Here's the official E3 thread this year. At least I think it is.

It kicks off Monday, but it's usually best to make threads like this to see what the community predicts will be announced this year.

Events
Natal/Cirque du Soleil - Performed Sunday June 13th. Footage will air Tuesday June 15th
12:30PM PDT - 3:30PM EDT on MTV
4:00PM PDT - 7:00PM EDT on GameTrailers
Microsoft Press Conference - Monday June 14th
10:30AM PDT - 1:30PM EDT - 6:30PM GMT
Nintendo Press Conference - Tuesday June 15th
9:00AM PDT - 12:00PM EDT - 5:00PM GMT
Sony Press Conference - Tuesday June 15th
12:00PM PDT - 3:00PM EDT - 8:00PM GMT
EA - Monday June 14th
2:00PM PDT - 5:00PM EDT
Ubisoft - Monday June 14th
5:00PM PDT - 8:00PM EDT
Activision - Monday June 14th
9:00PM PDT - 12:00AM EDT
Konami - Wednesday June 16th
1:00PM PDT - 4:00PM EDT

Live TV Coverage
G4TV
Spike TV

Live Streams
GameTrailers: http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/
Gamespot: http://e3.gamespot.com/
Xbox.com: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/E3/
1UP: http://www.1up.com/e3/
IGN: http://e3.ign.com/
G4TV Online: http://g4tv.com/e32010

UPDATE



E3 2010 Megatons

Microsoft:

• Project Natal will be called Kinect
  
  • 20 VIRTUAL CATS
  • Price was STILL NOT announced yet.
  • 15 launch titles.
  • Release date: November 4 2010
• Xbox 360 getting a new SKU/redesign ("New Xbox 360")
  
  • 250GB HDD. New form factor/slot for plugging in.
  • Built-in Wifi
  • 15% smaller than original 360
  • 5 USB ports (2 in front/3 in back)
  • Optical and audio connectors are separated now
  • Gloss black finish (fingerprintssssssssss)
  • Extra power port for Kinect in the back
  • Available by the end of this week (June 18)
  • Everyone at the Microsoft conference got one for free
• Xbox SKU price cut
  
  • Arcade = $149
  • Elite = $249
  • "New Xbox 360" = $299
• Metal Gear Rising - RAIDEN CUTS **** UP also watermelons
• Crytek exclusive untitled Ancient Greece era game revealed
• Free* ESPN3 streaming to 360 for Ye Olde Gold Members. *If your broadband provider supports it
• Call of Duty: Black Ops (Treyarch) timed exclusive addon DLC for 360.

Nintendo:

• Zelda: Skyward Sword revealed
  
  • Motion Plus support - "wireless" issues at presentation
  • 2011 release
• Mario Sports Mix revealed
  
  • Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey, Dodgeball, etc
• Wii Party revealed - self explanatory
  
  • Party game with Miis
  • 13 modes - Boardgame Island, Balance Boat, house party games, etc
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS)
  
  • Holiday 2010
• GoldenEye Wii remake
  
  • Daniel Craig instead of Pierce Brosnan
  • Holiday 2010
• Kirby Epic Yarn revealed
  
  • Unique art style
  • Release Fall 2010
• Metroid: Other M - Release date: August 31 2010
• Donkey Kong Country Returns by Retro Studios revealed
• Nintendo 3DS revealed
  
  • Glasses free
  • Top screen: 3D / Bottom screen: Touchscreen
  • 2 3D Cameras on the back that allow you to take 3D pictures
  • 3D movie playback support
  • Wifi built-in
  • 3D slider for depth control
  • Kotaku: Hands On Impression
• Kid Icarus Uprising revealed for the 3DS
  
  • Panzer Dragoon type gameplay
• Big lineup of 3rd party publishers on board with 3DS including Atlus, etc.

