The E3 cat has been let out of the bag.

[Dyne]

This comes from a "reliable" source at Microsoft.

"This year, the booth will be eight Halo 2:Homeworlds playable booths. Two teams of four human and four Covenant players, with voice thru LIVE. It will have the longest line ever, fights will break out and the police will have to be called. The media will arrive, two deaths will be reported, Dan Rather will show up to report it, and preorders will go thru the roof.

Fable will be video, not playable.
DOOM III will be playable.
Kameo will be playable.
SW:Galaxies will be video.
Thief III will be video.
Deus Ex II: The Invisible War will be playable.
Strident, Duality, Kingdom Under Fire II: The Crusaders will all be playable. Shining Lore will be video (it's a MMORPG, and Halo 2 will have all the LIVE booths tied up).
Perfect Dark 0 will be video.
Banjo Kazooie Trace (tres) will be video.
Conker: He Came, He Saw, He Conkered will be video.
Fuzion Frenzy 2 will be playable.
Tony Hawk 5 wil be playable.
Shenmue III will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.
Panzer Dragoon Online w/ multiplayer dragon battles will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.
The Matrix will be playable.
Star Trek's new one will be playable.
DOA:Code Chronus will be playable.
Ninja Gaiden will be playable.
DOA:4 will be announced Xbox Exclusive, video only.
Rygar will be announced as coming to Xbox.
Project Gotham 2: Attack of the Cones will be playable.
N.U.D.E. will have its own booth, be announced for the US, and be playable but hosted. Too hard to "teach" N.U.D.E. from the beginning for every attendee, so the host will have a partially trained N.U.D.E.-in-progress and show off its gameplay.
An Assassin game from DOA featuring Christie will be announced. It will feature driving as well.
The Vivendi purchase will be old news by then, and we'll get our first video-only look at Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, a multi-platform mascot game (an online racer featuring Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Blinx and a guest appearance by Sonic), LOTR:TTT (literary works version) and playable Starcraft:Ghost (now Xbox Exclusive).
Warcraft: Online War (Or W:OW as it will be called) will be announced with video footage.
Diablo 3 for PC will be announced, but not for Xbox.
The Unseen will be viewable, with a new release date of Q4, 2003.
Konami will announce MGS:3 for PS2 and Xbox.
DDRX will be announced, including custom soundtrack feature.
JSRFII will be playable.
Sega GT 2003 will be online and playable.
Amped 2 will be playable.
Oddworld: Munch's Exxodus will be watchable.
B.C. will be watchable.
Tekki 2 Online will be playable, multiplayer will be shown with voice support OFFLINE as well.
VF4.1 will be announced and playable.
Soul Caliber II will be playable.
The Hulk will be playable.
Daredevil will be playable.
Loose Cannon will be watchable.
True Crime: Streets of L.A. will be playable.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon MMORPG will be announced with video footage.
Full Throttle II will be playable.
Sea Dogs II will be playable.
Robotech:LIVE wil be video.

That's enough. My brain hurts.

I'll be there, at least Tuesday. I'll meet everyone at the TXB booth at noon on Tuesday. I sent in my registration paperwork just today."

All I can say.. is...

OMFG.

[Jonbo298]

The main things I want to see out of that list are the Rare games. Perfect Dark 0 and Conker: He Came.....................Those 2 games MIGHT make me get an XBox, but since what Rare will probably show at E3 won't be much, my mind won't be decided for a while. (This post was not fanboyish at all. Don't try and blow this post out of proportion)

[GameKinG]

I doubt a lot of that will end up there. Some things just detract any credit this list could have. Vivendi old news by then? If this was made by MS, they would say that until they actually released a press statement saying they bought vivendi. You dont just blurt that out.

And VF4 for xbox? What made AM2 change its mind? The overwhelming success of Shenmue II?

Other then that there are some good guesses and whatnot. Some are just plain givens. But some linger on hoping and wishing.

[tarakan69]

JSRFII will be playable this game won't be made. Smilebit said they have no plans on contineing this game.

Also kinda doubt Shenmue 3... it's a no a profitbale game and was will be too expensive to be made. I don't think even a marketing psuh from Sony/Microsof t will sell it.

[Joeiss]

Originally posted by Dyne

SW:Galaxies will be video.
Perfect Dark 0 will be video.
Banjo Kazooie Trace (tres) will be video.
Tony Hawk 5 wil be playable.
The Matrix will be playable.
Ninja Gaiden will be playable.
Diablo 3 for PC will be announced, but not for Xbox.
The Unseen will be viewable, with a new release date of Q4, 2003.
Konami will announce MGS:3 for PS2 and Xbox.
JSRFII will be playable.
Sega GT 2003 will be online and playable.
B.C. will be watchable.
Tekki 2 Online will be playable, multiplayer will be shown with voice support OFFLINE as well.
VF4.1 will be announced and playable.
The Hulk will be playable.
Daredevil will be playable.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon MMORPG will be announced with video footage.

