going to absolutely rock this console war. Good for them, Sony needs a kick in the pants. MS is really pulling out some show stoppers at E3, the GTA announcement alone sent shockwaves through everyone.

[gzsfrk]

Billy-G making an appearance!! =)

[NoName]

Gates is out... here comes the big news im guessing.
Halo 3 the same week as the PS3 launch. Watch it... watch it...

[Borys]

Oh, available on PC too. That should cheer Borys up a wee bit :)

Crysis, Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda made my day already!
ShadowRun looks like shit on screens BTW.

[gzsfrk]

BillG made this comment:

"The future of gaming really involves software - better tools, better environments, being user-centric so you can find your friends, and use these games on any of the devices you have."

Fixing to unveil an Xbox portable?

[Varsity]

Huge news: the Czech Republic is being added to Live!


What? Oh.

[earthworm48]

It was just PC before.

Wrong, on the Alan Wake site that went up like in April 2005, when we first saw/heard anything it said "PC & Next Generation Consoles", most people thought PC, 360 & PS3 but now we can bump off PS3.

[Varsity]

Huh, "keeping it in stock". More like "making the damn things in the first place".

[joruussuun]

Billy-G making an appearance!! =)
As long as Kenny-G doesn't.

[Borys]

GTA4 for 360 is really BIG.

[gzsfrk]

As long as Kenny-G doesn't.

Saxophone Hero, b1tch!! Blow it!!! :)

[Dr.Finger]

Live will be interconnected to Vista, no big surprise.

[gzsfrk]

Meh... enough already with the integrated user lists everywhere; it's a good idea, but we've all seen it coming for ages.

[NoName]

Wow, it sounds like Microsoft is trying to be the center of the Internet...

[BabyJesus]

Meh... enough already with the integrated user lists everywhere; it's a good idea, but we've all seen it coming for ages.

May have seen it coming but it is a HUGE deal IMHO. Something Sony/Ninmario can only dream of...

[gzsfrk]

Has anyone else gotten any updates from Eurogamer the past few minutes?

[Dr.Finger]

I just don't get cell phone gaming. It just seems blah at best.

[KNOTE]

12:48.35 -
Scott Henson comes out to demo Live Anywhere.
is the last one i got

[JediSanf]

I don't care about Live Anywhere. I care about either a free Gold sccount or more RPG developers. (I'd also like to see someone playing BFME2 with a controller).

[earthworm48]

Yeah, I think that the comapnies see it that there are loads of people with cell phones, so theres a large potential market, and then they may even go for other games but I don't think it will work in the long run.

[gzsfrk]

"Some games will let you continue playing on the phone, he says. Not specific."

Anyone else read this and have the old EA game, "Majestic" pop into your mind?

[Norse]

They're bringing gamescore and achievements to Vista...cool...I tink :)

[gzsfrk]

"PC Will play against 360"--the future of FPS online competition just became VERY imbalanced in favor of PCs. (since it mentions PC users can play using KB+Mouse)

[gzsfrk]

Sweet! If you buy XBL Arcade titles on one platform (say, 360), you can get it on the other platforms (PC, phone, PocketPC). AWESOME!

[Jack B]

Wow, it sounds like Microsoft is trying to be the center of the Internet...

Do you think Al Gore saw this coming, when he invented the Internet???

[antoniogaud]

Sony... where are you??!

[Dr.Finger]

Now if only my Halo 3 download wouldn't keep fucking up I'd be happy.

[gzsfrk]

And FINALLY!!! I can paint my Forza cars on my PC using Vista and then race them on my 360. Who else is looking forward to seeing some awesome designed racing around the tracks in the near future?

AND... Here's hoping they have some kind of Car Show feature where players can show off their car as well as view others, and then have everyone vote on a best of show. That would be killer...

[earthworm48]

12:54: I get the official Rockstar Games announcement of Grand Theft Auto IV in my e-mail--it says that the game will be release simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PS3. Moore said it was coming to 360 first. What the...?

At Gamespot. Hmmm.

[Serapth]

Buy once, play anywhere... fucking awesome.

Just hope they find a way to balance the PC vs Console groups or live is going to kill 360 fps gaming. I cant imagine they are that stupid.

[gzsfrk]

Do you think Al Gore saw this coming, when he invented the Internet???

I don't think ol' Al sees much of anything these days, other than the pretty lights in front of his eyes from all the wacky baccy he's smoking.

I'm cereal! Cereally, you guys!

[Borys]

Wow, Windows Live?

I'm SOOOO there.

