14 DAY TRIAL // Ubisoft made quite a few big announcements during its E3 2011 conference, limited not just to its big, triple-A franchises, but also its more casual ones, like the Raving Rabbids, Rayman or Just Dance.
The French publisher confirmed brand new iterations in all of the aforementioned franchises, so let's have a quick look at these upcoming games, complete with trailers for all of them.
First up, we have a brand new Raving Rabbids game, called Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking, which will be out this winter holiday season exclusively for the Kinect on the Xbox 360 console.
The crazy rabbids will be able to interact with players, as well as the other way around, thanks to the Kinect, and Ubisoft is confident that it will become a great success, especially since the Rabbids series became extremely popular on the Nintendo Wii.
Check out the main features of Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking, as highlighted by Ubisoft, below, alongside a video for it.
-Rabbids come to life – Rabbids become real, emerge from the floor, and interact with players in unique experiences and augmented reality.
-Rabbids take control – Swim, jump, dance, roll and slap freely, all in the hope to halt the Rabbids from invading. Square off with them in the craziest mini-games, in the most insane situations ever imagined! -Rabbids Redefined – The party game genre has been redefined with the ability to play with up to 4-players simultaneously; a first on the Kinect. Time to turn the living room upside down with friends and family with an abundance of customizable game types. -Join the Rabbids community! – Capture and share online photos, accomplishments, and high scores with friends and family.
Next up, we have a new installment in the series that fathered the Rabbids one, with Rayman Origins.
The title aims at going back to the roots of the Rayman franchise, bringing a high-definition 2D side-scrolling platformer with complete support for up to four players in the cooperative mode.
Check out the features of Rayman Origins below, which is out for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii this winter holiday season.
- Origins brings back many of the classic characters, revived in their original 2D form, as well as a whole new world of characters and environments. Discover the roots of Rayman by collecting pieces of the Glade’s history, and assemblethemto reveal the truth behind Rayman’s origins. - 4-Player, Jump-In/Jump-Out, Co-op Gameplay: Play as Rayman in the solo campaign, or have up to threefriends jump in at any time to play as Globox or as one of thetwoTeensies. Players can leave at any time without affecting the others’ progression. - Unique Approach to 2D Art: A rich world with over 100 characters and 12 unique environments created by some of the VG’s mostreputed artists and animators. This creative approach to 2D design will recapture the hearts of platformer fans and introduce a new generation to one of the industry’s best-loved characters in his original 2D form. - A Vast Playground: Rayman Origins includes over 60 levelsof 2D platforming gameplay designed for all ages and playing styles. Unlock new abilities progressively and return toprevious levels to discover new paths and secrets. - Variety of Gameplay: Rayman Origins is a platformer at its core, but it has elements of many game genres. Rayman, Globox and the Teensies gain unique abilities as they progress through the adventure, including swimming, diving and the sensational “HairlyCopter.” The game also features many elements of action, adventure and beat-’em-up gameplay. - Epic Boss Fights: A giant pink monster withhundreds of eyes... A possessed, mountainous golem... An evil daisy-cum-carnivorous plant...Rayman Origins will put players to the test with these and many morechallenging boss battles!
Last but not least, Ubisoft made another big announcement with Just Dance 3, the next installment of the massively successful dancing simulator series, which marks the first appearance of the franchise on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, not just on the Wii, by taking advantage of the PlayStation Move and Kinect, respectively.
The title will have more than 40 tracks from all sorts of genres, both old and new, which are all going to test out the dancing skills of the player.
Just Dance 3 is out for the three consoles on October 11, this year, but you can check out a video of it in action below.