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The event is technically 23ish hours, since I have to get the game at midnight, so stream starts at 1am EST.

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Welcome back to Megascorcher.com! Today marks the return of the site, along with it’s usual content and a few surprises, in the coming weeks.

We start the week off with a special edition of Good Game Mondays: Mega Man 9. At first I didn’t know how to feel about this title, seeing how it’s release outside the Wii was in doubt. I got it for PS3 and it’s pretty great, I don’t want to go in detail because I will post me review on the site in the coming days.

Meanwhile enjoy the intro video, Concrete Man and some more story bits.

I also noticed that Fake Man is the police officer that arrests Dr. Light, you can face off against him in a DLC level.

This game just keeps looking better, everytime I see it!

The Sony press conference will be starting shortly, so stay tuned for the live blog won’t you?

2:32pm EDT
The conference should be starting any minute now. It’s alright though as long as it’s not like last year’s huge delay.

2:36pm EDT
Conference just starting! He comments on how great the rehearsals went great yesterday and welcomes us to the Shrine Auditorium. Talk about how the PS brand always takes a look further ahead in time, which is totally true.

2:43pm EDT
Talks about a ten year vision for every of their systems including the PS3 and now the Blu-ray format is the lone HD disc format. Also talks about Folding at Home being the most powerful network computing.

2:47pm EDT
Playstation 3 discussing begins. Insomniac’s Resistence 2 is being shown. Wow that is a big ass monster! Chicago is now over-run by the Chimera. Resistence 2 will have an epic single player mode and 8 player co-op and 64 player multiplayer. Twin Falls, Idaho is a new level being show in the new trailer.

2:55pm EDT
LittleBigPlanet is being touted as their user-generated game, it’s a “whole new experience”, accessible by all who plays it, from a 6 year old girl to the hardest of hardcore gamers. LittleBigPlanet is being used to show off their sales and stats which is interesting. A bunch of new greatest hits got unveiled for the PS3 such as Ninja Gaiden, Fight Night Round 3 and more.

3:03pm EDT
Playstation 2 discussions now. New PS2 titles include, Tiger Woods 09, NCCA Football 09, new Singstar, Yakuza 2, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Mercenaries 2, Madden 09. Buzz is moving from PS2 to PSP and getting a digital upgrade on PS3 as well. New PS2 bundle, Lego Batman and Justice League New Frontier DVD for $149.99.

3:08pm EDT
Playstation Network talk. The PSN seems to be getting a site where you can access your friends list and the what not. Since the PSN started 180 million pieces of content got downloaded. PSN is getting a new Rachet and Clank game called Quest for Booty. He can pick up stuff with his wrench and it can also grab stuff from a distance to manipulate them.

Crash Commando, a new Pixel Junk game, Pain Amusement Park, Flower, Siren Blood Curse, Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic are all new and great looking PSN games.

3:17pm EDT
GT:TV is being showed off along with Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. The one word he said in that is Pay-Per-View worries me, but hey it’s actual real races and a look into Ferrari, also one of my favorite shows TopGear will be available on GT:TV.

3:21pm EDT
Home is now being talked about, new trailer for it. Shows off the new game spaces for Warhawk, Uncharted and another one that’s slipping my mind. TV shows and movie downloads are now official! One Day 1, Sony Pictures, Fox, MGM, Lion’s Gate, Warner, Disney, WB, Paramount and more will be available in SD and HD both for rental and owning. $1.99 per TV episode, $2.99 for SD movie rentals and $5.99 for HD movies rentals. SD movies are $14.99 for owning, I did not see an HD version. The TV and movies will be available tonight, adding new content each week!

3:30pm EDT
PSP talk begins. in October Rachet and Clank Size Matters Entertainment pack will $199 come with a silver PSP and National Treasure 2 and Echochrome (to download from the PSN). New game revealed Resistence: Retribution, it’s 3rd person and looks great.

NBA 09, Madden 09, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Super Stardust: Portable, Lego Batman, Locoroco 2, Patapon 2, Buzz Master Quiz, Valkyria Chronicles got shown in a nice PSP package video.

3:39pm EDT
We are back on the PS3 talk, this might get exciting. SOE’s game DC Universe Online is currently being shown off. A new 80GB PS3 will be released for $399.99 in September.

