but nothing really big for 2009. We'll see Halo:ODST, Alan Wake, Forza 3, Splinter Cell, and maybe one of lionhead's projects.

2010 will be huge competition though. Cant wait to see GT5 vs. F3 :D

Edit: Of course we'll see some games from RARE, but they develop games toward the casual market and are usually much smaller in scale.

Anybody who thinks they are just going to sit back and enjoy as their lead continues to dwindle even further is not thinking straight.

certainly they have "something".

Hideo Kojima was gonna develop Metal Gear Solid Trilogy Remake Remaster
Exclusive for Xbox 360.

people kept saying last year that MS was going to announce killer new games and take over E3... they didn't, not a single new exclusive.. FF13 was certainly a megaton, but it wasn't a new exclusive

they lost to Sony who announced MAG and Fat Princess (FP was E3 right?) and showed a trailer for GOW3

seems like Deja Vu as people are hyping MS to announce big games at E3 and bolster they're pathetic 09 line-up.... but the hard truth is that, MS wouldn't save a massive exclusive for so late.. if they really did have a trick up their sleeve for 09.. they would've announced it at GDC like they did with Gears 2 last year

Sony won't announce anything big for 09 either (apart from maybe ICO).. but they don't need to... they already have 6 big games for the rest of the year, and a couple of other exclusives thrown in

both MS and Sony will announce games for 2010, because no-one announces huge games at E3 for release in the same year

so i guess you guys are stuck with Halo:ODST... oops, maybe next year eh?

you guessed it ofcourse tons of DLC.
Soulja Boy, Too Human 2, Hannah Montana the video game, er...er...er.. more DLC....er....er...Halo:RROD... er..er Halo War DLC
er....er...oh ya Gear 2 DLC.

Meh i won't expect much...

But they better bring something to justify my purchase.

M$ is gonna have something they would be crazy not too...but it has to be exclusive,something new and fresh.People are not gonna be excited for more DLC and another Halo.

It is that time of year where we here the same song and dance. MS was supposed to be doomed in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and now here we are at 2009. RROD didn't doom them, Resistance 2 didn't doom them, Motorstorm didn't doom them, LBP didn't doom them and Killzone 2 was supposed to doom them. But they are doom this year FOR SURE. None of the systems are doom now and please with these articles pointing out MAG and GOW 3 when we don't have solid dates on them to begin with. Even when we get dates for them the 360 still won't be DOOMED.

"Sony is certainly going to bring a lot of competition to Microsoft at this years E3 as they will likely be showing games such as DC Universe Online, Uncharted 2, MAG and the much anticipated God of War III."

Maybe 2 of those titles might launch this year.
Why the hell these idiot "jounalists" continue to tell us sony is having a strong year when in fact they won't is beyond me.

GOW3 isnt coming this year.
Neither ios DC Univers.

Sony have 3 titles (maybe 4) to tak ethem through the rest of the year

Infamous
Uncharted 2
Heavy Rain
MAG

Stop pretending it's a blockbuster line up because it aint.

If the 360 pulls out an Xmas release for ME2, Forza 3, Halo ODST, Splinter Cell, Alann Wake it's game over.

Blockbuster line up for SONY? Hardly.

Still if you keep your eyes closed, fingers in your ears, and shout "LALALALA I cant hear you", then Sony are going to wipe the foor.

A realist would suggest it going to be a good scrap.

1) Xbox sucks so bad hoover is looking to partner
2) Xbox smells so bad even your moms perfume smells better
3) Xbox has no games that in 20 years people will be playing Halo 987 and Gears 333.
4) Xbox releases at E3 that they have solved the RROD. Only to suffer RROD on stage.
5) Xbox releases at E3 news of a new IP. Its called "shooter #4995"
6) Xbox releases at E3 it will have an update sometime
7) Xbox releases a new RPG called anime not interesting to americans
8) Xbox releases a new sequel of every game that is out so far because they cant develop anything themselves.
9) Xbox releases that there will not be a crackdown 2 even though its one of the best games on the stupid console.
10) Xbox releases its slight of hand card trick. As in when you try to cancel live it still charges your credit card.

