We are just around the corner from another glorious E3 and I can’t express my level of excitement. This year has been nothing but insane with video game news. Everything from Microsoft losing a major lawsuit in Germany, to life altering Skyrim to Mark Hammil agreeing to voice joker again, it’s everything a gamer like myself could ask for. With a lot of good games coming out and new rotation of consoles coming in most likely the following year, we prepare ourselves for what might be the last year “owning” next gen consoles but look ahead to whats to come and some more amazing titles on their way.
Microsoft and Sony have been heavily rumored to be developing their next consoles, which I’m sure will get their officially unveiling in E3 2013, but this year it’s going to be all about the Wii and U. Wii U’s new redesigned controller, interestingly enough, might have two joy stick pegs on it. To give a brief over view of the console, Nintendo again leads the way in innovative gaming by basically pairing a gaming tablet with a console. The tablet also has plenty of functions on its own, its virtually owning a new handheld and a console (that looks the size of the Wii but with rounded edges). Another, and not really all the surprising, thing is that Nintendo seemed to have fizzled out on titles for the Wii. With the exception of Mario Party 9, there’s really not much happening so if you haven’t invest in a 3DS or you might be experiencing a bit of a Nintendo release drought. By the way, I personally love seeing Reggie Fils-Aimme speak so I can’t wait for him to take to stage.
The power house that is Microsoft has been pumping out some pretty good titles this year and did fairly well with the sequel to Final Fantasy 13, which of course is available for the Playstation 3. All eyes appear to be on the big titles Last of Us and of course, Halo 4, being carried by a new team. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens with Microsoft in the next year or two. With their recent lawsuit lose against Motorola Mobility , they could face some very touch days ahead of them. They might end up being some what of a boring year, I’m expecting some new Tom Clancy footage, maybe some DLC for games previously released and more Halo 4. One can only hope we get something big from them and a decent Kinect game wouldn’t hurt either.
Sony reported some good news the other day of actually doing what Capcom and Nintendo could not and that was turn a profit, some 190$ billion dollars. With numbers like that, let’s hope they’re ready to wow us. Sony has an array of games and dedicated gamers. I’m looking forward to some new God of War: Ascension footage and some of the new Sly Cooper footage for the PSVita. Maybe we’ll see if they’re going to put out some play station move games, since I feel like that was an investment that didn’t really pay off. They also weren’t hurt by the insanely successful Playstation arcade game Journey. We’ll see what PS3 can bring to the event this year, with a new handheld system and some good titles and lets all cross our fingers that we get some concrete news about The Last Guardian.
Ubisoft’s big power house this year will be Assassins Creed 3, which gained some serious buzz after the cover leaked shower and American Indian protagonist and putting the players in a new era of history to enjoy some killer kick-butt action. Other anticipated titles are Far Cry 3, which is coming 4 years after its successful predecessor and the new Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 Patriots title.
With the big companies still gunning for our money and new consoles already being promoted and rumored, they’ll be a lot to look forward to at this years E3 press conference which runs June 5th through the 7th.
5 titles I’m dying to hear more about
- Dead or Alive 5
- Animal Crossing 3DS
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- DmC: Devil May Cry
- Playstation All Stars Battle Royale
