I know that right now everyone is
trying to recover from the massive bombardment of games shown off at the E3 press conferences and I won’t have
anything on that posted until I can get through the literally dozens of hours
of footage. So for now I am posting
about some of the big news revealed before E3
started. Also some of this stuff has
been touched on at E3 but I started
it before that and this is a pre-E3
article so some details like on Gears of
War: Judgment are absent.
Dawnguard
trailer
Last month I wrote about the upcoming down-loadable expansion to Skyrim called Dawnguard. Bethesda
has now released a trailer for Dawnguard
and it is pretty awesome. The story
appears to revolve around a cult of Vampires
that are trying to block out the sun and there is a legion of heroes called The Dawnguard
who are trying to stop them. One thing
that really interests me about this expansion from the trailer is that it
sounds like you will be able to pick which side we want to be on, meaning that
it welcomes at least a second play through.
It will be released this summer for 1600MSP or $20US and will be exclusive to the 360 for its first 30 days.
Also if you have the 360
version you can sign-up now for a chance to get a hold of it early during its Beta and get the full version for free
upon its release.
Beta
sign-up: http://dawnguardbeta.elderscrolls.com/form.php
Gears of
War: Judgment
Earlier this week a teaser for the
next issue of GameInformer revealed
that a new Gears of War game was on
its way. The real cover has now been
revealed as well as the game’s title, Gears
of War: Judgment. The game stars Baird and Cole and it will be developed by Bulletstorm creators People Can Fly. I love that there is going to be more Gears and I’m interested in what the
story will be since Baird and Cole are under arrest and the Locust are still around. My best guess right now is that is takes
place before Baird and Cole join up with Delta Squad.
Tomb Raider Crossroads
A new trailer for the incredible
looking Tomb Raider reboot has been
released and if you are interested in the game and haven’t seen the Crossroads trailer yet DON’T. The trailer is awesome but pretty takes you
through all the important story events that turn Lara into the badass that she has always been throughout the
franchise. The whole time I was watching
the trailer I was hoping it would end so that no more of the game’s story would
be spoiled, but it just kept going and it was so good that I couldn’t stop
watching. Now I’m hoping to forget the
awesome trailer so that the beginning isn’t ruined for me when the game comes
out on March 5.
Injustice:
Gods Among Us
The first half of this trailer blew
my mind with beloved DC superheroes
like Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman brutally attacking
supervillains, while the text talks about our heroes turning into our greatest
enemies. Then the second half shows that
it is a fighting game…sigh. The game is
being developed by NetherRealm, the
makers of last year’s Mortal Kombat,
and while I have no major problem with fighting games, the beginning of the
trailer showed off what could be a really compelling story and that is
incredibly rare in a fighting game.
Hopefully they will manage to pull it off somehow and also explain how Batman kicked Grundy so far. And that can’t
just say it was because he’s Batman.
Revengence
has to wait a year
The game play trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengence was
displayed during Konami’s pre-E3 press conference. The gameplay looks incredibly fast and fluid
and the freedom and physics shown in the game’s dynamic cutting ability that
allows you to slash through just about anything, is really impressive. They have also revealed that there will be
more weapons at your disposal than just your sword, which is always good for
the sake of variety. Metal Gear has always been known for its
stories (partially because of their insanity) and I am really looking forward to
getting to know more about Raiden’s
history and what sort of crazy plot twists will come up this time.
Castlevania:
Lords of Shadow 2
Another announcement from Konami was that there would be a sequel
to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow,
which came out back in 2010. The trailer
was really cool and hopefully we will get to see some gameplay footage from E3 this week. They also teased a new Castlevania for the 3DS
that will be shown during the convention.
ZOE this
holiday
Lastly from Konami is the announcement that Zone
of the Enders HD will be available this holiday season worldwide, which is
great since just last week I wrote about how only the Japanese date had been released.
Epic
Baltimore
Also last week I wrote about the
news of 38 Studios laying off all of
its employees including all of those over at Big Huge Games. This week
however there is a silver lining as Epic
Games is looking to set up a new studio in Baltimore using a lot of the talent that used to work at Big Huge Games. I’m glad that some of
these guys are finding work so soon, especially with a great company like Epic.
I have no idea what type of game they will be working on or on what
scale but I am excited to see what this new studio can bring to the table if everything
goes through as planned.
EverQuest II
has something new
And here I thought that game was
dead and buried by now. Anyways Sony Online Entertainment has unveiled a
new way of interacting with players through the use of a webcam. They call it SOEmote and what happens is they use the webcam to capture your
facial movements and have them displayed on your character in EverQuest II. Basically if you wink or smile so will your
avatar, which is a small thing that most people won’t really notice but is cool
none the less. To see it for yourself head to the video at the end of this
link.
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