Stay tuned for more lists... Joy!

They never learn don't count out MS. Last year FFXIII and all the cryin g of the stupid droids! Hahahahha They are going to have a lot of games to show, so droids better ready to be Pwnt again! hahahhahahah

Sony is going to show a lot of games too for 2010+ like Mag, Heavy Rain, GT5 Oh I forgot that is for 2011! Hahhahahahahahahahhaha

I'm pretty damn sure this will be Sony's show.

MGS5, GOW3, Uncharted 2, etc...

As of right now, we can't expect anything spectacular from Nintendo and MS, unless they have surprises

I think that Microsoft can have a strong E3 showing if they announce at least 1 or 2 new 1st party or Exclusive titles and show off BOTH Splinter Cell Conviction and Alan Wake.

If MGS5, MGS4 or FF Versus XIII isn't announced for the 360 at E3, then pretty much there's no other major game worth mentioning that M$ can get that's exclusive to the PS3 like they did last year with FFXIII..... if it wasn't for FFXIII being announced as multiplatform last year, Microsoft's E3 showing would have been fairly average to me.

If Sony announces the long-awaited new Team ICO game at E3, just that game alone would be enough to shake up the entire E3 Conference... and if that happens Microsoft will MOST definitely have to come with their A-Game.

Alan Wake gameplay footage

New Halo game will be announced for mid to late 2010. Maybe it'll be a 3rd person shooter spin off or Halo 5.

Gears of War 3 teaser

New IP announced and teased

RARE shows off a new project

Xbox LIVE update

Some sort of exclusive DLC (can't be Final Fantasy XIII because the Japanese won't allow it since it's a PS3 exclusive in Japan)

Something relating to XBLA

Lower price on XBL

New 360 model

Lips 2, You're in the Movie 2, Viva Pinata 3 and a bunch of rehashed xbla games. It is MS afterall. Oh, and Tekken 6.

Here's what I expect from MS

Forza 3
Splinter Cell
Mass Effect 2
Valve exclusive with new engine
Killer Instinct 3
Perfect Dark 2 -new engine
Alan Wake
Halo:ODST

What I'd like to see, but probably won't:
Rallisport 3

yeah offcourse they need to have a strong showing.

well guess everyone has there opinion i have mind.

I think a Gears 3 announcement is way too early and reeks a bit of desperation. How many times can you milk Gears and Halo every year? Plus, it is kind of nice when Cliffy B isn't in every headline.

What is Bethesda doing next?

Team Ico needs to finally make some noise

I'm a fan of Ubisoft developed games. You may find faults with some of them, but you can't deny the don't push the envelope. Assassins Creed 2 should be a a good one.

I'd like to see these games reemerge at E3. They seemed to have disappeared for a while and although I don't doubt they are still around, I'd like to know more about them:
Wardevil
Darksiders: Wrath of War
Borderlands (this has gotten a little news lately)
Beyond Good and Evil 2

Xbox 360 had a mediocre showing last year, especially since their biggest announcement was a single game going multiplatform. I don't see how this year's E3 is going to be any different. With such a small set of internal studios (Halo Studio, Lionhead, and Rare), pretty much everything on their platter is going to be multi-platform.

-NO 720
-RARE 3 New Games Presentation (KI, Perfect Dark 2 & Conquer)
-Cry Engine 3 eXclusive game for X360
-Alan finally Wake up
-Xbox Live Service lower his price
-New Zune HD model interacting with X360 and with "Live Service"
-Cell Phones interacting with Xbox 360 Live Service (Voice and Typed
messages) ¿Phone Service?
-Xbox Live everywhere "Big Update" dated
-DLC for Halo Wars
-Halo ODST In-Game Presentation
-Forza 3
-Splinter Cell Conviction In-Game Presentation
-Mass Effect 2 Presentation
-Halo Movie Teaser
-Lion Heads NEW Game
-GT5
-New DLC teaser and dated for GTA4 2nd Qtr 2010
-APB Teaser
-Huxley
-Operation Flashpoint 2 DEMO on Xbox 360 & PC
-Call of Duty MW2 In-Game presentation and DEMO dated
-New MMORPG Service on Live "Optional Service" (By the way MMORPG's
on consoles is a dangerous thing. They can have a big effect on the
other games sales)
-Final Fantasy 13 DEMO Presentation on a Big Fat Screen