Sony:

• Killzone 3
  
  • Full support for Move
  • 3D enabled with glasses and Bravia TV
  • Release date: February 2011
• Playstation Move
  
  • $49.99 for main controller
  • $29.99 for sub controller
  • $39.99 for Playstation Eye (required)
  • $99.99 for both controllers and Eye bundled with Move Sports
• Advertising partnership with Coke
• Heavy Rain and Resident Evil 5 getting patched to support Move
• Heroes on Move announced
  
  • Sony IP mashup game with Jak/Daxter/Ratchet/Clank/Sly Cooper/etc.
• That kid from Role Models is the new PSP mascot.
• Playstation Plus - Subscription-based PSN service
  
  • $17.99/3 months or $49.99/year
  • PSN+ only downloadable content
• Exclusive limited collector's edition of Medal of Honor
  
  • Will include Medal of Honor: Frontline HD
• Dead Space 2 will have a limited edition
• Gabe Newell
  
  • Portal 2 coming to PS3
  • Steam Cloud support for PS3
• Exclusive day 1 DLC for Mafia 2 on PS3
• Exclusive Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood mission DLC pack
• Gran Turismo 5 - November 2 2010
• Twisted Metal by David Jaffe (who didnt see this coming)
  
  • 16 player online - 4 player splitscreen
  • Air vehicles
  • New Nuke game mode: Faction vs Faction - Goal: CTF basically, but with missiles and bodies

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I copied and pasted that pretty much.

Anyways, that's right, Cirque du Soleil will perform for Microsoft's new project of controller-less gaming, which is currently codenamed Project Natal. From artistic visionaries to playing video games for money, I gotta say this is exciting to see, it's like a video game announced already...except the game is about watching people in costumes and weird make up play video games while doing amazing feats in the air.

G4TV collected rumors, which makes this totally pointless, but some say that games such as The Elder Scrolls V, GTA V (or possible Red Dead game), The Legend of Zelda game series addition, Starhawk, a new Need for Speed game, and most importantly, Sonic the Hedgehog Freeriders (AKA using NATAL). That's right, wireless Sonic.

The official list of rumored games is here.

Anyways who gives a ****, discuss.

Confirmed Games (by publisher)
Microsoft

• Fable III
• Gears of War 3
• Crackdown 2
• Halo: Reach
• Kinectimals (Kinect)
• Kinect Sports (Kinect/Rare)
• Kinect Adventures (Kinect)
• Dance Central (Kinect/Harmonix)
• Joyride (Kinect)
• LIMBO (XBLA)
• Dust: An Elysian Tale (XBLA)
• New Forza game (Kinect)

Sony

• inFamous 2
• Killzone 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Gran Turismo 5
• The Last Guardian
• SOCOM 4
• Dead Nation
• MotorStorm Apocalypse
• Ape Escape
• DC Universe Online
• God of War: Ghosts of Sparta
• Patapon 3
• Sly Cooper Collection HD
• Twisted Metal (David Jaffe)

Nintendo

• Zelda Wii
• Metroid: Other M
• Pokemon Black/White
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS)
• Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS by Retro Studios)
• Kirby Epic Yarn
• Animal Crossing (3DS)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)
• Mario Kart (3DS)
• nintendogs + cats (3DS)
• Paper Mario (3DS)
• PilotWings Resort (3DS)
• Star Fox 64 3D (3DS)
• Steel Diver (3DS)
• ROCKET (3DS)
• Crash-City GP (3DS)
• VS-robo (3DS)

EA

• Bulletstorm
• Crysis 2
• Dead Space 2
• Medal of Honor
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• RISK: Factions
• The Sims 3 (Console/Handhelds)
• The Sims 3 Ambitions
• Spare Parts
• EA Sports Active 2
• EA Sports MMA
• FIFA Soccer 11
• Hasbro Family Game Night 3
• Madden 11
• Monopoly Streets
• MySims SkyHeroes
• NBA Elite 11
• NBA Jam
• NCAA Football 11
• NHL 11
• NHL Slapshot
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Criterion's new game)
• Madden NFL 11
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Need for Speed: World
• EA Sports Active 2 (Kinect)
• FIFA Soccer (3DS)
• Madden NFL (3DS)
• The Sims 3 (3DS)
• Gameloft (3DS)
• Asphalt GT (3DS)

