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Courtesy Game Informer / EA press conferenceby Jeff Marchiafava on June 06, 2011 at 03:55 PM At EA’s press conference, DICE showed off the superior power of Battlefield 3′s Frostbite engine, announced a window for the multiplayer beta, and took a jab at Activision’s Call Of Duty: Elite pay service. After seeing the live demo for Battlefield 3, it’s no surprise that EA chose to end its press conference with DICE’s upcoming shooter. Before starting the demo, the DICE rep showed off some of the advancements of the Frostbite 2.0 engine. The improvements include better animation (which is particularly evident in player transitions), better destruction (the video showed teaser clips of entire buildings crumbling to pieces), a larger sense of scale, and improved rendering (I’m still not convinced that the smoke animations are being handled in real time; they’re gorgeous). Oh yeah, the audio is improved too, but DICE is already the king in the sound department, so that shouldn’t come as a surprise. DICE also took the time to mention its new Battlelog initiative, a set of social and stat-tracking tools that will be available online to Battlefield 3 players. The DICE rep stated with a smile that all of Battlelog’s options, which include finding online opponents, managing friends lists, and following your stats and achievements in real time, will be available to players free of charge — a clear shot across the bow at Activision’s recently announced pay service, Call Of Duty: Elite. Whether the two services will truly be comparable remains to be seen, but DICE has always been generous with the amount of statistics it offers players. As for the actual demo, most of it took place inside of a tank rolling across a desert that appeared to be larger than anything I’ve seen in a Battlefield game yet. Although the tank’s HUD will look familiar to Bad Company 2 players, the demo sold the sense of the player actually being inside of a tank: Several times the player transitioned between different cameras attached to the turret and an overhead drone, and looked on as another passenger loaded giant shells into the barrel. The demo ended in a shower of explosions, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that they were the prettiest explosions I’ve ever seen in a video game. If you can’t wait to play the game for yourself, the demo also revealed that the multiplayer beta will be available across multiple platforms starting in September; the game is scheduled to be released on October 25. We’ll be bringing you more on Battlefield 3 when we get some hands-on time with the game later this week. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

GTTV’s released an exclusive trailer for Insomniac’s upcoming shooter: Resistance 3 and it explores the story of the game. Needless to say, it looks awesome. The game’s out this September exclusive to PS3. Watch it below. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Ryu Hayabusa is back! See the legendary ninja in action in this trailer from E3 2011. No release date yet, just early 2012. It will be released on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Watch it below. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

EA’s released a E3 trailer for Battlefield 3, giving you a demo of the game’s various features. It looks absolutely stunning. Watch it below. Microsoft’s E3 press conference will be followed by EA this year, with John Riccitiello and his city state publisher hitting the stage at 8.30pm BST. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

A teaser trailer for Halo 4 concluded Microsoft’s E3 news conference today. In it, the series’ longtime hero, Master Chief, awakens from cryonic sleep to the voice of Cortana, calling him by his name. He then grabs Cortana and flees the wreckage a ship hurtling toward some sort of portal. Microsoft’s Don Mattrick said Halo 4 will be “part of a new trilogy.” The game is due for a holiday 2012 release. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

During Microsoft’s 2011 E3 press conference this morning, BioWare’s Dr. Ray Muzyka demonstrated how Microsoft’s Kinect could make the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 the one to own. Mass Effect‘s famous branching dialog system comes to life thanks to Kinect’s voice recognition. Each decision made can be made using your natural voice, unless you are ridiculously drunk or suffer from a serious speech impediment. Wouldn’t it be lovely if the game’s characters became confused and asked you to repeat yourself in those cases? Immersion a-go-go! Voice is for more than just climbing dialog trees, however. Issuing commands to your companions has never been as easy as it was on stage this morning. This is exactly what I wanted Kinect to do. Thanks, BioWare! Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The next episode of Fable will support Kinect when it releases in 2012. A demonstration of Fable: The Journey at Microsoft’s E3 news conference showed players in a first-person mode, driving a carriage and attacking foes with magic, using different gestures for each spell. “How can we make you feel a hundred times more involved in Fable,” series creator Peter Molyneux asked during the presentation. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Check out some of the first gameplay footage of Modern Warfare 3. After watching the footage, you can guess this will be one of the levels that will bring controversy along with it as we see New York City under attack and in ruin. The video shows just a small part of gameplay and remembering the last installment of Modern Warfare, we know Infinity Ward/Activision aren’t ones to shy away from controversy. Modern Warfare 3 is set to release on November 8th, 2011 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Ubisoft announced that Ghost Recon Future Soldier would support Kinect, they also showed alot of gun customization and gun testing with Kinect. During the presentation they showed off that the new Ghost Recon uses Kinect as well as being able to customize every bit of a gun, including inner parts, adding up to 20 million unique weapons. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

