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Rayman Legends Wii U tablet character revealed

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 3:57pm PDT

Ubisoft has shown off the fancy use for Wii U's tablet in Rayman Legends, an extra character named Murphy who helps control the environment.

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Halo 4, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Gears of War Judgement, - Shacknews Daily: June 4, 2012

By Garnett Lee, Jun 04, 2012 3:49pm PDT

Garnett talks about today's Microsoft Xbox press conference, giving some love to Halo 4, browsing on your Xbox and a new Splinter Cell.

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Zombi U announced for Wii U

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 3:46pm PDT

Ubisoft announced Zombi U as part of its Wii U plans, which is apparently what became of its planned game Killer Freaks from Outer Space.

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"I remember the original Zombi from Ubisoft on the Commodore Amiga. It was a point & click game ..."

- Sadogoat see all 2 comments

Just Dance 4 announced for Wii U

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 3:20pm PDT

Ubisoft announced Just Dance 4 at its E3 press briefing, coming to Wii U.

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Crysis 3 enters the urban jungle in February 2013

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 2:49pm PDT

Having previously said that Crysis 3 would arrive in the first quarter of 2013, EA used its E3 presentation to narrow down that a little further--to February, specifically. Grab your bow, because it'll be a warm winter.

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"something is missing. it's like with crysis2, i can't pin it down - in theory is should have ..."

- fw_rams see all 3 comments

Need for Speed Most Wanted confirmed for October

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 2:27pm PDT

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is coming on October 30, EA announced today at its press briefing.

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"I saw another video from E3 about this game and, as i see it, its going to be really annoying to ..."

- Longgshot see all 10 comments

EA grabs UFC rights off THQ

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 1:59pm PDT

Electronic Arts announced a multi-year deal to make official Ultimate Fighting Championship games during E3 today, wrestling the rights away from previous holder THQ and its UFC Undisputed series.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic going free to level 15

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 1:43pm PDT

Star Wars: The Old Republic is going free-to-play through level 15 in July.

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"For someone like me who has limited time to play, I hardly ever reach endgame before I move on ..."

- chadg033 see all 35 comments

SimCity Social announced for Facebook

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 1:34pm PDT

SimCity Social was announced today at EA's press conference, coming to Facebook in a few weeks.

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Dead Space 3 formally announced, packing co-op

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 1:21pm PDT

There's been plenty of whispers about Dead Space 3 in the run-up to E3, and today EA finally revealed the poorly-kept secret. Visceral's decidely action-packed shooter is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in February 2013 and yes, it will pack drop-in, drop-out co-op.

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"I hate when they dont say wether it's online or splitscreen co-op"

- cptstern see all 22 comments

South Park: The Stick of Truth dated for March

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2012 12:11pm PDT

Having announced a delay for South Park: The Stick of Truth only a few weeks ago, THQ coughed up a hefty wad of news on Obsidian's action-RPG today at E3. It'll arrive on March 5, 2013, then the first DLC packs will be timed-exclusives for Xbox 360.

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"Wasn't thinking about this showing up up a Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo press conference, but I'm ..."

- trom301 see all 8 comments

Report: Nintendo planning larger 3DS

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 12:02pm PDT

A report out of Japan claims that the 3DS is getting an "XL" hardware revision, making it 1.5x bigger. The reported new system could hit this summer.

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"I never had the urge to get a DSi. It's a completely non-essential upgrade. Slightly bigger ..."

- Grape Flavor see all 36 comments

Summer of Arcade line-up announced

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 11:37am PDT

Microsoft has quietly announced the line-up for its Summer of Arcade, though the order and price are still unannounced.

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"Yes but because it was an Xbox Live conference more than an Xbox conference."

- Mad Brahmin Disease see all 5 comments

Dance Central 3 debuts with Usher

By Steve Watts, Jun 04, 2012 11:15am PDT

Harmonix debuted Dance Central 3 at Microsoft's E3 press briefing, with a performance from Usher. An accompanying announcement outlines some new features and a partial track list.

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Matter is Gore Verbinski's Kinect game, coming in 2013

By Andrew Yoon, Jun 04, 2012 11:00am PDT

Earlier, Microsoft had announced that The Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was working on a new game for Microsoft. Today, the company announced what that game is--and it's got us all puzzled.

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