Crysis + DX10 + Windows Live + Mouse & Keyboard = FPS Bliss.

[wichenroder]

And FINALLY!!! I can paint my Forza cars on my PC using Vista and then race them on my 360. Who else is looking forward to seeing some awesome designed racing around the tracks in the near future?

AND... Here's hoping they have some kind of Car Show feature where players can show off their car as well as view others, and then have everyone vote on a best of show. That would be killer...


..are you twelve? are you at home, colouring?

[gzsfrk]

At Gamespot. Hmmm.

Actually, (according to the Eurogamer LiveBlog) Moore said it would release on 360 on day one, not first.

[earthworm48]

Isn't DX10 Vista only though?

[gzsfrk]

Buy once, play anywhere... fucking awesome.

Just hope they find a way to balance the PC vs Console groups or live is going to kill 360 fps gaming. I cant imagine they are that stupid.

One has to hope that they would offer the option to set up games that are either platform or control-scheme exclusive.

[JediSanf]

Whelp, no price on the HD-DVD. Probably gonna be expensive. $199?

[gzsfrk]

..are you twelve? are you at home, colouring?

No, I'm 29--at work--wishing I was 12--at home--with nothing better to do than color in a coloring book.

[Borys]

Wait, Crysis is not PC exclusive ? :(

[gzsfrk]

Halo 3--going to be the fight for the Earth, apparently, as widely speculated. Can't wait to see this video.

[Dr.Finger]

Halo 3. Go out with a bang.
"This is the way the world ends."

[earthworm48]

No it is I think.

EDIT: Yeah, I could easily see the HD-DVD drive being $200 which is too high for an add on drive for me.

[antoniogaud]

Microsoft and Nintendo just handed Sony one of the most vicious beatdowns in gaming history. It was ugly (but fun to watch).

[gzsfrk]

Wait, Crysis is not PC exclusive ? :(

There's been no mention to suggest that it wouldn't be PC exclusive; why are you thinking that?

[wichenroder]

<3

no you're too short

[Serapth]

No Xboy then... I sorta figured during that whole live thing they would announce a "gamer" version of Windows Mobile.

[KNOTE]

Is the MS briefing feed for subscribers only at Gamespot? If so, that's terrible.

[Borys]

There's been no mention to suggest that it wouldn't be PC exclusive; why are you thinking that?

Stupid people on other forums?

[SaintArnold]

Is the MS briefing feed for subscribers only at Gamespot? If so, that's terrible.

You have to wait another hour and a half if you're a non-subscriber. It says so right on the page at gamespot where you must have gone...

[earthworm48]

I really hope that a portable games thing is just BS or they dropped it when thinking about it. I really hope they never bring out a portable gaming device.

[gzsfrk]

Ok... So that was a pretty killer presentation, judging from the reading of EuroGamer.

I'll reserve final judgement till I see the video for myself later this evening, but as it stands, I suspect my initial guess that Nintendo and MS would have comparably excellent presentations, with perhaps Nintendo eeking out a slight win, while Sony languished far behind either competitor, might have more or less been close to correct.

Anyone else have any thoughts on the 3-way struggle?

[KNOTE]

You have to wait another hour and a half if you're a non-subscriber. It says so right on the page at gamespot where you must have gone...
Thanks... now you know I can't read. Please don't share my terrible secret.

[Serapth]

No it is I think.

EDIT: Yeah, I could easily see the HD-DVD drive being $200 which is too high for an add on drive for me.

Only announcement to price was "It'll be a better bargain than anything else in this new entertainment format", which is a bit cryptic but no doubt saying it will be cheap.

Just need to define cheap...

[absolut taco]

GTA4 for 360 is really BIG.
I hope it's not so BIG that it will require disc swapping... ;)

[earthworm48]

The No it is I think was in response to Borys post about Crysis' Pc exclusitivity, and I know what they said but from what they said I could easily see that drive being 200 bucks which is a little rich for my blood, for a drive at least.

[gzsfrk]

No it is I think.

EDIT: Yeah, I could easily see the HD-DVD drive being $200 which is too high for an add on drive for me.

Seems like I heard rumor that it would be a $100 add-on, but will honestly be shocked if it releases at that low of a price. I'm expecting it to be $199 or perhaps as low as $149 if they can possibly manufacture the drives that cheap.

[Serapth]

... its wierd that of all the announcements, Lumines has me pretty excited....

STupid crack filled party games.

