Microsoft's E3 '09 Conference: Let's play bingo!
by Xav de Matos 
{ May 25th 2009 at 4:30PM } 
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 Peter Jackson's Halo Revealed |
 Alan Wake Gets Dated |
 X360 Software Goes Digital |
 Forza 3 Confirmed |
 Gaming Focused Zune |
 Splinter Cell V Re-emerges |
 New GTA IV DLC Revealed |
 Xbox 360 Gets Clan Support |
 Avatar Party |
 Metal Gear 4 for Xbox 360 |
 Lionhead Reveals New IP |
 Halo 3: ODST Dated |
 Have A Free One On Us! |
 Xbox Nets External Blu-Ray |
 Mass Effect 2 Gets Demo'd |
 Square Enix Classics hit XBLA |
 New Xbox 360 Bundles Revealed |
 Gears of War 3 Teased |
 Motion Capture Tech Revealed |
 More Exclusive DLC |
 Xbox 360 Gets Slim |
 Big Park Shows Off New Title |
 Crackdown 2 Announced |
 Primetime Gets New Games |
 Final Fantasy Versus XIII |
Today we look at Microsoft -- since it's taking the stage first. Click on each of the squares above for more information about our predictions. Microsoft's E3 press conference is scheduled for next Monday, June 1, at 10:30 am PT (that's 1:30 pm Joystiq Time / ET). As always, we'll be liveblogging the event, so you can play along in real time with us.
Download a copy (PNG file) and play along! Stay tuned tomorrow for our Sony E3 Conference Bingo card.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
junkshez @ May 25th 2009 4:51PM
lol cool bingo board :P
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:37PM
You have a BETTER chance of getting MGS4 on 360 than Versus....
kizzeo @ May 25th 2009 4:37PM
You missed Half Life 2: Episode 3, the only FPS series that remains fresh. Gears of War 3? No thanks.
Magetto @ May 25th 2009 4:44PM
This is for the Microsoft Press conference. Why would they announced the release date for episode 3 at it?
Reuben @ May 25th 2009 4:47PM
If the release is simultaneous with the PC one, then yes, they would announce it, and because it is headed to the 360 they could show a teaser as well.
Magetto @ May 25th 2009 4:56PM
Maybe, but the orange box was also on the PS3. Oh well, no use fretting about it. We can just wait till E3 to find out.
Martin Greenberg @ Jun 1st 2009 12:46PM
@magetto: Let's define "on" in this context. It was technically "released" for Playstation 3 but it was so buggy that it was almost unplayable, even after patches. I think they might make it an Xbox 360 exclusive...at least there's a chance of it.
Crusty Magic @ May 25th 2009 4:38PM
Who is going to be televising it this year?
Neuromancer @ May 25th 2009 4:39PM
Like over the internet or real TV?
Crusty Magic @ May 25th 2009 4:43PM
Either.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:45PM
G4...
IGN....
the MS Conference will most likely be streamed via Silverlight again....
tmacairjordan87 @ May 25th 2009 4:46PM
gametrailers are going to stream all 3 conferences plus the ubisoft and ea conferences. They'll all be in HD too.
Crusty Magic @ May 25th 2009 4:49PM
Oh nice! I'll be sure to check that out then.
Snowblind @ May 25th 2009 4:50PM
Are Sony going to be doing their conference on Home?
That was the one aspect of the thing that remotely interested me.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 25th 2009 4:53PM
Rumor is Sony might try that, as I heard they put a podium or stage or whatever in Home (I think in the plaza). In practice, it would be a giant clusterfuck unless they make it easy to make the big screen take up your whole screen since you have to usually be next to it and it's hard to select it when everyone's crowding the front area.
Neuromancer @ May 25th 2009 4:57PM
Damn it and me with a job interview to go to that day. Guess I'll DVR it unless one of these sites is going to archive an HD version.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 5:28PM
@Snowblind: they did last year....but a lot of things have been removed from Home that were in that CLOSED beta.....so we just have to wait and see
Snowblind @ May 25th 2009 5:33PM
I didn't have a PS3 last year, but if they do it again this year I'll definitely be interested in seeing that.. How did it work last time?
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 5:37PM
@Snowblind: I wasnt in the closed beta, but from what I seen on the net they basically added an "events space" and it looked JUST like the Sony E3 space and you could go in there and watch the presentation streaming
Zerokku @ May 25th 2009 4:39PM
Too bad it's nomura-directed, which means there is almost no chance we could get it on 360 because he's an admitted sony fanboy.
I'd actually be a little depressed if we somehow got "Square Enix Classics Hit XBLA" if only because I just ordered Origins and Anthology to play again on my PS2. Not to mention the wii hasn't gotten em on the VC yet, and Nintendo should get em first since they were released there first.
ArchiGamer @ May 25th 2009 4:39PM
Sadly, everything else on the sheet has a higher rate of happening than Alan Wake being released anytime soon.
Magetto @ May 25th 2009 4:54PM
Yeah. :(
X-singular @ May 25th 2009 6:09PM
I would have said that N3 was the most likely to happen
but "Microsoft" and "Free" never occur in the same sentence...
so I think that Alan Wake does have a better chance than some.
ryan @ May 25th 2009 6:23PM
Release date? I'd be surprised to see actual gameplay of it!
Troy Powers (PSN: TroyPowers) @ May 25th 2009 4:39PM
I actually would like to see MGS4 for the 360, just to see how they pull it off. Multiple discs? Gimped graphics?
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:40PM
Multiple Disc yes........Gimped Graphics??? I dunno
I mean sure Compressed video is not as good as UNCOMPRESSED...but I doubt it would look like shit....if thats the case Kojima wouldnt let it come out....
