[E3 09] Electronic Arts Press Conference, June 1st 2pm PT/5pm ET

[AgtFox]

This is the thread to discuss the happenings at the Microsoft Press Conference on Monday, June 1st at 10:30am PT. This thread will be closed until right before the conference starts.

This thread will run much like last year where I will be updating as the presser goes on. Feel free to discuss about your feelings in this thread.

Below is also Scott's (Psykoboy2) live Twitter Feed (http://www.twitter.com/coge3) as well as the general CoG Twitter feed (http://www.twitter.com/colonygamers) that Mike (DoctorFinger) will be updating live. Feel free to leave this specific post (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?p=271226) in one window and follow the rest of the thread (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=8975) in another window so you can get maximum coverage from the staff.

These feeds will be absent from the thread itself a bit after the presser is done so as not to confuse people on what the live Tweets are covering. My own predictions of what will be shown is in the next post.

[AgtFox]

My predicitions at the EA Presser

1. EA doesn't ever really surprise.

2. Dante's Inferno, Mass Effect 2, The Saboteur, Dragon Age: Origins, the EA Sports titles, the Need for Speed titles, Dead Space Extraction (Wii), etc. will all be shown. Do I expect any surprise game announcements? Not really.

3. The other Madden online announcement outside of the 2-player online co-op one.

4. May announce and show off use of Microsoft motion peripheral in future sports games or family games.

[bapenguin]

Live Stream here: http://www.co-optimus.com/article/1905/Electronic_Arts_E3_2009_Live_Press_Conference_Stre am_Right_Here.html

[AgtFox]

Now open...about 30 min. away

[AgtFox]

okay, it is time...and they're late!

[AgtFox]

Billy Berghammer (this is where you went Billy? G4?) is saying there are secrets he can't share with G4

[Wraith]

*crosses fingers* new SimCity, new SimCity, new SimCity...

[AgtFox]

lights are going out

[AgtFox]

Dante's Inferno starts it off

[AgtFox]

God of Dante! ;)

[AgtFox]

This is the trailer that they showed on GameTrailers TV last Thursday

[Hemalin]

Woo, God of War...er...Dante's Inferno...

[AgtFox]

John Riccitello

[violent]

Crap, I missed that first one.

[AgtFox]

Introduction of Sims 3, coming out at midnight tonight

[AgtFox]

was The Sims always rated T?

[AgtFox]

12 great games John says

[AgtFox]

violent, I posted it in the GameTrailers TV thread. It was the same trailer

[Hemalin]

was The Sims always rated T?
Yes

10words

[violent]

Damn, they already brought up the Wii. I'm off to make a sandwich.

[Wraith]

was The Sims always rated T?Sims 2 was. Think Sims 1 was...

[AgtFox]

Chip Lang of Hasbro coming up

[violent]

violent, I posted it in the GameTrailers TV thread. It was the same trailer

Ah, I saw that one, thanks.

[AgtFox]

Littlest Pet Shop

[Hemalin]

Awesome, Littlest Petshop.

[Philonious]

Ugh. Way to start things with a BANG!

[violent]

Gentlemen, what has happened to our hobby?

[AgtFox]

Once again...companies not know their audience at the show. I mean, this is great for family, but how many families go and watch E3 press conferences?

[AgtFox]

oh my god...Littlest Pet Shop ONLINE! What I've always waited for (seriously though, I'm sure little girls would enjoy this).

[Hemalin]

Gentlemen, what has happened to our hobby?
You know you want to earn some kibble coins.


LoL, EA Girls?

[Wraith]

next up, Yawn Factory II.

[IIntrude]

They must be hurting this year if they have to fill a slot with that crap. :(

[AgtFox]

EA did announce this game today...Charm Girls Club

[Rogue_hunter]

Our hobby has become the playground of little girls and the family.

[AgtFox]

C'mon...don't you guys want to have a Pajama Party? ;)

[Norse]

Pajama Party for the WII.... I'm so there

[IIntrude]

LOL dear god EA. Is the girl gamer market that huge?

I just wish someone in the audience would have the balls to yell out, "Are you F'ing kidding me?!!"

