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E3 2012 – A First Timer’s Perspective

Posted by: on June 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm
E3 2012 – A First Timer’s Perspective

E3 - Heaven For Gamers

For years I’ve dreamed of being able to go to E3. The Electronic Entertainment Expo. Mecca. Heaven for a gamer. Ever since I first heard of it, 15-odd years ago, I wanted to find a way to get there and get in.

Unfortunately, I was never able. I was too busy working, I wasn’t an employee of one of the game retailers and I wasn’t a member of the press so there was just no way I could get there and justify gaining admission to the biggest gaming expo in the world.

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E3 2012 – Hands On With Planetside 2 From Sony Online Entertainment

Posted by: on June 8, 2012 at 1:22 am
E3 2012 – Hands On With Planetside 2 From Sony Online Entertainment

Planetside 2, from Sony Online Entertainment. How did it stack up?

Yeah…that happened…Planetside 2 got its hands all over me today and I, in turn, did some handling of IT, as well.

I made my way to the Sony Online Entertainment booth, where I got to go hands on with a few different titles, including Wizardry online, D.C. Universe Online and, of course, Planetside 2.

So what were my thoughts?

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E3 2012 – Worms Revolution Hands-On

Posted by: on June 7, 2012 at 12:41 am
E3 2012 – Worms Revolution Hands-On

Back in March, Team17 Software announced that they were working on Worms Revolution, the newest iteration in the zany Worms franchise. Now that E3 is here, we can tell you that they’ve honed in on everything that you loved about the earlier Worms to give us another fun and challenging turn-based strategy game.

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E3 2012 – Ubisoft’s Best Of E3 Contender “Watch Dogs” – Official Teaser and Gameplay Videos

Posted by: on June 7, 2012 at 12:10 am
E3 2012 – Ubisoft’s Best Of E3 Contender “Watch Dogs” – Official Teaser and Gameplay Videos

In a pre-E3 press breifing, Ubisoft blew the minds of journalists from across the globe with a trailer and demo for their new IP, “Watch Dogs”.

Until now, no other information has been available; Just a couple of screenshots.

Well now we’ve gotten our hot little hands on the official teaser for this crazy sexy upcoming title, as well as about 10 minutes of gameplay.

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E3 2012 – Splinter Cell Blacklist – World Premiere Trailer

Posted by: on June 6, 2012 at 9:59 pm
E3 2012 – Splinter Cell Blacklist – World Premiere Trailer

One of the things we got to look at in the Ubisoft press briefing was the new Splinter Cell title, “Blacklist”. This one is looking really good.

With Kinect voice support and shiny gameplay, Splinter Cell: Blacklist promises to be one of the bigger triple-a releases of 2013.

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E3 2012 Day 1 Podcast – Nintendo And The Show Floor

Posted by: on June 6, 2012 at 8:22 am
E3 2012 Day 1 Podcast – Nintendo And The Show Floor

Hell week continues with day 3. The official “day 1” of E3 kicked off with the Nintendo press briefing, followed by the opening of the meeting rooms and the show floor. It was another crazy day of going from press conference to meeting room to demo to press conference and back again and there was a ton of good stuff to see.

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E3 2012 – An Interview With Extra Life

Posted by: on June 6, 2012 at 7:00 am
E3 2012 – An Interview With Extra Life

When we were preparing for E3, I learned of a charity organization called Extra Life, who focuses on helping children with serious diseases…Diseases like cancer, leukemia and other life threatening illnesses. I also learned that they would be at E3.

I got in contact with them, through the Children’s Miracle Network, and they immediately agreed to an interview with the founder of the organization – a man named Jeromy Adams.

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E3 2012 Day Zero – Attack Of The Press Conferences.

Posted by: on June 4, 2012 at 11:44 pm
E3 2012 Day Zero – Attack Of The Press Conferences.

So today we went to hell…And Microsoft was there, and Ubisoft was there and Sony was there, too!

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Assassin’s Creed – Official Videos from E3 2012

Posted by: on June 4, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Assassin’s Creed – Official Videos from E3 2012

We went and sat down with Ubisoft at the E3 2012 press briefing, as you know if you’ve seen the screenshots of Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs. As part of that sit down, during the Assassin’s Creed 3 presentation, we got to see some smoking hot videos, including a trailer and a gameplay walkthrough.

Check it out!

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E3 2012 – Watch Dogs. Contender for Best of E3?

Posted by: on June 4, 2012 at 6:19 pm
E3 2012 – Watch Dogs.  Contender for Best of E3?

We just got out of the Ubisoft press briefing and they had a lot of good stuff to show us. From Wii U titles like Rayman Legends and Zombi U (Both of which got high pitched squeals of delight from the fat beardy guy just to the left of us), to multi-platform titles like Assasin’s Creed 3 and Splinter Cell Blacklist, it looks like Ubisoft is staing up to have one hell of a release schedule.

The show-closer, which hasn’t been given a release date, as yet, was pretty impressive. Read on to find out more about Ubisoft’s upcoming title: Watch Dogs.

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