That is quite an impressive list. I really want to see the videos of PD0 and Banjo Kazooie... Because, the first games of those series were just flat out amazing. I wonder how the Matrix is coming along, I want to see some gameplay impressions for that. Tony 5 will be good as always. The Hulk and DareDevil could be good, if they are pulled off well, and do not show too many scene of Ben Aflek... lol. And a Crouching Tiger MMORPG!!!! Woah... I wonder how they will pull off that. This should be interesting.


And Jonbo, shut up. If you make an ignorant post, we will tell you. That was not an ignorant post, and I know that. You do not have to clarify it.

[Perfect Stu]

I hate this 'reliable' source crap.

The list is very impressive...but I'll wait for an official announcement before I start to build up what-could-be completely useless hype.

[BreakABone]

Well, I guess it should also be noted this is a "reliable" source from IGN, home of the MegaTon so I guess we should all take it with a grain of salt for the time being, not to mention it's a bit cooler being surprised at the new games at e3 then knowing EVERYTHING before hand.

[Tombor]

Even if half of that is true, I must say that's incredibly impressive. Yeah, I read somewhere that Smilebit shot down claims that Jet Set Radio Future II is in development.

[Bond]

Everything looks fairly solid on this list. Minus JSRF II and the whole Vivendi stuff.

[gekko]

Originally posted by Dyne
This comes from a "reliable" source at Microsoft.

Do unreliable sources ever give news?

Fable will be video, not playable.

Will this game ever come out?

Kameo will be playable.

I was really hoping Rare could put out something more than just Kameo. That game never interested me. Why will I not be surprised when they start off their Xbox life with a dud?

Halo 2 will have all the LIVE booths tied up).

They should've made Halo 2 video. They don't need to sell it as much.

Tony Hawk 5 wil be playable.

Now I question the reliability. They said there wasn't going to be a Tony Hawk 5 for a couple more years, to keep things fresh.

Shenmue III will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.

Not surprising. No video?

Panzer Dragoon Online w/ multiplayer dragon battles will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.

Please tell me this isn't true.

DOA:Code Chronus will be playable.

What, is DOA the next Mario? What is this game anyway?

DOA:4 will be announced Xbox Exclusive, video only.

I thought Xbox owners suffered enough after DOA3. Just made it a technical demo, god forbid someone must play it.

Project Gotham 2: Attack of the Cones will be playable.

Is that seriously the name?

Diablo 3 for PC will be announced, but not for Xbox.

Sure hope this is true.

JSRFII will be playable.
Sega GT 2003 will be online and playable.

After the sales they got? Sequels? I'm shocked.

Amped 2 will be playable.

God no.

Oddworld: Munch's Exxodus will be watchable.

Worst series ever. Hey, let's continue it!

Tekki 2 Online will be playable, multiplayer will be shown with voice support OFFLINE as well.

w00t!

There, my comments

[Perfect Stu]

for some reason I doubt gekko's motto is "always look on the bright side of life"

[Tombor]

Ok Gekko....

Kameo is just a development hell title that's getting dumped out. And, for a system with next to no decent platformers, and as Rare's first game, it'll take notice.

Fable is still a year away. And knowing Moleyneaux, or whoever the **** you spell his name, you won't ever see anything playable until it ships.

Eh. Yeah. They don't need EVERY Halo 2 booth tied up. Its not like they're trying to sell it like they had too with Halo. And with a better 1st and 2nd party lineup makes one think why they would bother.

Tony Hawk 5 doesn't exist. Just like JSRF 2 and, I hope, Sega GT 2003. I'm pretty sure there won't be a Robotech Live either.

On a Panzer Dragoon Online... **** you. Who cares what you think. That would be cool... Ditto:

DOA Cronus (its a "side story" and its about the only franchise selling like mad... PLUS DOA 3 is a solid fighting game without much too it... it certainly plays better than Tekken any of them)

DOA 4... people want it. It'll play good. Not great. Like everything Team ninja does.

Amped 2... Yay! I'm only one of two people in the world that likes that one I guess... *cries* the twin stick scheme is stupid mommy *cries* its not a shameful ripoff of SSX or Tony Hawk HOW DARE THEY TRY TO DO SOMETHING NEW WITH A GENRE *cries* (everybody else who didn't like Amped).

As for the rest... Tekki 2's cool, I agree on Oddworld (though will interject that the damn console needs some platformers), and I don't care for Diablo so I'm not bummed if Diablo 3 doesn't show up. In fact I'm glad. Keeps the kids away.

That said eh. I hope that DDRX turns out true.

[GameKinG]

Yeah, I expect fable wont be playable. It likely wont come out till Q1 2004.

[Dyne]

Well, the guy who posted this is not telling us if this is real or not now. But, I still think it looks pliable.

[Bond]

On second thought...

How could Panzer Dragoon be massively multiplayer? That just wouldn't work out in my eyes.