3:56pm EDT
“Yes it’s true, God of War 3 is coming to PS3″ is exactly how he said it, no surprise there, the announcement came along with a teaser trailer. Infamous is a sandbox game where you’re a super hero, new trailer got shown.

4:00pm EDT
One final game he wants to talk about, massively multiplayer game unlike anything else. MAG (Massive Action Game) is what it’s being called, 256 players, teams will be broken down to 8 player. He shows a trailer that looked pretty crazy, looks like a first person or third person shooter although I can’t be certain!

4:05pm EDT
Conference wraps up!

Nintendo’s press conference is right around the corner and we’re here to live blog it, so stay tuned!

12:07pm EDT
The press conference starts after a bit of a delay.

12:10pm EDT
Shawn White Snowboarding gets unveiled with he himself demoing it. It makes use of the Wii Fit board. It’ll be out by year’s end.

12:14pm EDT
Talk about stats and the whatnot. Talking about engaging people in games in new ways, nothing major announced as of yet. Game designer interviews now.

12:22pm EDT
Animal Crossing Wii coming out in 2008. There’s a city now with an auction area, where you can buy and sell. There’s also a museum, a clothing store, a beauty salon. WiiSpeak announced, it’s a mic that attached to the sensor bar allow “the whole room to speak”.

12:27pm EDT
Reggie Fils-Aime’s on stage. Says he’s pleased with WiiSpeak and marketplace momentum. 10 million Wii’s and 20 million DS’s sold in the US. He continues to talk about sales.

12:36pm EDT
Star Wars the Clone Wars trailer is being shown, uses Wii remote for light saber, coming holiday 2008. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party will use the Wii board, coming Fall 08. Call of Duty: World at War is coming for Wii, was shown using the gun plastic holder thing, the Wii zapper.

12:40pm EDT
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades will be a new title with new songs, I don’t think I’ve ever heard the grip for it called “innovative” but here we are. Spore Creatures is coming to the DS. New Pokemon game, Ranger. GTA: Chinatown Wars just announced coming this winter.

12:45pm EDT
More boring talk about how the DS is awesome for everything. Reggie’s back to talk about the Wii MotionPlus, renders movement 1:1 with gameplay. Wii Sports Resort announced uses the MotionPlus. Games shown were disc throwing, jet ski racing and sword dueling. Coming out Spring 09.

12:53pm EDT
New game being announced right now for holiday 08. Oh geez, drum simulator with the Wii remote and nunchuk? It’s WiiMusic, Shigero Miyamoto is demoing the saxophone. There’s no music chart to follow or anything, so it looks like it’s just a music creator I guess. Instruments include drums, saxophone, piano, violin, guitar, tambourine and I’m sure they’ll be more. Drums use the Wii balance board for the drum pedal and hit-hat pedal. Cowbell is in the game people!

1:10pm EDT
Press conference is over, not spectacular really happend.

id Software announced at the EA press conference that they left Activision. They then went on to show off some new Rage footage.

This is the full tracklist for Rock Band 2, remember that there’s also 20 bonus track available for free download.

Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List:
Artist Song Title Decade
*All tracks are master recordings
1. AC/DC “Let There Be Rock” 1970s
2. AFI “Girl’s Gone Grey” 2000’s
3. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” 1990’s
4. Alice in Chains “Man in the Box” 1990’s
5. Allman Brothers “Ramblin’ Man” 1970’s
6. Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy” 2000’s
7. Bad Company “Shooting Star” 1970’s
8. Beastie Boys “So Whatcha Want” 1990’s
9. Beck “E-Pro” 2000’s
10. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” 1990’s
11. Billy Idol “White Wedding Pt. I” 1980’s
12. Blondie “One Way or Another” 1970’s
13. Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” 1970’s
14. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” 1980’s
15. Cheap Trick “Hello There” 1970’s
16. Devo “Uncontrollable Urge” 1980’s
17. Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain” 1990’s
18. Disturbed “Down with the Sickness” 2000’s
19. Dream Theater “Panic Attack” 2000’s
20. Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf” 1980’s
21. Elvis Costello “Pump It Up” 1970’s
22. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” 1970’s
23. Foo Fighters “Everlong” 1990’s
24. Guns N’ Roses “Shackler’s Revenge” 2000’s
25. Interpol “PDA” 2000’s
26. Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song” 1980’s
27. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” 1970’s
28. Jimmy Eat World “The Middle” 2000’s
29. Joan Jett “Bad Reputation” 1980’s
30. Journey “Anyway You Want It” 1970’s
31. Judas Priest “Painkiller” 1990’s
32. Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son” 1970’s
33. L7 “Pretend We’re Dead” 1990’s
34. Lacuna Coil “Our Truth” 2000’s
35. Linkin Park “One Step Closer” 2000’s
36. Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” 1990’s
37. Lush “De-Luxe” 1990’s
38. Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen” 2000’s
39. Megadeth “Peace Sells” 1980’s
40. Metallica “Battery” 1980’s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” 1990’s
42. Modest Mouse “Float On” 2000’s
43. Motorhead “Ace of Spades” 1980’s
44. Nirvana “Drain You” 1990’s
45. Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky” 1960’s
46. Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon” 2000’s
47. Paramore “That’s What You Get” 2000’s
48. Pearl Jam “Alive” 1990’s
49. Presidents of the USA “Lump” 1990’s
50. Rage Against the Machine “Testify” 1990’s
51. Ratt “Round & Round” 1980’s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it Away” 1990’s
53. Rise Against “Give it All” 2000’s
54. Rush “The Trees” 1970’s
55. Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye” 2000’s
56. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” 1990’s
57. Social Distortion “I Was Wrong” 1990’s
58. Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot” 1980’s
59. Soundgarden “Spoonman” 1990’s
60. Squeeze “Cool for Cats” 1970’s
61. Steely Dan “Bodhitsattva” 1970’s
62. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” 1970’s
63. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” 1980’s
64. System of a Down “Chop Suey” 2000’s
65. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” 1970’s
66. Tenacious D “Master Exploder” 2000’s
67. Testament “Souls of Black” 1990’s
68. The Donnas “New Kid in School” 2000’s
69. The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat” 1980’s
70. The Grateful Dead “Alabama Getaway” 1980’s
71. The Guess Who “American Woman” 1970’s
72. The Muffs “Kids in America” 1990’s
73. The Offspring “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)” 1990’s
74. The Replacements “Alex Chilton” 1980’s
75. The Who “Pinball Wizard” 1960’s
Bonus Artist Bonus Song Title Decade
76. Abnormality “Visions” 2000’s
77. Anarchy Club “Get Clean” 2000’s
78. Bang Camaro “Night Lies” 2000’s
79. Breaking Wheel “Shoulder to the Plow” 2000’s
80. The Libyans “Neighborhood” 2000’s
81. The Main Drag “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter” 2000’s
82. Speck “Conventional Lover” 2000’s
83. The Sterns “Supreme Girl” 2000’s
84. That Handsome Devil “Rob the Prez-O-Dent” 2000’s

Well in-case you didn’t read our live blog, yes it’s coming to the 360. It was really a surreal moment as I thought the Square Enix show was done, but then he came back and announced Final Fantasy XIII. Great way to start off E3.

Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.

Access Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web. Browse and purchase Marketplace content whenever you want from Xbox.com and it downloads automatically to your console. Purchase that new map, television episode, the latest Xbox LIVE Arcade game or set up a movie to watch when you get home from work.

Dashboard built into the new Xbox Guide. For everyone who loves the blades interface, it’s not going away; they are now built directly in to the new Xbox guide. Every feature and option is available right from the guide. You can even access your full games library at all times. No matter where you are (in dash or in game), immediately call up your games played list and directly launch a game.

LIVE Party system. Create a party of up to eight friends, and stay with them from one game to another, or watch a Netflix movie together, or share a slideshow of your personal photos. It works with all Xbox 360 titles, not just upcoming games. LIVE Party allows up to eight people to chat in the dashboard, so you can meet up before playing.

Xbox LIVE Primetime. This whole new category of games is going to give you more reasons to get online with your friends. Games will support everything you’d expect, like Achievements and leader boards, but many of these games will include real prizes. You can invite your friends, and even set a reminder for an upcoming show. Each game is broadcast simultaneously, so everyone is answering the same questions. Many events will have a live host, calling the shots as they happen.

Avatars. Your online identity started as a Gamertag - it then grew into a personalized Gamercard. Now, it has evolved even further into avatars. You can express your style, check out new outfits and share this with the community. Avatars will also be integrated into Xbox LIVE Arcade games, LIVE Party, as well as retail games.

