Tag archive: E3

According to a report from the Consumer Electronics Association, CES 2012 had approximately 153,000 visitors on the show floor this year. Compared to the 140,000 visitors that attended CES 2011, this constitutes a 9.3 percent increase in total attendees. The CEA claims that this was the largest show in the history of the event and approximately one fifth of the attendees were from areas outside the United States. The show also saw a 15 percent… Read More

Nintendo's upcoming console has had a lot of rumored names and codenames. Some call it Project Cafe; some call it Wii 2; others believed it might have a simple name: “Nintendo.” However, we've now learned its true name: Wii U. The Wii U is Nintendo's next generation videogame console, a true successor to the Nintendo Wii. This makes it Nintendo's sixth home gaming console since 1985 when it launched the NES.… Read More

BioShock: Infinite may well be the most immediately appealing game being shown at E3 this year. It's all still hands-off at this point, but the bits that seemed so promising in previously shown glimpses of the game coalesce in the demo put together for the annual trade show, a section of the game that involves an exploding blimp, a giant clockwork raven-thing and a movie marquee that reads Revenge of the Jedi. Just to catch you up on what… Read More

The E3 trailer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations was quite sweet, an action-fueled CG battle set to music featuring an aging Ezio Auditore. We already knew that he'd be a returning star in the upcoming game, along with his ancestor Altair, but not much has been revealed about where modern-day assassin-in-training Desmond Miles will be left following the events that occurred at the close of last year's game. A newly released… Read More

The big push for Microsoft during this year's E3 press conference was the Kinect and its usefulness as a gaming peripheral. The tech itself, which launched last November, is solid, but there's not been much to do with it beyond a voice-controlled Xbox 360 dashboard and the handful of launch games. One of the more promising titles revealed during the MS presser for serious gamers was Fable: The Journey, a game set in the fantasy… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) There's actually not much that's new going on at the numerous demo stations Nintendo has set up for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—in fact, last year's demo did a much better job of introducing players to the game's mechanics and many options—so if you know nothing about… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) Here's another update to a game I've never played before (you can go ahead and insert your expressions of disbelief right… here): Star Fox 64 3D. In this context, the one thing that's front and center in my mind is that the screenshots I've seen don't do it… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) Wii content is extremely scarce at this year's E3, but one key game that was sort of on display was the latest entry in one of my favorite series,  Rune Factory. I say sort of because they were only really showing the PS3 version, which runs in 720p for those of you who care greatly about such… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) I've been a bit worried about Kid Icarus: Uprising ever since creator Masahiro Sakurai (father of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.) talked about how he had “solved” the problem of turning by having the player make swipes across the touch screen, which is otherwise used to aim. But now… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) The games themselves may not be up my alley—I've never been much of an FPS fan—but I found myself listening quite intently and even apparently contributing an idea at a special Ubisoft developer roundtable held in conjunction with Nintendo, where they presented some of their ideas for using the… Read More

Nintendo's unique new console, the Wii U, is the hottest thing so far to come out of this year's E3 video game conference, which is taking place in Los Angeles this week. But despite the buzz surrounding the next-generation gaming device, Nintendo's investors are reportedly less than pleased. Following Tuesday's unveiling of the Wii U, Nintendo shares dropped 5.7 percent on Japan's market, reports Reuters.… Read More

If you feel like playing Resident Evil, but your friends won't leave the house, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City may be for you. Looking back and forward at the same time, Capcom has decided to revisit the events of Resident Evil 2 in a “what if” scenario while substantially altering the controls of the series. For the first time (that I know of), ORC lets you walk around and fire your gun at the same time.

Bioshock Infinite is not a sequel or prequel to the first two titles but takes place in a different setting and time period. BioShock Infinite has not been given a release date but is expected for 2012 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Nintendo show highlights: The Legend of Zelda celebrates its 25th anniversary, and Nintendo has big plans to celebrate. Several big franchises are heading to the 3DS, including Mario Kart, Star Fox, Super Mario, Kid Icarus and Luigi’s Mansion. But by far the biggest announcement was that of Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U. Heading into E3, all eyes were on Nintendo. Sony had the Vita on the way, Microsoft had big plans with the Xbox Live,… Read More