Archive for June, 2011

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 8, 2011 at 6:34 am 1 COMMENT

E3 2011 Fact Sheet for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary In Short: Remember Halo? Think that but shiny.  “Reimagined” with newer visuals thanks to the Halo: Reach engine, online co-op, new multiplayer maps, it’ll be available in November.

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 8, 2011 at 6:29 am Comments Off on E3 2011 – Gears Of War 3 Fact Sheet

E3 2011 Fact Sheet for Gears of War 3 In Short: Coming out September 20th, Marcus Fenix continues to shoot, chainsaw, blow up, duck and cover through even more Locust and the new Lambent. Includes 4 player co-operative, female Gears, an expanded Horde mode, and the obligatory pushing the envelope on graphics. Full Fact Sheet […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 8, 2011 at 6:21 am Comments Off on E3 2011 – Forza Motorsport 4 Fact Sheet

E3 2011 Fact Sheet for Forza Motorsport 4 In Short: An all new spangly engine to make things pretty, new cars, more Xbox Live connectivity and the possibility of holding an invisible steering wheel to drive using the Kinect. Full fact sheet after the jump.

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 8, 2011 at 6:17 am Comments Off on E3 2011 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Fact Sheet

E3 2011 Fact Sheet for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim In Short: Dragons! Weapons! Spells! The Voice! New Graphical Stuff! Full fact sheet after the jump

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm Comments Off on E3 2011 – Xbox Kinect Does Live TV And Voice Search

Ever felt too tired to pick up the remote control in order to watch TV? The Kinect will have the ability to replace the zapper later this year with voice controlled search powered by Bing, including shows on Hulu Plus, ESPN, Netflix and other media types. Thanks to a deal with Sky TV in the […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 12:59 pm Comments Off on E3 2011 – OnLive Heading To UK, Reserve Your Names!

OnLive is going to be heading to the UK. Britishers will be able to reserve their pseudonyms via onlive.co.uk before the official launch. To those whom don’t know, OnLive is basically remote access gaming, where you play on a machine in the mythical cloud with all video and audio being streamed to you. No, I […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 12:38 pm Comments Off on E3 2011 – Leisure Suit Larry Seeks Mobile Device For Rerelease And Long Walks On Beach

Following on from the success (?!) of the new generation of Leisure Suit Larry games, the original game (Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards) will be rereleased. LSLITLOTLL will head towards mobile devices (I’m guessing iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and similar) where it can be re-enjoyed (…) by a new audience. […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 12:25 pm Comments Off on E3 2011 – Magicka Trailer Shows PVP

Announced at E3 are the PVP modes of Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studio’s Magicka. On June 21st, Classic Deathmatch, Brawl and Kreditor modes will become available and a new “Final Frontier” map pack buyable. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVH4WZi1-DI%20 Full press release after the jump.

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 11:48 am Comments Off on E3 2011 – Journey Fact Sheet

It’s the Journey E3 2011 Fact Sheet. Short Version:  The people who made flOw and Flower do another game with flying, gliding and landscapes. Nothing to do with “Don’t Stop Believing”. Full fact sheet after the jump.

Posted By Malcolm Owen On June 7, 2011 at 11:41 am Comments Off on E3 2011 – Square Enix Announces Halo Figures

Square Enix has announced that they are making dolls action figures of Master Chief from Halo. There’s also going to be a “limited edition” Spartan Mark V in Black. Anyone at E3 will be able to see them at booth 1649. Full press release after the jump.