TSA E3 Bingo

Back by popular demand (well, two of you have asked about it) is TSA’s E3 Bingo.  In exactly 3 weeks time, June 15th, 11:30 PDT or 19:30 BST, Sony representatives will take to the stage of the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. for their E3 press conference.

Rumours and speculations of what E3 might bring have abounded as usual for the past few months.  Here at TSA we have been mentioning E3 since at least early February and now you get your chance to take a guess at what we might see and hear over those 3 June days.

TSA E3 Bingo is your chance to join us in having a little bit of fun at guessing some of the things that might happen over those 72 hours in L.A.  Obviously not the stuff like movie stars shooting up or getting caught shop lifting, just the E3-related happenings.  If a movie star should be witnessed shooting up at E3, then yes, that would be an E3-related happening but it is not an option below, so tough.

The Game
Okay, here is how to play along.  Below is a list of 75 things that may, or may not, be announced, shown or happen during this year’s E3.  The idea is to play a kind of bingo with them.  To join in simply pick 12 items from the list that you think will be announced or shown at E3.  Then email me (greg@thesixthaxis.com) the numbers of your chosen 12 items.  Make sure the subject of your email is “TSA E3 Bingo” and be sure to include your TSA ID.

The Rules
You must be a TSA member to enter and only your first entry will count.  Any entries with more than 12 items listed will be excluded.  Your email must reach me within the next 48 hours, by 19:30 BST (GMT+1) on Thursday 27th May 2010.  No entries will be accepted after that time.  If there is any doubt over whether something happened or not, I will ask Peter to decide and his decision will be final.

The winner(s) will be the person (or people) with the most correctly selected entries.  We are just playing for fun so what you could win is kudos from the community and the satisfaction of knowing that you guessed better than everyone else, including the staff if it is anything like last year.  Yes, the staff are playing along too and we will let you know our picks this time next week.

The list for you to pick from is broken up into categories mainly just for convenience and readability, though some of the categories have additional qualifiers as to when and whether the entries in that category will count, so make sure you read carefully.

Sony Press Conference (These first 15 must happen during Sony’s press conference to count)

• 1. Kazunori Yamauchi appears on-stage to talk about Gran Turismo 5.
• 2. Kazunori Yamauch plays Gran Turismo 5 on-stage.
• 3. New The Last Guardian trailer/footage shown.
• 4. The Last Guardian played on-stage.
• 5. Dylan Jobe appears on-stage to talk about ‘Starhawk’.
• 6. God of War: Ghost of Sparta makes an appearance.
• 7. Kevin Butler turns up.  Is awesome.
• 8. Teaser trailer shown for Bungie’s new EA-published cross platform title.
• 9. Splinter Cell: Conviction announced for PS3.
• 10. Dr Richard Marks ‘Moves’ on-stage.
• 11. Final PS Move pricing announced.
• 12. PS Move release date announced.
• 13. PS Move FPS title demonstrated on-stage.
• 14. Jack Tretton plays one or more PS Move sports games on-stage.
• 15. Jack Tretton publicly humiliates the person responsible for all the Sony leaks.

PS3 (At any time during E3)

• 16. New PS3 XMB revealed.
• 17. The new PS3 XMB turns out to be just a streamlined in-game XMB.
• 18. Firmware 3.40 goes live during E3.
• 19. Q Games announce the first of their second series of PixelJunk games (i.e., PixelJunk 2-1).
• 20. PixelJunk Shooter 2 is playable at the show.
• 21. ‘Starhawk’ demonstrated on the show floor.
• 22. GT5 worldwide release date announced.
• 23. GT5 worldwide release date announced and it’s this year!
• 24. ‘Team Ico Collection’ announced.  HD remakes of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.
• 25. The Last Guardian is playable at the show.
• 26. Resistance 3 makes its début.
• 27. Motorstorm 3 makes its début.
• 28. inFamous 2 makes its début.
• 29. Final Fantasy XIV Beta launched during E3.
• 30. PS2 software emulation finally working and will be delivered before the year’s end.

PSN (At any time during E3)

• 31. ‘PSN Premium’ announced.
• 32. ‘PSN Premium’ launched.
• 33. ‘PSN Premium’ will cost the same as Xbox LIVE Gold membership.
• 34. ‘PSN Premium’ includes online storage of saved games.
• 35. ‘PSN Premium’ includes cross-game voice chat.
• 36. ‘PSN Premium’ includes ad-free VidZone for subscribers in countries where VidZone is available.
• 37. ‘PSN Premium’ includes background downloading.  (Of patches and updates)
• 38. Deal announced with MTV to bring original programming onto the PSN Video Store.
• 39. Deal announced with Disney to bring original programming onto the PSN Video Store.
• 40. PS2 games coming to the PSN Store.

PSP (At any time during E3)

• 41. PSP-4000 announced.
• 42. PSP2 announced.
• 43. PSP2 will have a touchscreen.
• 44. PSP2 will have dual analogue sticks.
• 45. PSP2 will be download-only.
• 46. No new PSP announced.  So this is more of a non-announcement.
• 47. God of War: Ghost of Sparta playable at E3.
• 48. LBP2 PSP getting simultaneous release with PS3 version.
• 49. New Killzone PSP title announced.
• 50. New WipEout PSP title announced.

Microsoft (At any time during E3)

• 51. ‘Xbox 360 Slim’ announced
• 52. New ‘Xbox 360 Slim’ will have a slimmed down price.
• 53. Project Natal hardware shown looking significantly different to last year.
• 54. Microsoft announce the Xbox 360′s successor.
• 55. Xbox portable console announced.
• 56. Metal Gear Solid: Rising shown during the Microsoft keynote.
• 57. Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be a timed-exclusive with the 360 getting first look.
• 58. The next non-Bungie Halo title is revealed.
• 59. 360 shown running a 3D game on a LG TV during Microsoft’s keynote.
• 60. New Project Natal game ‘Guitar Hero: Air Guitar’ announced.

Nintendo (At any time during E3)

• 61. ‘Wii HD’ announced
• 62. 3DS will be at retail worldwide before Christmas
• 63. Wiimote with built-in Motion Plus announced.
• 64. Wii Vitality Sensor quietly forgotten.
• 65. Black Wii has been a success, so more colours announced for  later in the year.

3D (These games must be seen running in 3D during E3)

• 66. LittleBigPlanet 2
• 67. Dead Space 2
• 68. Killzone 3
• 69. Dead or Alive (Dead or Alive 3DD?)
• 70. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 3 (that sixaxis “bounce” combined with 3D equals killer app?)
• 71. Gears of War 3
• 72. Gran Turismo 5
• 73. Need for Speed (: Whatever)
• 74. Madden NFL 11
• 75. FIFA 11

That’s your lot.  Happy picking.