E3 2007 (Concept)

E3 2007

CONCEPT

The 2007 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on July 11-13.

Overview

Inside Barker Hangar, each booth was the same size.

By 2006, E3 had grown too large for some attendees and too expensive for some exhibitors. Not long after the doors closed on E3 '06, rumors began flying that E3 '07 was canceled and that the greatest show on Earth would be no more. The ESA eventually announced that E3 would survive, but in a much different fashion than in the previous twelve years. Now known officially as the E3 Media & Business Summit, the show would be drastically downsized. Not only that, but for the first time since Atlanta (Location) in '97/'98, E3 was moving out of the Los Angeles Convention Center. The 2007 event was to be held in Santa Monica (Location)'s Barker Hangar as well as various hotels that served as conference and meeting areas.

Even the press conferences seemed to be toned down a bit. While each of the big three had many blockbuster titles on display, there weren't really any shocking announcements. Nintendo (Company) came into the event just eight months after the successful launch of the Wii (Platform). The early success of the console was surprising to many, but it was obvious that Nintendo was a solid contender once again. Reggie Fils-Aime took the stage and was no longer about kicking ass and taking names. He was simply "happy." While Super Mario Galaxy (Game) and Mario Kart Wii (Game) headlined the event, but Wii Fit (Game) was Nintendo's big new announcement. The "bathroom scale" peripheral perplexed many attendees, but the balance board would soon take the world by storm.

Sony came to the show with Killzone 2 (Game) footage that surprisingly came extremely close to matching the trailer they showed two years prior. PlayStation Home (Game) was introduced by Phil Harrison (Person) to much fanfare and LittleBigPlanet (Game) quickly became the darling of E3. As always, Metal Gear Solid was a highlight of E3, this time with Guns of the Patriots. Sony also put a focus on the PlayStation Network and its upcoming downloadable titles like SOCOM Confrontation, Warhawk, Echochrome (Game), and Wipeout HD. They closed their presentation with a sneak peak at a new open world action adventure known as inFamous (Game).

Microsoft decided to only devote time in their press conference to titles that would release within the calendar year. The first on stage was a demo of Rock Band (Game), Harmonix's next step after their work on Guitar Hero (Franchise). Project Gotham Racing 4 (Game), Lost Odyssey (Game), Mass Effect (Game), and of course Halo 3 (Game). There was also continued focus on Xbox Live Arcade and the Marketplace as a whole. Peter Moore (Person) was proud to tout their exclusive deal with Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) DLC.

The most hyped game of the show had to be Assassin's Creed. Even Shigeru Miyamoto (Person) was spotted at a Ubisoft demonstration of the game. But that was not the only big title of the event of course. There was also a lot of talk around the beach about BioShock (Game), Rock Band (Game), Devil May Cry 4 (Game), Fallout 3 (Game), Ratchet andamp;amp;amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Fable 2, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Games of the Show

The games listed below not only include those playable on the show floor, but any game referenced at the show. This would include video presentations, announcements, advertisements, or any other official reference to the game from its developer, publisher, or platform. They are listed mainly according to the publisher of the game, with a few exceptions where the publisher did not attend the show. An example of this would be a hardware company such as Nintendo or nVidia showing a game not developed or published by them. In several situtations, games either changed their title or even their publisher before they were released. For historical accuracy in chronicling E3, such games will be listed with their original names and publishers, and linked to the corresponding page of the final game.

1C Company (Company)

2K Games (Company)

Activision (Company)

The Adventure Company (Company)

Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun

Agetec

Akella (Company)

Atari (Company)

Atlus (Company)

Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Fallout 3 (Game)

Blizzard

Capcom (Company)

Codemasters (Company)

Crave Entertainment (Company)

D3 Publisher

Disney Interactive Studios

Eidos Interactive (Company)

Electronic Arts (Company)

Gamecock

Hudson

Koei

Konami (Company)

LucasArts

Majesco

Microsoft

Midway

Namco Bandai

Natsume (Company)

NCSoft

Nintendo (Company)

Nippon Ichi

Rockstar Games (Company)

SEGA

Sierra (Company)

Sony

Sony Online Entertainment

Southpeak

Square Enix (Company)

Tecmo (Company)

THQ (Company)

Ubisoft

Vivendi

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy

Warner Bros. Interactive

Game Critics Awards

The Game Critics Awards are decided by an independent group of North American media outlets. They have selected the most promising games of each Electronic Entertainment Expo since 1998, and have thus become recognized as the most respected "Best of" awards that come out of the annual show. Games qualify for nomination by having hands-on playable versions of the game at the show. For more information, see the Game Critics Awards page.

BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER

Halo 3 (Game) (X360) - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft

Burnout Paradise (Game) (PS3/X360) - Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3/X360/PC (Platform)) - Splash Damage / Nerve / id Software (Company) / Activision (Company)
LittleBigPlanet (Game)(PS3) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Unreal Tournament 3 (Game) (PS3/PC) - Epic Games (Company) / Midway

SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR GRAPHICS

Killzone 2 (Game) (PS3) - Guerrilla Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

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Overview

Games of the Show

Game Critics Awards

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BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME

BEST RACING GAME

BEST SPORTS GAME

BEST FIGHTING GAME

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BEST SOCIAL/CASUAL/PUZZLE GAME