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All Articles: E3 2011
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations E3 trailer packs a punch (and a kick, swords, spears, etc.)
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations promises to unite Altair and Ezio for the first time and this E3 trailer gives us a glimpse into how the two great assassins will meet. It is also in the running for “coolest three minutes of E3 2011.”
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be stores this November for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Players who pre-order the game on the PS3 or Xbox 360 from GameStop will automatically be upgraded to the Signature Edition, which includes an exclusive single-player mission, a weapons capacity upgrade, an extra multiplayer character, an animated short film and an original game soundtrack.
Wii U demo reel footage was from PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Nintendo of America’s president, Reggie Fils-Aime, admitted in an interview to GameTrailers (full interview above) that the footage used in their demo reel was from the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 versions of those games. “We’re talking a year away from when the system’s going to launch,” Fils-Aime said as the reason for using the footage. The footage included Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Darksiders II, and other footage shown during the press conference included Battlefield 3 (which hasn’t been formally announced for the Wii U by anyone). The games looked fantastic… but they weren’t being run on Nintendo’s hardware.
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, Microsoft and Sony have bought been caught running games on other systems and showing the footage off as their own, but that still doesn’t make Nintendo’s subterfuge ok. On the other hand, this is a misleading and dishonest way to promote the new console, but at least Nintendo came right out and admitted it after the fact. The whole thing has left a bad taste in my mouth. Perhaps a reasonable price tag on the Wii U will get rid of that.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Battlefield 3, Darksiders II, E3 2011, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Mario Kart 3DS trailer features high-flying fun
Nintendo is bringing their biggest franchises to the 3DS in a big way and the new Mario Kart 3DS that debuted at this year’s E3 Expo promises several new ways to play the game.
Mario Kart 3DS adds gliders to every kart so Mario, Bowswer, Peach and all the rest can float after a big jump. Each kart is also equipped with a propellor allowing some races to take place underwater. Nintendo has given kart customization an overhaul as players will be able to choose a body and tires for their kart independent of their racer. Even something old is new again as coins are back for the first time since Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
Familiar tracks round out the Mario Kart 3DS with ghost houses, highways and desert tracks all visible. It also looks like we’ll be racing on an airship when the game ships to stores sometime this year.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged E3 2011, Mario Kart 7
Final Fantasy XIII-2 E3 trailer shows off story, gameplay
Square Enix has used the 2011 E3 Expo to give us a much deeper look at the next Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy XIII-2. Releasing in early 2012 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, the game stars new character Noel Kreiss and Serah Farron, Lightning’s younger sister, in a search for Lightning after monsters attack their town.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged E3 2011, Final Fantasy XIII-2
Wii U online to include unique usernames; Friend Codes are dead
Speaking to Ubisoft producer Adrian Blunt, the MTV Multiplayer blog has confirmed that the Wii U’s online network will launch with the ability to create unique usernames, very similar to PSN or Xbox Live handles:
“The first is the ability for individuals to make accounts. Rather than a machine having an account, each individual user has an account.”
[MTV Multiplayer asked]: “Equivalent to a gamertag on Xbox Live?”
“Yeah, exactly,” he said.
Blunt would go on to say that Friend Codes are a thing of the past and that the complicated codes will no longer be needed to find your friends on the Nintendo network. Instead, a unified Friend List will take its place:
“Also the ability to easily find friends. Rather than using friend codes, which we’ve had in the past, we’re able to connect players in a much easier way, which allows us to have a community that’s playing together in the game.”
HD graphics, no more Friend Codes, third party support… Nintendo may challenge Sony and Microsoft’s dominance for hardcore gamers yet.
Dante levels a church in new DMC trailer
Capcom is keeping pretty quiet on their Devil May Cry reboot/prequel DMC: Devil May Cry. The game, which stars a young (and dark-haired) Dante, is in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360 at Ninja Theory. And aside from the new trailer above, the game has mostly been pushed to the back of Capcom’s E3 2011 slate.
Although I guess now we Dante can change to his “classic” hairstyle during battle.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged DMC: Devil May Cry, E3 2011
Super Mario 3D trailer is full of raccoon magic
Super Mario 3D is the first “original 3D Mario game for a handheld,” but if the trailer Nintendo showed off yesterday at their E3 Press Conference is anything to go by, it has all the classic elements of a Mario game:
Return of the Tanooki Suit? Check.
Bowser and the Koopalings? Check.
Goombas, Piranha Plants and Bloobers? Check.
Side-scrolling and overhead levels? Check.
Oh yeah, I’m in Mushroom Kingdom heaven. Super Mario 3D will be released exclusively for the 3DS by the end of the year.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged E3 2011, Super Mario 3D Land
Meet Vincent Brooks in new Catherine trailer
Atlus has released the latest trailer for their mind-bending “love adventure,” Catherine, and it focuses on the game’s “hero,” Vincent.
“Vincent is very far from the typical video game protagonist,” stated Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales at Atlus. “He is indecisive. He is unsure of where he wants his relationship with Katherine, his girlfriend, to go. Very often, he seems incapable of doing the right thing at the right time, allowing complications (the very things he is so keen to keep his life free of) to multiply. Learning more about Vincent and his motivations is the perfect way to gain a better understanding of Catherine’s core philosophy and narrative themes.”
Sounds rough. And that’s before the psychotic sheep show up. That’s right, psychotic sheep. Check out the trailer on Atlus’ YouTube page. Catherine will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on July 26.