-And only the half of this list

Well its a prediction of course i can be wrong but think about it all of them can really be announced this E3 for 360. > ALL <

yeah MS has all the money in the world...to bad that they cant make their own F***ing games! Whats next FFVXIII going multi platform give me a break. What a joke

Personally, I think MS really needs to lay off doing all of this DLC and third party only support and focus on getting their 1st parties in check:

- Namco seems to be leaning to the PS3 now with the ToV shocker
- Konami is pretty much out because their biggest game is optimized for the PS3
- SE is...well, you can't really expect them to give them anything more with Wada being hated because he's so f#cking slimy and most people in SE are hating his decisions (and Nomura is one of them that they really, REALLY need right now, so forget about any game he'll be overseeing head to the 360 anytime soon unless Wada has a gun to his head to force him)
- EA is using the PS3 as their lead console of development
- Bioware is doing the most annoying thing in the world by making us wait for them to make an F'N decision about ME2's "exclusiveness" (seriously, Bioware, just either deny or confirm the PS3 version, but say something definitive because we're waiting to see what you do with the first game if you DO go multi with ME2).
- How much longer do we have to wait for Ubi to finish Splinter Cell?

Personally, I want to see MS devote more of their resources to make good, quality first party games that will make me want to care about my 360 in 2009. Multis will only take you so far, and the DLC-as-a-weapon route is getting really old. I really don't think any PS3 games GOING multi or any exclusive DLC announcement will shock anyone seeing as how it's all they ever have anymore to tell us, so it's what we're expecting from them.

Rare and/or Lionhead could be good bets. Let us see a new Perfect Dark or Killer Instinct 3 (maybe THAT will be their big surprise. Only thing that COULD stop it? I don't know if Rare or Nintendo hold the IP rights to KI. Can anyone answer this for me?). And let's see the Fable 3 announcement that we are expecting soon (but make it so we have more to do and that the decisions we make in the game have even more resounding impact, and make the family raising and real estate have more impact than F2 did). I wouldn't mind seeing that (even though with the closing/letting go of first parties, something tells me Rare is next to have something happen to them before they can give MS anything else unless MS changes up their strategy).

Also, as far as Sony goes, I'm sensing that it could be them that gets THE bombshell this year. I don't know what it could be, but something tells me that they are planning SOMETHING big (hopefully I'm right because they really could use one to really steal the show.

Actually, on second thought, maybe it could be NINTENDO'S turn to bring us a bombshell (hint to Nintendo: We want more Metroid, and get Earthbound to the VC. Hell, show us that you're localizing the rest of the Mother series).

Where's the cute anime chicks with their witty quips?

It says "get lost and go play some games and wait till E3 to see what they announce". good enough for me.

does anyone else have this feeling they are going to announce a new Gears for an early 2010 or if MS really want to push it late 2009 and a new Halo game. The exculisve DLC for things like MW2 and AC2 then some sort of update that will convinve everyone that paying for live is still worth it.

Microsoft will show at the E3 two exclusive games, multiplatform games and most important thing they'll show data sales,data charts,attach rate etc.. and how is cheap Xbox360 arcade. don't expect more than this.

Maybe Killer Instinct 3.

Xbox360 dosn,t need big exclusive to stay ahead of sony. Mostly because all multi platform games run and sell better on the 360.

MS & Sony will both have a great line up and other great features to offer us Dual Console owners ! I'm happy , moving on now nothing to see here

I'm sure they will conger up something for E3, this is Microsoft we are talking about.