Activision

• Call of Duty: Black Ops
• DJ Hero 2 (Eminem performance?)
• Tony Hawk: Shred
• Singularity
• Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
• GoldenEye Wii (Daniel Craig instead of Pierce Bronsan)
• DJ Hero 3d (3DS)

Ubisoft

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
• R.U.S.E.
• Tom Clancy's HAWX 2
• Scott Pilgrim vs the World
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Driver
• Your Shape (Kinect)
• Children of Eden (Rez sequel on Kinect and Move)
• Rayman Origins
• ManiaPlanet (Trackmania 2)
• Michael Jackson's Beat It

Bethesda

• Brink
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Hunted: The Demon's Forge
• Rage

Capcom

• Dead Rising 2
• Okamiden
• Bionic Command Rearmed 2
• Marvel vs Capcom 3
• RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS (3DS)
• SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D Edition (3DS - name not final)

2K Games

• Civilization V
• Mafia II
• XCOM
• Spec Ops: The Line
• NBA 2K11
• NHL 2K11
• New Carnival Games
• Nickelodeon Fit

THQ

• Saints Row 3
• Red Faction: Armageddon
• Space Marine
• Smackdown vs RAW 2011
• Homefront
• Devil's Third (Itagaki's new game)
• de Blob 2

Square Enix

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Front Mission Evolved
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Dungeon Siege 3
• Dragon Quest IX
• The 3rd Birthday (Parasite Eve PSP)
• Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
• Kingdom Hearts - Birth by Sleep
• Kingdom Hearts - Re:coded
• Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
• The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts
• The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
• CODENAME: Chocobo Racing 3D (3DS)
• DRAGON QUEST franchise (3DS)
• FINAL FANTASY franchise (3DS)
• KINGDOM HEARTS franchise (3DS)

Konami

• Metal Gear Solid Rising
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• N3II: Ninety Nine Nights
• Lucha Libre AAA
• Baseball franchise (3DS)
• Contra franchise (3DS)
• Frogger franchise (3DS)
• HIDEO KOJIMA’S METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D (3DS)
• “The Naked Sample” (3DS)
• PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER franchise (3DS)
• WINNING ELEVEN franchise (3DS)

Warner Brothers Interactive

• Batman Arkham Asylum II
• F.E.A.R. 3
• Mortal Kombat
• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
• LEGO Harry Potter
• Super Scribblenauts

Valve

• Portal 2

Atlus

• Trine 2
• Rock of Ages
• Etrian Odyssey III
• Knights in the Nightmare (PSP)
• Etrian Odyssey (3DS)
• Shin Megami Tensei (3DS)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (3DS)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (3DS)

Atari

• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

SEGA

• Vanquish
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4
• Valkyria Chronicles 2
• Conduit 2
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sonic Colors
• New Sonic snowboarding game (Kinect)
• Sonic (3DS - name not final)
• Super Monkey Ball (3DS - name not final)

LucasArts

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2

Codemasters

• Bodycount
• Jumpgate Evolution

Disney

• Epic Mickey
• Tron Evolution
• Pirates of the Carribean
• Toy Story 3

Majesco Entertainment

• BloodRayne: The Shroud (3DS)
• A Boy and His Blob (3DS)
• Face Racers: Photo Finish (3DS)
• Lion’s Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti (3DS)
• Martha Stewart (3DS)
• WonderWorld Amusement Park (3DS)

Marvelous Entertainment

• BOKUJYOUMONOGATARI 3D (3DS - name not final)

Realtime Worlds

• APB

MTV Games

• Rock Band 3

Natsume

• Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
• Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
• Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
• Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove

Namco Bandai

• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
• Splatterhouse
• Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
• Knights Contract
• Dragon Ball franchise (3DS - name not final)
• Gundam franchise (3DS - name not final)
• PAC-MAN & GALAGA (3DS - name not final)
• RIDGE RACER (3DS - name not final)
• Super Robot franchise (3DS - name not final)

HUDSON SOFT

• Bomberman franchise (3DS)
• DECA SPORTS franchise (3DS)
• KORORINPA franchise (3DS)

Take-Two Interactive

• Carnival Games franchise (3DS)

TECMO KOEI

• DEAD OR ALIVE 3D (3DS - name not final)

Rumored Games (by publisher)
Microsoft

• Shadow Complex 2

Sony

• The Agency

Nintendo

• Xenoblade
• The Last Story

EA

• Unannounced Respawn Entertainment project

Valve

• Half-Life 2: Episode 3
• Half-Life 2: Episode 3 vs Portal 2 crossover
• Half-Life 3
• Half-Life 4
• Half-Life 5
• Left 4 Dead 3
• Cooking Dad: Gaben

Bethesda

• The Elder Scrolls 5

Square Enix

• Final Fantasy Versus XIII
• Just Cause 3

Capcom

• Resident Evil Portable

Konami

• Zone of Enders 3

Ubisoft

• I Am Alive
• Beyond Good & Evil 2

2K Games

• Borderlands 2

SEGA

• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Yakuza 4

THQ

• Relic's Warhammer 40k MMO

Atlus

• Persona 3: Portable

TECMO KOEI

• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
• Uncharted Waters Online
• Dead or Alive 5

Red Faction: Armageddon
YES, GOD YES, YES

Where is diablo3 ??

Beyond Good and Evil 2. that is the ONLY thing on the list i really care about...

wow valve is really expanding on the half-life franchise

Why Valve thinks they have any business talking about Half-Life 4 and 5 at this point is beyond me...

I didn't catch it at first, either.

Nice one.

Is there anything on that list that isn't a sequel?

The only thing I currently want to see [and isn't on your list] is Driver 5.

I must be getting old...not much on there excites me except Mass Effect 3 and HL Ep3.

Mass Effect 3, Gears of War 3, Portal 2, and some new Zelda? 2011 is going to rock. But... everything I play now is sequels.

I stopped reading when I saw GOLDEN SUN DS.

That's okay, practically all of the movies we watch now are sequels, remakes, or reboots.

So basically it's another year of ****ty games that I don't care about.

Yeah, because Portal was such a ****ty game.

I liked the concept of Portal but I became bored w/ it very quickly. Then again, I don't really play single-player games. Feel free to omit "****ty" if it makes more sense.

Yeah, it would. Many of the games listed are really hard to dispute the quality but taste is a different matter.

Actually, I'm pretty darn excited for the majority of those games. Especially for a new Zelda Wii game. FINALLY, I'll have a use for my parents' Wii console other than New Super Mario Bros. and Galaxy. Oh, and the new Goldeneye and Metroid. Obviously.


Valve games, definitely. I'm a fanboy.

I REALLY hope a new Elder Scrolls game is announced. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Oblivion for many, many hours.

Brink looks to be promising.

If I had a console, NBA Jam would be my No. 1. New Mortal Kombat *SQUEAL*, Sonic 4, and Rock Band 3!!

Only psyched for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 if it comes out for PC. I don't see why they wouldn't do it though. SFIV engine, right?

Oh hell yes, please make Zone of the Ender 3 real. I'm still waiting for another Ace Combat to debut on the PS3...

In Call of Duty: Black Ops, instead of the leveling up system featured in recent Call of Duty games, there will be a microtransaction system that allows you to purchase new guns and attachments.

GoldenEye remake (Wii/DS with Daniel Craig instead of Pierce Brosnan)

WHY? I like Craig, and I guess it makes sense in terms of marketing because he's the hot thing with Bond right now, but he's not the "Goldeneye" Bond and never will be. > : (

Is it a new Goldeneye or another Bond game?

