Microsoft conference

evad_lhorg

19:30 by our clocks is when it all kicks off.

honru

Nah, 20:00. I've gotta eat!

evad_lhorg

corrected I stand.

45 minute s until halo 3.

honru

What are ye all expecting?

Halo 3 is a looking likely; they should spice things up by unvieling a near-finished version to be released this year.

I haven't been on top of Microsoft and the 360 of late, so this should make or break it for me.

Stoichkov

Other than an over-hyped shiny fps, what will MS be showing off?

An HD-DVD add on or the likes? A bigger HDD?

Everyone was waiting for the ninty and sony shows, I wonder if ms has a big surprise to wow us with.

flogen

Halo 3 is expected, but at the same time it's expected to be a short video and nothing more, freak is right, a nearly finished playable version would kick ass... but I'm not banking on it.

I'm interested to see if they make any response to the Wii and PS3 motion controllers, be it a copycat or a put down.

Other than that, not that pushed, there's been talk of a handheld xbox on the way, but not for a few years and I'd be awestruck if they unveiled it here (not ever going to happen).
I don't know of much that would grab my attention

dave oc

Will this be on gamespot too? Was just checking on the site and i dont think you can stream it without subscribing:( Anyone know where else to stream it from?

Stoichkov

you're right, its not on, harsh. why is ms not live for free?

flogen

I think the link only shows up a few minutes before the show is due to start; clicking it now just leads you to an ad for subscriptions

KdjaCL

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375

Download the videos later.


kdjac

honru

Balls. Looks like the Gamespot timer was wrong.

ondafly

anyone got a linky ? the ninty one was live for about 30 mins before it started...i cant get anything on gamespot for MS ?

flogen

wtf? Gamespot made a major booboo

sound_wave

yeah anyone got a link, gamespot aint working or some ****..and their timer was wrong the c*nts

honru

This thread will pale in comparison to Sony's and Nintendo's.

evad_lhorg

it is a one hour delay. sam as last year if i remember

monkeyfudge

Pretty dull so far....

Fable 2...? woooo!

sound_wave

one hour delay? Ah FFS, guess this will have to do instead

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=64375

Halo 3 theme and pciture pack up on Xbox Live market place BTW

evad_lhorg

eh i think you missed the halo 3 announcement trailer there too. lots of other ones as well

honru

So what's the story? There's an hour delay, or Gamespot's borked?

Smellyirishman

Live! Got hit with all sorts of trailers anyway, including; Halo 3 annoucement, Forza2, viva pinjata, alan wake, Fable 2, Splinter cell...

evad_lhorg

hour delay. halo 3 hasnt even been announced yet and the trailer is up on xbox live. lol

honru

Then what's with all these updates on Gamespot and Eurogamer?

flogen

damn my lack of 360,, bungie.net is offline for those interested

evad_lhorg

what are oyu on about freak scenery?
they are updating live as ithappens. there is no live feed though

kaisersose77

thats why there no live feeds, ppl can get the trailers themselves during conference ( well according to ppl on other forums )

honru

So there's an hour delay of the live feed?

sound_wave

if theres an hour delay, I better do some study so, inbetween d/l trailers off live and the like

kaisersose77

halo3 doesnt look like its gonna go past 26%

edit: finally 27%...... i think this is gonna take a long time

Goodshape

Grand Theft Auto IV on XBox?!?!

Goodbuy Sony.


....or was that a eurogamer joke? reading the 'Live Report' is bloody confusing tbh.

honru

Grand Theft Auto 4. Exclusive. 360.

Now that's heated things up a little.

kaisersose77

taken from ntsc-uk forums, probably is bull****:

"Grand Theft Auto IV October 2007! EXCLUSIVE to 360!"

monkeyfudge

But they said GTA IV will be available on the 360 from day one... that doesn't sound like it's going to be exclusive.

evad_lhorg

where does it say exclusive?

honru

By the sounds of things it will be exclusive for a period of time, like the PS2 GTAs.

Ciaran500

I've got to take my jacket off ... Some of you may remember this ... It's no big secret that I saved the big guns for the bog guns! Some guys do rubber ducks, so guys do tattoos. Moore takes off his jacket -- to show off his Halo 2 tattoo. The other arm has a Grand Theft Auto IV tattoo! October 16, 2007 in North America, October 19 in Europe.

3:26 pm - Microsoft and Rockstar games have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide exclusive episodic content through Xbox Live. Moore is interrupted by applause after this announcement. The crowd was not expecting this, and is pumped to hear it.

flogen

nah, at first available date, which means it ISNT an exclusive for anyone, most importantly Sony.

http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?event=e32006&sid=6149725

Info on Halo 3 trailer, nice plot line, I wonder if the movie will take place between Halo 2 and Halo 3 or will it be a prequel to 1

evad_lhorg

the game is not exclusive the extra content will be on xbox live though

honru

Looks like those live feeds were exclusive to Gamespot subscribers only.

monkeyfudge

Here's big Bill... Halo 3 here we come....

evad_lhorg

the xbox is taking forev er to get halo 3 trailer. i wanna see i wanna see.

monkeyfudge

evad_lhorg wrote:

the xbox is taking forev er to get halo 3 trailer. i wanna see i wanna see.

Bleh... 26% here... and this is a premium service I pay for? A 100mbs shouldn't take this long.

DingChavez

Halo 3 Trailer

evad_lhorg

im at 64 % for the past 10 minutes

sound_wave

evad_lhorg wrote:

im at 64 % for the past 10 minutes

ditto....oh wait...65%


WTF??! The download just crapped out!! Bollocks!

Goodshape

DingChavez wrote:

Halo 3 Trailer

I lol'd.

sound_wave

hmmm Live Anywhere, seems like an interesting idea, dunno how successful it will be

flogen

Yawn... Yawn and more Yawn... MS detailing their plan for world domination.

As I said to evad, it was to be expected that they'd use their PC muscle (aka Windows) to try and squeeze Sony and Nintendo out of the picture.

Goodshape

All this Live Anywhere stuff and vista-integration sounds pretty neat from a computer/networking POV.

Pity I hate MS/Windows so much. Here's hoping for some Linux/OSS hacks for the better stuff

DingChavez

The trailer is on their site now:

http://bungie.com/News/TopStory.aspx?link=Halo3Announcement

Goodshape

flogen wrote:

As I said to evad, it was to be expected that they'd use their PC muscle (aka Windows) to try and squeeze Sony and Nintendo out of the picture.

I'd say it might work against Sony, who can't hope to pull of the same level of cross-platform integration, but I think Nintendo have safely distenced themselves from that. They just want to make good games, aparently.