E3 2008: Live blogging the Konami press conference

(07/16/2008)

2:44

Colette Bennett:

They're just getting started up. Metal Gear Solid 4 is the first topic.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:44 Colette Bennett

2:46

Colette Bennett:

Metal Gear Online gets the Gene expansion very soon, which will allow you to do a great deal more and get your hands on new weapons.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:46 Colette Bennett

2:46

Colette Bennett:

Silent Hill! WOOOO

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:46 Colette Bennett

2:47

Colette Bennett:

SIlent Hill:Homecoming is being talked about now. I HAVE AN ERECTION (somehow)

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:47 Colette Bennett

2:47

Colette Bennett:

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OH FUCK YES

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:47 Colette Bennett

2:47

Dale North:

We're getting to see a new level and a new boss!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:47 Dale North

2:49

Dale North:

IGA! Where's your whip?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:49 Dale North

2:49

Colette Bennett:

Ready for some Castlevania:Judgement?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:49 Colette Bennett

2:49

Colette Bennett:

He has the hat on. As always. God, he's fucking wicked.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:49 Colette Bennett

2:50

Colette Bennett:

He's going to take us through the new Castlevania titles coming up.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:50 Colette Bennett

2:50

Dale North:

He looks rad, but says he's nervous!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:50 Dale North

2:50

Colette Bennett:

New trailer playing now!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:50 Colette Bennett

2:51

Colette Bennett:

Order of Ecclesia bosses are huge!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:51 Colette Bennett

2:52

Dale North:

This music rocks. Pictures coming up.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:52 Dale North

2:52

Colette Bennett:

and apparently you fight Frankenstein. Which is awesome.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:52 Colette Bennett

2:52

Dale North:

"You've danced well, woman!" *evil voice*

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:52 Dale North

2:52

Colette Bennett:

"You danced well, woman. Now, shall we go for the finale?" is the tagline at the trailer end. Hilariously good.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:52 Colette Bennett

2:53

Dale North:

HA!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:53 Dale North

2:53

Colette Bennett:

On the Castlevania:Judgement for Nintendo Wi.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:53 Colette Bennett

2:54

Colette Bennett:

New trailer for this too.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:54 Colette Bennett

2:54

Colette Bennett:

Wow. Simon Belmont looks emmmooo.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:54 Colette Bennett

2:55

Colette Bennett:

Iga prefers to describe this title as a "2D versus game" instead of a fighting game, which definitely does not mean the same thing. =/

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:55 Colette Bennett

2:56

Dale North:

"I'm a Belmont; that's my job."

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:56 Dale North

2:56

Colette Bennett:

I have to be honest, I don't care about this game at all.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:56 Colette Bennett

2:56

Dale North:

Double-stressing the action game point.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:56 Dale North

2:57

Dale North:

Hey, he's holding a Wii Nunchuck in his hand.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:57 Dale North

2:57

Colette Bennett:

I gues they've gotten a lot of negative reception about it being a fighting game.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:57 Colette Bennett

2:58

Dale North:

More characters will be announced very soon.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:58 Dale North

2:58

Dale North:

He's playing it, using Simon.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:58 Dale North

2:59

Dale North:

Nunchuck: Z guards, C jumps, and if you shake, you can dodge. The Wii Remote is used for the main attack. Shaking the remote is the basic attack. You're whipping for real now.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 2:59 Dale North

3:00

Dale North:

Holding down B and shaking does a stronger attack. He's showing us examples now.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:00 Dale North

3:01

Colette Bennett:

This game features subweapons just like the main Castlevania series.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:01 Colette Bennett

3:01

Dale North:

They're mapped to the A button

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:01 Dale North

3:02

Dale North:

Moving and standing states initiate different attacks with these commands.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:02 Dale North

3:02

Dale North:

Ha! There's a heart that popped up after destroying the opponent's item.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:02 Dale North

3:03

Colette Bennett:

I think I just saw Iga check his watch. Maybe he's bored.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:03 Colette Bennett

3:03

Dale North:

Poor Alucard - no one is controlling. Getting beat down!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:03 Dale North

3:03

Dale North:

Damn, I want a hat like that.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:03 Dale North

3:04

Dale North:

If a white person wore that, he'd look like Croc Dundee.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:04 Dale North

3:04

Colette Bennett:

Apparently special attacks require extremely precise timing.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:04 Colette Bennett

3:04

Dale North:

Candlesticks can be weapons? You can pull them from the environment.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:04 Dale North

3:05

Dale North:

It's a terrible night for a candle burn

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:05 Dale North

3:05

Colette Bennett:

The game is playable at E3, so we'll check it out and let you know what hands on is like very soon.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:05 Colette Bennett

3:05

Colette Bennett:

Iga says people should give it a shot and may find that people who prefer the original series may enjoy this game as well.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:05 Colette Bennett

3:06

Colette Bennett:

It's Silent Hill time. Jason Allen just came to the stage.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:06 Colette Bennett

3:06

Dale North:

Silent Hill Homecoming trailer.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:06 Dale North

3:07

Dale North:

This song... is Fucking Awesome

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:07 Dale North

3:07

Colette Bennett:

We are seeing a trailer. Every character looks kind of ashen. You arent dead yet, guys.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:07 Colette Bennett

3:07

Dale North:

Noise song.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:07 Dale North

3:08

Dale North:

