All Stories Tagged: E3 2012, Page 11

The Painkiller series is all but dead in our hearts thanks to a string of third-rate sequels and expansions, but Painkiller Hell & Damnation hopes to stir up interest again. It's jumping to Unreal Engine 3, and also a third-person perspective.

We recap the Sony conference with links to further reading just in case you happened to miss anything while you were weeping with joy or sorrow.

Did you miss Microsoft's E3 showcase this morning? Oh, we didn't. We did not. From SmartGlass to Gears of War, we watched my dears, yes we did, we watched and we wrote, and here's what you missed.

Tokyo Jungle is one of those Japanese games you hear about, blink in astonishment, then shake your head, thinking it'll never be released in other countries. But it will be, E3 has revealed, with dogs, deer, and dinosaur in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo.

Atlus announced today that Persona 4 Arena will launch on August 7, confirming that it'll boast both Japanese and English voiceover options. With BlazBlue developer Arc System Works at the helm, the strange tie-in may prove quite interesting indeed.

How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.