EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: e3
A new group of Mass Effect 2 screenshots has found its way through the tubes and wound up on this very page for your viewing pleasure.
The screens are filled to the brim with all sorts of awesome looking futuristic, alien-like weaponry, set in moody corridors and detailed open spaces. Check ‘em out below:
A study released by research firm Nielsen earlier in the month revealed that New Super Mario Bros. Wii received the most online buzz over E3. However, despite this a new survey done by Nielson discloses that Halo 3: ODST and God of War III top the list of games presented at E3 that gamers are definitely or probably interested in buying.
[Update: The winners of the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2009 have been announced. Check them out over here.]
The Game Critics Awards, an “independent group of 29 leading North American media outlets that cover the videogame industry” has revealed this year’s nominees for their annual ‘Best of E3’ awards, which “recognize the games that will shape the future of interactive entertainment, as demonstrated via hands-on playable form at the E3 Expo.”
Leading the pack of nominees this year are Double Fine’s Brütal Legend, as well as Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which have four nominations apiece, including ‘Best of Show’ and ‘Best Console Game.’
The big publishers also each received a considerable amount of nominations for their range of games on show at E3, with EA getting eighteen nominations, Sony thirteen, Activision ten, and Nintendo and Microsoft each receiving five nominations.
The full Game Critics Awards ‘Best of E3’ nominations list follows below:
Peter takes us through the Sony press conference for E3 2009, with Oliver and Lisa adding their two cents along the way.
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‘Main Screen Turn On!’
Lisa takes us through the full Nintendo press conference for E3 2009, with Oliver and Peter bringing their insights to bear on all that was revealed.
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The El33tonline team takes you through the announcements made during the Microsoft press conference at E3 2009 in Los Angeles last week, including discussion on Microsoft’s biggest reveals.
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In El33tonline’s podcast for June, we discuss some of the highlights from E3 2009, including a brief look at the console manufacturer’s press conferences and major announcements from the show.
We also chat about what games we have been playing in between the E3 madness, such as inFamous, EA Sports Active and Flower.
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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the organisation that owns and operates E3 (the enormous videogame showcase extravaganza) every year, has announced that 41 000 people from 78 countries attended the show that took place from June 1st to June 4th in Los Angeles last week.
Additionally, a whopping 216 exhibitors showcased their products at the event.
In a press release accompanying the announcement, the ESA also included some majr praise from some of the largest exhibitors, including a comment from CEO of EA, John Riccitiello:
“The ESA has put on a great show for the game industry. E3 2009 reflected the vitality, innovation and global presence of a rapidly growing industry. I’m already looking forward to next year’s event.”
Senior vice president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Don Mattrick, also had some kind words:
Earlier in the week Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that a new Zelda game for the Wii is currently in development. Miyamoto made this reveal at a developer’s roundtable conference, but unfortunately Nintendo did not allow any of the people present to take pictures of the concept art for the new Zelda game.
Nintendo has since released the concept art which you can enjoy below.
Warner Bros. recently released the debut trailer for their upcoming rhythm game LEGO Rock Band, and it’s looking very interesting indeed!
The game merges two popular franchises, combining the multiplayer music experience of Rock Band and the accessibility, customization and humour or LEGO games, hoping to deliver a family-friendly music experience as gamers set out to “Build a Band and Rock the Universe.”
Last month Canadian based indie studio Capybara Games first introduced us to technicolour barf in the debut trailer for their upcoming PSN arcade-puzzler Critter Crunch.
Watch this interview with Co-Founder and President of Capy, Nathan Vella, that Chris Morell recently posted on SCEA’s PlayStation Blog to find out more about the game. Vella discusses to the food chain mechanic in Critter Crunch as well as competitive and co-op multiplayer modes. He also discusses some interesting trophies in the game including one for barfing and one called ‘Feats of Constipation.’
Since the first teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed II surfaced in April we have learned that the next Assassin’s Creed outing will be set in Italy during the Renaissance and that we’ll be playing as the incarnate of Ezio. We also know that the development team weighs in at 450 members, roughly triple that of the team that worked on the original entry to the series, and that the sequel is scheduled to be released by the end of this year.
This week we discovered a few more things about Assassin’s Creed II. Sony showcased the game at their E3 press conference on Tuesday, with the demo showing off the architecture and setting of the Italian Renaissance (the backstory to the game is set directly after the events of the first), the use of a Renaissance-era flying machine made by a friend of yours (in the game) and introducing Leonardo Da Vinci, who will also provide you with other inventions during the course of the game. The ability to swim was also demonstrated, while the protagonist was also shown taking out two enemies at once with his two wrist-blades.
Last night Nintendo revealed that Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box will be released across North America for the DS and DSi on the 24th of August.
Judging by the screenshots and animated trailer for the game, the Diabolical Box will adopt the same art style made famous by Level 5’s popular Professor Layton series. The title is known as Pandora’s Box in Japan, where gamers have eagerly been solving its mysteries for quite some time now (since November 2007 to be exact).
Although we stumbled upon the existence of Wii Fit Plus a little while ago through the discovery of an English logo for the game on the Japanese trademark database, we knew little about what the next installment in Nintendo’s highly popular franchise would include.
Even though Wii Fit was released just a little over a year ago across North America, it is still selling like crazy as evidenced by the latest NPD figures which showed it to be the best-selling game in the US for April, selling a whopping 471 000 copies. Its success story is similar across the globe, with the title appearing regularly in both the Japanese and UK’s software chart each week. In fact Wii Fit has spent a total of 16 weeks since it launched in the UK in the number one spot, even spending seven consecutive weeks at the top this year so far, while its life-to-date sales now stand at 3.4 million in Japan.
Yet, despite the title’s continued success Nintendo most likely thought it prudent to release a follow-up in light of the fact that third publisher’s titles such as My Fitness Coach and EA’s Sports Active are no doubt making inroads into their share of this market share. And so last night Nintendo announced that Wii Fit Plus will be arriving on our shelves as early as this fall.
With the big names of the Nintendo gaming world taking centre stage at the publisher’s E3 press conference last night, a few other titles slipped under the radar like Endless Ocean 2.
The game is said to “build on the ocean experience first introduced with Endless Ocean” but, unlike the previous game which focused on relaxation, the sequel is designed to deliver more adventure, whether it be escaping from sharks, exploring shipwrecks or uncovering treasure on the ocean bed.
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