The main character reminds me of Nick Lachey.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:08 Dale North

3:08

Colette Bennett:

The trailer has a specifically diferent feel from previous titles. You can definitely tel you have a different team behind this one.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:08 Colette Bennett

3:08

Dale North:

We're seeing realtime gameplay now. Sounds like a spoiler :(

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:08 Dale North

3:08

Dale North:

I'll get some pictures.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:08 Dale North

3:09

Colette Bennett:

We are seeing the free look system, which is more natural than previous games. You can look in all directions with ease.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:09 Colette Bennett

3:10

Dale North:

Havok physics in effect. The new camera system looks good, though I"m still a bit worried about the freedom.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:10 Dale North

3:10

Colette Bennett:

You also have a first person view for objects. That is cool.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:10 Colette Bennett

3:10

Dale North:

The item pickup sound is the exact same as the past four games, as is the "save symbol"

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:10 Dale North

3:11

Colette Bennett:

The change to dark Silent Hill happens in real time.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:11 Colette Bennett

3:11

Dale North:

The flat textures on this supporting character look kind of crappy.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:11 Dale North

3:12

Dale North:

This reminds me of the Siren SH5 comparisons in recent articles

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:12 Dale North

3:12

Colette Bennett:

Dialogue trees.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:12 Colette Bennett

3:12

Dale North:

Don't get me wrong, this still looks good -

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:12 Dale North

3:12

Dale North:

The dialogue sounds pretty good. I hope they're not spoiling shit for me.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:12 Dale North

3:13

Colette Bennett:

Dale is right -- the color in the faces too, it just looks unnatural.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:13 Colette Bennett

3:13

Dale North:

ooh, there's a fucked up guy on the roof. Watch out!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:13 Dale North

3:13

Dale North:

HEll yes. These creatures look FUCKED up

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:13 Dale North

3:14

Dale North:

HAHAHA "sick fuck"

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:14 Dale North

3:14

Colette Bennett:

Wow. Some insane shit is about to go down.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:14 Colette Bennett

3:14

Dale North:

is what the supporting charcter said

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:14 Dale North

3:14

Dale North:

He gets demolished.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:14 Dale North

3:14

Colette Bennett:

Well, the mayor's dead.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:14 Colette Bennett

3:15

Colette Bennett:

He just called the enemies "hanging meat sacks." Nice.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:15 Colette Bennett

3:15

Dale North:

Man, I hate to say it - I really do - but some of these graphics look like an older game.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:15 Dale North

3:15

Colette Bennett:

Something is missing from this fight. Music, maybe? It looks good but I don't feel scared watching it.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:15 Colette Bennett

3:15

Dale North:

But it's looking fun... if that makes sense.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:15 Dale North

3:16

Dale North:

I think that the enemies, the boss in this case, looks better than the background. They do lokk pretty gruesome.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:16 Dale North

3:16

Colette Bennett:

The boss does look cool. I agree. I want to fight that.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:16 Colette Bennett

3:17

Colette Bennett:

Ok, the Senior Product Manager is heading out now. Her name is Lauren and she is working with Rock Revolution, which she describes as the ultimate rock game.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:17 Colette Bennett

3:18

Colette Bennett:

All female Ramones tribute band is coming out now. AWESOME!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:18 Colette Bennett

3:18

Dale North:

We're getting a live band? Wow. A Ramones tribute band

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:18 Dale North

3:18

Dale North:

Woah, loud!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:18 Dale North

3:19

Colette Bennett:

Serious grrrl power up in here. Yikes, the singer is a little off though.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:19 Colette Bennett

3:19

Dale North:

'ey, oh, let's go!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:19 Dale North

3:20

Dale North:

Pink Bass Guitar?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:20 Dale North

3:20

Colette Bennett:

On the other hand, Blitzkrieg Bop fucks me when I try to sing it on hard for ROck BAnd, so maybe I should just stfu.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:20 Colette Bennett

3:20

Dale North:

They need not call me.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:20 Dale North

3:21

Colette Bennett:

HAHAHAH

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Colette Bennett

3:21

Dale North:

Now we're getting the Rock Revolution equivalent.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Dale North

3:21

Colette Bennett:

Hmm.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Colette Bennett

3:21

Dale North:

HA! They're sucking!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Dale North

3:21

Colette Bennett:

Loks like Rock Band with vertical notes.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Colette Bennett

3:21

Dale North:

I'm not feeling it, guys.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:21 Dale North

3:22

Dale North:

Drummer is sweating like a MF.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:22 Dale North

3:22

Colette Bennett:

Yeah. Ow.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:22 Colette Bennett

3:22

Colette Bennett:

Maybe choose a song that you can play well next time?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:22 Colette Bennett

3:22

Colette Bennett:

They failed the song. Awesome!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:22 Colette Bennett

3:22

Dale North:

HAHAH THey lost! Their own game. Live on stage!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:22 Dale North

3:23

Dale North:

"That concludes our presentation."

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:23 Dale North

3:23

Colette Bennett:

We're done guys. More pictures coming up soon. Thanks for reading!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 3:23 Colette Bennett

3:24

Writer: Colette Bennett

Close

English

简体中文

Dansk

Deutsch

Español

Français

Italiano

日本語

Nederlands

Norsk

Português

Русский

Svenska

Close