E3 2009: The storm gathers at the LACC
PHOTO ESSAY: As a small army of roadies assemble the massive booths for this year's event, GameSpot snapped some shots of the banner-festooned Los Angeles Convention Center.
LOS ANGELES--Once again, the Electronic Entertainment Expo has descended upon the Los Angeles Convention Center. The sprawling building's several-block-long exterior is now festooned with banners for Sony's PlayStation brand and such games as Splinter Cell: Conviction and Brutal Legend.


The biggest ad by far is for Assassin's Creed 2, stretching almost the entire length of the LACC's front:

Inside, Sony not-so-subtly touted the old PSP--not the PSP Go--with some Kratos-brawny arms tattooed with the PlayStation family's emblematic square-circle-triangle-X button motif. Sackboy is also on hand inside a PSP, teasing Little Big Planet's imminent arrival on the portable:



The Concourse Level was invaded by banners for Activision and Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, due out on November 10:



The first thing that attendees will see when they walk into the LACC West Hall doors are two Bethesda games, Rogue Warrior and Wet:


In the South Hall, Electronic Arts is touting Mass Effect 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and the three-way reboot of the Need for Speed Franchise:



Last but not least, Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII loomed large over the South Hall entrance, its distant 2010 launch date taunting impatient JRPG fans:

HeHe Sony rocks
Coming 2010.. FFXIII I've been waiting for this game ever since I completed FFXII (including all the sidequests) It must be going to be a hell of a good game! Let's hope for the best: Awsome graphics, smooth gameplay, plenty of quests and a good storyline ^^
Sony is whoring itself again.
There were alot of posters around the buildings at E3 this year.
Taunting JRPG fans? Damn, I want to put that thing on the side of my house!! T_T
I'm digging the Mass Effect ad.
nice beaners :D
Someday, I'll have a chance to go there...:D
man, i hope i was there right now!
Convention exterior is coooooollllll..........
@ MareInfinitus But then how would you play FFXIII? :p
Those are some big pictures.
Holy crap FFXIII - I would give my right arm to have that poster.
Does that mean LBP for the PSP will be on UMD too?!
OMG the setup looks awesome!
LittleBigPlanet for psp!!!! *sheds a tear of joy*
Someone has learned from last year's disaster.
Assassin's Creed banner is very awesome! I can't believe anyone would get PS buttons tattooed on their arms...the only other brand to have that kind of crazy, blind, Harley-Davidson loyalty is Xbox!
wish i could go, but sadly only 18 :[[ wtf
looks so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!! would love to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!
Splinta Cell and Mass Effect baybay!
E3 is gonna be great
for the people who notice the stupid little details (like me), if you're an assassin's creed fan, you should know that the left hand that has the hidden blade--even though ezio is going to have one on each hand--has their ring finger cut off for the blade--ezio doesn't. :) i SO cannot wait for AC2!!!!
I can't wait for Assassins Creed 2 ,Mass Effect 2 and Modern Warefare 2
So Cool !!
Hope Bad Company 2 lets you command your team a little more... Or be commanded by your Sqaud leader more in the thick of the action. Getting in seperate vehicles instead of all warping to your one would be a nice touch too. And maybe share the guns out better- storing them in cars or swapping with team mates. Plus better destruction, Larger battlefields. Four player cross platform co-op play should totally be in too; Splitscreen with whoever's in the same room as you but people online allowed to take control of characters aswell. Kinda want that for all shooters. more players and features in the competitive play i guess too...
That FFXIII spread needs an asterisks after "2010", with the fine print "oh, unless you want the Japanese version, then you're probably still cool for this year". Boo. Makes it even more of a tease.
Want one for the front of my house
that Assassins Creed 2 poster is pwning
niiice!
Great Posters! I'm excited about MW2! =D
wow sweet posters, and dang we have to wait tell 2010 for FF
This is awesome
loving the AC2 ad.
Mass Effect 2 horray!!!!
LOL coming 2010 that sucks
i wish this was open to the public... :(
@Hobbit Slayer Its not Alegio,its EZIO
Square Enix come back with a vengeance!
Finally, a date for FFXIII. Darn, that took long. Pretty sweet lineup just from the ads...I wonder what the press conference will hold.
loving the assassins creed 2 ad
This lineup is EPIC!!!
Battlefield Bad Company 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish i was there. o well, i will just watch it on G4 at 12:00 PM
talk about advertising.....some awesome games though
looks sweet
Nice8)
it's only his residual memory so this guy prolly liked his digits :P
@Cryofuse Mate that isn't Altair, it's another ancestor of Desmond, his name is Alegio.
On the Assassin's Creed 2 Banner, it seems that Altair's finger has grown back! Or if that's not him then obviously this assassin likes his digits.
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- Publisher(s): Ubisoft
- Developer(s): Ubisoft Montreal
- Genre: Action
- Release: Nov 17, 2009 (US)
- ESRB: M





