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The dates for E3 2011 have been announced, and you can mark June 6-9 on your calendar now and then just sit and wait for G4's coverage of the world's biggest video game conference. As always, we'll be bringing you every major press conference, live and streaming (http://www.g4tv.com/e3-2011/), plus tons of exclusive game demos from the G4 stage. On top of that, the crack G4 staff will be reporting on all of the biggest E3 2011 news and announcements and bringing you hands on previews of every major game on the show floor.
We already know that Nintendo has announced their next console, Project Cafe, and you can expect to hear plenty about what they have planned. In addition, here are some of our best guesses as to what we'll find when the E3 Expo kicks off:
• Sony E3 2011 Press Conference
• Microsoft E3 2011 Press Conference
• Nintendo E3 2011 Press Conference
• EA E3 2011 Press Conference
• Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference
• Grand Theft Auto 5
• Bungie's First Post-Halo Game
• Halo 4
• Bioshock Infinite
• Assassin's Creed 3
• Twisted Metal
• Half-Life 3: Episode 3
• Diablo 3
• Resistance 3
• Borderlands 2
• Uncharted 3
• Rage
• Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Madden NFL 12
• Soul Calibur 5
• Shadow Complex 2
• Left 4 Dead 3
• Playstation NPG
• Nintendo Wii HD
• Street Fighter X Tekken
Of course, some of this is baseless speculation. Some of these games are confirmed, but many aren't, and there will probably be plenty of games we never saw coming.
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Valve have said they won't be there so take L4D3 off that list, unless Gabe makes a surprise appearance like last year of course! :)
Ubisoft celebrates their 25th year anniversary and has released their E3 lineup, seperated into three categories:
QuoteHigh Definition
Already known for its growing collection of blockbuster brands, Ubisoft's E3 line-up features high definition titles that set the bar for gaming creativity and quality, including: Assassin's Creed Revelations, Call of Juarez: The Cartel, Driver San Francisco, Rayman Origins and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Online
Ubisoft is entering the online games market in earnest, giving customers continuous connections to their favorite games whenever and wherever they want. By offering innovative new online titles, Ubisoft is using this year's E3 to announce its presence as a key player in the online games space. Titles on display include: From Dust, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online, and TrackMania2 Canyon.
Casual
Ubisoft rules the casual market, holding the number one third-party position on Kinect, 3DS and Wii. Ubisoft continues to pioneer on emerging mainstream technologies and creating games with real-life benefits that the whole family can enjoy. Ubisoft's casual games featured at E3 include: The Adventures of Tintin, MotionSports Adrenaline, RocksmithTM, the upcoming new Raving Rabbids, Just Dance, and Your Shape games.
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I'm sure there's going to be a grip of videos floating around in the next week. Here's a starter:
Halo 4 confirmed by Microsoft
Oopsy daisy! With just over two hours to go until its E3 press conference, Microsoft has – apparently by mistake - published a series of major announcements on Xbox.com – including news that "Halo 4 is on the way".
The information, images of which can be seen below, has since been removed, but in addition to Halo, Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports Season 2 and Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary were all outed. Surprise!
Xbox.com described Halo 4 as "the news millions of Halo fans have waited for", while the long-awaited Halo HD remake is described as: "The epic game that launched a universe, remastered for a new generation".
Two further unannounced Kinect game were listed. In Ryse, "you are the warrior in this cinematic, action-packed Kinect experience". Meanwhile, Kinect Fun Labs is "a fun new app" with "crazy, cool new gadgets".
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Hitler invaded Poland once.......... wait, we've been there before!!!
I've not even played Reach yet! :)
I was kind of hoping they would do a Halo HD Collection (Halo 1 & 2). That certainly seems to be a popular theme this year.
MW3 up first, and it looked extremely....................... MW2 like!!!
Looked pretty cool in fairness.
Tomb Raider looked stunning, Peter Moore saying that FIFA, Tiger & Madden will all feature Kinect, also one other game not yet mentioned.
YouTube coming to Xbox Live.
Halo Anniversary coming November 15th.
Gears 3 looked sweet, Ice-T joining Cliffy B on stage and then announced he's reuniting Bodycount to do a song for the game! :)
Fable: The Journey being played with Kinect, looks decidedly average!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 06, 2011, 05:04:57 PM
YouTube coming to Xbox Live.
