Thursday, June 9, 2011

E3 2011 So Far....

IN GENERAL
Tomb Raider series reboot with young Lara Croft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 announced
Remakes of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 as well as Peace Walker (which is currently a PSP only game)
A new Silent Hill game is coming
Not sure how accurate this is: a Zone of the Enders collection redone in HD?! I hope this one is true!
Mass Effect 3 displayed
SSX series will be rebooted
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning announced - a game being worked on collaboratively by R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane
Battlefield 3 - an orgy of awesomeness being displayed for all consoles including the upcoming new Nintendo WiiU
Assassin's Creed: Revelations announced
Far Cry 3 announced
Infamous 2 - possibility of user created content discussed
Bioshock Infinite announced

SONY
Uncharted 3 goodness revealed; a multiplayer demo will release at the end of June
Resistance 3 announced - also can be purchased as a bundle with the PS Move
Unsure on the details, but Bioshock 1 will be for free at some point on the PSN
Battlefield 3 for the PS3 will also come with BF1943
PlayStation Vita (their new handheld) announced

NINTENDO
New console called the WiiU announced - should be out in 2012 and will be capable of similar graphics abilities of the other current gen consoles; unusual controller device with a screen, camera, and mic built in will come standard; will be backwards compatible with all Wii controllers and games
Lots of the classic franchises have been promised for the new console (e.g., Zelda)
DICE announced that Battlefield 3 will also be available on the new Nintendo system

MICROSOFT
No new hardware to show so everything is discussed with Kinect at length
The original Halo Combat Evolved is going to be remade with the latest graphics
More Kinect integration
A new Halo trilogy will start with Halo 4 (yes, with a return of the Master Chief)
Other Kinect related bullshit
Minecraft coming to XBLA
And yet other Kinect crap
YouTube, Bing, and a few other services coming to Xbox360
Gears of War 3 will have Ice-T... wait, WHAT?
A new Fable game (YAY) that will be controlled via Kinect (BOO)

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