After announcing a 3 year DLC deal with Activision at last year’s E3, we knew it was going to happen, but it still makes us sad to write about: Modern Warfare 3‘s DLC will be coming to the 360 first. Announced live at Microsoft’s E3 conference, Activision revealed that the DLC would be coming to the 360 before the PS3 after premièring a lengthy live demo from Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling that included underwater gameplay and a firefight from within a submarine. After showing the video, the E3 screen flashed “add-ons and map packs coming first to Xbox 360 More...

Activision’s updated the official Call of Duty: Elite FAQ, explaining what will be offered free-of-charge to gamers by the service. Here’s the full setlist of free features that will come with the service: Access Elite through the web as well as Elite’s free custom iOS and Android applications for smartphones and tablets Communicate any way you want across mobile, console and the web with your friends Track and share thousands of stats with friends – k/d ratios, score-per-minute, win % and loads more, all represented in easy to understand charts and infographics Create your own custom leaderboards to track friendly rivalries – who is moving up and down in your group of friends? Analyse advanced heat maps detailing your match-by-match performance – where you killed or got killed, when it happened, and more Analyse your weapons performance – which weapons you are best with in which situations Upload and share videos of your greatest moments through our exclusive theater mode with the touch of a button Customise your loadout – search through all the weapons, attachments and perks, and push them directly into the game menu from the web or your mobile device with the touch of a button Join dozens of groups and find other players with common interests to play with and compete against Create a Clan with players who share your interests and taste for competition Bring your Facebook friends right into the game, easily taking your existing network into the Call of Duty experience. Seamlessly be placed into Groups with those who share your affinities and interests based on your Facebook profile. Start tracking your Call of Duty career – everything you wanted to know about your performance across the franchise starting with Black Ops They’ve also assured that more new free features will be added to the service as it continues to evolve. Call of Duty: Elite, being made by Beachhead, was announced today that the open beta for the service will kick off on July 14. The service is due to launch alongside the release of Modern Warfare 3 this November on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s attempt to make even more money out of the venerable shooter franchise, will go into beta on July 14. It’ll be invite-only, and only Black Ops’ multiplayer users will be considered. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

THQ has released the first trailer for UFC Undisputed 3 ahead of its showing at E3 this week. Announced last week, UFC Undisputed picks up from UFC Undisputed 2010, dropping the yearly label and hopefully shedding that title’s poor reception and performance. UFC Undisputed 3 will launch on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony’s online virtual community PlayStation Home has its own little version of the “Welcome Back” package, which has seen PS3 owners get some free games. Only, in Home, you don’t get games. You get stuff. One hundred pieces of stuff, to be clear, each Home user able to claim a whole bunch of stuff like gloves, t-shirts and, since it wouldn’t be PlayStation Home without it, virtual designer European furniture. There will also be two new personal spaces (one a drug dealer’s mansion, the other based on Dragon’s Lair) and a casino for users to bump and grind around in. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Hey, Mad Catz … maybe “WarHead” isn’t the best name for something that goes on your head. We kind of don’t want war on our heads. But despite the name, Mad Catz’s new Xbox 360 headset range might find a receptive audience. These are the first fruits of the company’s wireless headset deal. Mad Catz’s audio-focused subsidiary Tritton is introducing a line of 360 headsets, including the wireless WarHead 7.1 and Devastator, and the “entry-level” wired Detonator. The WarHead has 7.1-channel Dolby Digital, Pro Logic II, and Dolby Headphone audio; the other two are stereo-only. The two wireless sets include a base station that connects to the Xbox through USB and either optical or RCA audio connections. Those base stations allow audio to be shared among four headsets, if you’re in the middle of a weirdly antisocial gathering. IGN notes that all three should be out before the end of the year, and none of them should exceed $300 in price. Hey, we just remembered that sometimes headphones cost more than $300! That’s an even less appealing thought than putting a “WarHead” on our heads. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

