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Reporting Live from Games Conference show floor!

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Kobold

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Hey all,

Blimblim and me are across from each other with our laptops in the Microsoft booth, listening to the Microsoft (games for windows) conference.

Conveniently theres a wireless, decent speed, internet here we can use So if we hear something cool, we'll be sure to update this thread! I'm sure we'll have video's too at some point. :)

(Blim's wireless has trouble getting online at the moment he's lookingfor a better spot.)
 
Can you confirm the contents of the different SKUs?

so only one remote in both packages? One wired and one wireless?

Or does the 400$ package get a wired and wireless controller? It definetly gets the remote control though right?

... How do they charge the wireless one again? rechargable batteries? No? Can you hook up the wireless ones?
 
Now is the Microsoft Windows conference, age of empires 3 is running on a MEGA screen, looks really cool. Real physics, water ripples.

No information on SKU's, the Microsoft XBox 360 conference is in 2 hours from now!
 
AoE 3 - Home City feature

Persistant 'character' that you level up and you get new capability's. Killing things you get XP's and you get new ships, tech, military units, etc. (much like HoMM's towns).

Graphics, REALLY nice, water is incredible.

Collector's edition looks cool.

Big Battles, several hundreds people, all shadowed, etc.
 
Kobold said:
AoE 3 - Home City feature

Persistant 'character' that you level up and you get new capability's. Killing things you get XP's and you get new ships, tech, military units, etc. (much like HoMM's towns).
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yeah good feature on this in the new CGW... sounds like a cool feature if balanced right.
 
AoE 3 Q/A

How far can you zoom uit? - Automatic, moderate zoom-out. Unlockable camera, you can keep it steady or control it yourself.

Formations? Not as expansive as they originally wanted. Focus on other stuff, games has to get done.

(short QA)
 
Kobold said:
Blimblim and me are across from each other with our laptops in the Microsoft booth, listening to the Microsoft (games for windows) conference.
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Kobold, I'm planning with some friends for a trip in Leipzig in the weekend. A great factor in getting this decision will be if there are any 360 games playable on the show floor. Can you please confirm or deny this?
 
Zaptruder said:
... How do they charge the wireless one again? rechargable batteries? No? Can you hook up the wireless ones?
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Just regular AAs.. You can buy a rechargeable pack to put in there if you want.
 
No Xbox 360 games playable on the show floor. The conference is not in the weekend but the coming 3 or so days I believe, check at www.gc-germany.de.

That was all on AoE 3, shot QA of like 2 questions and the presentation was cool but nothing new much.

Arkane's Dark Messiah presentation was awesome, the game looks sweet. You'll have grinding swords together when batteling foe's when you win push-back (like PoP cutscenes I guess) and freeze spell, if you do on opponent he will freeze (no shit), if you freeze ground, ice will form, and enemies will trip, havoc-physics style down cliffs etc. You can 'groe' enemies, and they will stick on your knife, then you push off with boot havik physics. Enviroment is weapon, like half-life 2, destroy supports, bridge collapse, etc.

Oh its first person shooter, Whitchblade-ish style (Arx Fatalis-ish).

PC only, no plans for console release on Dark Messiah.

King Kong rules, sadly Xbox version is PS2 port, needs a lot of work, graphics not too hot but looks impressive just becuase of the cinematic feel etc. Very awesome, I think.

Xbox 360 version of King Kong coming along, not an 'upscaled' port of the PS2 version, but Michel Ancel wants it to 'look like the movie'. Still planned for 2005 strangely enough.
 
Kobold said:
Arkane's Dark Messiah
PC only, no plans for console release on Dark Messiah. .
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ugh. well, won't be playing this one. Not buying a new console AND upgrading my PC this year. wth Arkane.
 
Kobold said:
AWESOME Dark Messiah Info
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My good man did they actually mention it is connected with Might and Magic universe? Any M&M monsters/ environments you recognized? Is is still titled Dark Messiah of M&M or just Dark Messiah?

Sounds very cool with all that physics, swords clashing, ice freezing etc. And hey, it's a PC exclusive! No dumbing down like some other RPG game coming out soon ;p That's a rarity these days.
 
i dont think MM Dark Messiah is due anytime soon right?

Eurogamer says that both King Kong and Ghost Recon 360 are for launch (at least in europe)... wierd that alot of games supposedly for 'launch' we havent really seen at all, such as RR6
 
Borys said:
My good man did they actually mention it is connected with Might and Magic universe? Any M&M monsters/ environments you recognized? Is is still titled Dark Messiah of M&M or just Dark Messiah?

Sounds very cool with all that physics, swords clashing, ice freezing etc. And hey, it's a PC exclusive! No dumbing down like some other RPG game coming out soon ;p That's a rarity these days.
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I don't know much about Might and Magic, sorry! Goblins, etc. Orcs (very lord of the ringish in styling) Cool looking dragon-ish creature. (wyrm?)
 
Borys said:
My good man did they actually mention it is connected with Might and Magic universe? Any M&M monsters/ environments you recognized?
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Nothing I've seen of it is connected visually or thematically to any previous M&M world.
 
Dark Messiah pics...

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B E N K E, you are so cool (you D2M15 also!)

Yup, that's Source alright.
And I could even mistake it for a M&M title alright :)

Interest was already at infinity so excitement + 999 999!
 
Old EA trailers, old Gotham trailer.

Will be live demo's of Final Fantasy 11 on the show floor, cross platform too. (not in this conference)

Rare next...
 
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