Battlefield 3 at EA Press Conference (E3 2011)

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Here is all EA had to say about Battlefield 3 during their 2011 Press Conference at E3! This is the game that is suppose to compete with Modern Warfare 3. BF3 has a release date set August 25th, a bit earlier than MW3 which has definitely added to the competition between the two games!

Ubisoft's Conference

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Rayman Origins

• Presented by: Michel Angel - Creative Director of Rayman
• Massive amount of gameplay footage
• Multiplayer co-op
• Compatible with the Playstation Move

Driver San Fransisco

• Presented by: Aaron Priceman (Mr. Caffeine)
• Going back to the root of the brand
• Incredible handling
• Endless number of missions
• Intense multiplayer
• A ton of hours of gameplay
• Plot twists, realistic driving

Farcry 3

• Presented by: Dan Hay & Jamie Keen
• Trapped on mysterious island with a dark secret and everyone is crazy and on top of that your girlfriend has been kidnapped
• Amazing gameplay

Brothers In Arms: Furious Four

• Presented by: Randy Pitchford - President of Gearbox Software
• Game about a squad of soldiers who enjoy killing
• World War 2 reincarnated in the best way possible
• Humorous plot
• Main characters include: Stitch, Crockett, Chok and Montana

The Adventures of TinTin: The Game

• Film inspired video game
• Bringing a lot of the elements of the original story into the video game
• Game built around TinTin's characters and special abilities and each character's individuality
• You will be able to change characters throughout the group

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

• Stealth missions to rescue civillians
• You will be able to see through walls to determine how many enemies are on the other side
• Multiplayer co-op available
• Campaign mode will include moving from objective to objective
• Team coordination system

Ghost Recon Online

• Completely free
• MMO shooter
• Innovative cooperative PC game

Trackmania 2: Canyon

• Presented by: Anne Blondel-Jouin (Director, Nadeo Publishing) & Adrienne Pechere (Operations Director, Nadeo)
• New online experience 
• You get to pick the car, build the racetrack
• A brand new experience for racing games

Rave Rabbids: Alive and Kicking

• Presented by: Antoine Henry - Game Designer
• Basically like whack a mole for your Kinect
• 4 player simultaneous multiplayer
• A lot of mini games to play (ex. fill the shape, where you work together to fill the shape on the screen)
• November 8th, 2011

Just Dance 3

• Presented by: Tony Key - VP of Sales
• Multiplatform
• Simultaneous multiplayer dancing
• October 11th, 2011

Rocksmith

• Give people the experience of learning guitar and turning it into a game
• Starts of easy but the game gets harder as you get better
• Use your own guitar and plug it into your console
• Any guitar is compatible
• Built in amps
• Rocksmith van travelling around the nation letting you try the game out
• Literally teaches people how to play the guitar 
• Fall 2011
• For more on Rocksmith click HERE

Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

• A whole new way to burn calories
• Different mini games and different aspects of working out put into one game

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

• Alexandre Amancio Creative Director
• Etzio is on a quest to find secrets left behind
• A race against time, he has to outsmart the elite guard who are on his trail while he is on the search for a templar
• Detail oriented maps, the gameplay seems to be remaining the same as the previous Assassin's Creed games
• Unique fighting sequences
• November 2011

Ubisoft Deals for Easter

It’s Easter and everyone’s enjoying the weather and giving away discounts on video games!

Ubisoft has a deal going on to where if you go to their online store you can purchase anything off of there (excluding bundles and DLC) and get 6 free digital games.  All you have to do is use the promo code RABBIDSDAY.

The games include:

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
• Far Cry 2 Fortunes Edition
• James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game
• Prince of Persia Warrior Within
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Voodoo Dice

You will be able to grab this offer until 10 A.M. PST on April 26th so get started!

Ubisoft Unveils Rocksmith

Everyone who’s played Guitar Hero knows that Activision has pulled the plug on making any more of the games in the series.  We also know that the music scenery is definitely on a strong decline with the implementation of illegal downloading (although I often take part in that activity ;]).  

Luckily, Ubisoft is here to save our music indulging needs with their unveiling of the new game that they’re going to be working on named Rocksmith.  Rocksmith is said to include a fully-functioning electric guitar and songs by bands such as Nirvana, The Rolling Stones and my personal favourite, David Bowie.  Rocksmith is looking to be launched in September of 2011 and it is said that the songs included will not be available of either RockBand or Guitar Hero.

Ubisoft will be taking a different approach with Rocksmith in comparison to Activision and Guitar Hero.  “Guitar Hero is a party game, Rocksmith is a music experience,” states Ubisoft’s senior VP of marketing, Tony Key.  “The dream of playing guitar compared to how many follow through -- there’s a big gap.  We will create a new generation of guitar players,” Key says.

It is said that Ubisoft is going to be trying to make the guitar experience more realistic than strumming and pushing 5 coloured keys.  They are going to be partnering up with Gibson and other guitar manufacturers in hopes of achieving the most realistic outcome as possible.  Rock Band 3 by Harmonix made a similar approach when they released their Fender Stratocaster guitar peripheral but Ubisoft will be putting out an input jack that will allow “most” electric guitars to be compatible with Rocksmith.

As for my personal opinion, I’m afraid that this game may turn out to be something that kids ask their parents for during the Christmas season and then play it for a few months, afterwards keeping it in the back of their closets.  I myself have attempted to play the guitar for several years but I just cannot seem to find the determination to keep trying.  I enjoy the RockBand/Guitar Hero approach to where you don’t need a massive amount of skill in order to accomplish one song on “Hard.”  Hopefully Ubisoft keeps that in mind!

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