[digitalErich]

Once again...companies not know their audience at the show. I mean, this is great for family, but how many families go and watch E3 press conferences?
press conference...as in the people that are going to tell the general public what games are coming. This isn't for gamers. E3 hasn't been soley about the hardcore for years.

[DoctorFinger]

Ugh, this crap is almost insultingly stupid. They're girls, not morons.

[Philonious]

Hmm, apparently EA decided that they wanted to become UbiSoft... On the bright side Ubi still releases real games alongside this kind of garbage.

[AgtFox]

EA is having an expanded Wii lineup, so this isn't surprising...I wonder if they flipped a coin to see whether to have the family stuff at the beginning or end

[Jackel]

Yawn. Poor EA. No wonder their profits have been slipping.

[AgtFox]

well, they did say they sold 2 million of the LPS game last year or something...that is quite huge.

[violent]

Holy fucking christ.

[AgtFox]

Need for Speed SHIFT, I put the trailer up earlier

[violent]

Look at the size of the mole on that guys cheek.

[AgtFox]

first game in the new NFS strategy (2 years for development, alternating developers)

[AgtFox]

mole? isn't that the mic?

[AgtFox]

ooo...in-game play?

[violent]

mole? isn't that the mic?

Serious comment? Wasn't that a joke? ;)

[AgtFox]

video screw up or something...the guy is off his prepared stuff.

[AgtFox]

that does look like 60 fps in-cockpit...heh, I said cock!

[Wraith]

"Making little girls more homogenous, self absorbed, and materialistic one game at a time. Thanks, guys." - @AmandaOchsner

[AgtFox]

gameplay, looks quick!

[digitalErich]

Wow, the sound in that game is pretty excellent

[violent]

gameplay, looks quick!

Looks pretty good. Sounds great.

[Wraith]

"The guy presenting Need for Speed: Shift appears to be genuinely scared following the Forza 3 announcement." - @pkollar

[AgtFox]

Amanda, you aren't that little that those would be interesting to you...heh

[AgtFox]

ok, I'm impressed by NFS SHIFT

[AgtFox]

BMW giveaway...NIN music!?!

[AgtFox]

Dragon Age: Origins

[AgtFox]

Say it like it really is guys...we are the Gods of Bioware

[AgtFox]

biggest game yet from Bioware they say.

[Jackel]

biggest game yet from Bioware they say.

That's some pretty big shoes to fill considering the size of Baldurs Gate 2.

[AgtFox]

Dragon Age Trailer

[Philonious]

Yay... They sound awfully Canadian, eh. XTREME Fantasy?

[Wraith]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wraithakamrak/cog/motivator82f52efd8fb81bf81dac8d7561.jpg

[AgtFox]

Mass Effect 2

[digitalErich]

They come up there talking about how they are known for their narrative and show a trailer that would make Michael Bay look arthouse...hilarious.

[AgtFox]

Gameplay trailer

[AgtFox]

which is the exact thing we saw on GameTrailers on Thursday AGAIN!

[violent]

Didn't I already see this trailer?

[Jackel]

which is the exact thing we saw on GameTrailers on Thursday AGAIN!

That is the problem with these so called "leaks" gives away a lot of the stuff before the show even begins.

[Telefrog]

Not much so far.

[Philonious]

XTREME SciFi... Well, at least the music is somewhat appropriate for Mass Effect.

[Vigil80]

At least it looks like they got the kiddy crap out of the way. And I'm glad some of the same voice work is back for ME2.

[AgtFox]

Peter Moore

[AgtFox]

Fight Night Round 4...out later this month

[digitalErich]

fake friendly chatting is fake

[AgtFox]

I enjoyed the demo

[DoctorFinger]

Yeah, I doubt EA is going to surprise us with anything here.

[AgtFox]

now out June 25th

[AgtFox]

EA Sports MMA...talked too soon Doc! ;)

[DoctorFinger]

ground and pound, eh? Looks like EA Sports MMA isn't tied to any one promotion

[DoctorFinger]

EA Sports MMA...talked too soon Doc! ;)
A game I knew about a month ago is a surprise? :p

[AgtFox]

not a bad tattoo...Peter made a funny from his past!

