Controller Nation Weekly – Episode 45

Posted by Cory Controller Nation Weekly - E3 2012 - Videos

Ali is here to discuss some of the top stories from E3 2012 plus much more.

• Microsoft announces “Smart Glass” allowing players to enhance their gaming/ 360 experience with a second screen of any smart phone or tablet (no first party peripherals required)
• Plus we’ll have Internet Explorer coming to the Xbox 360
• Now for Xbox 360 game news:
  • The developer behind Toy Soldiers is releasing a cross-platform Xbox 360/ Windows Phone game, titled Ascend New Gods
  • Matter is coming, not too much more is known
  • Plus there’s a new title coming from Twisted Pixel, Loco Cycle
• Microsoft also announced Tomb Raiders first DLC will be a 360 Exclusive and the first piece of DLC for South Park: The Stick of Truth will come out on 360 first
• Microsoft has also acquired Press Play, the studio behind Max and the Magic Marker
• Onto Sony News:
  • Wonder book which will utilize Move was announced with a first installment of J.K. Rowling’s Book of Spells
  • There’s also a new title ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ which will be starring Ellen Page
  • Assassins Creed 3: Liberation will be a PS Vita exclusive which follows a female assassins, a first for the franchise and ties into Assassins Creed 3
• And for Nintendo News:
  • Platinum Games is creating Project P-100 for the Wii U
  • Nintendo also showed off Nintendoland which is supposed to show the strengths of the new console
  • Ubisoft is creating Zombi U for the Wii U which will be a zombie survival horror
  • Nintendo announced a Wii will support 2 gamepads
  • Plus they’re working on a way to bring your saved cames and content from the Wii to Wii U
• Ubisoft Announced Watch Dogs which looks like the show Person of Interest meets Assassin’s Creed
• Ubisoft also showed off the next Splinter Cell – Splinter Cell: Blacklist which seems to continue Conviction’s style of more focus on shooting than stealth
• EA pushed their new physics engine for Madden 13 – The Infinity Physics Engine
• EA has also acquired the UFC Rights from THQ
• Following that news, THQ shut down THQ San Diego, the studio responsible for their UFC games
• E3 might not be in the city of angels next year due to the construction of a new stadium that might hinder how smoothly the convention will run, not new city has been stated as they’re still deciding on to move it or not
• Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 will be released July 10th on PC, XBLA, iOS, and Andriod for 5 bucks
• Tomba will be coming to PS One Classics on PSN, June 19th for 10 dollars
• Counter-Strike:Go will be available August 21st on XBLA and Steam for 15 dollars
• Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD might be coming out July 11th, but should be 15 bucks
• OnLive is coming to LG Smart TV’s and Gaikai is coming to Samsung Smart TV’s
• 38 Studios has declared bankruptcy, surprise!
• Epic is opening Epic Baltimore, filled with primarily ex-Big Huge Games and 38 Studios employees
• Dead Island is getting a stand-alone expansion: Dead Island Riptide, more info should come later this summer
• Zeno Clash is getting a sequel coming in 2013
• Stainless Games to hire 20 new employees to complete Carmageddon Reincarnation after the success of their Kickstarter

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