BEYOND E3 2012 Announcement Trailer June 4, 2012

Quantic Dream’s latest game has finally been unveiled.

Director David Cage personally introduced his company’s newest game for the Playstation 3 as the first game previewed at Sony’s E3 2012 Media Briefing, BEYOND.  Right off the heels of releasing 2010’s PS3-exclusive sleeper hit Heavy Rain and the KARA Demo at this year’s GDC, comes a whole new game.

It seems that Quantic Dream is once again dabbling in the realm of supernatural.  In the game you play as Jody Holmes (played by Ellen Page) who has established a mental connection with a spirit.  In the game, we follow Jody through many years of her life, which is a highly unique concept for a video game.

It really seems like once again they are bringing something new and fresh to the table.  The following is a scene that Cage stated comes early on in the game.  All footage is real-time running on the Playstation 3’s hardware.

David Cage promises that this game will focus more on action than Heavy Rain did.  He also promises that we will have full control of Jody as well as the spirit over the course of the game.  From just watching the trailer it does appear that Jody has supernatural powers that can be used as a part of gameplay, but David Cage would not go into specifics about what would be available to the player just now.

BEYOND is coming exclusive to the Playstation 3.

Watch Dogs E3 2012 Presentation June 4, 2012

A long time ago I asked the question just what had happened to Cyberpunk?  Formerly a staple of the video game genre in the late 90s, the industry had shifted back and forth over the console generations and Cyberpunk seemed to have been left in the dust.

Recently however, a new series of Cyberpunk games have been slowly returning to the forefront of new games.  It seems now like it hasn’t died, it’s just been reimagined for a whole new world with all new technological capabilities.

As the last game shown at the Ubisoft E3 2012 Media Briefing, Ubisoft started up by giving us a little history lesson.

With all that knowledge in mind, meet Aiden Pierce.

Wow, that was NOT the ending that was seen at the end of the Ubisoft Briefing.  At the end of the briefing, we saw the game’s perspective switch to what appeared to be another player.  His orders were to protect the protagonist.  As the camera panned out it looked as if more players were inside the city and they were there to help as well.  Then, everything went dark.

UPDATE:  Here is the complete uncut presentation.

UPDATE 2: Watch Dogs is coming in 2013.

Splinter Cell Blacklist E3 2012 Trailer June 4, 2012

The UbiSoft E3 2012 Media Briefing has just concluded and for the second time today, Splinter Cell Blacklist has been shown.  After the real-time demo at the Microsoft E3 2012 Briefing, UbiSoft decided to show the game’s official trailer at their Media Briefing, which has some major tidbits for the new game.

Third Echelon is now gone, and Sam with the help of Grim has become a part of a whole new group, which Sam is now in charge in.  A blacklist has been created by a group of rogue terrorist organizations, with promises to hit major targets unless the United States withdraws their troops from the wars they are currently fighting.

Only Sam Fisher can stop them.  Welcome to Fourth Echelon.

UPDATE:  Without further ado, here’s the direct feed of the preview that was shown at Microsoft’s E3 2012 Media Briefing.

Um…where is Michael Ironside’s voice?

UPDATE:  Okay, here he is.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist is coming Spring 2012 to Xbox 360.  Kinect functionality supported.

Loco Cycle E3 2012 Trailer June 4, 2012

Twisted Pixel Games, famous for games like Ms. Splosion Man and Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley, have just unveiled their newest game at the Microsoft E3 2012 Briefing.  Take a look.

Anyone else notice Splosion Man’s Big Science logo on the side of the bike?

Loco Cycle is coming exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Gears of War: Judgement E3 2012 Extended Trailer June 4, 2012

A shortened version of this trailer was released today at the Microsoft E3 2012 Briefing.  Developed by People Can Fly, the developers behind the cross-platform Unreal Engine 3 powered game Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgement will be the next major game in the Gears of War series, and from the looks of it the protagonists of this game have been switched.

For your pleasure, here is the full extended trailer.

Gears of War: Judgement is coming exclusive to the Xbox 360 in 2013.

