The Japanese publisher Konami was still there to do their press conference and delivered a number of interesting new announcements.

 

* The biggest news was the announcement and trailer of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. This new three-dimensional action game will get his release in 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and will get help by Metal Gear Solid developer Hideo Kojima.

 

* Kojima is also working on Metal Gear Arcade, a Metal Gear game that comes to the Japanese arcades. The intention is that this game will eventually come to other parts of the world. It is notable that the use of 3D glasses is need for the depth to the game.

Metal Gear Arcade Announcement

 

* And speaking of Kojima: the good man has told that he is not the main responsible for Metal Gear Solid Rising, the upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game with Raiden in the lead, he is only the producer. Instead, he is mainly focused on Peace Walker on PSP. Kojima: "[Peace Walker is] my Metal Gear Solid 5.

 

* Konami brings Pop 'n Music for the Wii. This rhythm game has been a popular franchise in Japan for years. In the game you use the Wiimote and Nunchuck to shake with the rhythm of licensed music.

 

* Furthermore, we also expect to get a new version of Dance Dance Revolution. The game is coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2. The Wii version gets a different game mode where you, next to dancing, swing with the controller. In addition, it will support the Balance Board.

 

 

* Peter Molyneux, the lead developer of Lion Head Studios, the studio behind Fable, is working with Microsoft Game Studios. There, he became Creative Director of the European Microsoft studios. He is now responsible for all European developers of Microsoft, including Rare and Lion Head Studios itself. In addition, Molyneux will still work inside Lionhead.

 

* Kratos, the hero of God of War will be playable in Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny for the PSP. This series has more guest appearances. For example, the Star Wars characters Joda prominent and Darth Vader in the Xbox 360 - and PlayStation 3 versions of Soul Calibur IV.

 
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny

* Final Fantasy XIV will also appear for the PC. This is remarkable, because during her press conference Sony has announced that the game will exclusively appear on the PlayStation 3. Publisher Square Enix said that even an Xbox 360 version is possible.

 

* Nintendo brings in a black Wii in Japan. This will release on August 1, simultaneously with the Monster Hunter game exclusively for the console. There is also a bundle of the console and the game. In addition, in Japan on July 11 a red version of the Nintendo DS, simultaneously with the release of Dragon Quest 9, will release. It is not yet known whether these new colors will also come to Europe or the United States.

 

* Namco Bandai brings its own cooking game for the Wii, Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked. This is a serious cooking game which is simulated as realistically as possible.

 

* From FIFA 10, the first screenshots released. The images we see, inter alia, Ronaldinho, Rooney and Benzema. The game was also playable at E3 and according to impressions is the game an improvement compared to the previous versions. One of the major innovations introduced in FIFA 10 is the 360 degree freedom of movement. In previous FIFA 09 is only possible for eight different directions.

 

* Sony has announced a sequel to Echo Chrome. Echo Chrono comes again to the PSP and plays no more with illusions, but rather with time. You go through each level multiple times and when you do it again, the copy of your previous session still exist. More than 45 levels will be available, where new obstacles will be introduced.

 

* Stig Asmussen, Game Director of God of War III, hoping that God of War III, will be the last in the series. "Personally I don't know where the series could go beyond this...I hope it's the end." Asmussen, however, made it clear that this decision is not by him or by the development team, but the high bosses at Sony "We have no control over that," he said. "If the company wants to do a spinoff or a sequel, that's their choice.".

 
Fifa 2010