Here is the archive of the live blog. I’ll try to get any relevant clips from the conference up soon.
Here we go…
5:09 – It has begun
5:10 – I think they’re showing Need for Speed
5:11 – Yeah, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit by Criterion. Releasing November 16th.
5:12 – Criterion making it is awesome. They’re the makers of Burnout.
5:14 – This game seems to have some great friend integration like the last Burnout did.
5:16 – OK, so the chase is over once you ‘wreck’ the person running.
5:17 – Ricitello just made a promise of 10 games throughout the show.
5:18 – Need For Speed was 1, Dead Space 2 is, well, 2.
5:19 – They’re showing the creature that ended the gameplay trailer posted earlier. That’s how the clip started.
5:20 - Isaac was just getting attacked by what looked like unbaptized children from Dante’s Inferno.
5:24 – That clip was awesome. They’re going to show some more at the Sony press conference.
5:25 – FPS’s? do tell.
5:26 – I take it game #3 is Medal of Honor
5:26 – yes, it is
5:27 – 24 player multiplayer demo. this should be good.
5:28 – This is an interesting demo. Kind of hard to watch. This game looks a lot like Modern Warfare 2.
5:31 – June 21st a multiplayer beta for Medal of Honor goes live.
5:31 – Now they’re playing a multiplayer trailer.
5:32 – They’re introducing something called “Gun Club”
5:33 – You can use it to get exclusive content, beta access, and early demos.
5:35 – There’s a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 expansion coming called “Vietnam”
5:35 – Peter Moore is on-stage to talk EA Sports. Up first is EA MMA. I guess this is game #4.
5:37 – This game still suffers from the lack of the UFC license.
5:39 – Live Broadcast in EA MMA allows you to record videos of yourself to taunt opponents. It will also feature ‘live’ online fights with real commentators.
5:40 – You will be invited to fights for real-world prizes and ‘online fame’
5:41 – EA Sports Active 2 is up. This should be game #5.
5:42 – Active 2 will incorporate a heart-rate monitor.
5:44 – Now there’s someone working out on each system. Other than the heart rate monitor they have some sort of sensors on their other limbs. Except for the guy using Kinect.
5:47 – Madden NFL 11 is game #6.
5:49 – Madden games are supposedly going to have better play calling, quicker games, 3-on-3 co-op, and some yelling guy.
5:50 – Joe Montana went from selling Sketchers to E3.
5:51 – They’re showing the new play calling system for Madden 11.
5:52 – I didn’t really notice the difference.
5:54 – A new guy is on-stage. He’s pretty strange and going to talk about The Sims 3. Game #7.
5:56 – Show The Old Republic already!
5:57 – Didn’t the Sims 3 come out a while ago?
5:59 – I have a science degree and this science talk about the mind and consciousness is BORING. Show some more awesome games. Who let this guy talk?
6:00 – The Sims is coming to consoles. Is that what he was trying to get at?
6:01 – EA Partners, whoo!
6:02 – Insomniac and Respawn, double whoo!
6:04 – We’re going to see some more of Crysis 2, which is going to run on consoles. Get excited.
6:05 – This Crysis 2 gameplay clip is intense
6:08 – They’re going to show some Crysis 2 in 3D. He said it will be in stereoscopic 3D on 360, PS3, & PC.
6:11 – That was a pretty sweet cinematic. Couldn’t tell if it was in 3D though.
6:12 – Bulletstorm – Game #9
6:13 – It will release February 22nd, 2011
6:14 – They’re starting a gameplay demo
6:17 – The weapons in this game look great.
6:20 – Yeah, Bulletstorm looks hella fun.
6:20 – Ahh, game 10, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
6:22 – This game looks better and better every time they show it. Everyone gets their own starship.
6:23 – A new trailer is being shown
6:28 – WOW! That was incredible. BioWare needs to get together with George Lucas and make a movie or something. Those last two trailers were two of the best ever.
6:30 – And it is now over.
Other than the boring Sims presentation and what was way too much time spent talking about play calling in Madden, that was a very good press conference.
