E3 2009: Square Enix, Konami - Days 2 and 3

No surprises from the Square Enix press conference, other than the previously mentioned Final Fantasy XIV. Can't believe they are announcing this when Final Fantasy XIII has not come out yet. Really no news but FFXIII stuff.

At least Konami announced Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (yes... finally a Castlevania game!) and the previously announced Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot and Peacewalker. In addition to those there will be 2 more Metal Gear Solid games: Rising and Mask Project, plus Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Saw, another DDR and Karaoke Revolution, Pop'n Music Wii, Deca Sports 2 and Wireway.

The last 2 days I was not able to stay for too long at the shows due to deadlines. But I was able to play a lot more of the games. Got to play some of the other games in Wii Sports Resort, Tony Hawk: Ride, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, God of War 3, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Left4Dead 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Sonic All-Stars game, Harvest Moon puzzle game and the PSP Go.

That brings this year's E3 to an exciting close... wished this was longer and not during my deadlines though... Picked up some swag stuff here and there... not a whole lot, like the previous E3's I attended. Fewer shirts and bags. G4TV has already announced that the E3 dates and location for 2010, will be at the L.A. Convention Center again on June 15-17.

E3 2009: Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft Kick It Off

Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft had their press conferences on Monday. There's a whole lot of stuff coming up from all three of them. Microsoft seemed to have the biggest news so far. Showing off trailers and previews of Rock Band: The Beatles, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo: ODST and Reach, Left 4 Dead 2, Crackdown 2, Tony Hawk's Ride, Forza 3 and Final Fantasy XIII. Gotta see the Project Natal controller... unbelieveable! Facebook, Twitter and LastFM streaming coming to the 360. Metal Gear Solid Rising an Xbox exclusive...?

The main thing I can't wait for from Ubisoft's announcements is Rabbids Go Home. A new Raving Rabbids game and No More Heroes 2 for the Wii. I love those Rabbids!! I this new game you have to collect objects to be used in a pile of junk to build a bridge to the moon. Splitter Cell: Conviction and Assassin's Creed 2 look incredible! Their fitness game looks very interesting and could give the Wii Fit some competition. Ubisoft seems to be putting a lot of effort in its tween oriented titles for the DS, making them more interactive and online. Not too sure about the Avatar game based on James Cameron's upcoming 3D movie.

Missed hearing most of EA's announcements, but they do have all the sports titles and have added MMA to that long list.

Missed listing some stuff, since so many things were announced by these 3 publishers. What a start to the 2009 E3! Nintendo and Sony have their press conferences Tuesday, while Square Enix and Konami have there's on Wednesday. Let's see if they have any surprises to top this!