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Ex-E3 booth babes protesting the “E3 for Everyone” more family friendly E3. Later the guard tased them… sort of reminded me of Infamous 
Yep another year has passed and E3 is done for 2009. We decided to do a little wrap-up since we tweeted all the E3 news as it happened.
Microsoft stole the thunder at E3 with some great titles and an exciting demo of “Project Natal.” It was so popular that Jimmy Falon talked about it and even featured a demo on the show.
Microsoft even poked a little fun (if you play that way) at Nintendo saying that with Natal you actually have to get up and not just wave some wand around. That got big laughs from all in attendance.
Nintendo really only showed Wii MotionPlus, an attachment announced at last year’s E3. It’s part of that Wii Active game which is now collecting dust ( Honey pick up the Wiimote and strap that thing on your leg. The game won’t play it’s self) from non-use. Nintendo Fans only got one really new treat Wii Vitality Sensor, which can check a player’s pulse. Ok so I’m thinking well if you make a new 24 game based on the series you can use it as a deadman switch. Or you could measure the pulse pounding action in the new Mario Galaxy 2 ( Wasn’t one enough) that was announced. Oh and there is another Wii Fit coming your way.
Microsoft’s motion control device, “Project Natal,” combines a camera, depth sensor, microphone and processor. Microsoft said the gadget can track players’ full body movement, recognize face and voice and respond to physical and vocal commands. Notice how we went right back to Microsoft. Yeah it pretty much went like that durning E3 also.
The demon for “Project Natal” included “Milo,” a virtual boy who can communicate and interact with the player. Milo frightens me just a little bit as he can respond to your emotions. No word from Microsoft about a release date on “Project Natal” or Skynet… whichever you perfer.
The Beatles: Rockband! Paul and Ringo made an appearance which seemed a little uncomfortable for them, but it was great seeing the two on stage together.
They announced 10 new games that will be released exclusively on the Xbox 360 we are featuring six of them:
- Crackdown 2 -Again wasn’t one enough?
- Left 4 Dead 2 – Too soon? Some players think so, but what a cool trailer.
- Splinter Cell Conviction – A mix of Jason Borne like movments and true tactical gameplay.
- Forza Motorsport 3
- Halo: ODST – Halo Fanboys everywhere are doing the happy dance. They followed this with a second announcment of another Halo Game. The details are still setchy on this one.
- Alan Wake – Yep it’s coming and the demo looked…like freaking RE1 with the exception of being able to walk a little more freely. Anyone else think that?
For Xbox Live Microsoft announced the ability to access social networking sites Facebook and Twitter beginning this fall. Yeah I wonder if I can change my backgrounds?
Sony’s motion-control gizmo was a wand-shaped apparatus with a light-emitting sphere on the end that can be “seen” by a PlayStation Eye camera. Demonstrated with software that transformed it on-screen into objects such as a sword and flashlight with one-to-one motion control. Can you say Wii MotionPlus.
“If you look at the consumer that is playing ‘God of War III’ or playing ‘Killzone 2,’ they’re not typically somebody who may be the biggest Wii consumer,” said Jack Tretton, SCEA president. I guess you will get to swing the remote around to get off some of Kratos signature moves.
Sony also revealed “the Best (worst) kept secret of E3″: the PSP Go, a small wi-fi enabled handheld device that relies only on downloads instead of discs. Okay you can’t leak it then act as if it’s a surprise to everyone. It was kinda cool though.
The game linup is strong for Sony this year with
- Final Fantasy XIV
- ModNation Racer – A user-generated racing game.
- Agent – from Rockstar Games.
- Gran Turismo
- Metal Gear Solid -More madness from Kojima
Sony also announced several titles for PSP. It’s about time but none were really worth mentioning here.
Compiled from news services
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