No Philipino yam based spreads this week, instead we focus on the Crackdown 2 Demo.
Archive for the ‘E3’ Category
ButtonMasher Podcast #82
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
GT5, What We Know So Far
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
It’s been a big E3 2010 for Gran Turismo fans. Not only have we been finally given a release date but we’ve also been given a flood of new juicy information. Some of which may have slipped under the radar. Below is a list of confirmed features that will be in the final retail version of Gran Turismo 5.
ButtonMasher Podcast #81
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Final Fantasy XIV Impressions
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Final Fantasy XIV.
The private demonstration was broken up into three phases, giving us a robust look at the sprawling, massive title.
Phase 1 was character creation. I essentially didn’t care about this section, and our time was limited, so I implored my guide to skip immediately to Phase 2.
Phase 2 was a guided tour around the beautiful city of Limsa Lominsa. It was a triple, wide-screen monitor setup in 3-D (he still would not confirm 3-D for the final product, but really, why not?), which was pretty awesome. He directed me around the absolutely beautiful city, keen to highlight the new lighting engine. He showed off the Adventurer’s Guild (where Guildleve quests are received), the Culinarian’s Guild, and some random points of interest throughout the city. I was using a standard PS3 controller, though a keyboard and mouse was arranged in front of me, and it was perfectly natural.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
It’s here you Zelda geeks. Setting up the Nintendo conference, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword makes full use of the MotionPlus controller. Lots of swinging and gesture controls for each of Link’s gadgets. Miyamoto ran into a few technical hiccups during the presentation but it appears it was wireless interference (that was his excuse anyway!).
Due out next year.
Twisted Metal PS3 Game
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010After lying through the teeth about not attending E3 this year, David Jaffe took the stage at the end of the Sony press conference. But not before an ice cream truck drove on stage with a Sweet Tooth impersonator behind the wheel. So there we go, a new Twisted Metal Game for PS3!
The game looks pretty rad, featuring helicopters, sniper rifles and a new game mode that looks like a lot of fun. Trailer and gameplay videos after the break.
Portal 2 Trailer
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The following trailer was unveiled at the Sony conference of all places. GLaDOS announced the incoming surprise which was none other than head of Valve, Gabe Newell, who had previously said some nasty things about the PlayStation 3 hardware.
Gabe announced Portal 2 coming to PS3 in 2011, along with some exclusive Steam features. Not really sure what that means but consider me intrigued.
This is your slimmed down Xbox 360
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010We all thought that it would arrive last year at E3, it didn’t, but it was announced this morning after a slightly spoilerish leak on an Italian site. It’s black, like the Elite, but also very shiny, lots of fingerprint defilement potential coming to a store near you soon. The release date is set for July the 9th at a price of $499 RRP. Built in Wifi N, a 250GB hard drive and an included Head set make it the most feature-ific Xbox we’ve seen to date.
Images after the break.
Kinect, the Peripheral formerly known as Natal? (Updated)
Monday, June 14th, 2010
(UPDATE): The Microsoft event is currently taking place which confirms that it is now called Kinect, and that the game I thought would be awesome looks awesome.
According to USA Today, the peripheral formally known as Project Natal will be officially called Kinect. There is a trademark for the term filed by Microsoft in late April for “computer software, computer hardware, and computer peripherals.” The term Kinect also appears in an Italian Xbox ad. These do seem to indicate pretty strongly that Kinect will be the name from now on. Sounds a bit meh to me but what do I know, I dont get paid a tonne of money to come up with names for products. We’ll find out in mere hours anyway. USA Today also has a list of games that are built for it. More »
We’re Here!
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Buttonmasher has arrived!
We’ll be here all week in sunny Los Angeles, trying to sort out exactly where the hell the game industry is going. 3-D? Motion? A Kevin Butler theocracy? Whichever it is, we’ll be on-hand to deliver the latest reports and reviews.
Stay tuned!
