GatheringofGamers.com was once again represented at E3 2009. This was the second year that our video game community was presented as industry media, so we were excited to experience the event and also share the most recent news with all of our GoG membership!
Official E3 2009 GoG Flier
Along with all the new video game news and hands-on experience with many titles, it's always a unique experience to meet the developing minds and personalities behind the games we all play. Obviously the new Modern Warfare 2 was a game that everyone was looking to get information on, so when BEN had a chance to meet the Producer and 4 developers, that photo and signed copy of CoD4 was pretty neat (see below).
There are so many games at E3, the word overwelming was a key phrase we determined after the first day of action, but that doesn't mean we weren't able to meet tons of great people and get tons of highlights and news from the industry.
E3 2009 was much different than E3 2008, as it seems that the ESA is trying to bring back "E3 of old". The presentations were bigger, the hype was bigger, and the event overall was bigger. This could be seen as great for the gamer in us, but the business opportunity was decreased, because it was harder to get the more intimate connections that were abundant with last year's style of show. Even some booth babes were back...
Our GoG community had expressed some special interest surrounding Halo 3: ODST in the GoG Forum Discussion for E3 2009, so that was a private meeting that was a treat to experience...and then share on the dedicated event profile for this event over on www.GatheringofGamers.com.
With Halo 3: ODST news obviously NOT being even close to all we highlighted on the event profile, other anticipated games such as Project Natal, Facebook/Twitter on the Xbox 360 Dashboard, Mass Effect 2, New Mario Bros Wii, DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, WET, Brink, Borderlands, Bioshock 2, Final Fantasy XIII, MAG, Batman, Ruse, Saw, Brutal Legend, Heavy Rain, Fat Princess, Splinter Cell Conviction, Tekken 6, Fight Night Round 4, Dead Space Extraction, all the new sports titles, Army of Two: 40 Days, Lego Rockband, Rockband: Beatles, Ninja Gaiden 2, Ghostbusters, Uncharted 2, Forza Motorsports 3, God of War III, Pixel Junk, Tony Hawk Ride, CrimeCraft, The Bigs 2, Mafia 2, Wii Sports Resort, Squeeballs, The Conduit, Darksiders, and hundreds more!!!Obviously there was a lot to see and we've highlighted our experience on the GoG E3 2009 Event Profile, so check that out for more details. The GoG Forum Discussion of E3 2009 is also a great place to chat about the event, while specific game conversations are abundant over there as well!
One of our groups favorite experiences, was meeting THE voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, who we had a chat with, got a few photos/autographs, and enjoyed his suttle ways of fitting in Mario voices into the conversation :)
Thanks Los Angeles, for another great E3 event!
