The Top Announcements We Want and Don’t Want at E3 2012

The Top Announcements of E3 2012

What We Want and Don’t Want

by exterminat

©2012 Nicholas Laborde

Ah, E3. The Electronic Entertainment Expo, gaming’s biggest event and easily the largest concentration of information throughout the year.

It’s in the air. Can you smell it? Feel it? Sense it? It’s right around the corner – in fact, from the time of this post, only thirty-seven days away – and this is when anticipation truly sets in and begins to build.

  • Will that hinted-at project be unveiled?
  • Will that sequel get announced?
  • Will that exclusive title go multiplatform?
  • Will Valve finally speak of Half-Life 2: Episode Three/Half-Life 3?
  • Will Star Wars: Battlefront III see the light of day?
  • Will Peter Molyneux claim his next title will cure cancer?
  • Will the new consoles be unveiled?
  • Will I have to sell my firstborn child to purchase said consoles?

It’s quite simply the most wonderful time of the year in the gaming scene, and everyone is ecstatic. But with every E3, there always comes the great anticipations, excitements and – of course – the disappointments and let downs. It’s a given with any E3.

OXCGN is proudly returning to the show floor to provide coverage like none other.

Until then, here are the top announcements we do and don’t want at E3 2012, in no particular order.

Is this the year that all our dreams come true? Read on to see!

OXCGN’s Steal It For 360? The Sims Medieval (PC)

sims medieval

OXCGN’s Steal It For 360?

The Sims Medieval (PC)

Ruling a kingdom has never been this much fun

by: Allegionary

©2011 Alex Hilton

First up I’d like to say that this game might not technically be a steal as The Sims 3 was developed for consoles but at the moment The Sims Medieval is not for consoles.

Have you ever wanted to rule a kingdom, run a store or slay great beastly bears? Well in The Sims Medieval, all this and more is possible in this open world of humour, fun and… village stocks.

The Sims Medieval is a life simulation game based in the medieval ages and is developed and published by EA games.

This particular Sims game is somewhat different from the other Sims games in that the menial tasks like going to the toilet and performing tasks to get certain attributes up have been removed for the better, as it now focuses on only two attributes: hunger and energy.

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OXCGN’s Killzone 3 Debate: Would we STEAL IT for 360?

OXCGN’s Killzone 3 Debate: Would we STEAL IT for 360?

Was Killzone 3 over-hyped? Nick & Alex discuss the pros-n-cons.

by AXIS of Reality & exterminat

©2011 Alex Baldwin & ©2011 Nicholas Laborde

ED: We love other platform exclusives- especially those of us lucky enough to own the other platforms.  However we know there are those who prefer to keep to their 360, so we often ask if a big exclusive would have been great on the 360.

Not if it is realistic or not that the game would appear on it…just if 360 owners would have liked to ‘steal’ it.

This time though we have two staff members take a look and debate the worth of Killzone 3 on PS3.  It is often touted as the best exclusive shooter franchise on Sony’s platform- but is it more hype than reality?  Read the animated discussion below.

Speaking of Killzone and debates, this week we will also feature a gamer debate between myself and Nicholas: Be it resolved that Killzone isn’t ‘beautiful’.

Check back and see if you agree.


killzone 3 screenshots oxcgn #14Nicholas Laborde

Well, Alex, we’re not even started and I think this will be quite a heated debate!

Alex Baldwin

Probably. Since Killzone 3′s release I’ve seen so many conflicting opinions around it, but I guess that’s just the fate of platform-exclusive games

NL:

Always. But now for OUR special review! May the best [American] man win, sir.

AB:

…………..sure.

But before we begin, I have a confession.

NL:

And what is that, Mr. Baldwin?

AB:

I wrote OXCGN’s review for Killzone 2, giving it a healthy 9.2/10 in the old rating system. Being quite honest, I think I would actually lower that a bit in hindsight

And so, let the debate begin . . .

OXCGN’s Killzone 3 Beta Play: A 360 site’s detailed analysis

Killzone 3 Beta Breakdown & Impressions

The Color of Truth is Gray

by exterminat

©2010 Nicholas Laborde

At E3 2005, Sony unveiled many trailers for PS3 titles. Sony became infamous for passing them off as in-game gameplay, but they turned out to all be CG. Killzone 2 was one of those games; Guerrilla tried to cover it up later on by saying it was a “target” video, versus an actual marketing trailer.

Killzone 2 released on February 27, 2009, and surprised many (including myself) that it looked so similar to the trailer, and that a sequel to a title that was in the lowly gaming ranks of Superman 64 could turn out to be so excellent.

As we always do with my various looks at titles of late, let’s fast-track forward to the year 2010 once more, and take a closer look at the latest iteration of the franchise, Killzone 3. But more specifically, the closed beta for the game.

Extensive Beta preview . . .

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