E3 2006

Post by **Shir'le E. Illios** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:09 am

It’s E3 week! And as such I expect all kinds of nice little tidbits and media and such this week for a large number of games.

And I thought it might be a nice idea to have a thread where people can post links to E3-related articles, movies, pictures, etc.

Note that this doesn’t have to be limited to NWN2. Any game on any system is welcome here (or just anything interesting E3 related). As long as you think “that’s nice” or “that looks interesting” feel free to post.

And to kick off I’ll start with a couple of pictures of the [i:22o70fpm]huge[/i:22o70fpm] NWN2 banner hanging above one of the main entrances:

[url=http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/image_view ... 1:22o70fpm]Neverwinter Nights 2 banner on Gamespot[/url:22o70fpm]
[url=http://www.firingsquad.com/media/galler ... 1:22o70fpm]Neverwinter Nights 2 banner on Firing Squad[/url:22o70fpm]

Post away and enjoy the week.

Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

Elspath · Post by **Elspath** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:07 pm

Im going to be watching E3 coverage from g4tv.com on the television. Starts tomarrow like 2 hours of live footage and interviews. best information i think you can get. Watching websites and peoples writings is nice but i would perfer watching things life and not edited

if i see anything highly interesting i will post it

Unen_Stealthfoot · Post by **Unen_Stealthfoot** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:52 am

[color=darkred:9kfr5s98]Sorry, what is E3?

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Elspath · Post by **Elspath** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:26 am

Entertainment Expo 3 i think is the long hand version. Basicly a yearly convention covering all new gaming projects and new releases months and years before there released. best way to find out something new and cool on the horizen. There will be playable NWN2 probly there, Playstation 3, Nintendo Revalution playable (hopefully) and qute a few things that would blow any computer geek or geektriss mind

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:09 pm

During my recently shortened periods on this computer (new at that) I've found somehting on PS3, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (and it's market rivals)

I didn't bookmark it, but don't worry I'll find it.

As for ESIV: Oblivion's market rivals, my money's on Gothic 3, Warhammer, Morrowind (a computer can live a little longer after it), and a personla favorite Quake wars: Enemy Terriory. Wolfenstain was used as a model, and also was made from the old DOOM III engine. If that piece of crap can fire up something with *that* much detail, I'll amke Carmack eat my socks.

Bhaern Quel · Post by **Bhaern Quel** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:01 pm

E# = Electronic Entertainment Expo

Unen_Stealthfoot · Post by **Unen_Stealthfoot** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:11 pm

[color=darkred:cvmvk001]Oh, ok. Thanks.[/color:cvmvk001]

Post by **Shir'le E. Illios** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:12 pm

Here's something people might find interesting:

[url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/705/70560 ... l:20w4nxny]Jade Empire is coming to PC[/url:20w4nxny].

Yay! That means I get to play another great BioWare rpg.

[EDIT] [url=http://jade.bioware.com/pc/:20w4nxny]Official Jade Empire PC website[/url:20w4nxny]

Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

Unen_Stealthfoot · Post by **Unen_Stealthfoot** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:14 pm

[color=darkred:2pwrkgg6]Is it any good?[/color:2pwrkgg6]

Post by **Shir'le E. Illios** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:35 pm

Ok, here’s some news from Sony Computer Entertainment America’s E3 press conference.

First, [url=http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/705/7057 ... l:1cgles3t]here’s a conference report[/url:1cgles3t]. This also includes a link to some streaming movies of the event… but since I hate streaming video I’m still looking for downloadable versions.

Then Sony, [url=http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/705/705 ... l:1cgles3t]announced a price, launch plans and controller[/url:1cgles3t] for the PS3. The price will be about $499/$599 (depending on how much HD space you get with it) and it’ll launch with some 2 million units.

It also [url=http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/705/7059 ... l:1cgles3t]unveiled the PS3 controller[/url:1cgles3t]… which will have the same basic design as the PS2 controller. But it’ll be wireless and won’t have rumble anymore, but will have motion control technology instead (meaning that how you tilt and turn the controller can have an effect ingame).

You can find this and other news (including a list of PS3 games) on [url=http://www.playstation-e3.com/:1cgles3t]Sony’s Official E3 website[/url:1cgles3t] (which, personally, I think sucks… you can’t directly link to articles, the text is fixed-size making it near unreadable at high resolution and you can’t copy-paste the text either. But the graphics are flashy.

).

Anyway. As a Sony employee I felt it my duty to report this.

Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

Post by **Shir'le E. Illios** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:57 pm

Can you tell I’m currently going through E3 news?

More tidbits…

First there’s a [url=http://uk.media.ps3.ign.com/media/826/8 ... l:2d12alm0]Final Fantasy XIII trailer[/url:2d12alm0] from the PS3. Looks awesome and what’s even better… most of it’s ingame footage (apparently). Here’s also some of [url=http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/705/7059 ... l:2d12alm0]IGN’s impressions[/url:2d12alm0].

Then there’s a new [url=http://uk.media.ps3.ign.com/media/700/7 ... l:2d12alm0]Heavenly Sword trailer[/url:2d12alm0] on PS3. Not only does the game look pretty nice (though probably not quite my kind of gameplay), but the studio making it (Ninja Theory) is located two floors down from where I work. In fact, some of my colleagues are helping them out making it.

And last but not least… Obsidian released the [url=http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Mo ... 2:2d12alm0]official Neverwinter Nights 2 trailer[/url:2d12alm0]. Though it’s only 1:39 minutes (quite a bit of it being company names and that jazz) and the movie is completely pre-rendered (no ingame footage) it’s looking really snazzy. Worth a look.

Oh, you might have to download the latest [url=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download ... l:2d12alm0]Quicktime Player[/url:2d12alm0] to be able to watch it. My old quicktime player didn’t play it and my quicktime alternative (Media Player Classic) didn’t play it either.

Alright, diving into a few more news sites.

And E3 hasn’t even officially started yet.

Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

Elspath · Post by **Elspath** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:46 am

i love the idea that theres a gyro in the ps3 controller and the price cant be beat (well maybe the wii will) im deffently getting a ps3 as soon as possable becose of what little i sow of E3 at work today. Get to watch the full thing tonight

Rooky · Post by **Rooky** » Wed May 10, 2006 1:28 pm

Final Fantasy? Again? How many do they plan to make?

IT's a great game and all of that, it's hte fact that there's over 12 of them, and it's still popular that creeps me out!

PS3 wireless? Motion technology?! YEEEEEEEHAAAA!!!!

599$?!

Unen_Stealthfoot · Post by **Unen_Stealthfoot** » Wed May 10, 2006 8:40 pm

[color=darkred:3bazn0vp]You think it's easy, putting a migit gyroscope and a wireless system, and a controller system all in the space of 36? cubic inches?

(I have no idea what that is in centimeters, by the way)[/color:3bazn0vp]

Elspath · Post by **Elspath** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:56 am

saw some clips of fable 2 witch hoepfully it will be more expansive then the orginal but fable in iteself was quite good.

Plus Gears of War looked Very nice. Not a first person shooter were you run around like a fool but a dodge from cover point to cover point with a very expansive options (not just 1 or 2 like in past cover point games) and a nice Camra button that seems to focuse on what the game belaves to be the hot spot. Making cut sceans more of a choice if you hold the button, or you just seamlislee skip it...

To bad there for the xbox -_- damn you microsoft, damn you! MICROSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFT!!!!