With Actvision announcing their premium Elite service for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 and other supported COD games, you just knew that EA were going to launch a counter attack with their own move, and they look to have found the answer with their Battlelog service. EA DICE have given Battlefield 3 players their own detailed separate stats service, and at the same time, they have sent a clear message to Activision that making fans pay for additional services such as the ones detailed in Elite is just not cool. Karl Magnus Troedsson, General Manager at DICE has revealed details about Battleblog on the official BF3 blog, informing gamers that the service will feature detailed player stats, social tools (Facebook, Twitter?), the ability to manage friends lists, set up squads and create platoons, and wait it – built in voice chat. If we’re not mistaken, these are the some of the core features that Activison are charging MW3 players a monthly fee for on Elite, and EA knows it – just check out the following sneaky quote from Troedsson below: â€Battlelog will be available for the monthly fee of (drum roll)…… zero dollars. †Another thing we respect about this, is that this has seemingly gone under the radar, as if it’s a normal thing – giving something extra to the community at no extra cost, unlike Activision’s big announcement which caused some gamers to turn away in frustation after finding out Activision want a few extra dollars for in return. Is this an early indication that Battlefield 3 will be the most popular choice this year ahead of Modern Warfare 3? Probably too early to tell, but giving this extra stats service is a great sign that EA DICE know how to make the community happy. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Radical has released its E3 trailer for Prototype 2. Watch it below. The action in it is rather intense, and it looks a bit badass, if we’re being honest. Prototype 2 is slated for release sometime in 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Hopefully, we’ll find out a bit more on the game next week. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Hopefully everybody enjoyed the double XP period for Call of Duty: Black Ops in May – neither Treyarch nor Activision wanted to see any of the PS3 fans miss out just because of the technical issues. Now the next round of Black Ops action is locked and loaded: the long-awaited Escalation DLC pack will be available in the PlayStation Store on Friday, June 10th. Escalation features five big chunks of content – four multiplayer maps and one star-studded Zombies experience unlike any other. For fans of competitive combat, your new battlegrounds await: HOTEL takes the sunny splendor of a luxirous Cuban casino resort and turns it into a bullet-riddled war zone. Details like the blown casino safe and poolside bar offer some unusual cover for run-and-gunners, but thanks to the high vantage points at opposite ends, it’s also a great map for snipers. Why not visit the ZOO? The big cats and deadly reptiles left this abandoned Russian animal park long ago, but the overgrown, dilapidated facility still plays host to the world’s most dangerous game. Hide below in the bear lair or snipe from above on the monorail track – you’ve got the run of the place. If you’re looking for a slice of classic Americana, check out the small-town motel and diner near the ambushed CONVOY. The freeway overpass has collapsed, leaving a missile stranded above and rubble littered below – not to mention a pre-fab house, apparently in transit by truck when the attack hit, now toppled on its side in ruins. Talk about trailer trash. STOCKPILE looks like an ordinary town in remote Russia…until you find the warhead hidden in the building in the center of town. Use switches to slide the huge steel doors up and down – good for restricting access during objective-based games. Last but not least, CALL OF THE DEAD goes meta on zombie lore itself with a unique setup: Cinema’s zombie godfather George A. Romero is making his latest undead epic – starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Michael Rooker, and Danny Trejo – only to have a real zombie apocalypse break out, infecting the director himself and causing him to stalk you throughout the level. All the stars performed their roles with full motion capture and voice-over, so when you and three friends take on wave after wave of the zombie horde, you’ll do so as some of Hollywood’s most famous monster mashers. Proof positive that there’s a zombie killer in all of us. Escalation will be available in the PlayStation Store on Friday, June 10, and to celebrate, the double XP will flow once more – enjoy twice the rewards for your efforts through Sunday, June 12. It’s also a perfect time to try out some my unorthodox multiplayer strategies that will keep your opponents guessing. Enjoy next weekend – I’ll see you online! Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has announced that the Welcome Back Programs are now available to both European and North American PSN users. For PS3 and PSP owners, go to the Welcome Back section in the PlayStation Store, and select 2 titles from the following lists in the US: PS3 Dead Nation inFAMOUS LittleBigPlanet Super Stardust HD Wipeout HD + Fury PSP LittleBigPlanet (PSP) ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Killzone Liberation European users should follow the same instructions and choose from two of the following for each system: PS3 Dead Nation inFAMOUS LittleBigPlanet Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Wipeout HD + Fury PSP LittleBigPlanet (PSP) ModNation Racers Pursuit Force Killzone Liberation These offers are available to users who signed up with PSN on or before April 12 and includes a month free of PS Plus. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

