E3 Predictions
With the big presentation coming tonight I figured it'd be interesting to see what everyone's predictions for tonight are.
Here are mine:
* Marathon is tomorrow's release
* Mega man being redone (ala Street Fighter) and coming to both XBLA and PSN
* At least 10 games we've never heard of as being on XBLA (with 3+ being from PopCap)
What do you guys think?
Here are mine.
- Live Anywhere takes center stage. This is obviously aided by the whole Vista push, but I believe cross-platform purchases and games for XBLA (and whatever they call it on the PC side) will be talked about a lot. I'm hoping for specifics and roll-out timeframes (I want one purchase to get my XBLA games on my 360 and PC too!).
- Major episodic content news. I'm thinking something like Sam & Max coming in an episodic model through Xbox Live. (I doubt it would actually be Sam & Max though.) They may rebrand it or they may just throw it under the XBLA umbrella.
- We finally get details on HoopWorld, Mutant Storm Empire, Talisman, and other games that have disappeared for a while. Maybe this one is just my own personal wishful thinking.
Marathon seems like a totally credible idea. And do you know something about Mega Man I don't...that reeks of insider information, I cry foul! LOL.
PopCap games are assured (isn't that where Greg Canessa went?), as are Sierra Online games (which we already know about) since Ross Erickson is over there.
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Here are my predictions:
Bomberman (maybe with another game or to) will be released tommorow
6-25 new games are revealed
Tetris will be confirmed for Arcade
A really big game will be announced for XBLA
We will see more of games we haven't seen for a while, like Hoopworld, Cyberball, Fatal Fury, etc.
I'm going to make a semi-possible prediction that Konami is going to attempt to recreate their success with TMNT and talk to Activision and consider putting 6-player X-Men on XBLA.
That more of a hope, but one worth considering. Sure, it would be better to go along a major project related to the X-Men (a potential X4, the solo Wolverine flick, even Endangered Species for the comics, for all I care), but people have been asking for it for MONTHS, if not YEARS.
-The leaked photos of the grey 360 turn out to be a cheaper model optimized for IPTV and non-gamers in general.
-Katamari confirmed as XBLA exclusive
-Back catalog of an entire console confirmed in pipeline for XBLA, such as, say, Sega Genisis.
I give myself a 70 percent chance of one of these happening.
I'm going to make a semi-possible prediction that Konami is going to attempt to recreate their success with TMNT and talk to Activision and consider putting 6-player X-Men on XBLA.
That more of a hope, but one worth considering. Sure, it would be better to go along a major project related to the X-Men (a potential X4, the solo Wolverine flick, even Endangered Species for the comics, for all I care), but people have been asking for it for MONTHS, if not YEARS.
On that note I wouldn't be suprised to see the Simpsons arcade game be announced.
I don't know. I honestly don't see it as being that big for XBLA this year, maybe I'll be proved wrong but who knows.
I definately think at tonight's conference they'll announce tomorrow's game and it'll be HUGE and probably never before heard of. Something along the lines of Marathon or maybe Bomberman.
A buddy of mine found a quote on another gaming forum that says tonight is going to be a very good night for the arcade. The source is credited as one of the XBLA developers. Take with a heaping grain of salt.
I think the Marathon thing will be the big announcement for tomorrow. Maybe even a special midnight (PST) release. However, I'm semi leaning towards it coming out that Marathon will be included in the deluxe Halo 3 release as a "Thank you" to bungie fans.
I think we'll see announcement from three major players: Capcom, Namco, and Sega. We all know Sega is sitting on something. With Capcom's focus on downloadable titles, I wouldn't be surprised if they get Digital Eclipse to dump their entire "Capcom Classics Vol. 1 and 2" online (Final Fight and Chiki Chiki Boys please). I wouldn't be surprised if Namco worms out a couple more classic releases, but announces Soul Edge to be released along side Soul Calibur IV. Maybe even do the same for Ace Combat and Ace Combat 6 (Helping to justify the price tag for the controller).
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