When don't they have something to show off?

Although I don't see many moves comming from the X360 (I'm certain that the new system is well underway and could be out SOONER than people are expecting) Ideas on Blu Ray, some type of motion sensitive controller, and WIFI, are much talked about among the MS camp.

Furthermore, I see MS taking it's X360 towards the DLC route. Maybe there will be other chapters for GTA, and Gears. Another Halo 3 map pack was dropped not to long ago....SO, could be setting up the Halo: ODST "official" release date. Also, where is Alan Wake and Huxley? Is the $300 million dollar RARE studio going to deliver for MS with another Perfect Dark and/or Conker? I think a RETRO Goldeneye, with the new advancements of gaming, would be a sweet idea. O.K., enough from me...I AM A SONY FAN YOU KNOW. (Yea, I know....making good non-biased post is extremely rare in here. In fact, I need to be careful...before I get banned!)

I think this year’s E3, from both Microsoft and Sony will be more to do with confirmations and showings of past announcements than NEW game debuts. Just to name a few, probably confirmations and showings of Alan Wake, SC Conviction, Mass Effect 2, Halo ODST from Microsoft; Uncharted 2, MAG, Heavy Rain, God of War III from Sony. I am yearning to play all the mentioned games from Microsoft and Sony, except MAG since I am an off-line gamer (but I still do appreciate what MAG is trying to do and achieve).

Each console holder will get exclusive-showing/DEMOing of multiplatform titles on their stage...probably titles like Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Dragon Age Origins, Bioshock 2 etc.

Both, especially Microsoft than Sony, will also boast exclusive DLC coming to their console. Now personally, I am not a fan of DLC, probably because Internet is still slow and expensive in my country. Therefore, I don’t give a damn about DLC because I know I am in the minority. For example, back in 2006 when Microsoft announced two GTA IV DLCs coming to the Xbox 360, for someone in my position it didn’t matter which full version of the game I got. Should Microsoft/Rockstar at a future date produce a retail disc-based GTA IV of the two episodes, I am sure to get it.

Nonetheless, I am really looking forward to what both Microsoft and Sony have to present at E3…I am a fan of both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Funny how everyone's memory is so fuzzy..Microsoft hands down won last year's E3..They showcased and DELIVERED on that promise

Xbox 360..E3 08 gave us Gears 2, Fable 2, Netflix, NXE, and showcased RE5..as of today the 360 has delivered 100% on that promise.

Andrew says the PS3 had a slightly better show..but you have announced games like MAG, God of War 3, and, DC online that may not be released for at least a year and a half after the announcement. Some may not see the light a for a full two years after.

It's clear that Microsoft's strategy of announcing games that we will actually be released through the holiday and prior to the subsequent E3 has paid off in spades.

But even by their own admission they will use this year to take on Sony's strategy of announcing games that may be 1 day into development.throw a cutscene out and all of a sudden you have this unbelievable line up.

For Microsoft it is clear that footage of September's Halo: OSDT will be clearly one of the most anticipated of the show. But, it is clear that Microsoft can go a million different directions to get the crowds of E3 in a frenzy. Especially now that they can announce game FAR FAR into the future.

If Alan Wake exists..show compelling footage
If Perfect Dark 2 or Killer Instinct exist..show the footage
Peter Jackson's Half movie/half game Halo Chronicles could be officially announced
Project Gotham and Forza 3 could be used to counter GT5
Lionhead can show BOTH games that are in development
Lost Planet 2 and Mass Effect 2 should definately be a Xbox stage crowd pleasesr (multi-plat or not)

Any of these will be effective. I just don't belive a Halo 4 or a Gears 3 announcement will be necessary.

The infamous 'Final Fantasy' announcement had ZERO backlash. PS3 F-boys and a bunch of biased bloggers mean absolutely nothing to the bottomline. Final Fantasy will be purchased by millions and millions on both systems..period.

We've seen gameplay footage of both Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 and they will be big for the PS3..but in my opinion..Team Ico and a Price Cut has my money for the big cheers.