The E3 trailer for Twisted Metal has been released, and it shows Sweet Tooth on a mission of revenge. Apparently, someone survived his last onslaught and he is out to remedy the situation. Look out world. More on the game is expected to be revealed at Sony’s presser on Monday. Watch below, courtesy of IGN. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Sony has handed over information on the Collector’s Edition of Uncharted 3*and has also detailed some of the various pre-order offers North American retailers will be handing out. The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Collector’s Edition will run you $99.99 and comes with: a Nathan Drake Statue from Sideshow Collectibles, Drake’s belt buckle, Drake’s ring/necklace, and a “Steelbook†game case in a Travelling Chest. Regular editions of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will net you the following if you pre-order: Best Buy – Regeneration Booster – Allows you to “boost your healing power to recover from your wounds more quickly.†Amazon – Carpet Bomb Kickback – Allows you to “send out three grenades with a single throw to blanket your opponent – or take out a group of opponents – with multiple explosionsâ€; Clip Size Mod for Para 9 or G-MAL – Allows you to increase the size of the bullet clip for your weapon of choice and “spend more time shooting your opponents before having to reload.†GameStop – Creepy Crawler Kickback – Allows you to “turn into a swarm of deadly creatures for a limited time and overwhelm your enemies.†Walmart – Callout Mod for AK-47 – Allows you to “equip your AK-47 with a laser sight that enables your entire team to see the location of the opponent you are currently targeting.†Other Participating Retailers – Uncharted 3 PSN Avatar & Static Theme for PS3 – Self explanatory. Uncharted 3 is out November 1. Get more information on the EU PS Blog for the European version. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Insomniac has released multiplayer footage from Resistance 3,and it shows off the HUD for Chimeran players along with the Firestorm rocket-launcher. Players will be able to customize their loadout with Support and Tactical abilities, and in the video, you’ll see players using Healing Beacons and Bubble Shields on teammates, as well as making use of Thermal Vision and Dash on enemies. Larger clips and being able to track enemies by their footprints will also be an option, as well as having leapers “burst from your corpse.†Unloackable weapons, abilities and attributes, are upgradable as well as players progress through multiplayer. All of this and more will be available in the closed beta which will available “soonâ€, and at E3, Insomniac plans on revealing a new multiplayer map with a location in Europe. A demo for the game will be included in code form when you purchase Battle: Los Angeles or if you are a Plus Member, with your package of SOCOM 4. Resistance 3 releases on September 6 in the US and September 9 in the UK. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

Like countless crayon drawings from a crazed mind coming together to form a giant disturbing picture, American McGee’s vision coalesces in the launch trailer for Alice: Madness Returns. In stores on June 14th for the Playstation 3, Xbox , & PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

If I had to summarize Duke Nukem Forever in one picture, it would be at about 1:27 in this here launch trailer. Warning: may contain more naked breasts than you ever wanted to see. In stores on June 14th for the Playstation 3, Xbox , & PC. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...

A new interpretation of the classic Rainbow Six, the tough-as-nails tactical shooter that asked gamers to carefully plan out the nuance of a breach like a choreographed dance, is in the works, a source familiar with the unannounced Ubisoft shooter tell Kotaku. We’ve also heard that the game will in many ways be a departure from the sameness found in Rainbow Six: Vegas and its sequel, and a return to what helped separate the shooter from others of its ilk. It’s unclear if the in-development game will be shown at E3. The original Rainbow Six is more tactical and focused on stealth than on weapons. Before each mission, in those early games, players were asked to view a briefing and then build a team, pick their weapons and equipment and finally create waypoints that the secondary members of the team would follow. Once the mission started, players had only control of one team member at a time. Rainbow Six will be a far more story-driven game than previous iterations of the Tom Clancy branded title. The game is meant to take a step in a different direction, telling a bigger, much more gritty cinematic story than previous versions of the game. In this still-to-be-titled Rainbow Six, players will be tasked with stopping a homegrown terrorist group operating in America. The group, fed up with the greed of Wall Street and the government that acts to protect them, decides to target New York City. While the gameplay is based on some classic Rainbow Six mechanics, there is a brand new cover system that takes you out of the first-person perspective and into the third. A new icon-rich graphics style helps to highlight members of your team during a mission and other pertinent information. Contacted Thursday, Ubisoft declined to comment. Score: 0 (0 votes cast) More...