Big Three lock down E3 media briefing dates and times

You mean LiveItUp? Destructoid uses that, too. But I imagine they like the high hit-count during their liveblogs.

I agree. I used Kotaku for the conferences, too.

STEP IT UP, JOYSTIQ.

In the meantime just get a refresh plug-in for your browser.

ReloadEvery for Firefox works for me.

I'm pretty sure Firefox 3 has the reload every functionality built in, no extension required.

They use Cover It Live.
http://www.coveritlive.com/

Free and awesome.

I don't think Firefox 3 has that function for me, at least, it didn't come into play for the GDC liveblogs...

1:30, 12:00, 2:00 for eastern peeps

haha, agreed. It made me feel like commenting. Why all the double teaming on 360 though?

Because the 360 said its milkshakes brought all the boys to the yard.

That's why I am becoming a teacher.

That's why I'm becoming a cat.

but if you were a cat, you couldn't type snarky responses (at least, not without some sort of huge keyboard)

You need to work on your spelling, too. Itz far 2 gud 4 a kitteh.

Wellz I'm not uh kAt yett. And I'm going to try keep my thumbs and pointer fingers.

My ex had a cat with thumbs. He could also do that talky thing some cats do.

He was super-evolved, but had been fixed, so no new breed of super-cats.

Would that be your left or right hand?

Blkant, I owe you an internet cupcake for making me laugh with that zinger.

"joydiqing"? you don't say.

Hell yeah! Office jobs.

@ golobulus

"Joydiqing around"

about 90% of my workday is spent between here and Facebook. I f-ing love college campus office jobs.

Awe, Hang in There!

GoW3 is going to be a dating sim about Baird as he copes with PTSD. It'll touch your heart.

My turn! I love seeing how horribly wrong I am after it all goes down.

Sony: Trico will be there. GOW3 gets release date and PSPslide is shown.

Nintendo: Kid Icarus, DKC4 WiiWare, Star Fox, Mario Party 9, Pikmin 3.
No new major IP since Kid Icarus will fill that role, for all intents and purposes. No Zelda Wii, since that'll detract from Spirit Tracks. No Mario Galaxy 2, since Nintendo never specifically said they were making Mario Galaxy 2 (go back and read the original quote.)

MS: Alan Wake gets dated for November, gets delayed and lols are had by all. Duke Nukem 360 exclusive. No Gears. That's next GDC. Itagaki works for MS now. Killer Instinct 3.

ALSO!
• Capcom: Okami II! Yay! Capcom DOES love us! Tatsunoko vs Capcom coming to US (MvC2 on PSN/XBLA should be announced by then). Mega Man 10.
• Sega: Shinji Mikami's next game unveiled. Another Sonic game.
• Square: Kingdon Hearts ThWii.

Your thought of DKC4 as a WiiWare title is causing sensations in my pants.

I think they'll bust out the Wii Zelda in an attempt to quell the "There are no good games for Wii, Rabble Rabble Rabble!" constituency. I don't think a Wii Zelda would hurt a DS Zelda's sales at all. Then again, this is the Japanese we are talking about, and they very well might have thought that spirit tracks was going to shut us up about the lack of "core" titles. I think we will see a new core Mario game, even if it is just a frame or two. It will probably be nothing like Mario Galaxy. I agree with you about Kid Icarus too, there has been too much smoke behind that topic for there not to be fire somewhere.

You are probably right about Gears 3. I think Epic will be coming with something though. If it isn't a tease of Gears 3 (not a trailer or anything, it's too early for that) then maybe a new IP? I think an announcement about the next Bungie game is a sure thing. Alan Wake is vaporware as far as I'm concerned if a release date isn't nailed down by E3. Other than that, I agree with you about MS.

I have big doubts about Tatsunoko Vs Capcom ever coming to the US. There are far too many rights holders involved with that game. Okami II seems doubtful, but then again, you never know. Would you really want to see an Okami II without any of the staff of the first game on board? (or am I forgetting facts. Clover made Okami and then got fired, right?)

Oh, and in my haste, I forgot to mention that Sony will probably give a lot more detail about that MMO they were making (the battlefield-esque one with a hundred simultaneous players or something, I forget the name)

Oh, and there will be a new Tomb Raider! Dunt Dunt Dunnnnnnnnnnn you heard it here first folks.

The fun of Nintendo is that they've never felt a need to "answer" to anyone. The fact that they acknowledged that their performance last year was "a mistake" is quite shocking, and should indicate some sort of change in behavior

The fact that good ol' E3 is back just helps it more so.

"Okami II seems doubtful, but then again, you never know. Would you really want to see an Okami II without any of the staff of the first game on board? (or am I forgetting facts. Clover made Okami and then got fired, right?)"

Meh. Kamiya didn't make DMC3 and that's considered by most people to be the best game in the series. I have faith in Capcom to do it justice, with or without Kamiya and Inaba on board.

Time: Now
Location: My pants.

Are you coming to the pants party?

Actually no, because when you own a Wii it automatically makes you not a real gamer even if you have a few dozen 360/PS3 games. Sorry.

So do whatever makes you less in ad revenue? If you loved Joystiq shouldn't you want to hook them up?

Anyway, just use a feed reader. Way more convenient.

Should be better this year, i think. As E3's relevance returns, they'll all (yes, including Nintendo) take it more seriously.