E3 2014

[Benstamania]

I'd add Halo 2 Anniversary to you MS list. I actually think MS will lead off their show with that.

 

[Ramsay Snow]

Not very surprising, but Konami has confirmed that MGSV content will be shown at E3.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

If that Sony leak is true, they are gonna have a damn fine show.

 

[Benstamania]

Guess I'll do my predictions.

Sony
Uncharted 4 teaser including gameplay

Sony announces that Crash Bandicoot is coming back home to Sony consoles

The Last Guardian is finally shown And release date given

Square stalks about FF14 being a success on the ps3 and 4.. Shows off new Kingdom Hearts and announces FF15 as a PS4 exclusive.

Guerilla Games Shows off their RPG

Sony Bend shows off Syphon Filter

Bungie shows off Destiny, announces that the PS4 will be the first system to get the DLC and add ones (much like the beta)

- Exclusive PS4 content for Assassin's Creed V: Unity and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phanom Pain (agree with Hunter here)
- Project Morpheus demos

Project Beast is revealed

GTA V PS4 announced.

Playstation Now discussed, release given as well as price and lineup.

Vita is touched on as well as PS3 but this will be very much as PS4 focused show.

Nintendo
- Legend of Zelda Wii U

Very 3DS focused Direct.. New Pokemons shown, new Metroid announced.

Nintendo Shows off it's Infinity/Skylanders like game on both WiiU and 3DS

Microsoft
Phil Spencer walks out on stage, humble and apologizes for last year. Says this years show will be focused on the gamer.

Leads off with Halo 2 Anniversary
Sunset Overdrive gets a stage demo
Gears of War gets a trailer
Crowd goes nuts as Microsoft announces they are reviving BattleToads
Killer Instinct 2 is shown
MS announces that the XB1 will be getting a 100 dollar price cut and all new models will not include Kinect. Kinect will still be sold seperately
Advance Warfare trailer
Halo 5 trailer and gameplay (as well as MP footage) closes the show.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I can't see MS dropping Kinect. Not yet and not as a 'selling point' at E3. Dropping Kinect by announcing it at E3 is admission of it's failure and will put MS right back where they were previously with the device. They aren't ready to do that. Plus there are features tied to that device that don't work without it. I could see a price cut, but they won't remove the device from the system. I'd be willing to bet on it.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I don't think they will either. The Xbox One is doing fine, and that would make people nervous. Much better to faze it out quietly than announce it (e.g. introduce an Xbox One model without it during the holiday season).

With the Wii U and the gamepad, it's a different story. It costs half the console's price, and it's barely being used by first party games.

My predictions, and hope:

Nintendo unveils a new Zelda that actually looks late 7th gen. Announces that they're doing new things with Metroid and Star Fox.

Nintendo shows off Majora's Mask for the 3DS.

Microsoft has someone commit seppuku on stage to make up for last year. Then Halo 5.

 

[Thundercrack85]

- Xbox/Xbox 360 backwards compatibility announced

Wait. Can they actually even do that?

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Wait. Can they actually even do that?

Its something MS thinks is possible, but I don't think they've confirmed if they can or not. Thought it was just something they were looking in to.

 

[Thundercrack85]

From what I understand, they're talking about cloud emulation, right?

I.e. you can't just download some software and then pop a 360 disc into your Xbox One.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

From what I understand, they're talking about cloud emulation, right?

I.e. you can't just download some software and then pop a 360 disc into your Xbox One.

Yea i really have no idea how it'd work. Id love for that to be an announcement tho, but IMO it needs to be this year or not at all. Soon i'll have more than enough 'next gen' content that ill care less and less about my current 360 titles.

 

[Iceman]

This could be my best E3 ever.

Uncharted 4
God of War 4
Gears of War 4
Mass Effect 4

4 of my absolute favourites get their 4th game!

 

[ProjectPat2280]

This could be my best E3 ever.

Uncharted 4
God of War 4
Gears of War 4
Mass Effect 4

4 of my absolute favourites get their 4th game!

Haha yea I agree.

Im really interested in the God of War title as after III I was pretty much over the series, so id be intrigued to see what they'd do to bring me back.

 

[Iceman]

Haha yea I agree.

Im really interested in the God of War title as after III I was pretty much over the series, so id be intrigued to see what they'd do to bring me back.

Won't take much for me, any excuse will do lol. I love anything mythological and I'd have preferred if Ryse featured that stuff (I know many specifically like that Ryse doesn't). So apart from those favourites I'm really hoping for a huge comeback with Final Fantasy XV. That was my favourite long before those series started. And hopefully the totally new games will blow us away this year.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Phil Spencer walks out on stage, humble and apologizes for last year. Says this years show will be focused on the gamer.

Do you really see this happening for real? Maybe in an indirect, vague way maybe, but no way they're going to outright acknowledge that their last show was ****.

 

[Benstamania]

This could be my best E3 ever.

Uncharted 4
God of War 4
Gears of War 4
Mass Effect 4

4 of my absolute favourites get their 4th game!

I'm just worried the 4th ME could be a prequel set during the First Contact War.. And I really, really don't want that. :/

 

[Thundercrack85]

Yea i really have no idea how it'd work. Id love for that to be an announcement tho, but IMO it needs to be this year or not at all. Soon i'll have more than enough 'next gen' content that ill care less and less about my current 360 titles.

It may sound lazy on my part, but I just like not having too many systems hooked up to my TV. I have a Gamecube, and I still regularly play Gamecube titles, but having a first generation Wii, means I don't have to have it hooked up.

Then again, obviously, that's not why Microsoft would do it, but it is a nice perk for the users, since most of us who would buy an Xbox One probably have a 360, and a decent library. Plus the 360 being louder than a ****ing Boeing 747 doesn't help. I hear the Xbox One is whisper quiet.

But you're right, next year, the 360 will be an afterthought. It's now (i.e. June) or never.

 

[Benstamania]

I also hope Blizzard gives us a launch date on Diablo 3 PS4... It needs to hit this summer.

 

[Quasimod0]

I'm just worried the 4th ME could be a prequel set during the First Contact War.. And I really, really don't want that. :/

I HATE prequels. I'm always for continuing the story. I don't care to see how it all began.

 

[Thundercrack85]

How about a prequel where we stop 3 from happening?

 

[Benstamania]

Meh, I liked 3.. A lot.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Meh, I liked 3.. A lot.

Alrighty. Multiple endings then. One wipes 3 out, the other just keeps the status quo.

 

[Quasimod0]

I loved the actual gameplay and most of the story of 3. Can see why many are upset though.

 

[Benstamania]

I never got the choice complaints.. I seen the outcome of pretty much everything I did in the series happen through the course of 3. I guess I can understand complaints about the ending.. But.. Eh.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Oh I'm just kidding. Mostly.

But I actually wouldn't mind a prequel.

 

[Benstamania]

I wouldn't mind a prequel if it wasn't 4. If we could play as Shepard again.. Cool. However I want to see what happened AFTER the Shepard saved the galaxy from the Reapers.