It’s that time of year again! E3 is upon us, and I can feel you all out there, just bursting with anticipation.

Wait no more! You don’t even need to keep up with the slew of info streaming out of the press conferences in a few short hours, we’ve got all the info here. We at Quiksave have seen the future, and lawd, it pretty. Some predictions for you:

MattWriter, Podcaster

Link makes a triumphant return to the Wii.

It could happen! To be serious, I think that in all likelihood this has as much of a chance of being announced as we have of seeing Reggie coming on the stage in green tights during the Nintendo press conference. So yes, there is a chance, right? There have been rumours that a Zelda Wii game has been in development for the past two years, so that means there is a better chance of seeing it announced this year than there was last year. It may be too early in development for an official announcement, but nothing is ever 100% written in stone. Even a tease would be nice. You know how awesome it would be, at the end of the press conference, to see Reggie leave under the faint glow of the Tri-Force, as the trademark theme whispers through the air and the words “Coming Soon” flash across the screen. What if a guy dressed as link came out and comically snuck around Reggie while he’s rambling about the new Animal crossing, dancing and mocking him? A man can dream, can’t he?

LukeWriter, Podcaster, Tech Support

After closely examining gaming news for the last few years, it is my professional opinion that Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony will have make the following announcements, respectively. Nintendo: nothing of interest to me, new wiimote colours, new nintendo published wiiware titles (likely nostalgia-wanks), Wii Music. Microsoft: the heavily anticipated $50 price drop, Halo Wars release date, Fallout 3 release date, and Bioshock 2 (w/ exclusivity window for xbox). Sony: Home Demo release date, Home release date, Little Big Planet demo date, and PSP 2 sneak peek.

SimonWriter, Podcaster

Killzone 2: will disappoint! My guess is that a janky, broken multiplayer hands-on will result in sour, sour tears. Bungie will announce their new Halo game, whatever that is. Maybe it’ll just be the release date for ‘Wars. And so sure are the Nintendo fanboys and girls that the big Nintendo first party announcement will be some kind of sick, boring Animal Crossing venture. I have, and will continue to, hope for something a little more interesting! And before you throw that rotten fruit at me, let’s examine what a current-gen Kid Icarus game might mean! Picture a totally ripped angel on fire, shooting arrows of pure light through the stone skull of a red demon from hell–yes! Angels vs. Demons, set to… I don’t know, a Nightwish soundtrack! Something metal! Why does the emphasis in Kid Icarus have to be on the ‘kid’ part? There’ll be a hands-on Moon demo (that DS fps) and everyone will realize that it’s the most amazing game ever. Four months later, Simon Frankson will wake up to a copy of Moon perched on his plump little belly. He’ll smile as the sun moves through his bedroom.

BenWriter, Podcaster

Sony does not announce price drop - It would make sense that Sony would counter Microsoft’s latest $50 price drop with one of their own. Unfortunately, Sony has been hemorrhaging money through the PS3 and with losses totaling over $3 billion, I don’t see them slashing prices anytime soon. With Xbox price drop all but confirmed, it might be a little tougher to compete with the big M as the Arcade SKU of the Xbox will retail for a little less than the cost of a Wii.

Nintendo’s BIG Announcement won’t be a Zelda title - I’m not sure what the folk at Nintendo have in store for us with their huge announcements. Reggie is on record saying that this game will make gamers excited as well as the expanded audience excited. Zelda seems to be a lock right? I really don’t think so. Nintendo has other properties which could be used, Kirby, Star Fox, Animal Crossing, heck it could even be a console Pokemon game. Who knows right? If I hear they are announcing a Zelda title for the holiday lineup, my jaw will drop that they were able to keep the specs of the project quiet until now.

Bioshock 2 Trailer Revealed - This may be a long shot, but 2K should be using the same engine, so it is not unrealistic to think that at least a teaser trailer could be revealed. Look for this trailer to reveal very little though and fans will be left wondering what time frame the game takes place and who the protagonist will be. That being said, a teaser trailer would blow our shit away.

TomEIC, Writer, Podcaster

Okay, check this out. White Knight Chronicles, the elusive PS3 exclusive that everyone forgot about, will finally get a release date. I think Sony’s gonna drop some hints about dropping the PS3 down a bit price-wise, or at least show a new SKU. Also, they’re gonna surprise everyone with not just a God of War 3 teaser, but a full on trailer. It’s farther along than people think. Microsoft’s gonna be Gears, Gears, Gears. 4-player co-op’s coming. Also, we all know at this point that they’ve got a new SKU and a price drop in the works. Surprise? A Bioshock 2 teaser could steal this whole show. As for Nintendo, Animal Crossing will 100% be there. It will not, however, be the fully online experience the hardcore crave. We’re gonna see some first party WiiWare action, and we WILL have a new Zelda game teased. Who cares about Kid Icarus, really?

MarriWriter

I don’t think I dare make hard and fast predictions about what will and will not happen at E3. Such auguries are likely to fly in my face like so much ape-flung poo in the next few days, so I will instead posit my tentative predictions in the form of anxious prayers and angry threats.

Square-Enix had better tell us what’s happening with FFXIII and FFXIII Versus.

I would like Nintendo to reveal something to actually pique my interest, like an English translation of Duel Love. Barring that unforseen glory, I anticipate the usual franchise-fellating lineup of party/pet/sequel games.

BioWare has been busy. They’ve opened shop in Texas, and their list of games in development is not only considerable, but also very, very juicy. I fear that their hinted-at Star Wars MMO is yet too embryonic to endure the flash of sunlight and air that is E3, but one can hope we might get a ballpark release date or a pixel of concept art. More promising is our chances of getting more dirt on Dragon Age: Origins beyond the shitty debut trailer.

The Rock Band 2 demo will be mildly exciting, but not out-of-this-world exciting. (This is something the stars and/or whispering voices have told me which I would be willing to bet money on.)

Ubisoft will hopefully delight me by discussing Rune Factory 2, Avatar, and/or Harvest Moon Online. If they fail in this, I will cry fat tears.

If it knows what’s good for it, the new, industry-only streamlined specificity of E3 ‘08 will cotton no flogging of dead horses: no politicians, mergers, or ‘is sex/violence in games acceptable?’ poppycock will taint the air. That air is for release dates, demos, screenshots, and sweet promises.

Upcoming titles may or may not be touted as proof of video games as “art.”