EA have unveiled the list of games that it will showcase at this year’s upcoming E3 2012. Their press conference dubbed ‘The Download: EA 2012 Preview’ will feature never-before-seen video and gameplay from their biggest titles including the highly anticipated Crysis 3, recently confirmed Dead Space 3 and interestingly a new Need For Speed Most Wanted title.
The full list of games follows:
Battlefield 3: Close Quarters and Battlefield 3: Armored Kill DLC
Crysis 3
FIFA 13
Madden NFL 13
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
NBA LIVE 13
NCAA Football 13
NHL 13
SimCity
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Along with these titles, EA will have a few surprises in the show with a few yet to be announced games set to be official unveiled on the show day.
After much speculation and leaked images, Dead Space 3 has finally been officially confirmed by EA, and will be shown at this year’s E3. The announcement comes as EA reveals the details for its E3 press conference dubbed ‘The Download: EA 2012 Preview‘. This will be the first time the game has been official acknowledged by EA.
GAMEVIL has released a new game on the iOS platforms today with Fantasy War for FREE. The text-based RPG features the three mainstays of fantasy Elves, Human, and Orcs as playable races that players can choose from to work towards strengthening themselves and fighting against other players.
After choosing a race, players try and complete quests and task, to gain experience and level up to improve a variety of areas, such as Health, Energy, Spirit, Attack, and Defense. While players have all the time in the world, their attacks are limited by the amount of energy points remaining. But, more than just the combat the game is designed with multiple layers to accommodate different tastes in play style. Players can check out Fantasy War from the App Store HERE.
Travellers Tales and Warner Bros. Interactive have release a brand new trailer Lego: The Lord of the Rings. Much like other previous Lego titles, the game is set to feature multi-player drop-in/drop-out co-op gameplay as you travel throughout the cute lego-version universe of everybody’s favourite fantasy franchise. Based off the Peter Jackson adaptation of the books, the game is set to feature voice acting from the films and will be focused on the entire adventure as a whole, covering all three films. I dunno about you guys but I can’t wait to play as LEGO-las. Sorry, had to say it.
Rumour has it that Lego: The Lord of the Rings will have a 26th October release date, just in time for release of the upcoming LOTR film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Regardless, we do know this: it’s coming to Xbox 360, PLayStation 3 Wii, 3DS and Gandalf looks awesome as a lego character.
Soul Sacrifice, Keiji Inafune’s Playstation Vita title, will be heading to Western territories in the future. This was confirmed on both the US and European Playstation Blogs. The game has been described as a “blended fantasy”, featuring a spell system where the character must sacrifice either items or body parts to perform magic.he more powerful spell, the greater the sacrifice the player needs to make. A release date was not available upon confirmation.
Keiji Inafune explains why it is categorised as a “blended fantasy”:
What I wanted to illustrate in this game was a “reality blended into a fantasy world”. The word “fantasy” normally points to a story that is fictitious; however, with Soul Sacrifice I wanted to illustrate a “reality” within a fantasy that wasn’t sugar-coated. It’s not about focusing on the strange, but to flip the commonly held concept of what a fantasy theme should be with the concept of “reality”.
Cruelty is a reality in our world, and we have to make sacrifices and pay costs on a daily basis. I wanted to blend this “reality” theme into a fantasy world, one filled with magic, and create a new type of gaming experience that relied on the player making sacrifices in order to obtain great power.
There is a “dark pleasure” lying in between fiction and reality that none of us knew was there. If you simply think of it as a “dark fantasy,” then your expectations will be betrayed – but in a good way. Please look forward to Soul Sacrifice. It will be a game that players around the world will surely enjoy.
Alvion might not be familiar to everyone, but they are the developers behind Malicious, a Playstation 3 downloadable game available in Japan (since 2010) and Europe (since 2012). The game’s success has spurred the developers to re-release it, only for another platform: the Playstation Vita. The game will be titled Malicious Rebirth and is set for a Summer release in Japan. In Malicious, players control a Spirit Vessel sent to battle creatures known as Malicious.
In addition to the Playstation 3 content, Alvion will be adding new stages and enemies that will only be found in the Playstation Vita version. This is the first time Alvion has divulged into the Vita version since announcing it late last year. Famitsu has released a sleuth of screenshots, which you can check it below. It is unknown whether the Vita version will be released outside of Japan.
Gear up F1 fans and start to get excited, as with the anticipation of E3 in Los Angeles just around the corner, Codemasters have announced they will be unveiling the new Circuit of the Americas track as F1 2012 makes its first official appearance at the event next week. All attendees of the prestigious event will be able to travel a lap of the new circuit, based in Austin Texas, something even the F1 drivers havent experienced as the Formula One teams will have to wait for the 2012 F1 United States Grand Prix in November for their chance.
Alongside this news, some screenshots have emerged showcasing the 2012 specification Formula One cars which will be competing at the Circuit of the Americas.
Ubisoft has revealed that Shootmania Storm, the fast-paced new FPS from Nadeo, will be a big part of its plans for E3, with the game set to make a major appearance at the expo next week.
Leading up to the show, a Twitch.tv Shootmania Tournament will be streamed live on the 1st and 2nd June. The two winning teams will be invited to attend E3 and compete in the final on the Ubisoft E3 stage on Wednesday. You can catch the tournament live on http://twitch.tv/shootmaniastorm
Ubisoft’s official E3 press conference will include a showdown between some of the world’s top pro-gaming stars – and Shootmania will also be playable at the Ubisoft booth for attendees.
Konami’s Pre-E3 Show Report began with an interesting insight into a huge step for the company: a brand new studio based in San Francisco.
The segment began with John S. Coligan, the director of operations for social and social mobile portfolio at Konami, as he revealed they decided to set up a studio in the Bay so they could work closer with Google, Facebook, Apple and other First-Party partners. After briefly mentioning social games they’ve been working on such as Facebook games Twilight Carnival, Frogger Pinball which is also on iOS and Frogger Classic on Google Chrome. Next up Coligan revealed a new title in the works: Frogger Frenzy.
Before bringing the segement to a close, Coligan announced a major move for the company: they have sealed a deal with Zynga to publish Konami social titles across the network of over 240 million active users. Apparently a bunch more exciting things are in the works too, but Konami is keeping that on the down low for now.
If you’ll remember, I quite enjoyed my time with KOTOMON, although I had some nagging issues with it. However, MONSTARS INC has released an update to KOTOMON that improves the entire game a lot. In the iTunes game menu, you will find the following patch notes provided by the developers, which explain what was fixed in the game:
Our monsters learned that lava is dangerous and now they will not fall into the lava themselves so easily.
You can now drop off your monsters by also removing your finger and tapping and holding the screen for a second.
There is now a circle effect at the Main Camp screen which indicates the area of which monsters to take to battle.
Drago became a bit courageous! He now does not faint anymore when out of gas.
The developers also promise that, “There are still other things we are working on our update and we hope to enhance the experience as we go along.”
Check out the trailer below to get a taste of what you are missing if you haven’t played KOTOMON yet!
