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While many companies presented different games or features during E3 2012, Square Enix took the chance to unveil its next-generation Luminous engine that’s been designed with future platforms in mind.
Square Enix has always impressed gamers with high quality cinematics present in its variety of games and now, ... |
7 June 2012
14:21 GMT |
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Publisher Namco Bandai and developer Digital Extremes have gone all out when it comes to their new Star Trek video game at E3 2012, with a full two-screen 3D experience designed to show off the gameplay of the cooperative third-person game and reveal the main enemies that players will face in the single-player t... |
7 June 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Sony has confirmed at E3 2012 that the upcoming The Last of Us survival shooter from developer Naughty Dog is coming out in 2013. The company also revealed a stunning gameplay video as well as a few new screenshots of the shooter experience.
The Last of Us managed to impress quite a lot of people at the end of last ... |
7 June 2012
09:41 GMT |
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At E3 2012, Gearbox Software and 2K Games are showing the multiplayer of their upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines and I found that the game manages to capture the essence of the franchise while also delivering a thrilling first-person shooter experience. The shown game mode allows six Marines to go up against six Ali... |
7 June 2012
09:15 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that its upcoming Wii U home console will support the use of two GamePads at the same time, but doing so will halve the framerate of the game currently being experienced.
The Nintendo Wii U was presented last year as a concept and this year, at E3 2012, as a final version alongside its special... |
7 June 2012
07:15 GMT |
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Far Cry 3 was one of the games showcased by Ubisoft during its E3 2012 press conference, with the French company revealing not just an array of details and a new video of its single-player campaign, but also a special 4-player cooperative one that will be present in the regular game.
Far Cry 3 is set to deliver a ne... |
7 June 2012
05:41 GMT |
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Even if the announcement of Need for Speed: Most Wanted may have been leaked before EA’s own E3 2012 presentation, the new racing game has already impressed a huge amount of people, including ourselves, as you could tell from our Hands On article yesterday.
We have already seen a trailer and a lengthy gameplay... |
7 June 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Nintendo presented quite a few big titles for its upcoming Wii U home console during yesterday’s E3 2012 press conference, among which Pikmin 3. This is a new installment in the classic strategy series, which received a full list of features, as well as a few screenshots and a gameplay video.
Nintendo is betti... |
6 June 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic was one of the stars of last year’s E3, with publisher Electronic Arts and developer BioWare praising both the changes it would make to the core MMO gameplay and the way the game would deliver a storytelling experience equal to at least three titles in the Knights of the Old Republic... |
6 June 2012
14:21 GMT |
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While Bethesda and Zenimax Online Studios are still reluctant to completely reveal The Elder Scrolls Online, the two companies have presented two new videos of the MMO, one depicting a cinematic with three major characters, and the other consisting of a fly-through that spans the most important regions of the contine... |
6 June 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Nintendo revealed quite a lot of things about its upcoming Wii U at yesterday’s E3 2012 press conference, including the full list of system specifications and the features of the upcoming home console.
Nintendo is confident that its Wii U will deliver a whole new type of interactive experience to gamers and no... |
6 June 2012
12:11 GMT |
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I loved the first Crysis and tolerated the second game. As such, I was thrilled at E3 2012 when Crysis 3 showed some impressive visual chops and a solid if limited return to the core gameplay elements that made the franchise a hit – the freedom to use powers and weapons to take out enemies as one sees fit. Cry... |
6 June 2012
10:51 GMT |
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Rocksteady and Warner Bros. promised last year that Batman: Arkham City would be coming to the Nintendo Wii U, but only yesterday, during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference did we hear the first details about Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, the special version of the game that’s out this holiday sea... |
6 June 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Sony confirmed during its E3 2012 press conference that Activision would launch a special Call of Duty game for the PlayStation Vita portable platform, in the form of Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified.
Even before the launch of the PS Vita this February, Sony was bragging that a special Call of Duty game would ap... |
6 June 2012
09:11 GMT |
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Many big games were presented at E3 2012 but, amidst a variety of sequels and reboots, Ubisoft revealed a whole new intellectual property, in the form of Watch Dogs.
Ubisoft has started taking a lot of risks in recent times and Watch Dogs, a new open world action game from Ubisoft Montreal, reflects the company&rsqu... |
6 June 2012
07:00 GMT |
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Nintendo presented a wide array of big games for its upcoming Wii U home console last night during its E3 2012 press conference, chief among which being New Super Mario Bros. U, a new platformer starring the company’s iconic mascot and his friends. The Nintendo Wii U is going to deliver an interesting experien... |
6 June 2012
06:11 GMT |
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In between showing off a wide array of games during its E3 2012 presentation, Microsoft also revealed the five games that will be included in this year’s edition of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade promotion – Deadlight, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Hybrid, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, and Wreckateer.
Micros... |
6 June 2012
04:11 GMT |
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After revealing the existence of Star Wars 1313 last week, LucasArts is now showing off the impressive action adventure game and posted two special gameplay videos right from the E3 2012 conference. Star Wars games haven’t exactly attracted lots of fans over the years, but LucasArts is hoping to change this wi... |
6 June 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation for the PlayStation Vita, a spinoff game based on the full-fledged AC3, which stars, for the first time in the series, a female protagonist named Aveline.
Assassin’s Creed games have delivered some impressive experiences in recent years but, with the... |
6 June 2012
03:12 GMT |
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I have a feeling that E3 2012 has managed to be even more popular with both the gaming industry and the press this year when compared to 2011 and that makes it more interesting to attend and more difficult to survive without major scars. This first E3 day only has a six-hour schedule, and at least one full hour is c... |
6 June 2012
03:03 GMT |
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Medal of Honor was rebooted without the resounding success that publisher Electronic Arts was expecting, but the publisher is still interested in the series and developer Danger Close has now lifted the lid from the multiplayer mode of the Warfighter sequel.
The core innovation of the mode is the Fire Team, a link b... |
6 June 2012
02:52 GMT |
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FIFA 12 was such an evolution for the football (being in the United States, I might need to say soccer) simulation series from Electronic Arts that it’s hard to see how the development team at EA Sports would be able to improve on it with FIFA 13.
I played the game at the E3 2012 stand of Electronic Arts ... |
6 June 2012
02:32 GMT |
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The new SimCity, a reboot in more than name, is a revolution when it comes to city building, although the game might prove to be one of the most divisive in recent memory because of its use of always-on connections to drive a significant part of gameplay.
When it comes to the core city building segment, SimCity is i... |
6 June 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Microsoft revealed one new feature, in the form of Internet Explorer for the Xbox 360, and a big improvement to an existing one, namely a better version of the Bing voice search thanks to the Kinect sensor.
The Xbox 360 has been around for quite some time but, ever since its original release in 2006, many owners com... |
6 June 2012
02:23 GMT |
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Battlefield Premium is not actually a game but the reply that developer DICE and publisher Electronic Arts have created after Activision introduced the Elite service for Call of Duty. Some might say that Premium is too little too late, but the two companies seem to have big plans for it and there are 4 downloadable ... |
6 June 2012
01:11 GMT |
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the best racing video game I saw and played in the last few years and might be the title that finally connects the legacies of Criterion’s Burnout and the classic Need for Speed series. Last year’s E3 event allowed me to take a look at Need for Speed: The Run, which got pre... |
6 June 2012
00:35 GMT |
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The original Nintendo Wii would have not achieved its tremendous popularity without a solid slate of launch titles and the company behind the console plans to replicate the strategy by partnering up the upcoming Wii U with the newly revealed NintendoLand. NintendoLand combines some of the best elements of previous t... |
5 June 2012
23:39 GMT |
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The current generation of devices has evolved to be all about shared experiences and multiplayer gaming and, regardless of the used parameters, Nintendo is way behind Microsoft and Sony in this field and has never been able to deliver an experience that directly competes with Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. ... |
5 June 2012
23:00 GMT |
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Besides presenting an array of videos and games during its E3 2012 press conference, Sony also pinned a release date on the eagerly awaited God of War: Ascension, confirming that gamers will be able to once again hack and slash their way alongside Kratos on March 12, 2013.
God of War: Ascension was revealed to the w... |
5 June 2012
18:11 GMT |
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After a few rumors that the Xbox 360 might soon start communicating more with other devices, Microsoft has confirmed at its E3 2012 press conference that a new technology called Xbox SmartGlass is coming to its home console, which allows it to interact with smartphones or tablets.
The Xbox 360 is being turned into a... |
5 June 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Nintendo has just wrapped up its full-fledged E3 2012 press conference, after the pre-expo one we saw earlier this week, and unveiled an array of details about the upcoming Wii U console and some of the games that will appear for it.Nintendo's E3 2012 press conference has been focused on the Wii U and one of the... |
5 June 2012
12:48 GMT |
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In order to get to the 2012 edition of the E3 trade show, which takes place in Los Angeles this week, I had to fly no less than 14 hours overall, deal with two significant delays and spend 4 hours in terminal 5 at Heathrow.
I had a lot of time to think during the hours spent travelling and, because of my destination... |
5 June 2012
10:29 GMT |
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The core experience of E3 2012 might be linked to high-profile video games, but a lot of users are now using their home consoles for more than gaming and Sony plans to make the PlayStation 3 more attractive in the near future with a new service called simply Wonderbook.
Andrew House, who is the president and the chi... |
5 June 2012
10:08 GMT |
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After a few rumors last week, Ubisoft has now confirmed Splinter Cell: Blacklist, a brand new spy game starring the franchise’s protagonist, Sam Fisher, who must now save the U.S. from a group of terrorists that are threatening the whole country.
