Interview: Indepth chat with the creators.
Trailer: Hideo Kojima's Lords of Shadow.
The latest news from the last day of E3.
Demo: 15 minutes in Arkham Asylum.
Demo: Gruesome gameplay debut.
Demo: The first look at the sequel's gameplay.
Trailer: This time he's bringing Yoshi.
Trailer: Metroid is back in a new light.
Trailer: Raiden is back.
A handful of still shots from the teaser.
A batch of new screens from the Republic.
Hideo Kojima takes on the legendary Belmonts.
Only in Japan? Boy, are we seeing red!
Be careful with these images -- they're fragile.
Screens that are both simple AND clean.
E3 2009 represented an incredible showcase of games, so coming up with the AU team's top 10 was easier said than done. After vigorous debate, however, these are the games that impressed us the most. Our only real criteria for inclusion was that the game must be displayed, running in real-time, with actual gameplay. No on-stage presentations, no tech demos, videos of gameplay and no pre-rendered 'target renders' (sorry Pirates of the Carribean: Armada of the Damned. Next year, maybe).
The list below is the best of the best; games that pushed their genres forward, impressed us with technical and creative might and reminded us of exactly why we all love games – and endure sweaty arm pits and sales pitches just for a fleeting glimpse at the next big thing. On to the list...
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This week brings a regular from the PS3 podcast over to the Dark Side. Sam Bishop hops onboard to join Hil and Erik. We discuss everything that happened at E3 and the disaster that is Erik's review of Prototype.
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E3 2009 was an amazing show. It saw a number of big announcements and the unveiling of several major Xbox 360 games. We thought you might be interested in finding out which Xbox 360 stories and videos were tops on IGN for E3. Below is a list of the top 10 X360 and XBLA articles along with our ten most watched Xbox videos. If you missed any of these, be sure to check them out.
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Microsoft's demo of Natal was one of the most talked about moments from E3 2009. The first question was: Does it work? And yes, it does indeed work. Microsoft's demonstration of Natal focused on games created specifically for the new motion-sensor camera. But what has us excited for Natal are the ways it can enhance games that use the normal controller. Natal can recognize facial expressions and even subtle hand movements.
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Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter is a direct sequel to the original Drawn to Life (and the DS Next Chapter continues the story from the Wii Next Chapter), calling on your inner artiste to create a world, and then save it. We liked 5th Cell's DS Drawn to Life, so taking a pre-alpha build of Planet Moon's console version for a quick spin was a must.
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Listen: in this day and age, it is A-OK to have stratospheric standards when it comes to minigame party titles on the Wii. There are so many out there, it practically qualifies as a survival skill. So when I tell you that you that Bethesda's Medieval Games is far from the best one I've ever played, that should indicate a pretty clear course of action.
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Watching Ubisoft's painful, painful E3 press conference last Monday, the biggest laugh wasn't anything that came out of Joel McHale's mouth. To be fair, the whole thing was a total mess long before Pele took the stage and stalled F-O-R-E-V-E-R while technical difficulties delayed the trailer for his new soccer game, Academy of Champions. And after all that waiting... well, that trailer was just a fat, easy, Harry Potter-ripping target. Right around the time paintings came to life in the winding castle halls, I started wondering when Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling would file their Cease-and-Desists.
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OK, I'll admit it -- I volunteered to cover James Patterson's Women's Murder Club: Games of Passion during an E3 meeting a few weeks ago because I thought the game sounded like it was going to be hilarious. I don't know what I was expecting -- a club of women who go around killing people, some kind of passionate romance novel/game hybrid, or something else insane -- but that's not what this game it.
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Disappointed there was no Mario Party at E3 this year? Majesco is stepping in with a home improvement-themed party game called Our House. The DIY angle is augmented by the Home Depot license, which you can see in sequences like shopping for tools at a warehouse or from a weekly ad. It's not too obtrusive. In fact, a license like this that is in tune with the game's theme actually enhances the experience, rather than distracts from it.
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It's Daemon Hatfield, Hilary Goldstein, Levi Buchanan, Greg Miller, Jeremy Dunham, and an IGN reader this week. E3 has come and gone and we all agree it was one of the best shows we've been to. Join us and listen to our latest podcast for some polite dinner conversation over Hawaiian food as we discuss what we liked and loved this year.
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We heard rumblings, rumors that this year's E3 planned a return to its epic roots. And that the Booth Babes were going to return as well. And they did. Lots of them. Wearing nothing but smiles and Wiimotes, most of them.
Yes, it is true - one of the finest Babe Institutions has been restored, and IGN Stars was there to experience the eye-candy first hand. We came, we saw, we took some pics.
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Gameloft's long-running Asphalt racing series has been on many mobile screens, but with Asphalt 4 Elite Running, the racer is now en route to Nintendo's new DSi.
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Majesco describes its upcoming iPhone word as "free-form Scrabble." It's an apt description, as you are given a bag of letter tiles and no grid. From there, just go wild (or bananas, if you prefer) to create words using all of the letter tiles in as short of time as possible. Longer words are naturally worth more points. Once you have used every tile, tap the submission button and Bananagrams will score your results -- and reject any non-words.
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Satoru Iwata has said that there is currently no reason to make an HD compatible version of the Wii console, saying such an iteration would have no 'significant meaning' to users.
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Sony will be offering existing PSP owners an incentive to upgrade to the PSP Go, allowing gamers with an extensive UMD back catalogue to transfer them to the new, UMD-less device.
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Rare is at work on software for the Xbox 360's Project Natal, with Microsoft's Shane Kim confirming that the studio is developing software for the motion sensing technology.
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Concept art for the Wii's next Zelda adventure has finally emerged, showing an adult link depicted in a style reminiscent of Twilight Princess.
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If you've read our E3 2009 write-up for Mini Ninjas on full-scale consoles, you'll understand that we're a little bit chuffed about this game. So far, we've waged war as a boar, collected natural ingredients to create magical potions and items and we've even gone rafting in an upturned straw hat. Now, thanks to the glories of the Nintendo DS, you can do all of this on the move.
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If the last few Konami singing games have gotten you down (I'm looking at you, American Idol franchise), Karaoke Revolution might be just what the vocal coach ordered. Gone are the goofy tie-ins, and in there place are a lot of features fans have been demanding from the series.
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Believe it or not, I was the first person to tell you all about Unbound Saga on the PSP. Way back at the New York Comic-Con, I broke the news that this beat'em up in the style of Comix Zone was coming to the PSP exclusively through the PlayStation Network and detailed the story -- our hero, Rick Ajax, is a comic character who knows that he's in a comic and is hell-bent on beating everything and everyone in between him and The Maker.
Since then, not much has changed.
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