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MS @ E3 11: Tomb Raider returns in Fall 2012

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference opened with an amazing assault on a sub in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and a thrilling escape from a cave in the new Tomb Raider. Lara actually crashed through the ceiling of a part of the cave and needed a quick time event to pull a jagged piece of rock from her stomach. Whoa!

Developer Crystal Dynamics announced that Tomb Raider will be available in Fall 2012 on the Xbox 360 (and PC and PS3 as well).

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Metal Gear, Zone of the Enders remakes also coming to PSN, XBLA

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

Konami got E3 off to a rollicking start last week during their first ever Pre-E3 Show. During the event, famed director Hideo Kojima announced his next two projects: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Zone of the Enders HD Collection. Both games will be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360, but as the E3 Expo opens, Kojima Productions has another surprise in store for gamers on their E3 Special Site.

In addition to the retail releases, each remake package will be available to download from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade as well. It’s unknown if the download versions will appear at the same time as the retail versions, but I’m sure Konami will announce more details about the compilations soon.

The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which contains Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Libery, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, will be released in November. Bluepoint Games, the same team responsible for the God of War Collection and the Team Ico Collection, will be handling the development.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection, which contains Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, will be released sometime in 2012.

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Activision announces E3 lineup; CoD Elite beta dated

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

The 2011 E3 Expo opens today as Activision has released the final details their Call of Duty-centric lineup. The one-two punch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and the Call of Duty Elite subscription service headline the publisher’s announcement. They’ve even announced an official state date for Elite’s invite-only public beta: July 14, 2011. According to Activision, over a million people have already registered to request a beta key.

The megapublisher plans to have a few other titles on display at E3 including the toy/game hybrid Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, their other toy/game hybrid Wappy Dog, the game-to-movie adaptation Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the wild Prototype 2 and the Marvel-ous Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny.

More information on Activision’s complete E3 slate can be found after the break. (more…)

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Use the Force to view the Kinect Star Wars E3 trailer

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

So what do we know after watching the Kinect Star Wars trailer? Always in motion, the future is, but the game appears to be a saga-spanning epic that lets players battle droids on Naboo, pilot a pod racer on Tatooine and fly an X-Wing into space. Actions are performed by quite literally kicking a droid in the face, making the hand motion for a Force Push, swinging a Lightsaber in combat (Lightsaber not included, but the developers encourage you to use one) and mimicking the controls of the vehicles.

Hopefully we’ll see more at E3, but if you’ve got a big enough living room, Kinect Star Wars could be the game that makes all your “Stars Wars Kid” fantasies come true.

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New trailer reveals Saints Row: The Third’s November 15 release

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

The words “over the top” and “Saints Row” are pretty much permanently linked in the eyes of many gamers. And that definitely won’t change when Saints Row: The Third is released for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 15.

Check out the game’s E3 trailer above for some of the wildest action you’ve ever seen, including a rooftop shootout between the Third Row Saints and a squadron of VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) jets. Yup, I’d say that qualifies as “over the top.”

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Silent Hill: Downpour trailer rains down on E3

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

Welcome back to Silent Hill. The perpetually foggy town will frighten gamers again later this year in Silent Hill: Downpour, but first Konami has unveiled the debut trailer for Vatra Games’ take on the horror franchise.

Downpour looks to combine classic Silent Hill scares with the escaped prisoner antics of The Fugitive (sadly lacking Tommy Lee Jones’ Gil Gerard). It’ll be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall and will be on display during next week’s E3 Expo.

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First Soul Calibur V gameplay trailer

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

A few days ahead of the game’s E3 debut, Namco Bandai has unleashed the first gameplay trailer for Soul Calibur V. Get your first glimpse of the tale of swords in the trailer above!

Soul Calibur V will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012.

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Dark Souls dated for October 4, E3 trailer released

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

We knew it was coming in October, but now Namco Bandai has officially slapped an October 4 release date on Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to the award-winning Demon’s Souls. The publisher has also released a new story-focused trailer for the E3 Expo, which you can view above.

“With Dark Souls, we’re able to bring the uniquely challenging and rewarding style of gameplay popularized by From Software back to the PlayStation 3, as well as to the Xbox 360 platform for the first time,” says Carlson Choi, vice president of Marketing, Namco Bandai Games America. “With its massive, seamless open world design, deep exploration, tense dungeon crawling, extreme battles, and an innovative online component that allows gamers to draw from the collective experience of the community, Dark Souls provides a gameplay experience unlike any other.”

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