It’s a special E3 conference Speculator Lightning Round! We go through each of the Big Three’s conferences in a rapid-fire rumor-fest. The panelist with the best rapid-fire performance will have bragging rights for the rest of 2011. Let’s get going!
At Microsoft’s event
Monday, June 6, at the Galen Center. Very little’s confirmed.
New Halo: Gerry 50%, Andrew 70%, Graham 82%, Shawn 95%
On-stage Modern Warfare 3 demo: Gerry 15%, Andrew 95%, Graham 92%, Shawn 85%
360 Skype integration: Gerry 75%, Andrew 80%, Graham 64%, Shawn 100%
Dance Central 2: Gerry 50%, Andrew 90%, Graham 91%, Shawn 100%
New 360 SKU: Gerry 10%, Andrew 20%, Graham 17%, Shawn 20%
Next-gen console: Gerry 15%, Andrew 5%, Graham 4%, Shawn 15%
Handheld announced: Gerry 0%, Andrew 5%, Graham 1%, Shawn 5%
Appearances?
Ted Price, Insomniac: Gerry 50%, Andrew 50%, Graham 12%, Shawn 10%
Gabe Newell, Valve: Gerry 0%, Andrew 20%, Graham 3%, Shawn 25%
Hideo Kojima, Konami: Gerry 0%, Andrew 40%, Graham 52%, Shawn 75%
Felicia Day, The Guild: Gerry 38%, Andrew 50%, Graham 8%, Shawn 50%
Some sort of musical act: Gerry 50%, Andrew 50%, Graham 31%, Shawn 75%
At Sony’s event
Monday, June 6, at the LA Memorial Sports Arena. We know we’ll learn more about the NGP, and we’ve heard about a lot of big fall PS3 titles.
NGP named: Gerry 80%, Andrew 90%, Graham 99%, Shawn 95%
…and it’s just the PSP2: Gerry 10%, Andrew 80%, Graham 43%, Shawn 80%
NGP dated: Gerry 35%, Andrew 90%, Graham 97%, Shawn 80%
NGP priced: Gerry 40%, Andrew 90%, Graham 97%, Shawn 70%
The Last Guardian: Gerry 25%, Andrew 75%, Graham 18%, Shawn 100%
Sorcery: Gerry 80%, Andrew 55%, Graham 47%, Shawn 65%
New Play-Create-Share IP: Gerry 80%, Andrew 65%, Graham 53%, Shawn 70%
Appearances?
Kevin Butler: Gerry 100%, Andrew 70%, Graham 40%, Shawn 100%
Hideo Kojima, Konami: Gerry 35%, Andrew 40%, Graham 28%, Shawn 90%
Cliff Bleszinski, Epic: Gerry 50%, Andrew 70%, Graham 20%, Shawn 10%
Anyone from Bungie: Gerry 10%, Andrew 65%, Graham 38%, Shawn 60%
The Respawn guys: Gerry 20%, Andrew 20%, Graham 47%, Shawn 70%
At Nintendo’s event
Tuesday, June 7, at the Nokia Theater. We know we’ll hear a lot about Project Cafe, and we’re assuming we’ll hear about the next batch of 3DS releases.
Project Cafe named: Gerry 80%, Andrew 70%, Graham 93%, Shawn 35%
Project Cafe out this year: Gerry 45%, Andrew 5%, Graham 8%, Shawn 5%
Screen in the controller: Gerry 50%, Andrew 50%, Graham 84%, Shawn 65%
Xenoblade or The Last Story’s US release: Gerry 10%, Andrew 70%, Graham 61%, Shawn 70%
3DS Super Mario this year: Gerry 65%, Andrew 75%, Graham 47%, Shawn 80%
New Pokemon: Gerry 20%, Andrew 55%, Graham 34%, Shawn 80%
Screen of third-party logos: Gerry 65%, Andrew 80%, Graham 99.8675309%, Shawn 100%
Appearances?
Shigeru Miyamoto: Gerry 80%, Andrew 90%, Graham 98%, Shawn 95%
Charles Martinet: Gerry 25 %, Andrew 50%, Graham 10%, Shawn 40%
Hideo Kojima, Konami: Gerry 0%, Andrew 40%, Graham 45%, Shawn 65%
Anyone from Epic, Valve, Bungie, Respawn or Insomniac: Gerry 25%, Andrew 55%, Graham 20%, Shawn 60%
Ravi Drums, for some reason: Gerry 100%, Andrew 5%, Graham 0.0000001%, Shawn 5%
Let us know what you think!
