Might as well start this up now that Konami has preemptively kicked things off. Mods, can we get a sticky?

KONAMI

E3 SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES PST):

NEWS SOURCES:

Nintendo will present Project Cafe, the successor to the Wii; the 3DS eShop will launch June 6; and is expected to show off Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3DS, Star Fox 65 3DS, Kid Icarus, explain the 3DS eShop and available titles through that service, and show off Ocarina of Time 3DS. Rumors include a new Animal Crossing 3DS game, a new Smash Bros game,

Microsoft is expected to present Forza 4, Gears of War 3, Star Wars Kinect, and others. Rumored games include a new Alan Wake game, an HD remake of Halo: Combat Evolved, and a Kinect-capable version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Rumored other announcements include Kinect improvements and a potential 360 price drop.

Sony will show off NGP/PS Vita, games, and hardware pricing. Expected PS3 games include Resistance 3, inFAMOUS 2, Twisted Metal, and Uncharted 3. Rumored games include God of War 4, a Grand Theft Auto V reveal, Syphon Filter 4, and a PSP Remaster series that will basically be HD versions of PSP games on the PS3.

Post news and links to live streams at your leisure, guys.

 

It was at E3 last year.

 

Yes, Peace Walker is excellent.

No, Snake will not be in MGS Rising. Kojima retired Solid Snake as a video game character in MGS4: that was his last hurrah. No more Solid Snake ever, supposedly. MGS Rising stars Raiden and appears to be set before MGS4.

 

EA/DICE just took a shot at Call of Duty Elite. They’re setting up a similar portal for BF3, but with more content for free.

Also, they’re not showing off team deathmatch or the co-op modes at E3.

Edit: but they are showing off multiplayer.

 

I have no idea what to make of this: AMD might be showing off a gen-u-wine Holodeck at E3

 

Engadget has a Project Cafe rumor roundup. Ignore the video at the bottom, it’s fake.

 

Rumors: new Fable, Dance Central, Kinect Sports

 

Nikkei: Project Cafe has touchscreen controller, releases in H2 2012

 

He did. Konami released a summary of the characters' lives after MGS4, IIRC. Snake dies at Walter Reed Hospital.

 

Sadly, no. Going off memory from a couple of years ago. And since I can’t find a link, I’m starting to doubt it.

Still, Solid Snake has retired from video games. MGS4 was his last mission. That’s not up for dispute. They may work him into a cameo or something set prior to MGS4 at some point (MGSR?) but Kojima did something that no one else has done, retired a video game character for good. (As opposed to “don’t make another game with that crappy *** character”.)

Really? MGS2 is the best in the series, IMO. You have to understand that you’re getting more than just a simple by the numbers video game when you play it, you’re getting what’s basically a meta-game that’s aware of itself and its conventions and turns them upside-down. For example: Raiden is there as a substitute for the player. He’s someone who basically played a lot of video games (VR sims of the Shadow Moses incident, aka MGS1) and is qualified as an elite commando on that basis alone. That’s Kojima poking fun at the person holding the controller. And the fact that MGS2 is set up to unfold like MGS1’s Shadow Moses incident is Kojima poking fun at sequels in general. There’s more, but I’d have to spoil the game to talk about it. You should really replay MGS2 when the HD Collection is out.

As for a game without Solid Snake, well, you had that in MGS3 and people think that’s the greatest Metal Gear game of all time. MGS Rising also looks incredible, and there’s no Solid Snake in that.

 

Rumor: XBL Diamond TV service to be announced

 

Game Informer rumor: New Nintendo console will be called… wait for it… Nintendo. Yes, that catchall name your parents used to refer to your PS1 back in The Day.

 

Yeah, that’s been around since the Project Cafe “unveiling”. It doesn’t jive with the supposed photographs we’ve seen, but we’ll see tomorrow.

Anyway, Gamespot has an exclusive Final Fantasy XIII-2 teaser trailer. I see some areas that may have been in FF13, meaning there might be flashbacks again. Strangely, I think this will actually be a pretty good game, as long as there’s more of a story.

 

Likelihood is above 50%. There was a Target ad about a week ago that had a price drop associated with the 360, but was taken offline.

 

OP updated with some typo corrections and a list of site and live video streams. How the hell does this topic have 100+ views but only three thanks? :lol:

Joystiq: MGS, ZOE HD Collections will be downloadable

And here’s the E3 trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

[video=youtube;W-CTmGpA0Eo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CTmGpA0Eo[/video]

 

It looks like the Bodhum beachhouse from FF13’s flashbacks.

 

Going to rename this the “Desides is the only one posting anything megathread” soon. :lol:

Kotaku: Here are Microsoft’s E3 games (rumor)

 

Schedule in the OP updated according to IGN’s list.

 

Microsoft E3 live blog here courtesy of Engadget. And of course, live video streams elsewhere courtesy of links in the OP.

I’m watching the Stevenote, though. :shifty:

 

I’m unemployed. How else could I keep up with all of this crap? :lol:

 

Halo 4 in 2012. Master Chief returns. Starts “a new trilogy”. Microsoft’s probably thinking “Halo VII will finally trump Final Fantasy VII as the greatest seventh game ever!”

Halo 1 HD remake in November. November: the month when gaming stood still, because apparently everything worth a damn is coming out that month.

 

Ninja Gaiden III trailer. We may actually have the best action game on our hands since Ninja Gaiden Black here. Looks like it has some tie-in homages to the original NES NG3.

 

Nikkei confirms touchscreen controller for Project Cafe.

Mid-2012 is likely the Japanese release date, since Nikkei is a Japanese publication.