Best of E3 2012 Awards

Posted on Friday, June 15 @ 17:30:00 Eastern by GR_Staff

Best of E3 2012 Awards Cont.

Resident Evil 6
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Release Date: October 2nd, 2012

Excerpt: The series is at an impasse—it saw plenty of success with a more survival horror offering, most recently seen in Resident Evil 4 with Leon Kennedy, and sold millions with action-horror in Chris Redfield’s latest outing in Resident Evil 5. What’s a historic, genre-defining series to do? The best of both worlds, and then some.

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Watch_Dogs
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft
Release Date: TBA

Excerpt: It'll probably be a long wait. Watch_Dogs certainly seems like it could be a next-generation game, considering the level of interaction, detail, fidelity, and advance physics systems it promises to employ. A mobile app is also in the works that will allow you to interact with your friends while on the go.

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SimCity
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Maxis
Release Date: February 2013

Excerpt: This re-imagining of SimCity is all about detail, generated by the game's Glassbox Engine. The core idea of envisioning a city plan, paving the landscape with roads and houses, supplying electricity and water to every building, and meeting the demands of the citizens remains intact. The difference comes in sheer graphical power, being able to zoom into a friendly culdesac and see the miniature Sims going about their day, purvey the city and witness the foggy pollution in the air, and construct curvy roads that aren't fixed along the square grid anymore.

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Borderlands 2
Publisher: Take Two Interactive
Developer: Gearbox Software
Release Date: September 18, 2012

Excerpt: As you would expect, Borderlands 2 is more of a "new and improved" model of Borderlands than a complete redo. You will still accept bounty board quests, choose from four classes based on the original four, earn experience, gain skill points for various trees, open familiar red treasure chests, and cheer when you find an 4x-incendiary sniper rifle.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Developer: NetherRealms Studios
Release Date: TBA 2013

Excerpt: Only six characters were shown during E3, but the character selection screen has room for 24 heroes and villains. Plus, with NetherRealm calling the shots, there’s bound to be some secrets or hidden characters. The biggest surprises, however, are sure to be storyline-related, as this is an all-new take on the storied characters said to blur the line between good and evil.

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Comments

Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:21 am
So many excellent games. I agree with all of these.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:25 am
You'd better!!! D:< haha

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UghRochester
Joined: Jun 2006

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Injustice looks awesome! I was quite weary, because of what NetherRealm did with MK VS DC. Stars Wars:1313 looks good too. I'm hoping they saw the flaws in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter to give this type of role a try again.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:42 am
No love for South Park? Screw you guys, I'm going home.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 11:43 am
I think that was just left on the list. We're really excited for that title as well, but holy **** was it hard to find at E3.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Yeah, I kept looking for a preview for it here on GR, then went looking elsewhere and couldn't find much. I just thought since it did have the best presentation and trailer.....

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
I had the appointment with THQ and they weren't showing it off at their booth. Perhaps they showed it earlier, but the overall coverage for the game has been rather thin and deliberate at the moment.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
I think it was in Microsoft's booth on the show floor for like... 5 minutes. We really didn't see it anywhere aside from the trailer during the press conference. I wish we had. I would've preview'd the **** out of it.

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cereal13killer
Joined: Nov 2008

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:57 am
What, no black ops 2? You mean the same formulaic game that's come out for the past 5 years isn't one of the most anticipated games for 2012?

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 11:43 am
I know! Shocker right?

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blake_peterson
Joined: Oct 2011

Posted: Jun 18th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Heh. I got a booth tour at Activision, and I have to say that the normal campaign missions were standard Call of Duty, but the Strike Force missions actually were innovative. You can play as any unit you put on the battlefield, or direct the whole mission from Overstrike like an RTS.

Are they just tacked on? That's another question.

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StringerBell86
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 11:28 am
Star Wars: 1313 blew me away more than any other

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shandog137
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Last of Us, Beyond, RE6, Borderlands, and Dishonored that's where I am leaning

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 11:44 am
All good choices!

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Klandathu
Joined: Apr 2008

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Dishonored, Resident Evil 6, Star Wars 1313, and Borderlands 2 are mostly what have my panties in a bunch from E3. I am extremely intrigued by Injustice though. I'd like to see more.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Sorry this E3 was boring to me compaired with last year. Maybe because of Skyrim?

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Nick_Tan
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
I was actually surprised Bethesda didn't show off Dawnguard.

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StringerBell86
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
I hope Bethesda isn't rushing this DLC like they did with everything Fallout: New Vegas related.

Got high hopes for this... was hoping to see a demo cuz the trailer didn't exactly "wow" me

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Jun 15th, 2012 at 6:34 am
Rushing this DLC? Batman has it's GOTY edition out already. Dawnguard, the first piece of DLC for Skyrim, isn't even released yet. I think that Bethesda has stolen a page out of Blizzard's playbook.

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StringerBell86
Joined: Mar 2012

Posted: Jun 16th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
No doubt but Harley Quinn's revenge was over in 2 hours.

Bethesda's DLCs are always very robust. The development due diligence is different for every game and from what I have observed, when Bethesda rushes, no matter what the time interval is, its bad news bears

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Jun 16th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
OK ok good point.

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
I wish game companies would stop finding ways to part me from my money. So far I'm almost certainly going to be buying Dishonored, AC3, Borderlands2, Last of Us, and Tomb Raider. I'm interested in 1313, but after seeing the video, I'm fairly convinced I'll be buying a new console before I can play it.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I'm convinced I'll be buying all new PC hardware by the end of the year :(

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Heath_Hindman
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Gravity Rush wasn't at E3? It was released just like a week after the show so I thought it would be there.

In other news, Ni no Kuni is the best JRPG of the last decade.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
It was there, but with a week until release it wasn't in need of an award for attention.

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dirty_f
Joined: Nov 2010

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
just checked the EBGames website here down under (which, i just realised is part of GameStop) and it says that the WiiU will be $599 AUD. didn't say that it was an estimated price, but i guess it may as well be.

sorry bout the un-E3 related comment, but this might be helpful for anyone wondering about the WiiU price.

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Bras
Joined: Jul 2008

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Apparently I'm the only one excited for PS3 Smash Bros.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
It had a fairly lackluster showing AT E3. Probably because it was revealed so far in advance of the show. If it debuted at E3 we'd probably be singing a different tune.

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Ranim
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
What about Planetside 2?

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Anthony_Severino
Joined: Oct 2010

Posted: Jun 15th, 2012 at 4:09 am
Actually, this did get a nomination by Jonathan. But we had to cap the awards at some point. We did deliberate over it, and it was a close call - so know that it was indeed very close to the impact of these games here.

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Josh_Laddin
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 14th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
My personal pick was Project P-100 for Wii U. Keep an eye on that one, folks.

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Jonathan_Leack
Joined: Jan 2012

Posted: Jun 15th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Planet side 2 was one of my favorite games at the show, but it didn't have the 'wow' factor. It's definitely a game worth looking forward to, though.

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blake_peterson
Joined: Oct 2011

Posted: Jun 18th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
I loved Metal Gear Solid Rising (I wrote the glowing preview for it after all) but looking back what impressed me the most was Book of Spells. It just felt so charming, and felt so effortless to interact with the book.

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