The blaring subwoofers and flashing lights of E3 just didn’t have the same pleasant ring this year.
All around the show …
E3 2012
15 of the Best Games at E3 2012
E3 is the annual Mecca for the video game industry, where the biggest publishers show off their best upcoming games. Here are our 15 favorite games from the show.
EA Defends Dead Space 3 Scariness, Co-op Aside
When Electronic Arts showed off Dead Space 3‘s cooperative play at the company’s E3 press conference, my heart sank.
This was not the claustrophobic, frightening adventure that the series was once known for, I thought. Isaac …
At What Point Do We Stop Calling These Things ‘Game Consoles’?
It streams movies, TV shows and sports. It’s getting a new music service. And a web browser. And a new technology which lets it talk to phones and tablets.
Did I mention it plays games?
In case you haven’t figured out yet, …
The Last of Us E3 Preview: Violence for a Reason
After a protracted fight scene in The Last of Us, Ellie stops and shudders as she stands over a bloodied, burning corpse.
“Oh, God.”
“I know,” says Joel, a 40-something grizzled man and de facto guardian of 14-year-old …
Star Wars 1313: LucasArts Goes ‘Mature’ and Taps Hollywood Magic
LucasArts hasn’t released a memorable Star Wars video game in years, but Star Wars 1313 has given fans a new hope. The game seems to be getting lots of buzz around the show floor here at E3, even though LucasArts has barely shown …
Why the Wii U Isn’t the Dinosaur Some Are Making It Out to Be
Hey look, it’s the Wii U. It rhymes with “Wii 2,” and that probably means a whole bunch of people are going to buy one, then shelf it, just like the Wii, right?
I have no idea how well the Wii U’s going to sell, but …
All Hail Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, King of E3 2012
What’s the biggest story at this year’s E3 games confab in Los Angeles? Most people would pick Nintendo’s Wii U console, I assume, though Microsoft’s aggressive reinvention of the Xbox 360 as an all-purpose computing device is an …
Sony Wonderbooks: Combining Games and Reading, with Hints of Harry Potter
Like burying vegetables in mac and cheese, Sony’s trying to get kids interested in books by combining them with video games.
The name of this work in progress is Wonderbooks. It’s an augmented reality book that works with the …
Hands On with Halo 4: Maybe New Blood Isn’t So Bad
Photos: E3 2012 Video Game Conference
Scenes from the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
In Praise of Cartoon Violence: Borderlands 2 at E3 2012
If you watched any of the press conferences during E3 2012, you likely witnessed some gruesome displays of violence–faces stabbed, throats choked, bullets penetrating skin in explosions of flesh and bone.
As I sat in the …