As a gamer, I love the fact that Microsoft 'get's it' this year..keep everyone in the dark..and show your cards when the whole world is watching. A month and a half will reveal the truth either way. It may end up being historic.

@ Dan below

E3 NEVER had mediocre showings and TGS has NEVER come close to the spectacle of E3 in it's hey day. Microsoft WILL pull out all the stops and Sony will too

I somewhat agree with this article, however I don't see Microsoft pulling out all the stops. E3's been steadily declining over the last couple of years (I think opening back up to the public, in even a limited manner would change that), so why would Microsoft show off everything at E3?

GDC has been mostly about hints at what's coming up, and more about firmware from what I've seen in the last couple of years. E3's had mediocre showings, and the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo focus mostly on the Tokyo Game Show. TGS has been gaining popularity in the recent years and is considered by many to be more relevant these days to showing off and trying to own the upcoming year hype-wise.

as a failure....This could go both ways...M$ could show something big or just show a bunch of multiplats....I don't think microsoft can milk halo anymore....(they made it into a half ass RTS...) Oh what next? Gears of War :WArs.....(GEars RTS) Seriously M$ better show somethin big or this 360 is getting sold.... Also Sony had an amazing E3 last year....Showed Resistance 2, LBP, KZ2 just to name a few....So really who ever won e3 last year is up for interpretation...I'd say it was a tie but w/e thats last year and where in 09....

At this stage of the game, does this really even matter? These systems are both fully established and I don't think that any of these games that Sony is announcing are going to push out noteworthy system sales. God of War 3 may boost the numbers, but Sony is still playing catch-up. Killzone 2 sold, but I'm sure not nearly enough as anticipated. Microsoft definitely have some aces up their sleeve. It's pretty much a given when you look at past E3 press conferences. They're always full of surprises.

I see all ceo's getting pissed this year and claiming to have won US already.

Then realising they have nothing to show this year.

If they do release alan this year i hope they've fixed this f^ked up walking, was truly awful.

PS3 will win big this year.

wii is on the downturn in japan now, and this will continue.

SO PS3 FTW.

A cool secret new game called. Solid Gear Metal! Its just like Metal Gear solid. Except solid snake is called Cowboy snake. He also wears a cowboy hat. Yep. You people better get excited for it. Remember you heard it here first :)

this is pure speculation on my part but, there is this one long-time gaming journalist (let's just say he's Finnish) who said that Microsoft WILL have some very, very big announcements (he wanted to say what they are but that would cost him his career i guess). and Sony on the other hand will have (quote) "two" very big surprising announcements. this guy usually knows what he's talking about, i've read his reviews and articles for over a decade or so... thought i'd share this little tidbit of info even though it's not much. (got me excited though).

but who knows... i guess we'll see. as a PS3 fan im HOPING those two big things for the PS3 will be Twisted Metal and maybe a new Colony Wars :P

This guy is stupid or don't know what happened to SONY when 07 was the year of the PS3 & 2008 was to be the year of the PS3: SONY got killed each year.

Saying SONY had a just as good E3 last year is ridiculous! M$ proved that with their games in the fall & SONY didn't. SONY had some overrated games in Resistance 2, LBP, & MotorStorm, (those are the titles this guy said were as good as Fable & Gears 2, but forgot about Left 4 Dead) all got out classed by Fable 2, Gears 2, & Left 4 Dead.

The 3 SONY games Andrew mentioned didn't outsell Gears 2 by itself.

Then Andrew attempts to diminish the quality of Halo Wars, that is a fantastic game.

The Andrew attempts to diminish the force that will be Halo 3:ODST, that game is going to destroy any game released for the PS3, period.

Bottom Line: M$ has proven itself each year with high quality software that sells big, the PS3 has proven nothing & has highly touted software with much lower than expected sales numbers.

SONY needs to show something thats coming out NOW instead of 2010 & beyond.

That would satisfy me...

I don't need any more game annoucements, i'm still playing last years games...

I have a MASSIVE stack...