Halo 4 E3 2012 Trailer June 4, 2012

Halo 4 kicked off the Microsoft E3 2012 Briefing this year and I want to reveal it on this site the same way that Microsoft revealed it at the press conference.  No pre-show introduction, just this opening trailer as the house lights went up and the video feed started.

And now, on to the gameplay.

From the looks of it, a lot of what the fans have predicted seemed to be coming to fold.  Cortana is on the brink of rampancy and may start to lose her sanity.  The UNSC Infinity, which is where the game’s multiplayer is going to take place got one hell of an introduction.

The UNSC Assault Rifle is back, as well as Halo 2’s 3-shot Battle Rifle.  But what is most interesting is the game’s new Forerunner weapons.  Has anyone noticed a major similarity between the Forerunnner Lightrifle and a sniper weapon that the Covenant’s Jackals used?  It’s obvious that they’re playing up the fact that the Covenant appropriated their weapon technology from the Forerunners, but like with any forged copies its quite possible that the Covenant’s may not have been as powerful as the original.

Halo 4 is coming November 6th, 2012 exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Lollipop Chainsaw Killer Moves Trailer June 3, 2012

A brand new trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw has hit the web just before E3.  The release of this game is coming fast, and if it does get an E3 showing it will probably be the closest game to release shown at the expo.

Really not much new is revealed here about the game’s story, but it serves as a pretty good preview of the all the game’s mechanics that are coming, including the ability to change character skins through unlocks and downloadable content.  Also, you just gotta love the name of the High School the game will be taking place at.

With all the fantastic trailers that have been released for this game up to this point, I honestly can’t believe that none of them have been released yet on either the Playstation Network or the Xbox Live Marketplace.  Can someone ring these guys and tell them to put them up for download?  The developers have already announced that there will not be a demo released for the game, if it wasn’t for the game’s showing at PAX East this year I would not have even known it was coming.

Lollipop Chainsaw is coming June 12th, 2012 to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection E3 2012 Preview, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Demo Will Be Included June 1, 2012

Zone of the Enders was a series which launched on the Playstation 2 in early 2001.  It was published by Konami, who had another major Playstation 2 series coming later that year which they knew was enormously anticipated.  In order to capitalize on this release, they included a pre-release demo for this highly anticipated game along with Zone of the Enders, prompting a ton of people to buy the game not because they were interested in ZOE, but so they could have the highly anticipated game’s demo.

What game’s demo was included with Zone of the Enders?  Konami included the demo for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the highly anticipated sequel to what many considered to be the greatest game for the original Playstation.  Well, I’m here to tell you that Konami is planning to repeat history. as they’re including early access to the playable demo of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance with copies of Zone of the Enders HD Collection.  Take a look at the preview!

Not enough for you?  Check out this fantastic new intro animation made specifically for the new HD version of the game.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection will be released this December for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.  It will include the demo for Metal Gear Rising Revengeance.

Oh and by the way, a new Zone of the Enders sequel is coming too.

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance E3 2012 Preview, Demo Announced June 1, 2012

A bunch of trailers have hit the web in advance of E3 2012’s kickoff next week!  First up is the highly anticipated Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, a game with a very long track record and a lot to prove.  Originally premiered by Hideo Kojima himself at Microsoft’s E3 2009 press conference, the game went dark after 2010’s E3 showing.  However, it came back with a punch at Spike TV’s VGA 2011 Awards Show, showing a brand new graphics engine, a brand new developer, and a brand new title.

A follow-up to the PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the new game shifts the game’s protagonist back to the unexpected protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, RAIDEN.  Armed with all the skills and abilities we saw him have in MGS4, we’re going to be using those skills and abilities in a whole new action game.

The game will be playable at this year’s E3.  So what has Jack (Raiden) been doing for the past four years this game has been in development?  Perhaps this video by Mega64 could shine some light on that.

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 early 2013.  A demo for Metal Gear Rising will be included with Zone of the Enders HD Collection.  The demo will be released later through Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace.