Gamescom 2013

So Microsoft,EA and Sony will have their closed press conferences today.

Microsofts conference starts 2 hours from now at 10:30 a.m. CEST.

EA's conference starts at 4 p.m. CEST.

and Sony will be last at 7 p.m. CEST.

Edit: Live-blog from the MC conference (no livestream) http://m.gamespot.com/features/gamescom-2013-microsoft-live-blog-6413175/

Fable:Legends announced.

edited 20th Aug '13 2:23:04 AM by Kiefen

-shameless selfpush-

Microsoft will hand out free developerkits and charges no fees for licence and publishing, they really want to hop on the indie train...

Edit: Xbox One comes with a free copy of Fifa 14!

edited 20th Aug '13 2:51:13 AM by Kiefen

Here's the link for Sony's livestream.

And here's EA: http://www.gamespot.com/shows/gamespot-live/?event=ea-press-briefing---gamescom-2013-20130819&tag=Topslot;Slot1

A free game is a free game but how popular is Fifa exactly. I'm not a sports game fan so I'm meh about that news but I don't know about everyone else.

I am not a fan of sport games either but Fifa is kinda like the Co D of sport games (at least as far as I now), so having it bundled with the console will certainly win a lot of people over.

edited 20th Aug '13 8:26:08 AM by Kiefen

It's probably good against some criticism I heard against Microsoft after they focussed so much on the US market with Madden. Then again, it shows how much they try to win sports fans over instead of core gamers.

Around a Half an hour until sony's conference.

edited 20th Aug '13 9:35:50 AM by Demongodofchaos2

I believe FIFA is the most popular of the sports games. At least worldwide. Madden seems to be generally more popular in the US. But if you see some crazy new innovation in Madden, chances are usually pretty good it was introduced and refined in FIFA first.

Here we go ...

Sony's a bit late again.

But then again, it somehow was worth it, even when they were late at E3.

These things never start on time.

For real now !

Wow ominous ...

They go for quite a minimalistic approach here...

Ahh that was just a teaser, the real show starts now...

Grand Tourismo zzzZZZZzzzz (with Ominous Latin Chanting !)

Little Big Planet Hub...

Murasaki Baby sure looks gloomy ...

edited 20th Aug '13 10:32:30 AM by Kiefen

Playstation 4 and Mark Cerny time!

MR CER-ER-ER-NAY

I know, right? Gotta say though, Sony's cooking some pretty creative games for the Vita.

(Me watching the press conference)

Yawn... not much to see for PS 3. I wonder what Sony's got for the Vita. Not much to see either. Oh we... (port of Borderlands 2, sharp price drop and Murasaki Baby are all announced) Wait, what? I think I'm going to visit Gamestop to get that now...

edited 20th Aug '13 10:46:35 AM by sanfranman91

Hey, it's Ico 2...or Rime, apparently.

Ico...Spanish Edition

How long is the conference?

They're usually around 2 hours, I think.

Who's in the house? Andrew House!

Oh man, he burned microsoft with the whole "Keeping the main message intact" jab. XD!

It's official: PS 4 is launching on November 15 in North America and on November 29 in Europe.

Overall, a nice show. They emphasized much more on their Indie games (Everybodys Gone to Rapture, Murasaki Baby, and Rime look like sweet indies to purchase) than their AAA games, which is an interesting strategy compared to what EA did in their show. Sony's approach to this year's Gamescom might not appeal to everyone, but with its attractive release date, a plethora of launch games (indie and AAA), and a decent price, the PS 4's going to be a keeper for me.

edited 20th Aug '13 11:53:05 AM by sanfranman91

I was not expecting that public jab.

I like what I've heard of the Vita so far. Memory card price cuts and various interesting games (Borderlands 2 especially, if only due to the sheer size of that game, as well as Rogue Legacy and Fez) have me interested in getting my Vita back into a slightly more active state of play.