Holy s***! That's huge! I know a lot of teenagers on the (old) Xbox.com Forum will be thrilled.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 06, 2011, 05:22:50 PM
Halo Anniversary coming November 15th.
Gears 3 ... Ice-T ... reuniting Bodycount to do a song for the game! :)
Epic!
Lots of crap for Kinect so far and pretty much all kids stuff, good to MS focusing on the Core! ;)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 06, 2011, 05:42:53 PM
Lots of crap for Kinect so far and pretty much all kids stuff
That's disappointing. I was really hoping to see some kind of unique use for Kinect in games I want to play. Looks like I may be waiting a little longer to buy one.
They showed Star Wars Kinect and it looked extremely poor, awesome music though of course. :)
Dance Central 2 looks good if you like that kind of stuff, I don't!
Halo 4 ended MS's show to the surprise of precisely ZERO people!!!!
It's the start of a new trilogy too.
BioShock Infinite and Skyrim just shown on GameTrailers, both looked good, doubt i'll bother with the latter, the former is a must have for me.
Overall about a B- on the presentation. Too much Kinnect software still feels like it's geared towards kids and the core games that are integrating it don't really seem like a 'must have' - even Mass Effect 3's voice recognition seems a bit forced. Although, Mass Effect 3 is a 'must have' in my book - primarily because of what the game is on its own.
It's not really integrated into the actual action on the screen, you read the response on the conversation wheel you want and Shepard voices his own response through the storyline. Reminds me of talking to an automated reply system whenever you call any kind of tech support.
Also, couldn't this voice recognition thing be done through sofware and the existing headsets?
Alright Sony, you're up in about 20mins. Get your sh*t straight...
I appreciate the work and important of E3, but watching socially awkward game developers breathing nervously in their mics while they stare out into a crowd of 1000 people really takes a toll on me. I'm going to stop watching and just catch up on the highlights tomorrow.
ps. I officially hate the name "PlayStation Vita". It is not pleasant to say or hear.
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 07, 2011, 01:43:09 AM
I appreciate the work and important of E3, but watching socially awkward game developers breathing nervously in their mics while they stare out into a crowd of 1000 people really takes a toll on me. I'm going to stop watching and just catch up on the highlights tomorrow.
ps. I officially hate the name "PlayStation Vita". It is not pleasant to say or hear.
Truth be told, it's like fingernails on a chalk board at times, my advice, just make a reel and run that biz from the get go. The whole demo-walkthrough concept is also a bit audience defeating, "Yo, stop talking, yes this scene is underwater, I can see what's going on!" :P
And as it turns out the word Vita is a direct shortening for:
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Apparently the name wasn't too popular back then either. ;)
:D
Nintendo Introduces Wii-U at E3 2011 Conference:
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That's the console, although the presentation didn't focus much on it, as the controller seems to be the star of the show.
Here's an image of that:
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Presentation Clip:
Wow. The new Nintendo hardware looks impressive.
Even more impressive ... all of those rediculous rumors were true!?!?! ;D
I'm as interested in that as I am Kinect!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 08, 2011, 07:35:44 AM
I'm as interested in that as I am Kinect!
Personally, I think it's good news. Not ready for a new "must-have" console.
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 09, 2011, 04:00:46 AM
Sony Highlights
The real question here is- What has Morgan Webb been doing to herself??
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*Note: The picture is the way I'm choosing to remember her, I'm not sure who that is in the video footage.
lol
The real Morgan Webb retired when she married that old rich guy. The Morgan Webb on TV now is an android G4 created.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 06, 2011, 05:28:19 PM
Fable: The Journey being played with Kinect, looks decidedly average!
Fable creator Peter Molyneux has apologised for the misleading announcement of Kinect game Fable: The Journey.
In the Microsoft E3 press conference, a tall dark stranger controlled what appeared to be an on-rails first-person Fable experience. He cast spells at the game's goblin-like Hobb enemies by waving his arms.
Was that an accurate portrayal of Fable: The Journey? No, said silly Peter, it wasn't!
"I made a horrendous mistake on the press demo of taking out the navigation allowing players to move," admitted Peter to OXM.
"I will just say on record now that Fable: The Journey is definitely not on rails."
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Molyneux never makes mistakes!!
Peter needs to just stop talking and continue making decent games. His fans would appreciate it. #)
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 13, 2011, 08:43:32 PM
Peter needs to just stop talking and continue making decent games. His fans would appreciate it. #)
Yep!
