activision(07/15/2008) 
8:26
Nelson Diaz, commedian and whatnot, has taken the stage..... and is telling us how much he loves gaming.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:26 
8:27
He's just introduced Activision CEO Mike Griffiths who's taken the stage and talks about how he felt bad about showing shooter games here in this location (we're in an old church).
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:27 
8:28
He says that the guitar hero ds game has sold ten times what their next best ds game has sold.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:28 
8:30
consumers have downloaded 18 million songs in guitar hero (DLC)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:30 
8:30
mike is talking about how the activision blizzard merger has made the computer HUUUUUUUUUUGE
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their portfolio is more balanced, he says
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games that appeal to casual and hardcore alike
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they've doubled the number of call of duty players
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he's talking about their new games.
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the new game he's talking about the raven software developed "Singularity"
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its tested very well, he says.
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now, we're watching the trailer
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rain, water. lots of electro bolts
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we're in a ship, and an easter european dude is talking about how things are unstable
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the game is multiplat
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8:34
we're watching the "marvel ultimate alliance 2" trailer
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super short! hulk, iron, etc and BAM, it's over
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8:35
here's another trailer, "x-man origins: wolverine", which is based on the hugh jackman fillm.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:35 
8:35
oh, that's not a trailer, he's just announced it
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"transformers: revenge of the fallen", the sequel to the transformers game is announced as well
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talking about how much the movie and the game made
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now, mike is leaving the stage
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and turning it back over to nelson diaz
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treyarch's studio head Mark Lamia is now on stage
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says that his new call of duty will be the grittiest call of duty ever
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he shows us a trailer
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8:39
troops moving through the night

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theres a mix of english and japanese voice overs
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OOOOOOOH flamethrower
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japanese troop sticking a sword in another troop
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and guys wearing leaves climbing a tree
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and it's over
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flamethrowers can burn up cover and char the battlefield
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that sound rad

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coop is introduced
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four players online, two player split screen
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keefer sutherland will voice one of the main characters in call of duty world at war
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hey! we're watching a clip with keefer talking
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i hope he says DAMMIT
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if he doesnt say dammit, that'll suck
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 
8:43
now, there's one and two player coop, one has a flamethrower and he's just burning the crap outta the beach
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:43 
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WOW, one dude burned a tank causing it to BLOW UP
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(keefer still hasn't said dammit)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:44 
8:44
this really does look pretty nutso for a ww2 game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:44 
8:45
blowing up tanks now with rocket launchers (as you do)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:45 
8:46
yah, this looks pretty good -- im sick of ww2, but this looks good
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:46 
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now we're talking about "spider man web of shadows"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:46 
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they're showing us the trailer. there's like a slimey tar thingy on a nyc building
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the daily bugel sign is all wrecked
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spider man standing on the edge of a building, nyc is wraped in black shadow, the city is destroyed
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its an original story line
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nyc is overwhelmed by an invasion of aliens
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spiderman has to decide who to team up with to save teh city
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allies or foes?
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they spent a long time on the combat system
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spiderman fighting through the streets of manhattan
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we can capture how the player expects spiderman to fight
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rather, the developer can
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now spiderman is shown climbing up a building and fighting aliens as he climbs up the building
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pretty cool
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players can use either one of two suits
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black suit which is brute force
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and the blue suit which is allegity
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8:55
there's a movie trailer up
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like a movie preview
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8:56
ah, yes
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james bond
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yes THAT GUY
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i really liked casino royale, it was quite good
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:56 
8:57
daniel craig is riding a motorcycle, punching dudes and swinging through glass and other shit
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:57 
8:57
man, quantum of solace looks pretty bad ass
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:57 
8:58
senior vp at danjack (the company that owns the bond global brand company) takes the stage
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man, can you imagine owning the bond IP...
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:58 
8:59
martini's all the time!
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he's saying how they looked for a new gaming partner
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and when they saw activision they thought they were the best partnet
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partner
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9:00
he just called daniel craig a "blonde bomb", but meant to say "blonde bond"
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9:01
theyve shot the movie in chile, london, all over the world!
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they've given activsion total access to everyone, script and even to daniel craig
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he's saying the bond partnership with the game is long term
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:01 
9:03
in the new bond game, they are blending first and third person
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9:03
they are building the game on the call of duty engine
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9:04
daniel craig is a huge gamer and they are ready to deliver a great bond game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:04 
9:05
theyre showing the game, which shows bond sneaking around
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 
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bond sneaks up behind a guard and beats his ass (in third person mode) then it switches to first person mode
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 
9:06
the game is a nice mix of fps and third person with sneaking and shooting the shit outta things
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9:07
now they're showing a scene from the game which is based on the upcoming movie quatum of solace (and casino royale, too apparently)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 
9:08
bond is moving through a sewer
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now, he's underground, finding cover in a gears of war style shoot out
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 
9:09
the fps stuff REALLY looks call of duty-y
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9:09
in a good way
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9:10
now we're watching a new movie trailer
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oh, its the game trailer
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:10 
9:11
which uses a clip from the movie of daniel craig walking over desert rocks
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 
9:12
todd hollenshead has taken the stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:12 
9:12
he is talking about the wolfenstein project
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they've been working with raven on the game
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9:12
he's saying how the first wolfenstein game created FPS
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:12 
9:13
i wonder what happened to that wolfenstein movie that roger avary was gonna do....
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:13 
9:13
in the new wolfenstein, the nazis are into scifi and are trying to open a portal to a new demension
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:13 
9:13
in the new game, bj doesn't have to fight by himself
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9:14
he gets the help of the underground resistance
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9:14
multiplayer is team based
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9:15
you can use some of the supernatural weapons in the MP
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9:15
they're gonna show more at quakecon
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9:15
todd leaves the stage
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clip of shit blowing up
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9:16
like thats pretty much it!
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theres wolfenstein electric bolts and then more blowing up shit
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now guitar hero world tour
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which is coming out this fall
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9:17
brian bright, neversoft project director, is on stage
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there are 85 master recordings in game on disc