[Chalex]

Only announcement to price was "It'll be a better bargain than anything else in this new entertainment format", which is a bit cryptic but no doubt saying it will be cheap.

Just need to define cheap...That translates to: "The next cheapest option is $500, our add-on will be less than $500"

Overall though the Xbox showing seems to have been rather impressive, although I think I'll wait until I can actually watch the video to say for certain.

[PantherModern]

Sony... where are you??!

Receiving a massive, Microsoft-powered beat down. The gauntlet has been thrown, and I am afraid MS just got off the first shot. I was legitimately hoping that PS3 would live up to the hype, but I am more excited about the stuff being offered and presented for 360.

Now, here's hoping that Silent Hill and MGS4 eventually wind up on 360.

[Wedge]

And FINALLY!!! I can paint my Forza cars on my PC using Vista and then race them on my 360. Who else is looking forward to seeing some awesome designed racing around the tracks in the near future?

AND... Here's hoping they have some kind of Car Show feature where players can show off their car as well as view others, and then have everyone vote on a best of show. That would be killer...

A bunch of cars with huge cocks painted on them (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=173). But I assume there will be some amazingly designed cars out there...with cock hubcaps.

Oh, and that link is alot safer than it seems. :)

[gzsfrk]

A bunch of cars with huge cocks painted on them (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=173). But I assume there will be some amazingly designed cars out there...with cock hubcaps.

Oh, and that link is alot safer than it seems. :)

lol... Totally apropos link, that.

[Kelegacy]

I don't care about Live Anywhere. I care about either a free Gold sccount or more RPG developers. (I'd also like to see someone playing BFME2 with a controller).
Same. The Xbox will never suceed with me until I have plenty of different meals to sink my teeth into. I'm upset with the PS3 and Sony; how could they offer my hobby to those evil bastards on a silver platter?

Jesus.

[Dag-Sabot]

uh so is that it for MS? Lumines, GTa4 and maybe a cheap HD dvd? ...This is my first e3 at EA.
BTW: You can already custom paint your forsa cars using action replay and a common house-hold PC.

[Draft]

Same. The Xbox will never suceed with me until I have plenty of different meals to sink my teeth into. I'm upset with the PS3 and Sony; how could they offer my hobby to those evil bastards on a silver platter?

Jesus.Sony's just as evil as Microsoft. Evil and desperate. Xbox is just another (potential lol) revnue stream for MS. Playstation is all Sony's got, and they'll do anything they can to lock you in.

[Sl1pstream]

uh so is that it for MS? Lumines, GTa4 and maybe a cheap HD dvd? ...This is my first e3 at EA.
BTW: You can already custom paint your forsa cars using action replay and a common house-hold PC.

Add Alan Wake, Halo 3, a possibly decent Fable 2 and a few other titles. Besides, Lumines Arcade will be a lot cheaper than the older PSP version, GTA is usually Sony exclusive for a long time while HD-DVD will probably be as useless as Blu-Ray.

[Frogleg Special]

Oh, well I'm expecting Master Chief (Xbox 360) and Gordon Freeman (DirectX 10 Vista) shaking hand over this Live Anywhere thing.

[Phanto]

Only people with High end system will be able to run Halo 2 on Vista.
Vista use in IDLE a whooping of 800MB of Ram just in Idle, so I really not seeing much people playing the game smoothly that includes me :( but its not just for the RAM, everyone could go and buy 2GB right now because RAM its very competitive this day, but the graphics cards will be the important in all this...
And last I really hope that they don't screw up Halo 2 just like they did with Halo 1 it was a really shitty port for the PC what they did, anyway well see if Halo 2 takes the highs in the PC just like do in Xbox & Live.

[automaton]

I was pretty disspointed by the MS conference. The biggest announcements were a GTA sequel that we won't see for almost 2 years, a sequel to a game that wasn't very good in the first place (Fable 2) that we won't see for at least 2 years, a video of Halo 3 that won't be in the store for around 2 years, a Rare employee trying to make sense of a game that even he couldn't make sound very fun (Viva Pinata) which I doubt Rare will be able to get onto shelves in the next 2 years.

As always, MS's conference is the BEST place to get a preview of all the games you will be playing on the floor at E3 next year.

[phantomhitman]

And FINALLY!!! I can paint my Forza cars on my PC using Vista and then race them on my 360. Who else is looking forward to seeing some awesome designed racing around the tracks in the near future?

AND... Here's hoping they have some kind of Car Show feature where players can show off their car as well as view others, and then have everyone vote on a best of show. That would be killer....

where is this info?! dammit i missed everything