I guess nVidia enjoys being stepped all over.




On another note, Gabe Newell announced Half-Life 2 is on track for a Summer '04 release. I'll believe it when it happens.

It also seems that Doom 3 should be released very, very soon. Possibly as early as early June.

Also, I must thank you again Jack. All these pics are great, its almost going to be like being there!

Jack you da man!

Xbox confrence is going on right now....

I know - what's the news?

Thanks for the pics Jack. LA is a long way from sunny FL for me.....

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e32004/ea/...evel1=enushome


EA + Xbox Live = Gaming Powerhouse

What do you get when you combine one of the top game publishers with the best online gaming service? A kick-ass experience!

That’s right, gamers. Your dreams have finally come true. Award-winning publisher Electronic Arts is teaming up with Xbox Live to bring you an awesome lineup of online games this fall.

If you’re already on Xbox Live, hold tight and check Xbox.com for more information on each of the games. If you’re not already an Xbox Live subscriber, get online now so you’ll be in top form when the EA titles hit store shelves.

EA Xbox Live-enabled Games

Madden NFL 2005
Fifa Football 2005
NBA Live 2005
Battlefield: Modern Combat
TimeSplitters 3
Burnout 3

Hmmmmmm.... Where's SONY PS2 Price CUT ??

http://www.xbox.com/en-us/e32004/pre...ea-team-up.htm

Weird.....EA's press release lists a lot more than that. Basically every online-enabled game they have in the pipeline (Goldeneye 2, NCAA Football/Basketball, Need for Speed Underground 2, etc.).

Some really good looking games coming out for Xbox. The new Star Wars: Republic Comando game looked really cool - though my friends says that the previews have not been favorable. Maybe they just did a really cool job with the trailer. Halo 2 looks sweet and there have been some great advancements in that game. They showed another XNA demo where they crashed two of the Saleens together. More lighting and angles. Nicely done.

Doom III of course looked okay on the Xbox, but nothing compared to what has been seen on the PC. The new Forza racing game which is labled as a "simulator" is nothing close to it. It lets you fully customize your cars, which is nice, but unfortunately they also included damage which adversely affect driving - something that is impossible to simulate.

The rest really didn't stand out. I didn't need to see a Shrek game or rehashes of old DOA games. And I especially didn't need all the donkeys making stupid jokes with Jenny McCarthy. I also didn't need to hear about how "software is the way to make great games" when all Microsoft did its first year was claim it was the most powerful hardware. Pretty pitiful.

Halo 2 looks sweet. The Xbox Arcade is worthless. The video camera is their responce to EyeToy. Doom 3 looks better on PC. XNA looks like it is coming along nicely. Everything else is nothing new.

Here is a nice link

http://www.e3insider.com/articles/ph...BHFNBJ91QA.htm

Thanks for the link...I don't know why MS shorted their list at all.

PSP is what the one thing I really hope to find out more about from E3. I hope can be lucky enough to go to E3 some year.

Not sure what to make of it yet...

USA Today article on DS

Very nice
I'm all over it, even though the big N said it 'wasn't a successor to the GBA'. Then how come it plays GBA games as well? Still... I'm buying it.

that thing looks pretty sweet.

I found out that Vin Diesel will be there on thursday from 3-4 for Chronicles of Riddick.

How is it any more impossible to simulate damage than anything else?

Because they were lying, probably. To admit from the start it would be a GBA successor would basically be to admit the current GBA is obsolete and that would definitely impact sales. Remember that the SP wasn't announced until something like a month and a half before it actually hit the shelves so as not to cut too heavily into sales of the original GBA.

Well, they didn't just simulate damage, but they simulate adverse affects on the cars. When you play games like PGR2, the cars get damaged, but no matter how many times you run them into a wall, they still control the same. Once you start changing the way the cars drive after damage, that is when you lose realism. First off, you don't know what is going to break when you get in a car accident. So there is no way of simulating the change (not using current technology). Second, when you smash a car into a wall at 100 MPH, that car is done. There is no driving after that. Of course, they can't program it like that, so its more arcade in nature than a sim.

Guess I know what I'm getting for my b-day on the 14th.

Four face buttons yeah!

No, the GBA and DS are going to be 2 different markets. More than likely the GBA will continue to see kid-friendly software (Spiderman, NickToons, etc.), SNES ports, and other games that may not use the full functionality of the DS. The DS will be able to play those games still so those that invest in one will not need to keep 2 systems around. That's my take on it.

interesting.

I agree. Being able to play GBA games doesn't ensure that the DS is the successor to the GBA. It's just an added bonus feature.

The DS will probably cost more, and be aimed at an older market like the PSP.

The GBA will still continue to get a ton of software (albeit mostly crap), and as it's still active, the DS can't be it's successor.

Does anyone know if that shot of the DS is legit? I thought it wasn't getting shown until Thursday.