Now seeing as there doesn’t look like I’ll be able to bring you the press conference from Microsoft tomorrow i will post up a quick recap of what was said plus 3 of the biggest trailers from the conference.

Now if there is still a chance that i can get a hold of the press conference i will just post up my thoughts about it instead but either way you will still get to know what was announced at Microsoft’s E3 press conference.

Here is a couple more trailers for you to get you teeth into from this years E3 and don’t worry as soon as the press conference is ready to put up i will post it straight away if not there will be a summary tomorrow.

As like last year i put up some trailers for games that have caught my eye and to kick things off this year is the new trailer for Project Origin that thrusts you into another nightmare thanks to that weird little girl Alma (F.E.A.R).

So check out the trailer and tell me what you think.

So E3 is just around the corner so what do we expect to see at each one of the big 3’s press conference, well below is my guess at what i think they might show.

Nintendo
Since the last year Nintendo has shocked the gaming world with how well the Wii has done however of the 3 Nintendo is the hardest to predict as they like to keep there cards to there chest but i’m going to give it a try and predict what i think they might say and show.
1 - We know that Nintendo plan to show a big mystery game off at E3 but we don’t know what it will be and i think it could be a new Zelda game.
2 - There is a chance that another version of the DS will be shown as there have been hints but Nintendo have ruled it out but you never know.
3 - Could they throw a spanner in the works by showing off a new home system this early in the lifespan of the Wii.
4 - People have been crying out for a hard drive for the Wii and i think they would be silly if they did’nt announce one.
5 - As you can expect they will also show off a lot of games whether it be for the Wii, DS or Wiiware and we might even have a few more companies announced to be releasing more classic games for the virtual console.
6 - Finally i predict that there might be some new Wii channels announced but in what form they might take that is what i’m unsure about.

Microsoft
Out of the 3 last year Microsoft had the worst press conference as they only showed games that were coming out over the 6 months leading up to the christmas rush so what can they do this year to make up for the lack luster approach of last years.

1 - The obvious place to start is a blu-ray add on for the 360, Now we know that they have said there will not be one but they way blu-ray has been going over the last 6 months since they won the format wars Microsoft would be really stupid if they did’nt hint at one.
2 - Could a new home console be shown as Microsoft were first out of the door with there next gen console and they could beat the other two to the punch again with there next console.
3 - Rumors that they have been working on a handheld has been going around for a long time so is it time to own up and finally show us that they are going to be making one.
4 - Every year since the 360 came out they have announced a new scu so it might be a dead cert that they announce a new one with the fingers pointing to a 60GB model.
5 - We know a lot of games will be shown off with Gears 2, Fable etc being a dead cert but do they have a secret few games up there sleves that nobody knows about.
6 - More new features will surely be shown off but in what form and what can we expect with rumors hinting that there could be a little bit of a redesign of the dashboard.
7 - Finally going around the internet lately have been talk about a motion controller for Microsoft that will be better than the Wii’s so could this rumor be true.

Sony
It hasn’t been a good year for the once rulers of the console war but over the next year could see a big change in fortune with Sony as they now have started to find there feet and they have start to pull back some ground for the other two but what can we expect from them.

1 - Home should be shown off agin but this time hopfully in it’s final for with a concrete release date finally announced.
2 - Another redesign of the PSP could be on the cards as there handheld has been failing quicker than there home console and it needs something big to bring it back from the brink of the gaming abyss.
3 - We know Sony will show off Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2 and Killzone 2 but what other new games do they have up there sleves and could we finally see the next gen reborn of Jak and Daxter.
4 - New features are bound to come out for the Ps3 but in what form and will we see a bit more of a simple aproach to things from them.
5 - Sony have announced that they plan to have a movie service for the PS3 like the 360 but how is this service going to work and how much will movies cost well we know that they will have something to say on that matter.
6 - A price cut seems to be on the cards for them again but how much will be cut off and when can we expect this to happen should also be announced at there press conference.

Well thats it those are my predictions as what we might expect to hear from the big 3 at there press confernece at E3 next week.

The times and dates for each press conference are as follows:-
Microsoft - Monday 14th July 5:30pm
Nintendo - Tuesday 15th July 4:00pm
Sony - Tuesday 15th July 6:30pm

We will have each press conference on here as soon as we can but if you wnat to watch them live go over to Gamespot.com as they will be streaming each one of the 3 live.

Well as you know it’s E3 next week and though it has gotten smaller for the second year that still doesn’t mean there will be no news coming out of there, there will be a shit load of stuff to report on.

So what are we doing well I’m about to tell you
1 - We will try and have all three press conference for you in full off gametrailers.com but if they don’t have them me and James will blog on the main points of each press conference.

2 - Leading up to E3 i will do my prediction on what i think each one of the big 3 will say

3 - Any game that interests us will get a separate preview.

4 - Finally when the dust settles on this years E3 we will give you our thoughts on what we thought.

So that’s it as you can see over the next few weeks we are going to be a bit busy and have some interesting stuff for you to cast your eyes over.

One last thing just to keep everything nice and tidy there will be a separate E3 section for two weeks just for stuff coming from the event.

As you can see over the last few weeks there have been new stuff posted on here and i promise that it’s going to continue at an even bigger pace over the next few months.

Now that i have somebody else posting up features etc it’s helping me to get vagusnet back and i just want to say a big thanks to him.

So what can you expect over the next few months well i have a few ideas for some really good features plus I’m also looking into ways of doing things a little different including reviewing games like no other site has done plus a different way of doing news as well.

So if you have any thoughts or ideas on what else we can do or even just have a comment about the site post it below and i will try and answer as much as i can

In this piece I want to talk about how much I think that the gore and violence has risen since last gen consoles and how the developers and pushing the boundaries.

As you all should know there wasn’t much violence or horror back in the day of the Sony Playstation the closest I got to a proper horror that made you jump was Resident Evil and Silent Hill but looking back compared to Condemned (what I’m playing at the moment) which is very scary compared to Resident Evil but that could be me.
I know there are now loads of survival horrors but when I had my Sony Playstation and I had Resident Evil Two I was only 7-8 years old and remember being scared by it but if you go back and play it now it doesn’t seem that scary but if I was to play Condemned when I was 7-8 my god I would probably run away crying.
Another thing is how much the violence and gore have gone up drastically and how they have got away with it, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing but I’m sure if they keep making Survival Horrors there will always be gamers who will buy them for the rush. In my eyes I am not a big fan of survival horrors but I will play through them for the rush.

James.

Guess what I’ve decided to give this another try so as of tomorrow i will be updating this a lot more than i have with a feature on EA plus i have also got an idea on how to do reviews a little different but that’s for another post.

So thanks for everybody who has been checking in on here and don’t forget to come back tomorrow to check out my feature on those nice people at EA

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I thought i would add another feature to VN that every other gaming site does and thats top 10’s.

So to kick off this weekend will be the first one and thats about the top 10 biggest gaming cock-up’s of the last 5 years (catchy title is’nt it).

I want to try and not follow other gaming sites by also doing top 10’s on other subjects apart from the usual 10 best games ever etc (but i will include those in them as well).

If you have any suggestions as to what top 10’s you would like to see let me know and i’ll give them a thought.