With the dust settling in Los Angeles' Convention Centre and the lone fan-boys are left routing through the bins for collectable trash, it's time to look at what the big three had to say at this years Media & Business summit.First up was Microsoft with some tasty games on the 360 – Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3 and Resident Evil 5 all wowed. They also announced a redesign of the 360's dashboard, replacing it with an Apple-esque system and introducing Mii-like avatars. There's also family friendly stuff such as an online gameshow with real prizes, a B-Movie creator and an online party mode that allows groups of friends to play games and watch films together. With nothing from the Halo bods, MS made up for it with the bombshell that Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the 360.
8/10
Nintendo's show was about making people smile (unintentionally), or being bored to tears with sales figures. Thankfully, Animal Crossing: City Folk was debuted with voice chat support. A new Wii Sports title was shown, utilising a controller add-on for increased sensitivity, while Shaun White Snowboarding showed off great use of the Wii Fit Balance Board (which means you can dust yours off again). After teasers that the Mario and Zelda teams were hard at work, the show stealer came from Wii Music – a game that lets friends jam together without the need for plastic guitars (or skill), relying on mimicry more than anything else.
Nintendo's show was about making people smile (unintentionally), or being bored to tears with sales figures. Thankfully, Animal Crossing: City Folk was debuted with voice chat support. A new Wii Sports title was shown, utilising a controller add-on for increased sensitivity, while Shaun White Snowboarding showed off great use of the Wii Fit Balance Board (which means you can dust yours off again). After teasers that the Mario and Zelda teams were hard at work, the show stealer came from Wii Music – a game that lets friends jam together without the need for plastic guitars (or skill), relying on mimicry more than anything else.
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Lastly, Sony's conference began with an epic Resistance 2 trailer before settling into some Little Big Planet inspired statistics. Disappointingly, Home barely received a mention. A new video download service was announced though (joining the 360), with the bonus of being able to watch them on your PSP too. A bigger hard drive is to be bundled with the PS3 (instead of a price cut) and a brief teaser from God of War 3 revealed nothing apart from a 2010 release. Notably Loco Roco 2 and DC Universe Online also got mentions, with news of a 256 player online shooter called MAG spicing things up at the end, despite the prospect of being tea-bagged by 128 people in a row.
Lastly, Sony's conference began with an epic Resistance 2 trailer before settling into some Little Big Planet inspired statistics. Disappointingly, Home barely received a mention. A new video download service was announced though (joining the 360), with the bonus of being able to watch them on your PSP too. A bigger hard drive is to be bundled with the PS3 (instead of a price cut) and a brief teaser from God of War 3 revealed nothing apart from a 2010 release. Notably Loco Roco 2 and DC Universe Online also got mentions, with news of a 256 player online shooter called MAG spicing things up at the end, despite the prospect of being tea-bagged by 128 people in a row.
7/10
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