E3 - Media and Business Summit 2008

by Darren Lee Taylor - June 19th, 2008

With the E3 Media and Business event taking place at the famous Los Angeles Convention Centre for this year’s annual games gathering for the worlds invited games press, it’s only right that we take a closer look at some of the latest facts and rumours surrounding Sony’s master plan approach to its key demonstrations and show floor exhibits for this years showing. With only 3 weeks to go before the show kicks off on July 15th-17th, it’s only right that we establish the full list of attendees and their partially rumoured titles and confirmed expectances before the show begins, to truly see who will be present and who will be unveiling what. There is always an element of surprise at each E3 event, with all three major competitors battling for floor space and media attention, so that consumers remain focused and attributed to their products for the next fiscal year, it makes sense that Sony needs to maintain a heavy hand on this years staging, simply because it is seriously under pressure this time around to bring out the big guns. With Metal Gear Solid 4 becoming the fastest selling PS3 game of all time according to Chart Track; hardly an achievement when you consider the amount of quality titles on the machine at the moment, and the amount of units actually sold through retail currently sitting below expectations, Sony is treading on thin ice. However, with a newly polished slate in its current marketplace situation, and a brand new year ahead of it for the 08-09 season, Sony really needs to dress to impress; so lets see who’s showcasing what, and for which consoles, to reveal exactly what you will be playing come winter 2008 and beyond. This page will be updated regularly as news comes in Akella Postal III (PC, Xbox 360) - Confirmed Atari Inc Bethesda Softworks Fallout 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) - Confirmed Elder Scrolls V - Rumoured Capcom USA Inc. Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox360) – Confirmed Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox360, PC) – Confirmed Bionic Commando (PS3, Xbox360, PC) - Confirmed Bionic Commando Rearmed (PS3, Xbox360, PC) - Confirmed Dark Void (PS3, Xbox360, PC) - Confirmed MotoGP 08 (PS3) – Confirmed Spyborgs (Wii) - Confirmed Neo Pets Puzzle Adventure (Wii, PC) - Confirmed Plunder (PS3, Xbox360, PC) - Confirmed Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3, Xbox360) - Confirmed Secret Capcom Project - Confirmed Secret Capcom Project – Confirmed Dead Rising 2 - Rumoured Megaman Title - Rumoured Codemasters Damnation (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed Dragonology (DS, Wii) - Confirmed Jumpgate Evolution (PC) - Confirmed Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed Rise of the Argonauts (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed Wizardology (DS, Wii) - Confirmed Crave Entertainment Defendin' de Penguin (DS, Wii) - Confirmed Ford Racing Off Road (PS2, PSP, Wii) - Confirmed King of Clubs (Wii) - Confirmed PBR: Out of the Chute (PS2, Wii) - Confirmed Purr Pals (Wii) - Confirmed Solitaire & Mahjong (Wii) - Confirmed D3Publisher of America Bangai-O Spirits (DS) - Confirmed Ben 10: Alien Force -- The Game (DS, PS2, PSP, Wii) - Confirmed Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 (Wii) - Confirmed Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 (DS) - Confirmed Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS, PC, X360) - Confirmed Deep Silver S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC) - Confirmed Disney Interactive Studios Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell (DS) - Confirmed High School Musical 3: Senior Year (DS) - Confirmed High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) - Confirmed Pure (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS) - Confirmed Ultimate Band (DS, Wii) - Confirmed Eidos Interactive Tomb Raider Underworld (PS3, Xbox360, Wii) –Confirmed Battlestations: Pacific (PC, X360) –Confirmed Just Cause 2 (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed Monster Lab (Wii) –Confirmed Electronic Arts MySims Kingdom (Wii) – Confirmed MySims Party (DS) - Confirmed Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC, X360) –Confirmed Crysis Warhead (PC) –Confirmed Dead Space (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed FaceBreaker (PS3, X360) –Confirmed FaceBreaker K.O. Party (Wii) –Confirmed Madden NFL 09 (PS3, X360) –Confirmed Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii) –Confirmed Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed Mirror's Edge (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed NBA Live 09 (PS3, X360) –Confirmed NCAA Football 09 (PS3, X360) –Confirmed Skate It (Wii) –Confirmed Spore (PS3, Xbox360, PC) –Confirmed