LIVE BLOG Sony’s E3 Conference

I’ve had roughly one hour of sleep, but I have three cans of Pepsi Max sitting in front of me. So I’m totally good to go! The Sony Conference kicks of at 10 AET – who’s with me! Let’s watch this thing!

I’ll be kicking this off just before 10am. Hope to see all you guys here!

12.02am
Alright – that’s that. I’ll leave it there. Thanks for sticking around with me folks!

12.00am
[Jack Tretton moonwalks off stage.]

Is that it? Where the hell is The Last Guardian. Aggressive PSVita pricing, but nothing new. Nothing mindblowing. No new God of War. No surprises. Bleh.

11.58am
Hahah! Tretton busts out the Ridge Racer line. BURN KAZ! SICK BURN!

11.57am
And $299.99 for 3G. That is ridiculously cheap. 3DS price drop incoming!

11.56am
Ooh! Holiday season release – but where? Everywhere? Wow $249.99 for Wifi? WOW.

11.53am
Can’t help but feel like the PSVita is a giant frankenstein’s monster of a gadget though – what doesn’t it have? It’s like Batman riding a T-Rex on rollerskate with laser beams for eyes. How will they sell the device?

11.52am
The NGP has a great line-up so far. Seems like keeping the hardware simple to develop for has really paid off. Straight ports seem easy… almost a little too… easy!

11.51am
Touch screen controls for Street Fighter X Tekken as well.

11.50am
What? Cole is in Street Fighter X Tekken! Stuff that doesn’t make any sense is so amazing!

11.49
Oh this guy! I LOVE THIS GUY! That shirt is off the chain.

11.48am
Sweet jesus I hate games journalists sometimes – a whoopin’ and a hollerin’ at events! Bloody hell.

11.47am
Yep – the PSVita LBP looks great. Playable at E3. Hopefully that means we’ll be seeing it at launch.

11.45
Oooh! LittleBigPlanet on the PSVita. Sony could be onto a winner with this. GIVE IT TO ME!

Oh, fancy touch screen controls. This MAKES MORE SENSE THAN ANYTHING EVER IN THE HISTORY OF SENSE!

11.43am
Please be something rubbish next. My bladder is set to explode…

11.43am
I’m really looking forward to checking out the PSVita in person. That OLED screen better make my eyeballs melt [shakes fist]

11.42am
Modnation Racers really should be a stronger franchise than it actually is. Shame.

11.41am
Why the hell does everyone sound so puffed out? Is backstage just an endless series of stairs?

11.40am
[Modnation guys moonwalk onto the stage]
This guy looks like a really small version of The Big Show. The Slightly Smaller Show.

11.38am
Cool – Sony now demonstrating how the save from the cloud work. Incredibly seamless movement between the PSVita and the PS3 version of Ruin. Nicely done.

11.35am
Hmm – Ruin seems like a step back after Uncharted. Hard to tell from the stream to be honest. Might be a game well suited to handheld gaming though… the ability to be online constantly seems to be a major part of the mechanics. Still – mechanics look a little dull.

11.32am
But enough whinging – the game looks incredible. Hope it’s a launch title for the PSVita.

11.31am
Actually a lot of these controls look a little gimmicky – don’t like the idea of using motion in a game like Uncharted – particularly on a handheld. Touch is one thing – it might be nice for some navigation, but motion is a bit firnickity. Too imprecise.

11.29am
Production values of this game look… off the charts? Dynamic lighting, fancy visual spendour. The game uses the touch screen for combat – clever.

11.28am
Ooh! More Uncharted with Golden Abyss. “Excited by the possibilities”.

10.27am
PS Vita looking to be a connected experience with Near and Online functionality.

11.26am
People are laughing about the AT & T exclusive deal for the PSVita? Not sure why…

11.25am
Kaz running through the specs – but we’re aware of this already. OLED screen is what’s got me most excited by far.

11.23am
Not forgetting about the PSP apparently. Hmm. Heard it.

Now talking about the new experiences the NGP will bring. Hasn’t officially named it yet…

Oh, here we go! Come on Kaz, spill!

PlayStation VITA! The rumours were right!

11.21am
Kaz is waffling. But we’re leading to the NGP/PSVita…

But first! PlayStation Suite and phone stuff! Groan.

11.20am
A WILD KAZ HIRAI APPEARS! And he MENTIONS THE TIE!

That’s the real elephant in the room!

11.19am
Hmm. More EA announcements – Battlefield 3 will be best on the PS3. Hmm.

11.17am
Observation: this presser has been very light on NGP/PSVita talk.

11.16am
Wow – Move controller in the shape of Star Trek Phaser. I could care less, but Seamus will shave his luscious locks for that. Believe.

11.15am
Hmmm alright. I trust you Ken. You have integrity. And you look like Ben Stiller.

Oh! Irrational are working on the NGP! Great news.

11.14am
I don’t like where this is going… Move for Bioshock Infinite.

11.12am
Ken Levine is Ben Stiller is Ken Levine in ‘Ben Stiller: The Levinining’

11.11am
Incredible art direction by Irrational. The vistas look incredible.

Ken Levine – as played by Ben Stiller.

11.10am
Now we’re cooking with gas! Bioshock Infinite! Wow. The environments look amazing. The rail mechanic is a genuine game changer by the looks.

