E3 2007 THQ Live Updates
Show Begins @ 9:15am Pacific, 11:15am Central, July 12th
10:22: Jackson is upset that no one in the room seems to be UFC fan. Declares that UFC 2009 will be "the best UFC game yet." It's over!
10:21: "I am a video game freak myself." Rolling footage of the new UFC game. Looks very nice, sweat glistening on fighters, very grimy and shiny and brutal. Ripples got through body based off impact. A mouthgard just went flying out of a fighter's mouth after a brutal punch.
10:19: Getting ready to wrap up, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, current light champion of UFC, is here to help debut UFC 2009.
10:18: Combat is constantly changing, machine guns in addition to close-quarters sword fighting,
10:15: Lots of exotic locations, such as Angelic Citadel. Coming back to old areas with new items and abilities will allow further exploration of old areas. Character starts off weak, lost all powers except mythical sword, and then regain former powers over time. Fighting against a giant demon inside, big demon just climbed up clock tower and tried to crush War with it. Can use anything as weapons, cars, lampposts, can pick up heavier stuff as he levels up, such as buses and statues.
10:12: Darksiders: Wrath of War trailer. Action adventure, play as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. One of the four is a woman. Game begins with destruction of Earth, then pits horsemen against angels and demons as they try to regain their powers after being trapped on post-apocalypse Earth. Non-linear, not locked into specific path, lots of exploration.
10:10: Hop on the bad guys, Inkies, somewhat like Mario's butt stomp. Multiplayer in the game, but not enough time to demonstrate now.
10:08: Demonstrating game now. Movement on nunchuck, use Wii Remote to flick character around. A lot more fast paced than PC version. Adding music as well as color to world. Music picks up complexity and beat as more buildings are painted. Blob can now transform buildings, court house just turned into conference hall. Hop from building to building, not just roll. Each color has a different musical effect with it, which enhances the soundtrack depending on how many buildings are painted that color.
10:05: de Blob, set in Chroma city. Intro shows a drab city regaining color and drab inky enemies panicking.
10:02: A brief motorcycle trailer, I think it was MotoGP, but I'm not sure. MX vs ATV Untamed now, pre-rendered footage.
10:00: Stuntman trailer, showing loads of crazy stuff, car outrunning helicopter firing missiles, making jumps in a semi, and so forth. Juiced: Hot Import Nights trailer, showing import racing girls and models. Now onto gameplay and customization.
10:00: "We have twelve racing games in production, like every other publisher. Actually, we have four."
9:59: Much taller skyscrapers, air-to-air combat against helicopters.
9:57: All-new saucer, scars left in the world from laser will be persistent. Seeker drones lock-on and seek out targets. Tornado-tron, you can direct a tornado around town. Carve name or pictures into buildings and street, such as a smiley face.
9:56: Can use mental powers, jetpack, and weapons simultaneously. This and the freeze time abilities really sets up a lot of open-ended gameplay.
9:55: Krypto can freeze time and manipulate objects for hilarious situations, such as monk bowling.
9:53: "Take players on a mission of enlightenment and destruction in the funked out 70s." Krypto is running a casino and stealing brain stems. "Lampoons" landmarks of the 70s, such as kung fu warriors. Anal probe returns as well. Now a heat seeking, fire and forget, repeating anal probe.
9:50: Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon now. Moved development from Pandemic to internal developer Sandblast Studios. Demonstrating Xbox 360 version.
9:49: Just acquired an air strike. Showing first type, cluster bomb. Using it to destroy nearby tower that was full of enemies. Now calling in gunship, targeting nearby tank. Now showcasing one of the six in-game drones, based off real tech and then set in future. RC helicopter with rockets on side. This mission takes about an hour, hour and a half.
9:48: Hopped in a helicopter. "Combat sandbox full of emergent gameplay, full of choice." Landed helicopter, now infiltrating an enemy base from first-person perspective.
9:46: Territory of game is split into two sides. Non-linear mission structure, multiple weapons and equipment and missions to determine how to push the frontline forward.
9:43: Chaos Studios reps are on-stage to showcase Frontlines, about five minutes of single player gameplay. Xbox 360 version. Set twenty years in the future.
9:42: Frontlines: Fuel of War coming up. "Given the requirement that every publisher have at least three military simulators in development...we'll have six more of them next year."
9:41: Conan appears extremely bloody and gruesome, based off that trailer. Showed a big boss battle set on a ship, looked to be set against Kraken.
9:38: The girls are now off-stage. "Of course, WWE is one of the cornerstones of our licensed games business...I'd like to thank the divas for coming." Conan trailer. "In an ancient civilization where mercy has no place, blood will be spilled."
9:36: "This is stupid," declares the in-game announcer.
9:34: "It's loading," one says. "We're just trying to buy time," says the other. They are demonstrating the Wii version and the motion sensitive controls. They seem to be having fun throwing actual punches and yelling and screaming. The crowd seems to be enjoying their cleavage.
9:32: They are struggling to figure out start a match in Smackdown vs. Raw 2008.
9:30: Michelle McCool is now on-stage as well. "We came to play."
9:28: Videos of models in lingerie, posing erotically and licking mirrors. One is now on-stage.