New display support. Because you asked for it, we are adding 16X10 over VGA or HDMI, and support for 1440×900 or 1680×1050.

From: Gamerscoreblog.com

Welcome to our E3 coverage, we’ll have a live blog happening momentarily here so stay tuned!

1:24pm EDT
Pre-conference news, Portal: Still Alive just got announced, dated for 2008 for XBLA.

1:34pm EDT
It’s started. Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5 and Gears of War 2 confirmed to be talked about.

1:40pm EDT
Fallout 3 demo starts with the controller needed to be plugged in. You can play first and third person. You can play in real-time or in VATs (stops everything and allows you to shoot). You can hack turrets much like Bioshock, which it does remind me alot of. Ends it by saying that the downloadable content will be exclusive to 360 and PC.

1:46pm EDT
Resident Evil 5 shown playable for the first time. Online co-op is also being showed off. It appears you can’t move and aim which saddens me. Demo ends with chain saw wielding guy, they claim to be out of time. Friday the 13th on March of 2009 is the announced released date.

1:51pm EDT
Fable 2 is finished! Intro for the game is shown, starts with a kid being shat on by a bird. Freinds show up as orbs in game, you can have them pop-in the game instantly! He ends the demo by showing of his family and announces the game will come out in October of this year.

1:57pm EDT
Epic Gears of War 2 trailer is shown. Cliff Bleszinski comes and demos a co-op mission. The game looks better then the first, 2 buildings got destroyed! Demo ends with Marcus saying they can ride the Brumac. Horde is a new 5 player co-op mode with waves of Locust coming at you. Worldwide release is set for November 7th 2008.

2:05pm EDT
Games are announced to be bigger then DVD movies, the box office and music. 360 5 million units ahead of PS3, $2.2 billion made from 3rd parties higher then any other system. One billion dollars spent on XBLA content. 16 million users registered on Live. NBC and Universal Studios announced as new video partners.

2:13pm EDT
The new Xbox Experience is announced, the dashboard is totally changed! You can create avatars but like Mii’s. A new avatar party system looks tight, you can go everywhere and talk with up to 8 people. Primetime is a new tv/game area where you can win real prizes. They showed off 1 vs. 100 an interactive game show.

2:21pm EDT
XBLA section - Uno Rush unveiled. Geometry Wars 2 announced, features new 4 player co-op mode. Galaga Legions is the true sequel to Galaga and coming out on XBLA next month. Portal Still Alive sorta leaked earlier. South Park game coming in 2009.

2:26pm EDT
Xbox 360 will allow Netflix cross-compatibility! You can watch them along with all the other movies and TV shows you might have with your party.

2:28pm EDT
Shane Kim comes out to talk about stats and stuff. GTAIV episodic content coming this year. New Banjo-Kazooie trailer is shown, along with a new Viva Pinata trailer. 2 new games announced, You’re In The Movies and Scene-It Box Office which supports your avatars.

2:37pm EDT
3.5 million songs downloaded per month, 80% of songs on consoles sold on 360. Guitar Hero: World Tour being talked about right now. Claims to be the game with the most master tracks coming in at 85 songs. New song creation mode, which we’ve known about. Metallica’s new album will debut on GH:WT at the same time the album comes out, Van Halen and the Eagles exclusive to GH.

2:45pm EDT
Lips, the game everyone already knew about, got revealed officially. It’s a karaoke game, available this holiday season. Allows you to sing from your own music library.

2:52pm EDT
Rock Band 2 will premier exclusively on Xbox 360 this September. 84 songs on disc. Noteworthy songs, Rock Band 2 will debut a Chinese Democracy track. Bob Dylan, ACDC (exclusive to RB), Metallica, Pearl Jam, Megadeth, alot more! 20 bonus track free to download. All the RB downloadables will work with it, all the Rock Band disc songs will also transfer over.

2:56pm EDT
Square Enix President is there!? Infinite Undiscovery will be 360 exclusive coming out in September 2nd in North America. Star Ocean: The Last Hope is coming out in Spring 2009. The Last Remnant will be available on the 360 first on the 20th of November and will also be on Games for Windows. Right when we thought he left, he came back and announced Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the 360.

3:05pm EDT
The conference wraps up.