Troy Powers (PSN: TroyPowers) @ May 25th 2009 4:42PM
In retrospect, that sounded really fanboyish, but I'm legitimately curious.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:44PM
lol....yea it did....but so am I....
I just think Hideo Kojima is TOO big of a Sony and Apple fanboy to do it....but if it happens I wouldnt be surprised....
Magetto @ May 25th 2009 4:49PM
Personally, I think the game can fit on one dvd 9. There's only what, 2 CGI cutscenes? And then there's all that uncompressed audio that can be compressed. So, I guess it would likely not have as good as sound quality as the PS3, granted most people don't even have set ups that can fully experience the sound quality that MGS4 currently has.
handlas @ May 25th 2009 4:57PM
they should jsut go ahead and release an ultimate version of MGS4 with trophies and all the DLC and the ability to play as Raiden. I'd repurchase MGS4 for that. Whether it be on PS3, 360, or both. I don't care.
Mr Khan @ May 25th 2009 6:19PM
Magetto is right. There is a lot of the "optimized for PS3" stuff that could be trimmed around, so its not as impossible as some might suggest.
I just feel that there's really no point in porting it at this point.
Popfrogs @ May 26th 2009 12:15AM
Good luck with motion sensing, or pressure sensitive buttons. The MGS games since MGS2 have taken advantage of pressure sensitive buttons, and AFAIK the Xbox doesn't have this feature.
Dark Virus @ May 26th 2009 8:29AM
Have you or the moron Kojima ever heard of a concept called "INSTALLING"?
It's simple you put 2-100 DVDs inside the X-box, and "INSTALL" the game to your system!
It's 10,000 time better than waiting 20 minutes in between chapters for the moronic game to load on the PS3.
Oh, don't like Installing 10 Disks? Maybe the game should have 90% of it's assets as "DOWNLOADABLE" from the internets!
You see the internets is a series of "Tubes" that can supply your gaming system with the graphics and sound files you need!
Duke @ May 26th 2009 11:11AM
Someone likes the word moron an awful lot.
Bradwart @ Jun 1st 2009 11:42AM
ROFL. Yes, Install 50 GB of data to your likely 20GB hard drive, or your 60 GB hard drive, which is too small. Even 42.5 would exceed 2/3 of the 360 standard hard drives. So, it would be an Elite bonus? Plus, the console would likely melt trying to uncompress one video. And, being DVD, the sound would suck.
I own both consoles, but I want more than a few reasons for owning both consoles, so I don't want this to go to the 360. Besides, as has been said, there are many features (SIXAXIS and pressure sensitive buttons) that the 360 doesn't have, so it's not really looking possible from a gameplay standpoint either...
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:39PM
lol @ the Blu-ray add-on....
and I wanna see that Gears 3 Square on the PS3 card....I mean has it been CONFIRMED yet that MS went ahead and snagged the rights of the 3rd one??
Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 4:50PM
after the events of the first two, snagging gears 3 wouldn't make any sense at all. mass effect 2 maybe, but gears? nooooo. that's like microsoft getting LBP2. actually, even that makes a lot more sense than gears 3 on ps3.
Magetto @ May 25th 2009 4:52PM
It is actually. Microsoft owns the rights for a Gears of War trilogy. Trilogy implies 3 games, no?
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 4:55PM
how does that make more sense??? MS Doesnt OWN the rights to Gears but Sony DOES own the rights to Sackboy.....if I'm not mistaken....
But it could happen....I mean the Metal Gear Series has been on Sony, Nintendo, and other consoles....
LordPoncho @ May 25th 2009 5:02PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_of_War_(series)
Gears of War is an award winning, bestselling science fiction video game franchise, created by Epic Games and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
Instant win for me.
Before you flame, check up on your facts next time.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 5:17PM
Instant win???
Go to the USPTO.gov website and look who OWNS the Trademark rights....
Caveman @ May 25th 2009 5:27PM
@ Chris
You must be really bored or really in the mood to troll. You've replied to almost every comment. Just make your point and move on. I'm sick of looking at your ugly mug and your lame comments.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 5:30PM
Me a TROLL?!?!?!
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!
Do you NOT see that I Own a 360 as well???
Dont like my face?? scroll faster....
ArchiGamer @ May 25th 2009 5:33PM
@Chris
No matter the console or consoles you own, a jackass is a jackass.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ May 25th 2009 5:39PM
Jackass?? Ummmmm not this time buddy....
but I can get there...
so on that note I'll end this on a "Fuck you very much, but have a nice day...."
Caveman @ May 25th 2009 6:26PM
@ Chris
Scroll faster? Like I said you've replied to every comment. It's one after another from you.
When I said you're a troll it wasn't in regards to any consoles loyalty. Work on those reading comprehension skills.
You claim to have a wife and children, why not go spend sometime with them GTFO of here.
http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/4/2/3/f_danecookfanm_fca434e.jpg
Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 6:58PM
no, microsoft owns the rights to gears, and media molecule made LBP for sony as a second party. sony published the game, but all in all, LBP could easily go multiplat if media molecule so desired..
Hyams @ May 25th 2009 7:16PM
Sly:
Afraid you actually got it the wrong way around. You can look up who owns what IP on the internet.
Gears of War, owned by Epic Games Inc.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=E3662434
LittleBigPlanet, owned by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=E6256689
Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 8:33PM
no hyams, i checked myself. media molecule is second party to sony. sony funded MM for LBP and that resulted in exclusivity. media molecule has the option to go multiplat, but without sony funding things like advertising. gears is owned and developed by epic, but the publishing rights are held by MS.
Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 8:35PM
and hyams, i'm saying that without looking at the links, because they don't actually go to anything significant.