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the doors, the eagles, van halen
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now, talking DLC
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9:18
metallic's new album is available at launch
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as DLC
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9:18
previously owned guitar hero peripherals are fully compatibale on the 360
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:18 
9:20
there's a touch sensitive tappy slide sensitive slider bar
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so you can slap play instead of just strum
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for the drums, they elevated the drums for better playing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 
9:23
there a port that allows players to play the game with any drum kit or beat box via a mini-in jack
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:23 
9:23
a drummer on stage is now showing off the new drum kit
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sound great
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sounds
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9:24
the mic is a wired logitech mic
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hi-fi
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9:25
former blink 182 drummer travis barker takes the stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 
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he tested out the drums for guitar hero world tour
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"i thought it was super user friendly, it was super responsive" says travis
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he's a character in the game
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he says it's realistic, that you can get good at drumming by this game
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now everyone is clapping for travis, who leaves
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 
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brian bright is now back on stage talking about the music studio
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9:28
you can create music together and share it with others
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you can customize the guitar sound
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9:32
you can use a drum machine via your guitar, too
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you can build tracks and shit
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9:33
you can also control pitch and whatnot via tilting your guitar
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9:35
there's a keyboard syn you can access, too

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gh tunes is a user community of gh created music
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you can make any style of music
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polish it in gh mix
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and then you can make an album cover

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which is rad
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9:36
gh tunes is like billboard meets youtube
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9:37
theres a rockstar creator
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which means you can create your own rockstar
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you can change the shape of your rockstars face
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make them older or younger
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pretty cool
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theres an instrument creator too
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you can do battle of the bands online
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4 vs 4 online
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any combination of local and remote play
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9:39
haley williams gets on stage
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(i dont know who she is)
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:/
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but she has a song in the game and is playable in the game
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she really likes the music studio
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man, this press conference is LONG
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she would like to see a slipknot's new single on gh
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now haley is gone
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now, the neversoft band is on stage

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and they are playing hot for teacher
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and still playing
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and still playgin
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9:49
and theyre done and people are standing up and stuff
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and it looks like a wrap
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