Speculator Lightning Round: E3 2011

May 30, 2011

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!