[Telefrog]

Man, I feel for EA. Following the MS presentation is just brutal.

[AgtFox]

surprise to me, maybe I was under a rock

[AgtFox]

not that it excites me

[Rogue_hunter]

Peter Moore was great with that little tattoo joke.

[AgtFox]

steve chiang...group gm for EA Sports

[violent]

Moore is an awesome presenter.

[AgtFox]

Customization in EA Sports games

[AgtFox]

I liked his "wife would kill me" afterjoke...he's on FIRE!

[violent]

I love when they announce things that are immediately available.

[digitalErich]

these ancillary tools for the EA sports games are actually pretty nice

[violent]

Funny stuff.

EDIT: That's how you advertise your shit.

[AgtFox]

online franchise with Madden 10

[IIntrude]

I wonder how much that EA Sports It's in the Game announcer makes a year. Just a random thought.

[DoctorFinger]

Great, now fantasy football is in Madden 10. Civilization may end because of it.

[violent]

Great, now fantasy football is in Madden 10. Civilization may end because of it.

God I hope it alleviates some of the traffic here.

[AgtFox]

EA Sports Active...I'm going to guess they will show the 12 that did ongoing journals with Active

[Vigil80]

Here comes the social responsibility piece. ;)

[DoctorFinger]

They should do a rip off of the Biggest Loser, but with EA Sports Active. Oh, wait they already did ;)

[Philonious]

25lbs in 30 days... WTF?

[violent]

I want to incorporate exercise with a cheeseburger.

[AgtFox]

girl from Biggest Loser and Days of Our Lives

[AgtFox]

600k units in 2 weeks

[Vigil80]

girl from Biggest Loser and Days of Our Lives

I'm glad I'm not the only one who realized this. :D

[AgtFox]

Expansion pack in development for holidays (EA Sports Active)

[AgtFox]

Grand Slam Tennis on Wii...out this month if I remember. Yep, next week with MotionPlus attachment

[AgtFox]

the real Pete Sampras behind Peter

[AgtFox]

Pete's legs/knees look pretty bad

[violent]

I saw this a few years ago.

[DoctorFinger]

Wait, I have that game. It's called 'WiiSports Tennis'

[AgtFox]

The Saboteur up next

[Philonious]

The Pete Sampras 'cameo/ made me smile... And it looks fun.

[violent]

I'm guessing a unibomber game.

[AgtFox]

Trailer...you know the drill, seen it before probably

[violent]

That the guy from T2?

[AgtFox]

um...nice hair there buddy

[Rogue_hunter]

The Saboteur, and that guy has an awesome hairstyle and goatee. But the game also looks awesome.

[AgtFox]

now showing off gameplay from The Saboteur

[AgtFox]

you can climb the Eiffel Tower

[AgtFox]

another open world game...honestly, I didn't know much about Saboteur until now.

[digitalErich]

Long have I wanted a game with hookers as a mechanic...EA delivers

[Vigil80]

The Saboteur video had me up until the point of, "hey, who blew up that thing? It must have been THAT GUY! *bangbangbang*"

Come on guys, your game can be better than omniscient nazis. :P

[AgtFox]

coming Holiday 2009

[AgtFox]

EA Partners...John keeps on calling out people in the audience

[AgtFox]

I'm guessing Tim Schafer

[violent]

Gotta love the D.

[AgtFox]

Brutal Legend...way to dress up for the occasion Tim...heh

[violent]

Shaefer looks like a lesbian with a beard.

[AgtFox]

Seriously, looks like he just got up out of bed and came to the presser

[violent]

Seriously, looks like he just got up out of bed and came to the presser

Amazing how he doesn't seem so funny in person.

[AgtFox]

Tim needs cue cards people...it would go smoother

[AgtFox]

sneak peak of Trailer

[digitalErich]

Tim needs cue cards people...it would go smoother
Yeah, because all the people reading from scripts have SO natural so far :p

[AgtFox]

edited out the "about f'in time"

[violent]

edited out the "about f'in time"

I heard it.

[violent]

This game better have Kyle Gass.

[AgtFox]

well, they edited it out on G4

[violent]

Wow. That sketch looked like it was written by my dog.

