Pre-E3 Blog - Anticipations

Long time no blog. It's been kinda a weird month.

Anyway, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is mere days from now, an while it's a much quieter affair than in years past (though it's back in LA, unlike last year when they made it WAY quiet), it's still set to be extremely eventful as far as video game coverage goes. Big announcements (and hopefully big suprises) are always a big deal, and news, previews, screenshots, and videos come by the truckload.

What follows is a brief, off-the-top-of-my-head-at-2:30AM list of games I hope to see coverage of from the show, as well as games that I hope to see (but may not). It's far, FAR from a list of everything these companies will be showing, it's just some of the known (or rumored) stuff that's caught my interest.

I'm going to try to make a prediction post on Sunday, the day before Microsofts press conference, when all hell begins to break loose. Nintendo and Sony have press conferences on Tuesday, and the expo itself begins on Wednesday, with amazing events such as a keynote address by my very own (Texas) Governer Rick Perry (?!?). Still not sure who made that decision, but hey, it could be interesting.

Microsoft:
New Halo Title (?) (Peter Jackson's Halo Chronicles?) (360)
Halo Wars (360)
Gears of War 2 (360)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (360)
Fable II (360)
Avatars - Microsoft's answer to Miis (360)
Lips (only because the Elite Beat Agent guys are supposedly making it) (360)
Alan Wake (please?) (360 & PC)
Crazy motion controller?!? (360)

Nintendo:
Animal Crossing (Wii)
Suprises (Nintendo is good at those. Kid Icarus?)
Fire Emblem (DS)
Kirby Superstar (DS)

Sony:
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
God of War III (?) (PS3)
Resistance 2 (PS3)

Square-Enix:
Chrono Trigger (DS)
Final Fantasy IV (even though it'll be out really soon) (DS)
Star Ocean 1 & 2 Ports (PSP)
Star Ocean 3 (360)
Anything Kingdom Hearts related

Ubisoft:
Assassins Creed 2 (360 & PS3)
Prince of Persia (360 & PS3)
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Far Cry 2 (360, PS3 & PC?)

Konami:
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
Castlvania Judgement (Wii)

Capcom:
Mega Man 9 (Wii, XBLA & PS3)
Bionic Commando (360, PS3, & PC)
Bionic Commando Rearmed (360, PS3 & PC)
Resident Evil 5 (360 & PS3)
Street Fighter IV (360, PS3, PC & Arcade)

Bioware:
Dragon Age (PC)
Sonic Chronicles (DS)

MISC:
Fallout 3 (PC)
Fatal Frame 3 (Wii)
Mortal Komabt vs. DC Universe (360 & PS3)
Dead Space (360 & PS3)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Everything)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (360 & PS3)
Spore (PC)
Sonic Unleashed

That's all I can think of right now... Hopefully I'll be super excited about some of the announced titles.