The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PS3, PSP, X360) –Confirmed Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play (Wii) –Confirmed Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC) –Confirmed Fox Interactive Media Gamecock Dungeon Hero (PC, X360) –Confirmed Legendary (PC, PS3, X360) –Confirmed Velvet Assassin (PC, X360) –Confirmed Indie Games Jagex, Ltd. Konami Digital Entertainment America Castlevania (Wii) – Rumoured Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (DS) – Confirmed Zone of the Enders Gen (PS3, Xbox360) –Rumoured LucasArts Star Wars Force Unleashed (PS3, Xbox360, Wii) - Confirmed Fracture (PS3, Xbox360, PC) - Confirmed Majesco Entertainment Company Microsoft Corporation(Rareware) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360 - Confirmed Fable 2 (X360) - Confirmed Gears of War 2 (X360) - Confirmed Halo Wars (X360) - Confirmed Too Human (X360) - Confirmed Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (X360) – Confirmed Viva Piñata Pocket Paradise (DS) – Confirmed Midway Games, Inc. Blitz: The League II (PS3, X360) – Confirmed Game Party 2 (Wii) – Confirmed Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360) – Confirmed TNA iMPACT! (PS2, PS3, Wii, X360) – Confirmed This is Vegas (PC, PS3, X360) – Confirmed Touchmaster 2 (DS) – Confirmed Unreal Tournament III (X360) – Confirmed Wheelman (PC, PS3, X360) – Confirmed MTV Games Namco Bandai Games America, Inc. Soul Calibur IV (PS3, Xbox360) - Confirmed Tales Of Legendia (Xbox360) - Confirmed Tales of Dawn (PS3) - Rumoured Natsume, Inc. Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility (Wii) – Confirmed Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town 2 (DS) – Confirmed Harvest Moon Island of Happiness (DS) – Confirmed Nintendo of America Inc. Super Mario Sluggers (Wii) - Confirmed The Legend of Zelda (Wii) – Rumoured F-Zero (Wii) – Rumoured Kid Icarus (Wii) - Rumoured Pikmin 3 (Wii) – Rumoured Starwing (Wii) – Rumoured Pilotwings (Wii) - Rumoured New Super Mario Bros DS 2 (DS) - Rumoured Novint Technologies, Inc. Nyko Technologies Rebellion SEGA of America, Inc. Sonic Unleashed (PS3, Xbox360) – Confirmed Sonic Attitude (DS) – Rumoured Serious Games Initiative Sony Computer Entertainment Killzone 2 (PS3) - Confirmed LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - Confirmed MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3) - Confirmed PixelJunk Eden (PS3) - Confirmed Resistance 2 (PS3) - Confirmed SIREN: Blood Curse Episode #1 [PSN] (PS3) - Confirmed SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3) - Confirmed ICO 3 (PS3) - Rumoured Sony Online Entertainment Inc. Southpeak Interactive B-Boy (PS2, PSP) - Confirmed Big Bang Mini (DS) - Confirmed Edge of Twilight (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed Mister Slime (DS) - Confirmed Monster Madness: Grave Danger (PS3) - Confirmed Ninjatown (DS) - Confirmed Two Worlds: The Temptation (PC, X360) - Confirmed Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Advent Children 2 (Bluray) – Confirmed Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) – Confirmed Final Fantasy XIII Versus (PS3) – Confirmed Final Fantasy Nebulla (DS) – Rumoured Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (PSP) – Confirmed Kingdom Hearts 358/5 Days (DS) – Confirmed Kingdom Hearts (PS3) – Rumoured Star Ocean V (PS3, Xbox360) - Confirmed Dragon Quest IV (DS) – Confirmed Dragon Quest V (DS) – Confirmed Dragon Quest VI (DS) - Confirmed The Last Remnant (Xbox360) – Confirmed Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox360) – Confirmed Take-Two Interactive Tecmo THQ Inc. All-Star Cheer Squad (DS, Wii) – Confirmed Baja: Edge of Control (PS3, X360) – Confirmed Darksiders: Wrath of War (PS3, X360) – Confirmed Deadly Creatures (Wii) – Confirmed Lock's Quest (DS) – Confirmed Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC, PS3, X360) – Confirmed Saints Row 2 (PC, PS3, X360) – Confirmed Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (DS) – Confirmed WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (DS, PS3, Wii, X360) – Confirmed Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC) – Confirmed de Blob (Wii) – Confirmed Toshiba America Information Systems Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. Beyond Good and Evil 2 (PS3, Xbox360) - Confirmed Red Steel 2 (Wii) - Confirmed Valve Software Left 4 Dead (PC, X360) - Confirmed Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Inc. LEGO Batman: The Videogame (DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360) - Confirmed Project Origin (PC, PS3, X360) - Confirmed XSEED Games Little King's Story (Wii) - Confirmed Valhalla Knights 2 (PSP) - Confirmed Post your comments below for any title that you think will be making an appearance at E3, along with any hardware developments, firmware announcements or modifications.