I have all the E3 Coverage you need!

I really don't though.

It's that time of the year again, kiddies. Where the basement dwellers come out of their man-caves and half the world readies themselves for another Call of Duty title (when will it die?), it's the Electronic Entertainment Expo! Cue confetti.

THE RUNDOWN - E3 DAY 1 (In no particular order)

1. We're gonna talk about gaemz n' shit.
2. So much Ubi in my Soft, it's ridiculous.
3. Activision/Treyarch/Infinity Ward/whoever the fuck is working on another COD spin-off pocket-money-grabber.
4. Dead Space 3! Buuuuuuuutt....
5. Wii U is still important. IT'S STILL IMPORTANT. 

Since my journalistic resources are limited to what major blogs to follow, my coverage of E3 this week will be limited to whatever things I find cool from day to day, and if I have time or am not too lazy to actually share with you my thoughts on the new titles/games/tech/anything else.

With the--OH HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT IS THIS

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SO. It looks like Ubisoft's conference had a few gems to showcase. Ubisoft Montreal announces their never-before-seen footage of a near-future, open-world, third-person, computer hacker action-adventure title that they've been working on, Watch Dogs. The demo looks great, the concept sounds even better, and the footage was amazing detailed and sleek. The UI in its current phase I'll be happy with--without a doubt they'll keep changing it until the release date is announced though.

Watch Dogs sounds like the kind of fresh air that the gaming industry needs to breathe in order to rejuvenate a lot of what's being going on. Last year it was sequels and threequels and prequels, this year it's the same, except Nintendo has new toys moms get to play with (Wii U looks pretty slick however).

A new IP with the current technology the industry is capable of utilizing is reassuring to me. The facial mo-cap alone on these characters seems like it's worth a shot. Knowing Quantic Dream's next project is going to be announced soon (the guys who did Heavy Rain and that amazing tech demo at GDC earlier), can't see what's in store for gaming technology come the next year.

Microsoft's announcements with Smartglass, Nike endorsements, and Blops II, including whatever I didn't pick up, we're pretty good too. I guess. Fuck Microsoft actually, why would anybody want IE AND Bing on their TV?

The other big videos/demos released today (minus Blops II, which did not enthuse me at all):

Risky move from Visceral to try an action-adventure co-op game, rather than the traditional Dead Space roots in isolation, horror, and tension. Getting some Lost Planet vibes, maybes some Resident Evil in there. The latter already having turned into a shooter-based action adventure, I'm a bit weary.

But (and there should be a lot of buts here), having not played Dead Space 2 yet, I'll have to check the scare factors in that game, and correlate them with dismembering space-gun action, and see if this genre adaptation/total switch-up is acceptable. The biggest risk here? Co-op gameplay for what seems to be the story mode. Introducing a second player (hopefully optional?) is a strange move that really could go both ways. Definite change in the tone and direction for the franchise as a whole.

What I get from Visceral Games is a bigger focus on story potential for Isaac and the game universe. Having already exhausted the resources in creating one of the best survival horror games of our generation, and having a decent follow-up to that (by horror game standards), it's really more of a blank slate than Visceral probably hoped for. If they have to sacrifice a few scary-ass scripted events to get something fresh for the fans, so be it. Big giant alien mutant monsters never hurt anyone. Still looking forward to this one.


Gonna give the Wii U some love too. Saw an internet comment talking about the "Pro Controller" and how it's ironic payback at other console companies stealing all of Nintendo's ideas and flipping them off. Which I like. Fuckin' Microsoft. Seriously, it looks like a 360 controller.

But with the apparent universal remote capabilities and the "reader/writer" thing I'm still trying to wrap my head around, the applications for the Wii U device open a lot of doors for how gaming can grow as a social activity, which really has been Nintendo's thing. With their conference tomorrow, I expect a lot of surprise announcements? Probably some plumbers involved.


Sony's conference is underway -- expecting Quantic Dream's Beyond to make a showcase, and show how much the tech the PS3 is capable of has come along. Then it's 4 more days of gaming awesome.

Coverage will be consistently sporadic and unreliable, just the way you like it.

Other than that I'll just rant about how much I hate the Call of Dooty series and its fans and bitch and moan about games I want but will never have.

But I have Arkham City: GOTY Edition so fuck y'all.

FUCK YEAH GAMES. Stay tuned.