It's listed as a remake under "Confirmed games" in Jay's post, which I quoted.

I like the looks of the new Xbox, as well. built in wireless, finally!

That Kinetic (Project Natal) Star Wars game looked that interesting....but mostly because I like Star Wars. Metal Gear Rising looks good, but it does seem a bit more like Ninja Gaiden than Metal Gear.

Cirque de Solei performance tomorrow. Watch the Kinetic thing in action there too, but one complaint is:

During the Star Wars Darth Vader fight, when the sabers clashed, there was a struggle between strengths of the wielders of the saber, except the person doing the kinetic was exaggerating this, when in reality, there is no force applied to him, and finally he overthrew Darth Vader.

It's Kinect, not Kinetic.

New console looks good, looking forward to getting one to replace my aging 20 GB, HDMI-less box. Not sure what I'll do with the old one since it isn't going to be worth much, but I guess it's good to have a spare.

Blizzard doesn't show at E3, that's why they have blizzcon.

Another year of rehashes. Looking forward to the original IPs that aren't getting much coverage. This year's highlights for me were definitely Borderlands, Arkham Asylum, Darksiders & Red Dead Redemption, and I want to see what's new next year.

That being said, I'm quite pumped about the new Deus Ex. From what I've heard so far it's pretty close to the original, with new features added in not to appeal to a mass market, but to help the player tackle everything in the manner which they see fit, without the game getting in their way. (Melee combat in Deus Ex comes to mind). Metal Gear Rising looks pretty interesting, and I'll admit it, Borderlands 2 & Arkham Asylum 2 have piqued my interest quite a bit.

I'm really excited about the new Deus Ex, I just really hope it doesn't play like other Square Enix games. If so, it'll be a complete disaster.

Really? Because I thought it looked terrible. Even if it's just a pre-rendered video, the pre-rendering quality and concept portrayal looked utterly unconvincing and laughable.

If there is going to be a motion-oriented Star Wars game, shouldn't it be with the Wii Motion+ controller or the new Sony wand thing..? You already holding something physical that resembles a lightsaber hilt... Why going with Kinetic's system boggles my mind.

I think the Microsoft conference, overall, was lackluster and, at times, cringe-worthy (like the guy trying to dance). I hope Nintendo and Sony have something memorable.

Don't worry, I heard you can pick up and throw crates just like the original.

You realise Red Dead Redemption isn't new IP right? Red Dead Revolver?

Agreed; The Star Wars game was basically Time Crisis with a SW injection.

Squeenix is just the publisher, not the developer.

Also Boco, I had forgotten about Red Dead Revolver, completely. You make a good point.

!!! You're right!! It's Eidos Montreal!! omgomgomg

They added a lot of suck too.

Can't wait for Saints Row 3.
SR2 is the game I often use as an example of a (sandbox) game done right. Despite it's bugs it's still the best out there by far, I'll be interested to see if they keep the magic going or screw it up.
Also cautiously optimistic about the new Fallout, I'm liking the changes made.

The natal doesn't look like much fun to me. Which is ironic, because I enjoy the Wii immensely and was looking forward to natal initially. But it looks like too much work.

Saints Row 2 on foot controls + GTA4 driving and visual presentation + certain features from both games that the other lacks = perfection.

I love SR2, but then I start GTA4 up and the driving is just immensely more enjoyable...

Ewwwwww GTA4 for driving? Never, ever, ever.
If SR3 has GTA4 driving then I'm going to go Krokodile hunting with my shotgun.

Even with mods to make the driving more realistic instead of the half-assedjob GTA did it still falls short.

GTA4 told a good story, but SR2 is better in every way IMO

Ewwwwww GTA4 for driving? Never, ever, ever.
If SR3 has GTA4 driving then I'm going to go Krokodile hunting with my shotgun.

Even with mods to make the driving more realistic instead of the half-assedjob GTA did it still falls short.

GTA4 told a good story, but SR2 is better in every way IMO