Calneon
16th June 2010, 03:19 PM
This is a paste of a rundown of the best news from the first day at E3 from my blog, at http://www.alttabbed.com. If you find anything else that's we haven't mentioned from E3, feel free to post it up in this thread.
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In addition to <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/electronic-entertainment-exp-dead-space-2/">Dead Space 2</a> and <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/e3-medal-of-honor/">Medal Of Honor</a>, some other games have made an appearance at this years E3. Here's a brief rundown on what's happened so far.
Portal 2
This has the potential to be the most disappointing announcement during E3. During Sony's Press Conference*yesterday, Valve announced that Portal 2 would be coming to the PS3, along with steam services such as automatic updates and steam cloud technology which will make it the best console version of the game (better than the Xbox360 version, essentially). How a game so*dexterous*as Portal is supposed to work well with an analogue stick I don't know, and I don't really care. They also showed a decent trailer for the game, though it was lacking in the humor of the first one, which is a great shame, I hope they don't decide to drop the humor from that actual game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSo1k2Y1Uk
The potentially disappointing part of this announcement is that if this is Valve's E3 'Surprise', that means no Episode 3, or Half Life 3 at this year's E3. I guess we'll have to wait and see what else Valve has in store for us, and personally I doubt that is all they've come to show.
Shogun 2: Total War
New screenshots of the latest in the Total War series, Shogun 2, have been released, showing how beautiful the game is. I've never really been into the series, I only owned Medieval 2 Total War, but this may rekindle my interest.
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-673" title="shogun-1-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-1-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Sunset" width="640" height="200" /></a>
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-674" title="shogun-2-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-2-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Night" width="640" height="200" /></a>
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-675" title="shogun-3-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-3-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Boats" width="640" height="200" /></a>
Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Two years ago, Mythic Entertainment released Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning. It was a good game, but ultimately flawed and failed financially. Vigil Games are now having a crack at the franchise with a 40K MMO, which should be a breath of fresh air for the MMO genre. From first impressions, it looks like players will have Space Marines, Chaos, and Orkz available to them, which brings up some interesting problems such as how do you balance the races, as lore-wise, Space Marines typically fight in small squads of 4-5, while Orkz rely on massive numbers. Screenshots are <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-1.jpg">here</a> <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-2.jpg">here</a> <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-3.jpg">here</a> and <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-4.jpg">here</a>.
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<h6>Bad Company 2: Vietnam</h6>
An odd departure for the incredibly successful modern combat FPS, an expansion taking it back 40 years to Vietnam. *Expect a new singleplayer campaign, new multiplayer maps along with new guns and unlocks. Sounds good to me! Along with this announcement was a short teaser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFcJ38-IOc
Star Wars: The Old Republic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw&feature=related
Also
This post is already long enough, so I'll just give a brief mention to Crysis 2, Brink, and Rage. I did say brief.
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In addition to <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/electronic-entertainment-exp-dead-space-2/">Dead Space 2</a> and <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/e3-medal-of-honor/">Medal Of Honor</a>, some other games have made an appearance at this years E3. Here's a brief rundown on what's happened so far.
Portal 2
This has the potential to be the most disappointing announcement during E3. During Sony's Press Conference*yesterday, Valve announced that Portal 2 would be coming to the PS3, along with steam services such as automatic updates and steam cloud technology which will make it the best console version of the game (better than the Xbox360 version, essentially). How a game so*dexterous*as Portal is supposed to work well with an analogue stick I don't know, and I don't really care. They also showed a decent trailer for the game, though it was lacking in the humor of the first one, which is a great shame, I hope they don't decide to drop the humor from that actual game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSo1k2Y1Uk
The potentially disappointing part of this announcement is that if this is Valve's E3 'Surprise', that means no Episode 3, or Half Life 3 at this year's E3. I guess we'll have to wait and see what else Valve has in store for us, and personally I doubt that is all they've come to show.
Shogun 2: Total War
New screenshots of the latest in the Total War series, Shogun 2, have been released, showing how beautiful the game is. I've never really been into the series, I only owned Medieval 2 Total War, but this may rekindle my interest.
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-673" title="shogun-1-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-1-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Sunset" width="640" height="200" /></a>
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-674" title="shogun-2-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-2-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Night" width="640" height="200" /></a>
<a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-675" title="shogun-3-thumb" src="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shogun-3-thumb.jpg" alt="Shogun Boats" width="640" height="200" /></a>
Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online
Two years ago, Mythic Entertainment released Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning. It was a good game, but ultimately flawed and failed financially. Vigil Games are now having a crack at the franchise with a 40K MMO, which should be a breath of fresh air for the MMO genre. From first impressions, it looks like players will have Space Marines, Chaos, and Orkz available to them, which brings up some interesting problems such as how do you balance the races, as lore-wise, Space Marines typically fight in small squads of 4-5, while Orkz rely on massive numbers. Screenshots are <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-1.jpg">here</a> <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-2.jpg">here</a> <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-3.jpg">here</a> and <a href="http://www.alttabbed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/40k-4.jpg">here</a>.
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<h6>Bad Company 2: Vietnam</h6>
An odd departure for the incredibly successful modern combat FPS, an expansion taking it back 40 years to Vietnam. *Expect a new singleplayer campaign, new multiplayer maps along with new guns and unlocks. Sounds good to me! Along with this announcement was a short teaser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFcJ38-IOc
Star Wars: The Old Republic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw&feature=related
Also
This post is already long enough, so I'll just give a brief mention to Crysis 2, Brink, and Rage. I did say brief.