[AgtFox]

Crysis 2 incoming

[Vigil80]

I hope the funny moments in the game are less forced...

[DarkDay]

Our hobby has become the playground of little girls and the family.

We have Nintendo to thank....God I used to love them, hatred growing......

[AgtFox]

oh John, why don't you tongue kiss him you love him so much

[AgtFox]

APB incoming

[Rogue_hunter]

Did not know that APB was gonna be published by EA. Good to see something about it for once.

[Vigil80]

GTA MMO? APB actually looks pretty interesting...

[AgtFox]

First look at APB

[AgtFox]

Old Republic?

[digitalErich]

oooo cosplay

[AgtFox]

oh good, people dressed as Jedi

[AgtFox]

here come the doctors again

[violent]

Nerd alert!

[DoctorFinger]

this is so cornball

[AgtFox]

okay, only one of them

[Vigil80]

Bioware gets an A for effort on the Old Republic presentation. :P

[AgtFox]

first ever fully voiced MMO

[AgtFox]

they believe it is one of the largest voicing projects in gaming and possibly everywhere

[AgtFox]

LucasArts incredible storytelling history...well, maybe LucasArts, but if they said LucasFilm I'd have to laugh

[AgtFox]

first trailer

[AgtFox]

nice looking cinematic

[Hemalin]

I like how they were pimping out how great a story it would have then lead right into a straight action trailer.

[AgtFox]

that's their show...no L4D2?

[DoctorFinger]

End of the show. Few surprises, but a solid effort.

[AgtFox]

I dunno how solid it was...the early part really brought it down. EA Sports section was relatively tight though

[Philonious]

I'd like to applaud their choice to gloss over the lame stuff early on... I'm hyped about a lot of EA games (well Bioware games and Saboteur/Dante's Inferno). Microsoft started off with a bang and went out with a whimper, EA started a little weak but ended off strong.

[digitalErich]

I'd like to applaud their choice to gloss over the lame stuff early on... I'm hyped about a lot of EA games (well Bioware games and Saboteur/Dante's Inferno). Microsoft started off with a bang and went out with a whimper, EA started a little weak but ended off strong.
Agreed, and I think EA's conf came out looking stronger because of it.

[DoctorFinger]

I don't like the shitty girls games at the beginning, but there were a bunch of games there I want. And the EA Sports stuff, while not my cup of tea, is going to be a big deal for a lot of other people.

[Vigil80]

EA definitely had the better constructed presentation. The beginning stuff had to have been included for the benefit of stockholders.

[Troggles]

The Madden 10 Online Franchise video was great, even though I don't plan on getting Madden 10. Would have liked to see some more NHL 10, though.

The cinematic at the end was a great finish.

[Hemalin]

I'd like to applaud their choice to gloss over the lame stuff early on... I'm hyped about a lot of EA games (well Bioware games and Saboteur/Dante's Inferno). Microsoft started off with a bang and went out with a whimper, EA started a little weak but ended off strong.
Having the girly stuff in the beginning and the good games at the end seems like a better structure. After EA's conference I'm thinking about Star Wars, after Microsoft's conference I'm thinking about full-body waggle.

[Rogue_hunter]

I agree, EA had the overall better ending. All the fluff/investor stuff at the beginning, all the sports and hardcore games in the middle and end. I'm surprised Valve wasn't there to talk about anything, and it was disappointing that Crytek was just there to say "Crysis 2 on consoles and PC" and show art.

[Vigil80]

Yeah, the Crytek presentation - more like a live commercial - definitely left me with a "that's it?" feeling. Why did they take the time to fly that guy out and put him on stage?

At any rate, Crytek on consoles feels like pretty big news. I'd definitely believe they would be the ones to put the squeeze on console capabilities.

[AgtFox]

Yeah, the Crytek presentation - more like a live commercial - definitely left me with a "that's it?" feeling. Why did they take the time to fly that guy out and put him on stage?

At any rate, Crytek on consoles feels like pretty big news. I'd definitely believe they would be the ones to put the squeeze on console capabilities.
I'm going to guess they flew him in because it is probably playable on the floor tomorrow.