E3 2010- Day 1 Sony, Nintendo and More
So the first day proper and we begin with the two big boys.
Sony‘s big push is 3D and Move so let’s have some specifics
- Gran Turismo 5 coming out in November. This year.
- Killzone 3 in 3D in early 2011.
- Playstation Plus is a US$50 annual fee in order to get free demos, a free game each month, DLC and auto-patching
- Twisted Metal coming to PS3 in 2011. Announced by the Jaffemesiter.
- inFamous 2 appears as a 2011 title.
- Some exclusive PS3 content for moth Mafia II and Assassin’s Breed Brotherhood. PS3 also has a MP beta for the latter.
- Portal 3 coming to PS3. Steamcloud integration for auto patching. Apparently it’s the best console version. Announced by Valve head Gabe Newell- who’s not been shy about calling the PS3 some interesting names.
- Dead Space 2 special ed comes with Move version of Dead Space Extraction
- Medal of Honor reboot on PS3 comes with Medal of Honor Frontline remake in HD.
- Move games just as much clones of popular Wii franchises as most of the MS Kinect games shown.
- Sly Cooper Collection in 3D and a new 3D Motorstorm. 3D in lots of third party games.
- Heroes on the Move is a move title with sony mascots such as Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter in a title together.
- Sorcery looks to be harry potter/ zelda with the move as a wand
- Move controller $50, Navigator $30.
- more PSP and PSN games. no PSP hardware update…yet
- no price cuts… yet
Nintendo
- The 3DS was announced. It’s black and blue, offers 3D games and movies without glasses, an analog slide pad controller, motion sensing and gyroscope, 2 cameras to take 3D pics, DSI compatibility and it’s launch games will be Kid Icarus 3DS. No word on actual tech specs other than the 3.5″ screens, or price or release date (Tokyo Game Show, perhaps?)
- The new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword shown for the first time. Updated slightly from the look of Twilight Princess (that was simultaneously a Gamecube title, though this is the Wii, remember), though lighter in tone. Uses Motion Plus.
- Epic Mickey put in an appearance and looks like one to watch.
- Wii Party is coing out here and seems a curious mix of what would happen if Wii Play was actually designed as a full game.
- Donkey Kong Country Return, a 2D side scroller from Retro Studios (the First Person Metroids)
- Kirby is also back as a 2D platformer on Wii, with an interest fabric texture look.
- Mario Sports Mix comes out in 2011, a blend of arcade sports action. Think Smash Bros with basketball and football.
- Updated Goldeneye for the Wii
- no price cuts
Activision
- DJ Hero 2 will appear in October so that scratchers and DJ wannabe can wear one headphone like any truly cool person who’s deaf in one ear.
- Tony Hawk Shred- Uses the same controller as Ride so here’s a first example of good money after bad. Like developing an N64 game in 2003.
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will feature Bohemian Rhapsody and 50 other songs I don’t give a rats ass about.
- True Crime: Hong Kong is back, presumably without original developers Luxoflux- recently closed due to reasons best known to Activision
- Goldeneye for Wii- with Daniel Craig’s visage
- and a little game called Call of Duty Black Ops from Treyarch. Funny how people will be more stoked about a Treyarch game than IW’s take on the series.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:46 am
It’s startling that Nintendo focused on its hardcore games this year, while Microsoft and Sony went the other way. It might be time to dust off my Wii and get it ready for some action.
Epic Mickey has some amazing animation; though I’m not sure about how much fun it will be in the end. It looks painfully structured.
Skyward Sword looks like the Zelda that should have been four years ago. I’m looking forward to it, even if Link looks like a dip running around with his sword held out all the time. There are rumors that it’s got a fully-orchestrated soundtrack, an option to disable that hideous HUD, and a tutorial-free Hard mode for experienced players. This is very good news. If it runs at 60 fps like Super Mario Galaxy, so much the better.
Donkey Kong Country Returns (I’m calling it New Donkey Kong Country Wii) looks fun too, though I would have preferred that Retro made it a 3D platformer. I’m sure they could have done a better job at it than Rare did with Donkey Kong 64.
Other stuff didn’t really interest me. Sony made me yawn. More Killzone, more Gran Turismo, more Dead Space, more Assassin’s Creed, blah blah blah. Move is a joke. I’m not even all that excited about Portal 2. I’ll probably enjoy it when it comes out, but I’m just not thrilled about it now like I am with Zelda.
I’m a bit nauseated with what Sucker Punch has done to Infamous, but it will probably still be fun. I’ll give it half a chance, even if I don’t understand the new Cole. I didn’t like his voice, but that didn’t mean his whole style had to change!
June 16th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Nintendo surprised me with the most cool NEW games. So far I’m after Donkey Kong and Zelda and maybe Goldeneye on the Wii, a 3DS, a new 360 slim with a Kinect (because I’m a hardware whore) and a set of Move paraphernalia (again, a whore).
as for the HD twins- nothing newly announced has grabbed me all that much( still digesting), but overall, the most exciting show in years.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I love how George loves the cool NEW games and then lists names that have been familiar to me since my childhood.
HD twins?
I have neither of the above platforms so it’s all meaningless to me. I’m hoping the Move pricing will help keep Kinect down though.
June 16th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
lol- I probably should have said “cool new sequels”
June 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I wasn’t mocking you so much as Nintendo making bank off the same old names.
But WTH the big franchises bring in the bucks, right?
I’m off to play some MW2 and ODST…
You site looks pretty good on mobile, BTW. Very… Organised.