11.09am
Blah blah blah… on the battlefield… blah blah blah… shoot guys and stuff.

11.08am
What the world needs now… is another first person shooter. And a guy with a gravelly voice. Honestly, my ears hurt.

11.06am
Ooh – Dust is taking a console shooter and connecting directly to a PC MMO. Interesting. [The Eve online guys are on stage] .

11.05am
Sly Cooper? Hmm. It’s a start, but no idea where they’re taking the series from that trailer.

11.02am
In fact – very few games balanced weapons and vehicles like that game. Starhawk looks great. Hope people support it.

11.01am
Starhawk is about to be shown. This has gone under the radar – but I thought the original was one of the best initial titles for the PS3.

11.00am
PlayStation Move controls coming soon for LittleBigPlanet. See – that’s interesting integration.

10.59am
InFamous 2 looks great – but honestly? Why are we watching this right now?

10.58am
Come on man – you’re showing a video game that comes out tomorrow? This makes the bloody Microsoft conference look like the greatest conference ever conceived.

10.56am
Thanks for the bathroom break guys. Time for that second pepsi max.

10.56am
“Blah blah blah blah, I’m the most boring man in the world, blah blah blah…”

10.55am
You know what – Nintendo has a lot to answer for. This game can’t possibly be any fun.

[Grumpy because it isn't The Last Guardian]

10.53am
This fantasy game has too convoluted a name to be any good. You heard it here first. It sounds like a list of online tags randomly thrown together!

10.52am
Kobe seems like a decent chap. Stopped me from falling asleep there for a bit…

10.51am
Kobe: “THAT’S NOT REALISTIC AT ALL!”

10.50am
Damn – Kobe talking smack right now.

10.49am
NBA Move controls isn’t exciting anyone. Unless YOU BRING OUT KOBE BRYANT!

10.47am
Sony conference has been very, very underwhelming so far…

10.46am
3D3D3D3D3D [head explodes]

10.45am
You will take our 3D. Take it! TAKE IT OR DIE! – Sony

10.43am
More talk about 3D and 3DS adoption. Sony are going to “break the mold on 3D pricing”. Wow. 3D PlayStation branded display. Great idea.

10.42am
“Commitment to 3D is unwavering”. SHUDDER. [Jack Tretton has somehow glided back on to the stage.]

10.40am
Interesting weapons, as always. Insomniac is imaginative. But they just never got the feel of ‘shooting’ right in that series IMO. Nice sense of scale in this trailer, however.

10.38am
Never been a fan of Resistance. But I’ll feign interest for the sake of this Live Blog.

10.37am
In other news – is Nathan Drake Chris Sharma in disguise? Where does his grip strength come from!

10.35am
Also – Uncharted is the only game I can think of that has genuinely sharp writing. Not good for a videogame. Just good – in general.

10.34am
Please just shut up and take my money. And my wife. My family is yours. My kingdom for Uncharted 3!

10.33
Uncharted 3 is looking a lot like the greatest roller coaster ever built. These guys just know pacing. They know it so well.

10.31am
Oh no! The water is coming into the ship. The beautiful, sweet water.

Wow. This looks incredible.

10.30am
Nice to see that Nathan Drake is still a cold blooded killer with absolutely no conscience.

10.29am
Uncharted 3 looking every bit as good as you’d expect. Kill em Drake! Kill them alllll!

Also – the boat effect, swaying of the environment, looks amazing.

10.26am
Whoo! Uncharted 3. [Evan Wells moonwalks on to the stage]

Okay Naughty Dog. Do something amazing.

10.25am
It’s going to take more than Pepsi Max for me to get through this yawnfest. Tretton currently talking about how the PS3 ONLY DOES EVERYTHING… Last Guardian plz.

10.22am
Enough apologising Jack! I want to see you bow LIKE A BOSS.

10.22am
Jack – don’t apologise for the PSN outage. Apologise for that tie. Pronto.

10.21am
Jack Tretton is motherflippin’ moonwalkin’ fool! He’s on stage.

10.19am
What this is just a montage? Someone better moonwalk on stage now or I’m going start headbutting stuff.

10.17am
These… beats… are… frrrrrrreeeeesh. Random trailer stuff for NGP at the moment. Now PS3 and 3D stuff! GLASSES EVERYWHERE!

10.16am
Wow this trance beat is banging! Reach for the lasers!

10.15am
Aw yeah, it’s kicking off by the looks of things…

10.13am
Hackerz! Those pesky hackers – are they delaying this conference!

10.10am
Alright. Let’s speculate – The Last Guardian? Will people bow? What’s going to happen? WILL SOMEONE FINALLY MOONWALK ONTO THE STAGE?

10.09am
Crowd control? CROWD CONTROL? What wizardry is this.

Time for a quick toilet break?! Oh gawd…

10.07am
Alright – looks like this thing is about to kick off!

10.06am
Come on! What’s taking so long! I don’t have all day…

[Disclaimer: I have all day.]

10.02am
[Serrels moonwalks onto stage]
What’s up folks – this thing is about to kick off. Our very own Brian Crecente is on GameTrailers right now. I’m sinking my first can of Pepsi Max. I’m like Popeye with Spinach.

My body is at least 70% ready!