The Splinter Cell series delivered a pretty decent last installm... |
5 June 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Capcom took the stage during Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference and presented to the world the first gameplay footage of Resident Evil 6, its upcoming survival horror game.
Microsoft presented demonstrations of a variety of games yesterday, from Xbox 360 exclusives, like Halo 4, to third-party titles, like T... |
5 June 2012
08:01 GMT |
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Electronic Arts’ E3 2012 press conference was headlined by Need for Speed: Most Wanted, a reboot of the original 2005 installment in the racing game series, this time developed by Criterion and enriched with all sorts of brand new features.
Criterion Games impressed back in 2010 with the Need for Speed: Hot Pu... |
5 June 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Microsoft introduced an array of games during its E3 2012 press conference and, as always, it made sure to present the first gameplay video of this year’s new Call of Duty game, namely Black Ops II.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is set to arrive this November and, while it’s coming to all sorts of platforms,... |
5 June 2012
05:03 GMT |
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Microsoft held its own E3 2012 press conference yesterday and, besides exclusive titles like Halo 4, the company also brought in third-party developers like Crystal Dynamics, which once again showed off some gameplay footage from its upcoming Tomb Raider reboot.
The Tomb Raider series hasn’t exactly gone throu... |
5 June 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Gears of War: Judgment may have been revealed last week, but yesterday, during Microsoft’s E3 2012 press conference, the first video and details of the game were presented to the world.
The Gears of War franchise seemed to end with last year’s third installment but now, with Judgment, developers Epic Gam... |
5 June 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Quantic Dream, the French developer behind the impressive Heavy Rain interactive drama, has just presented its newest project, Beyond: Two Souls, an interactive “psychological action thriller” that stars Oscar nominated actress Ellen Page as the protagonist.
Heavy Rain tried to take the interactive enter... |
5 June 2012
03:03 GMT |
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Ubisoft made quite a few big announcements at E3 2012 last night, chief among which being Assassin’s Creed III that received not just a new cinematic trailer but also a lengthy gameplay video that showed the new protagonist, Connor, in action. Assassin’s Creed III is set to introduce a wide array of chan... |
5 June 2012
02:32 GMT |
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Nintendo presented quite a lot of new details about the Wii U during its pre-E3 2012 conference earlier today and, in between showing off the tablet controller that is now dubbed the Wii U GamePad, and the Miiverse social network, it has also showcased the special Wii U Pro Controller.
The Nintendo Wii U is set to u... |
4 June 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has just wrapped up its E3 2012 press conference and already the company has made some big announcements, chief among which being a lengthy presentation focused on Halo 4, its upcoming first person shooter.Halo 4 is coming this November and Microsoft took full advantage of the game during its E3 2012 confer... |
4 June 2012
14:17 GMT |
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Even if Electronic Arts’ E3 2012 press conference is set to take place later today, quite a lot of details about its upcoming Dead Space 3 shooter have appeared on the web, confirming that a cooperative mode is, in fact, a part of the game. The Dead Space franchise may have started out life in a not so success... |
4 June 2012
06:51 GMT |
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It seems that one of Microsoft’s big E3 2012 announcements has been leaked ahead of schedule by Walmart, which released a new ad that presents a price cut for the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 has been experiencing strong sales, but this doesn’t mean that Microsoft doesn’t want to attract more customers t... |
4 June 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Nintendo is set to hold a large press conference ahead of E3 2012 later today, but this hasn’t stopped the Japanese company from making another presentation, called Nintendo Direct.
During this special event, which you can check out through the video above, the company’s president, Satoru Iwata, has pres... |
4 June 2012
02:24 GMT |
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E3 2012 kicks off next week on June 5 and ends on June 7. In these three days, the gaming industry is expected to reveal its biggest and brightest games to the world in order to get everyone's attention before their release at the end of the year or in 2013.The last few weeks have already been filled with major ... |
2 June 2012
15:11 GMT |
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The current generation of hardware is still going strong and neither Microsoft nor Sony is ready to talk about new devices during E3 2012, which does not worry at least one leading video game executive.
Strauss Zelnick, the chief executive officer at Take Two, has told MCV that, “There is still ample opportuni... |
1 June 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: This is my last weekend at home before I head to Los Angeles to take part in the video game bonanza that is the E3 trade show, taking a look at the most interesting titles that are set to arrive during the next one-year period. I plan to keep a light schedule during the weekend in order to make su... |
1 June 2012
16:31 GMT |
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After lots of rumors and some leaked screenshots yesterday, Electronic Arts has confirmed that it will unveil Dead Space 3 at E3 2012 next week.
EA is preparing quite a lot of big surprises for the E3 expo next week but, unfortunately for the large publisher, many have already been spoiled, like a new Need for Speed... |
1 June 2012
04:49 GMT |
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