Category Archives: E3 2011

THQ’s released, as promised, the full 12 minute gameplay video of the Metro: Last Light. This was the demo from the 4A shooter that was shown at E3 in June and at gamescom last week. Going by what we saw in Cologne, it’s looking spectacular.

Get it below the break. Game’s out next year for PS3, 360 and PC.

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An alternate walkthrough of the Far Cry 3 E3 demo has been released, it was shown behind closed-doors at the event, but now you can watch it below. In it, you can see how to use a sniper rifle to “strike from afar and a zipline to bring chaos right in the middle of the enemy camp.” Neat. Far Cry 3 will release in 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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The votes have been tallied, and the Game Critics Awards have announced their selections for the best games of E3. Bioshock Infinite is the big winner of E3 2011 with four awards.

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Peter Moore has said it’s important to EA Sports to connect its customers under one network and when you offer services such as this, the games themselves become a service as well.

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EA Sports head Peter Moore has said he believes Nintendo’s “intentions are good,” when it comes to building an HD console with online capabilities.

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E3 B-roll footage of Twisted Metal has been released and it shows Sweet Tooth heading into battle against a giant battle mech fro the Doll faction, known as the Iron Maiden. The battle itself is just teased, a bit, but you get the idea of what the insane clown fella will be up against. Twisted Metal is slated for an October release, and may end up with DLC when all is said and done. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Space Marine’s name isn’t doing it any favors, but is it more than meets the eye? Honestly, not really. But believe us: that’s a good thing. After a short demo, Relic’s Morten Haugaard told us why.

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The 2011 Game Critics Awards nominations are in, with BioShock Infinite and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception each appearing in four categories.

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XCOM went off the grid for nearly a year, and it used the time to do some serious soul-searching. Has it changed for the better? We saw the game and chatted with 2K Marin to find out.

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Industry analyst EEDAR has named Mass Effect 3 as the most promising retail product of E3 2011, based on consumer interest.

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“You have to innovate. Innovation means taking some risks creatively. When you’re doing a sequel, if you’re thoughtful and you understand your audience well and you spend a lot of time listening to what they like and don’t like, you take risks – sometimes they pay out, sometimes they don’t – but if you listen you can continue to refine and make the games better and better. You can adjust the right variables in a sequel. They’re good if you do them right.” – BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka, speaking to Eurogamer about sequels at E3.

The PS Blog closed out its week with three more E3 replay videos, and we have posted each one below for you with an informative blurb.

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Twisted Pixel’s CEO has said its upcoming marionette game, The Gunstringer, was switched from an XBL-only release to a full retail version, due to a decision made by Steve Baller and other Microsoft head honchos during a business retreat.

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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations presentation director, Brent Ashe, has said that Ezio’s motivation in the game will be much different than it was in Assassin’s Creed 2 and Brotherhood.

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has said he expects PS3 and Xbox 360 to drop in price at some point later this year.

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“I don’t think we can hit CoD numbers, because that’s such a phenomenon, but I’m hoping we can get close to Halo numbers. The thing about those franchises is that they’re wonderful and they’re established – but they’re also two or three games ahead of us. We’re only on the third game of the series. There’s a few more Call Of Dutys and Halos under their belt.” – Cliff Bleszinski, speaking to CVG, on where its aiming for Gears of War 3′s multiplayer

id Software tech chief John Carmack has said that the studio looking at the “possibilities” on what Quake 5 could be revolved around.

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We told you E3 was bad. How bad? This bad. Via Dorkly and Kotaku.

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Witcher 2 runs on 360 and it doesn’t melt. Unexpected, but promising. We sat down with senior producer Tomasz Gop to talk about that feat of techno wizardry, DRM, and much more.

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Sony has posted a developer walkthrough for Starhawk over on both the EU and US PS Blogs. We’ve got it posted for you below. Harvard Bonin, senior producer at Sony Santa Monica, also noted in the posts that the game would be on display at Comic-Con San Diego July 21-24 where more on the solo campaign and the Starhawk universe will be revealed. Starhawk launches in 2012.

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