E3 2009 Preview- part two: Bat Shit Loco Insane
E3 is almost on top of us. We previewed some of what we think will be there last week. Today, we’d like to look at some of the bat shit loco insane rumours that are doing the rounds. Wait a few days and we’ll see if its wrong or not. Hardware tweaks and updates, fanboy expectations rising and hype machines running amok destroying entire communities.
Rumour 1: PSP Go. A PSP with no UMD drive with a sliding screen like an LG cel phone (so that the gaming controls are hidden when watching a movie, for instance). Sony aren’t giving up on their handheld designs. It could be a very interesting device (I’d like one). Various spy shots are around the web so we think this one if fairly certain.
Rumour 2: Microsoft Zune that plays games. The Zune HD was just announced so take this one with a grain of salt.
Rumour 3: New colours for the Wii. Well, the hardware numbers for Wii have finally started to slow down so here come the alternate hues. This one is a goer
Rumour 4: PS3 Slim. Maybe. The spyshots are pretty dodgy but its the sort of thing Sony needs.
Rumour 5: Hideo Kojima’s new game. Probably Metal Gear related. Probably a PS3 only title. Almost certainly pretentious as a Frenchman at a Philosophers’ convention.
Rumour 6: Metal Gear 360. maybe.
Rumour 7: Cheaper MS peripherals for 360 (HDD and controllers). Would be interesting.
Rumour 8: Epic making a PS3 Exclusive title. Sure, why not?
Rumour 9: A new Wiifit. Sure Nintendo loves money and hates gamers.
Rumour 10: Valve showing off something. Current Rumour is Left 4 Dead 2 but it could be anything- Half Life 2 Episode Three (making a mockery of the episodic release concept), TF2 expansions, Portal 2. Anything.
What we aren’t likely to see at E3:
An Xbox 360 slim
Free Xbox Live Gold
A Wii game worth playing
A console port of a Valve multiplayer game that’s any good.
PS3 with 4 USB ports and Backwards compatibility
Apple home console
Ngage press conference that doesn’t get big laughs
June 1st, 2009 at 12:00 am
*sobs over lack of decent Wii games* Nintendo’s done a good job of bringing games back into the center of pop culture, but this bravery that I once applauded has meant a sad dearth of deep and involving adventures. It’s too bad. I’d be happy just to see some copycat games, like Gears of War or Ratchet & Clank clones, on the Wii at this point.
June 1st, 2009 at 12:04 am
Oh yeah, and I’d like to see Half-Life 2: Episode Three, some kind of info on Gears of War 3 (I don’t care how early it seems), and some kind of 3D platformer.
June 1st, 2009 at 5:17 am
The dearth of traditional 3D platformers this gen is worrying. Apart from crappy sonic games, we really only have ratchet and clank and Super Mario Galaxy of any note.
That said, Prince of Persia, Mirror’s Edge, Assassin’s creed, Infamous and of course, Crackdown have a lot of platforming style play in amongst the guns and emo angst.