11:16am PT -- A new guest on stage -- Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki! He's here to demonstrate Ninja Gaiden 2 (AKA GOTY 2008, FYI)
11:17 am PT -- Itagaki, in his usual leather and sunglasses attire, grabs the microphone with confidence and tells us about how the Japanese gaming industry still has lots of vitality.
11:18 am PT -- A never-before-seen level is running on "real hardware."
11:19 am PT -- The Temple of Sacrifice... sounds creepy. Ryu stands in a long, dark corridor and equips... oh my, that's a big sword
11:20 am PT -- He runs into a massive open area, ad hundreds of dragon-like creatures populate the sky.
11:21 am PT -- Ryu battles some hideous creatures on a rickety bridge, effortlessly (and violently) dispatching them. A monster with a chainsaw for an arm pins Ryu down and attempts to separate im from his head. This is aweosome. Ryu pulls out the lunar staf and goes utterly ballistic. These monsters are in big trouble.
11:22 am PT -- The environment's scale is highly impressive, far beyond that of anything in the original Xbox 1 game(s).
11:23 am PT -- A save point -- Ryu saves and a record icon appears at the top. It's recorded a clip of the gameplay, and players are able to upload their films to Xbox Live. More violence ensues!
11:25 am PT -- Ryu dashes down a path, but is blocked by enormous winged creatures. Some hacking, some slashing and a brief Xbox 360 controller disconnect (whoops!) takes care of them. A gigantic demon appears -- he seems disgruntled. " You ungrateful monkeys!"
11:26 am PT -- "Submit or die." We choose... FIGHT!
1:27 am PT -- June 2008 is the release date Dear June, get here NOW. The game wil be shipped in " early June" around the world. North America gets it on June 3rd.