They must open their Christmas presents early too.
UPDATE: Spike TV and GameTrailers.com will be carrying the event, via an exclusive deal with Konami. "Select elements" of the show will be broadcast on Spike TV at 1am, this Thursday, May 31st. This will be followed by the entire Pre-E3 show going up on GameTrailers.com at 1:30am the same night/morning.
I predict many gamers will forget to vote this election day.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Master Chief in action. The Spartan cyborg, to which Microsoft arguably owes the success of the Xbox and 360, hasn’t starred in a new game since Halo 3 graced the scene nearly five years ago. Last year at E3, Microsoft blew the lid off the first non-Bungie developed mainline Halo game with the surprise announcement of Halo 4 and today we finally learn when we’ll be able to get our mitts on it.
EA's download service may have sprung a massive leak.
UPDATE: In a statement issued to Game Informer, EA has let it be known that they will be making some kind of official announcement concerning Crysis 3 in just a few days. The statement reads: “The best kept secret in shooters just can’t be contained. Stay tuned for more information on April 16.”
Platinum's online brawler just got a little more awesome/weirder.
Platinum Games, the studio that burst from the corpse of famed Clover Studio, has had a pretty decent track record of ridiculously fun – if still a bit offbeat – games such as Mad World, Vanquish, Bayonetta and the Metal Gear Solid offshoot, Revengeance. While Revengeance may be getting the lion’s share of attention from the fans and media alike these days, the studio has been working on another interesting title called Anarchy Reigns (or Max Anarchy as it is known in Japan).
This iteration in the Forza series will be a collaborative effort.
Turn 10 Studios announced today that Forza Horizon, the fifth installment in the Forza racing series, will be released this fall. The game will be a collaborative effort between Turn 10 Studios and the studio's development partner Playground Games, a new UK-based developer comprised of ex-employees of development teams at Codemasters, Bizarre Creations and more.
We now have an official date so that you can book your trip to the sky island of Columbia later this year.
After being in development for four years, Irrational Games’ next entry in the BioShock series, BioShock Infinite, has a release date. Gamers will finally be able to explore the floating city of Columbia on October 19, 2012 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 or PC.
A collaboration title and release date also announced.
This morning, Nintendo had its Nintendo Direct video presentation and several announcements were made. Top among them was the announcement that The Last Story, one of the titles targeted by the Operation Rainfall movement, will be coming to North America this year courtesy of XSEED Games. The Last Story is the latest, and perhaps last, RPG developed by Mistwalker head and creator of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Guy Longworth of Sony spills the beans in a recent interview.
While the Call of Duty series tends to make its way to all of the available platforms, up until now, nothing has been formally announced for Sony's upcoming handheld system. Though Activision has still yet to make any sort of proper announcement of the game, an interview with Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers.com revealed that a title is indeed in the works. Guy Longworth, Senior Vice President for PlayStation Brand Marketing stated in passing that a Call of Duty title will release for the Vita this fall.
You'll be getting another dose of Assassin's Creed sooner than later.
Are you ready for another installment of Assassin’s Creed? With the latest installment shipping 7 million units, Ubisoft certainly thinks so and have now officially confirmed that Assassin’s Creed III will be arriving sooner than previously estimated.
The collector's edition craze has infected Radical Entertainment's next biological experiment.
Collector’s Editions are all the rage these days and Radical Entertainment’s upcoming Prototype 2 isn’t immune to a craze that is quickly becoming the norm in the industry. The collector’s edition, referred to as the Blackwatch Collector’s Edition, contains a decent of swag for the price.
