E3 2014 - All Aboard The Hype Thread!

A year... Nearly a year! Since last E3 - as I always say, time is going to fast!

It's fast approaching, which means it's time for the official thread to appear. This is the place for all E3 discussion. Post funny GIFs and videos, talk about the games at the show, what you expect to be shown? Talk about each press conference. All the usual stuff really.

Of course, IRC is essential and a yearly tradition for Cubed3, so as always, here's the link to the IRC channel we usually use. You can access it through a client like ChatZilla though (I think).

C3 E3 IRC

IRC Chat

Press Conference Times (GMT)

Microsoft: Monday, June 9th at 5.30pm
EA: Monday, June 9th at 8pm
Ubisoft: Monday, June 9th at 11pm
Sony: Tuesday, June 10th at 2.00am
Nintendo: Tuesday, June 10th at 5pm

( Edited 25.05.2014 21:19 by Azuardo )

Man I'm so pumped for e3! Not too long now and with MK8 out in a few days, the days should hopefully fly by

It's come so soon! I just can't imagine Nintendo truly blowing people away with lots of new stuff.

Expected:

• Bayonetta 2 (+ release date).
  
• More "X" footage.
  
• More from Pokémon R&S remakes.
  
• More Hyrule Warriors footage + date
  
• Wii Sports Club - physical package/release
  
• Sonic
  
• Super Smash Bros 3DS/Wii U
  
• New NFC Projects
  
• Something from Retro
  
• Watch_Dogs
  
• Yarn Yoshi
  
• Few indie releases
  

• New Zelda - I am hopeful Nintendo will show something - maybe a teaser trailer at the very least, but am thinking they may possibly hold off to give HW room to breathe.
  
• New 3D Mario "Galaxy" styled single player game.
  
• Possible DLC or expansion for Super Mario 3D World.
  
• New Metroid
  
• New Star Fox
  
• GameCube classics reborn on Wii U (either up-scaled or simple VC ports).
  
• New 3DS Zelda (Majora's Mask remake?)
  
• New Wii U Kirby
  
• New Sin & Punishment
  
• New F-Zero
  
• New Golden Sun
  
• New Fire Emblem for Wii U
  
• New 3D Pokemon "Stadium" game for Wii U (compatible with X/Y)
  

I'll be watching Nintendo's Digital Event as it streams since the rest aren't in ideal times, well except MS, but I found the ones I've seen from them boring anyway.

I don't expect Watch Dogs to be at Nintendo's Digital event, at most I think we'll get an obligatory trailer.

We'll definitely get something with the new Zelda, I remember Aonuma saying something about getting some details at E3.

Also, we've got the Nintendo Treehouse thing which is in three segments, and 2 developer interviews, one of them is on an unannounce game.

Treehouse Live will broadcast:
Tuesday, June 10: 11:35 AM PT - 4:00 PM PT (7:35 PM - Midnight BST)
Wednesday, June 11: 9:15 AM PT - 6:00 PM PT (5:15 PM - 2:00 AM BST)
Thursday, June 12: 9:30 AM PT - 5:00 PM PT (5:30 PM - 1:00 AM BST)

( Edited 09.06.2014 07:57 by Stulaw )

Nintendo almost have to air some Zelda footage - everyone is expecting it, so will be a huge disappointment if it doesn't show up at some-point during the event, really. I can understand they would want to make Hyrule Warriors the prime focus for this year, but a little snippet for new "true" Zelda, would be great. Playable demo would be epic.

Wow what great preditions ! Im hoping for :

New Metroid Wii U
3ds new Metroid
3ds new Castlevania SOTN 2
new Mega Man Wii U
Ultra Street Fighter Wii U
Mortal Kombat X Wii U
Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest Wii U
3ds Dragon Quest 7
Super Mario RPG 2 Wii U
New Zelda Wii U
3dsMajoras Mask
New Star Fox Wii U
New Mario Galaxy 3 Wii U
New Game Cube Classics
Project CARS
Watch Dogs Wii U

I feel this will be a great year for Nintendo. Im a nintendo fan so im very optimistic . Nintendos the best. They will win e3 hands down. Just wait you will see !

( Edited 05.06.2014 19:17 by curtiscdragon )

Here are the US times (east coast) for everything

MONDAY
Microsoft: 12:30pm
EA: 3:00pm
Ubisoft: 6:00pm
Sony: 9:00pm

TUESDAY
Nintendo: 12:00pm
Live from Nintendo Treehouse 2:35pm - 7:00pm
Super Smash Bros. Invitational 7:00pm-10:00pm

WEDNESDAY
Live from Nintendo Treehouse 2:35pm - 7:00pm

THURSDAY
Live from Nintendo Treehouse 12:15pm - 9:00pm

I would love to see what Retro Studios is working on now. Under normal circumstances I don't think we'd hear anything about it, since it would be early in development (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze only shipped in February) and they've been maybe, at the earliest, been working on it since November. However, because of the need to increase Wii U's sales I think it is possible that we could maybe get a teaser.

I do fully expect to see the next game from Next Level Games. Their last game, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon shipped in March 2013, so they've been working on something for at least 14+ months. I would love a new Strikers game, but I would also love to see them handle another more story based game like LMM.

I expect to hear a lot more solid info on games that we've previously only gotten teasers for like X, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Hyrule Warriors​ and Yarn Yoshi.

The next Zelda game is fully expected as well as info on the Nintendo Figurine Platform.

I'm sure there will be a couple of surprises as well. There is that 90-minute session dedicated to a new 3DS game (will that be announced in the main event or specifically at that special event?).

Microsoft later today, who's excited?

I'm kind of just... Meh! I'm not too interested, but I'll probably end up watching it if others are, just for the group chat fun.

( Edited 09.06.2014 09:42 by Marzy )

Marzy said:
Microsoft later today, who's excited?

I'm kind of just... Meh! I'm not too interested, but I'll probably end up watching it if others are, just for the group chat fun.

What time is it going to be?

RudyC3 said:

Marzy said:
Microsoft later today, who's excited?

I'm kind of just... Meh! I'm not too interested, but I'll probably end up watching it if others are, just for the group chat fun.

What time is it going to be?

5:30pm GMT.

I put all the dates and times in the OP.

Ah, indeed! Cheers !! Not the most convenient time for me, as I will most likely be in the middle of eating dinner, but I might watch it if I can.

Nintendo's own presentation is, also, at the worst possible time for me as well :/, for that matter.

( Edited 09.06.2014 10:28 by RudyC3 )

Really feel like this could be the best E3 in many years, on a personal level. Not setting hopes too high, but there could well be so many reveals of my favourite franchises this year.

This is like the least excited I've been for E3 ever, but that could be a good thing really. It means if anything big is announced, It'll just make it more exciting. I think it's just the past few years have been so lackluster in terms of games that interest me, apart from Nintendo's offerings.

The strange thing for me is that almost all non-Nintendo games I'm interested in never get revealed or even shown at E3, so my excitement for the other conferences is naturally limited.

I can't wait! Unfortunately, I am going to miss the press conferences and the Nintendo digital event. I am going to try to avoid spoilers, and watch them after I get home tomorrow.