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An Alternate Way to Play the Far Cry 3 E3 Demo

Matt Litten — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:30:16 +0000

Freedom to tackle any given scenario with multiple approaches is a staple of the Far Cry series, and that’s not changing in Far Cry 3, as this alternate walkthrough of Ubisoft’s E3 presentation demonstrates.

If you don’t remember, the E3 demo showed a small portion of the game in which the protagonist, narrowly escaping death after being thrown off a cliff, has to cross through an enemy encampment to reach a helicopter. In the initial presentation, the player started out stealthy with a few machete kills, before opening fire in the middle of the camp and making a run for the chopper.

This time Ubisoft shows an alternate way to complete the same objective. Instead of going through the middle of the camp, the player finds a sniper rifle, blows up a bridge as a diversion, picks off a few bad guys by surprise until they detect his location, uses a zip line to quickly reach the other side of the camp, and then sneaks out the back, using the river to slip by.

Does the BioShock Infinite E3 Demo Live Up to the Hype? Yes, Absolutely!

Matt Litten — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:17:18 +0000

Yes – the wait is FINALLY over! The behind-closed-doors E3 demo presentation for BioShock Infinite has been posted online in full for all to see. So go pop a bag of popcorn, grab a soda, turn the lights down low, crank the speaker volume way up, kick back in your office chair and watch 15 uninterrupted minutes of Irrational Games’ next masterpiece. Then go cry in the corner once you realize that you won’t be able to play the game yourself until next year.

A Two-Minute Tease of the Award-Winning BioShock Infinite E3 Demo

Matt Litten — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:54:42 +0000

BioShock Infinite has been piling up awards from E3 for its behind-closed-doors demonstration. For those of us who couldn’t make the show to see what the hubbub is all about, Irrational Games’ Ken Levine will be sharing the full 15-minute demo with GameTrailers TV next week on Thursday, July 7. As a prelude to the TV premiere, the first two minutes of the award-winning demo have been released, a tantalizing tease that provides a look at the game’s rich atmosphere and shows some of the immersive interplay between protagonist Booker DeWitt and his female companion, Elizabeth. I can’t wait to see the remaining 13 minutes!

Sackboy Plays, Creates, and Shares on PS Vita

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:57:21 +0000

Sackboy and all of his sack friends will be playing, creating, and sharing up a storm on PS Vita come 2012, when LittleBigPlanet goes portable for a second time.

Building upon the way awesome PSP version, the PS Vita version will offer all-new methods of control around the system’s touch screen, rear touch pad and tilt sensor, in addition to featuring the full suite of creation tools from LittleBigPlanet 2 as well as cross-platform costume sharing with the PS3. Neato torpedo!

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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D E3 2011 Trailer

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:00:57 +0000

Snake gets a stereoscopic makeover with photo camo, gyro sensor controls and a touch screen interface. Oh, and a certain Mario sidekick has apparently come along for the 3D remake ride!

DmC – Devil May Cry E3 2011 Trailer and Screens

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:30:15 +0000

Dante is back and looking better than ever with a fresh, new style. In my book, Ninja Theory and Capcom are smacking this collaborative franchise reinvention out of the park!

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning E3 2011 Trailer and Screens

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:34:20 +0000

EA’s open-world RPG from the powerhouse team of R. A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane, Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios and Big Huge Games is on track for a 2012 launch on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Kingdoms of Amalur isn’t the most original piece of role-playing design, but there seems to be a fair amount of buzz surrounding the game coming out of E3. It is most definitely on my ‘games to keep an eye on’ list.

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Trenched E3 2011 Trailer

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:16:27 +0000

Double Fine is absolutely on fire right now (as if Tim Schafer’s studio was ever cold), and the hot streak only looks to blaze on with the release of Trenched, an action-packed hybrid of tower defense and mech warfare coming exclusively to Xbox Live Arcade on June 22nd.

Sly Cooper Finally Makes His PS3 Thieving Debut Next Year

Matt Litten — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:07:07 +0000

It has taken far too long, but finally the thieving raccoon master, Sly Cooper, is making a star appearance on the PS3.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, AKA Sly 4, will be out in 2012, and promises to be the franchise’s “biggest and most ambitious game yet with completely re-designed characters, worlds two times the size of those on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, more vibrant and dense environments, and real-world physics allowing for a realistic gameplay experience.”

The only cause for concern is the fact that Sucker Punch is NOT developing the game. Sanzaru Games is, and while that studio did a great job on The Sly Collection, it’s still always a sad day when a beloved franchise loses its original developer.

Regardless of the developer, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time should be one grand combo of stealth, thievery, humor, platforming and time traveling when it sneaks onto PS3 next year.

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Screenshot Saturday: E3 Clean-Up Duty

Matt Litten — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:51:27 +0000

E3 2011 has come to a close, but there is still plenty of clean-up duty to be done — especially for a one-man operation trying to cover every game possible without completely keeling over from exhaustion!

Throughout the week, our three-part Screenshot Compendium brought you galleries for exclusive titles on Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo platforms, and now to wrap things up let’s take a look at still imagery from the many spectacular multi-platform games coming our way over the second half of 2011 and beyond. Rage, Skyrim, Dark Souls, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Devil May Cry, Rayman Origins, Dead Island — they’re all here, and then some!

Rage (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Prey 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Dark Souls (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Tomb Raider (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Hitman: Absolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Dead Island (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Risen 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Rayman Origins (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360):
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DmC – Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Dragon’s Dogma (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Overstrike (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (PC, PS3, Xbox 360):
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Awesomenauts (PSN, XBLA):
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Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PS3, Xbox 360):
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BloodRayne: Betrayal (PSN, XBLA):
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King of Fighters XIII (PS3, Xbox 360):
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SoulCalibur V (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Catherine (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter (PC):
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Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Xbox 360):
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NeverDead (PS3, Xbox 360):
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Blades of Time (PS3, Xbox 360):
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