E3 2011: Sony and EA top E3 Critics Awards
14 nominations each for publishers as Uncharted 3 and BioShock lead
BioShock Infinite and Uncharted 3 have both topped this year's E3 Game Critics Awards, nabbing four nominations each in the annual North American press-voted Best of E3 picks.
BioShock Infinite has been nominated in the categories best of show, best original game, best PC game and best action-adventure game. Uncharted 3 meanwhile has picked up nominations in the best of show, best console game, best action-adventure game and best online mulitplayer game categories.
Other notable names in the nominations list include Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Tomb Raider and Ubisoft's From Dust.
In the publishing stakes, EA and Sony lead the nominations this year, with 14 each.
The full list of nominees follows:
Best of Show
- Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady/WB Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
Best Original Game
- Bastion (Supergiant Games/WB Games for PC, Xbox 360)
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Journey (Thatgamecompany/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
- Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best Console Game
- Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady/WB Games for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Mass Effect 3 (Bioware/EA Games for PS3, Xbox 360)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
- Contre Jour (Mokus/Chillingo/EA for iPad, iPhone)
- Mario Kart (Nintendo/Nintendo for 3DS)
- Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
- Super Mario (Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo for 3DS)
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss (SCE Bend Studio/Naughty Dog/SCEA for PSVita)
Best PC Game
- Battlefield 3 (DICE/EA Games for PC)
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC)
- End of Nations (Petroglyph Games/Trion Worlds for PC)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (Bioware Austin/EA Games for PC)
- Torchlight 2 (Runic Games/Perfect World for PC)
Best Hardware
- PlayStation Vita (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Rocksmith (Ubisoft San Francisco/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Sony 3D Display (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Wii U (Nintendo)
- Zoom for Kinect (Nyko)
Best Action Game
- Battlefield 3 (DICE/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer/ATVI for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 3 (Epic Games/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Prey 2 (Human Head Studios/Bethesda for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Rage (id Software/Bethesda for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady/WB Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- BioShock infinite (Irrational Games/2K Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
Best Role Playing Game
- Dark Souls (From Software/Namco Bandai Games for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Big Huge Games/38 Studios/EAP for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360)
- Mass Effect 3 (BioWare/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/EA for PC)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Racing Game
- Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft Reflections/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Forza 4 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Mario Kart (Nintendo/Nintendo for 3DS)
- Need for Speed:The Run (EA Black Box/EA Games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Wipeout 2048 (Studio Liverpool/SCEE for PSVita)
Best Fighting Game
- Skullgirls (Reverge Labs/Autumn Games for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (Iron Galaxy Studios/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360, PSVita)
- Soul Calibur V (Namco/Namco Bandai for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco Bandai Games for Arcade)
- WWE 12 (Yuke's/THQ for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
Best Sports Game
- FIFA Soccer 12 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 12 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- NBA 2K12 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- SSX (EA Canada/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- UFC Undisputed 3 (Yuke's/THQ for PS3, Xbox 360)
Best Strategy Game
- Age of Empires Online (Gas Powered Games/Microsoft Studios for PC)
- End of Nations (Petroglyph/Trion Worlds for PC)
- From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Skulls of the Shogun (Haunted Temple Studios for PC, Xbox 360)
- Trenched (Double Fine/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
Best Social/Casual Game
- Dance Central 2 (Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Disneyland Adventures (Frontier Developments/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Rocksmith (Ubisoft San Francisco/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Rhythm Heaven (TNX/Nintendo for Wii)
- Sound Shapes (Queasy Games/SCEA for PSVita)
Best Motion Simulation Game
- Dance Central 2 (Harmonix/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Fruit Ninja Kinect (Halfbrick/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster (Double Fine Productions/WB Games for Xbox 360)
- The Gunstringer (Twisted Pixel Games/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo EAD/Nintendo for Wii)
Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Battlefield 3 (DICE/EA for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer/ATVI for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Gears of War 3 (Epic Games/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/EA for PC)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
Best Downloadable Game
- Bastion (Supergiant Games/WB Games for PC, Xbox 360)
- From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft for PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Fuelcell Games/Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360)
- Journey (Thatgamecompany/SCEA for PlayStation 3)
- Papo & Yo (Minority/SCEA for PlayStation 3)