Category Archives: E3 2012

2K Games won’t have a booth on the floor at E3 this year, despite one of Take Two’s biggest titles hitting in September, and the Civ V expansion on the way, not to mention the new XCOM. According to a post on the 2K forums, the publisher will instead be using Twitch and its YouTube channels to discuss its ware leading up to the June event. 2K doesn’t specifically state it or Take-Two won’t have a presence at the event, just that it won’t have anything on the showroom floor. We’ll see if we can get a clarification. The post noted to “stay tuned for our live gameplay and event broadcasts.” Thanks Splatteredhouse.

Perfect World and Cryptic have released a new video for Neverwinter, featuring the game’s lead producer Andy Velasquez providing you with a re-cap from the E3 2012 show floor. There’s some gamplay shown, as well as look at attendees playing it. Have a watch below. The free-to-play MMO is expected before the end of the year on PC.

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IO Interactive has released The Streets of Hope E3 demo for Hitman: Absolution. The 17-minute demo provides a deeper look into the game, and features voice commentary by game director Tore Blystad and Travis Barbour, who works on the community team at IO Interactive. During the demo, you will see Agent 47 trying to kidnap Lenny “the limp” Dexter, who may know the whereabouts of Victoria, who 47 swore to protect as a dying wish from friend Diana Burnwood. In order to get to “the limp”, the 47 will need to take out Lenny’s gang “The Cougars” first.

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A new video for Halo 4 has been released through Halo Waypoint. The video shows some of the world’s top MLG players during a special event at E3 2012 where they tried out Halo 4′s Infinity multiplayer as well as two new game modes, Infinity Slayer and Regicide, across the Haven, Adrift and Longbow maps. Check out the video below.

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VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi has placed his hands on Wii U during E3, and found the console has capability issues due to its single processor having to drive multiple displays.

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Fans have embraced the Castlevania reboots and sales are strong, but Dave Cox and the team at Mercury Steam are ready to leave the Belmonts behind.

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SOE has released a video of its PlanetSide 2 theater presentation from E3. It’s below, and features commentary from level designer Brian Bosch. Planetside 2 launches later this year.

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Watch Danger Close producer Greg Goodrich talk about the FIFA mentality of Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s multiplayer and more following a big E3 showing for the shooter.

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Nintendo has said in a statement it’s continuing to look at the “most appropriate ways” to announce new products to consumers following its E3 press conference earlier this month and last week’s Nintendo Direct.

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A new video has been released via Halo Waypoint, which goes behind-the scenes with 343 Industries as the team gets ready to show Halo 4 at E3 2012. Watch it below. Halo 4 launches worldwide in November on Xbox 360.

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Sony Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida has admitted the firms should have shown more Vita games during its E3 2012 presentation.

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Cyrtek has said the restructuring going on at THQ has had “zero” impact on the development of Homefront 2.

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Double Fine believes that if larger publishers don’t embrace digital distribution and create a closer relationship with consumers, they will miss the revolution boat so to speak.

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Double Fine’s Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert believe games are art, but if other people don’t feel the medium can be considered such, that’s fine. No need to argue over it.

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Below the break is the single-player demo for Medal of Honor: Warfighter which was show at E3 a couple weeks ago. This time, you don’t have to look at anyone playing it, only the screen which shows men running and things exploding. Enjoy. Game’s out October 26.

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CD Projekt RED CEO Marcin Iwinski has said there is nothing wrong with games including sex and violence as long as it’s part of the world and not overused.

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The judges for the Game Critics Awards have announced the nominees for “The Best of E3 2012.” The list is posted below, and winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 26. There’s also a list of multiple nominees below as well, with Dishonored, Halo 4, and The Last of Us receiving four each.

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CD Projekt has said plans to modernize the setting of Cyberpunk due to the original being conceptualized during the 1980s.

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EA COO Peter Moore expects within the next 5-10, microtransactions will be “in every game,” with access to the game free andpublishers monetizing the add-ons.

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Mark Lamia has admitted recent Call of Duty games have had relatively short solo campaigns, thus, he and his team at Treyarch plan to add a depth of replayability to the single-player portion of the game.

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