E3 2012 (Concept)

E3 2012

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The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.

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Interviews

Star Wars 1313 Interview - Brad checks in with Dominic Robilliard (Person) (Creative Director).
John Carmack Interview - Brad sits down with the legendary John Carmack (Person) to talk about VR head-mounted display tech.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Interview - Jeff chats with Matt Webster from Criterion about their second NFS game.
Injustice Interview - Jeff catches up with Ed Boon (Person) and discusses Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Dust 514 Interview - Patrick talks to Atli Mar Sveinsson about Dust 514 (Game)'s role in the Eve Online universe.
Dishonored Interview - Patrick joins Ricardo Bare (Person) (Lead Designer) to find out more about Bethesda's newest IP, Dishonored (Game).
SimCity Interview - Alex asks Jason Haber (Producer) about what's new in the latest SimCity.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Interview - Ryan tracks down Garth DeAngelis to find out more about XCOM.
The Unfinished Swan Interview - Brad talks to Ian Dallas (Person) (Creative Director at Giant Sparrow (Company)) about The Unfinished Swan (Game).
Dead Space 3 Interview - Brad finds Dave Woldman (Visceral Games (Company)) to discuss the latest Dead Space.
The Last of Us Interview - Brad checks in with Jacob Minkoff (Lead Game Designer) to find out more about The Last of Us (Game).

Press Conferences

Konami

Thursday, May 31st - 10:30 PM PDT / 1:30 AM EDT (June 1st) / 6:30 AM BST (June 1st)

Tomoyuki Tsuboi (Person) (President of Konami Digital Entertainment America) introduced everyone (via hologram?) and highlighted the 25th anniversary of Metal Gear (Franchise).
John Coligan (Director of Social Publishing) talked about the new Konami studio in San Francisco that focuses on mobile and browser games. They have partnered with Zynga (Company) to publish new titles in the next few months.
A video of Cristiano Ronaldo (Character) was shown promoting Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.
Masuda Kei (Lead Developer, PES Productions) talked about the enhanced player individuality and full control over the ball as the two main focuses for the team on the latest version of the game. Their social networking app "My PES" has also been revamped for the new season.
Hideo Kojima (Person) talked about inspiration for the Zone of the Enders (Franchise) franchise and the detail that's been added to the HD Collection.
Kojima went on to discuss Metal Gear's 25th Anniversary, Snake's evolution through the series, and the games being accepted as art at the Smithsonian.
A new trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was shown with a release date of "Early 2013."
Yuji Korekado (Person) (Creative Producer, Kojima Studio) spoke about how players will finally be able to control Raiden in situations like the cutscenes that fans loved in the past.
Atsushi Inaba (Person) (Producer, Platinum Games) talked about how they believe their studio is the best action game studio in the world and how they will do the franchise justice.
Kenji Saito (Person) (Game Director, Platinum Games) and Etsu Tamari (Lead Writer, Kojima Studio) spoke about how important the control over directional slashing is in the game and how that and the speed of the game affect many of the encounters.
A new Mega64 video was shown featuring Raiden going through the unemployment process after being away for four years.
The debut trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 was shown.
Tomoyuki Tsuboi thanked everyone for watching and promised more to come during E3.

Microsoft

Monday, June 4th - 9:30 AM PDT / 12:30 PM EDT / 5:30 PM BST

The show began with a brand new trailer and first-ever gameplay footage for Halo 4 (Game).
Don Mattrick (Person) welcomed everyone and spoke of how Xbox is expanding to other forms of entertainment.
Ubisoft Toronto's Alex Parizeau and Maxime Beland introduced Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist with a trailer and gameplay.
EA Sports (Company)' Andrew Wilson (Person) and NFL legend Joe Montana (Person) announced Kinect integration for Madden NFL 13 (Game) and FIFA 13.
A new trailer for Fable: The Journey was shown.
Phil Spencer (Corporate VP of Microsoft Studios) took the stage to introduce the debut trailers for Gears of War: Judgment and Forza Horizon (Game).
Yusuf Medhi (Head of Marketing and Strategy at Microsoft) came out to talk about Bing and multimedia on Xbox 360 including Nickelodeon, Paramount, Machinima, Univision, NBA, NHL, and Watch ESPN.
Stefan Olander (VP of Digital Sport at Nike) introduced Nike+ Kinect Training.
Marc Whitten (Person) (Head of Xbox Live) announced Xbox Smart Glass, an app for phones and tablets that compliments games and media on Xbox 360. He also announced Internet Explorer is coming to Xbox 360 in 2012.
Daniel Bisson (Person) and Darrell Gallagher (Person) from Crystal Dynamics (Company) came on to show new gameplay from Tomb Raider.
Phil Spencer returned to debut Ascend: New Gods, LocoCycle (Game), and Matter (Game).
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Person) (Executive Producer) and Eiichiro Sasaki (Game Director) from Capcom (Company) showed new gameplay from Resident Evil 6 (Game).
Alex Ruiz from Xbox Live introduced Wreckateer (Game) for Xbox Live Arcade.
A new trailer for South Park: The Stick of Truth was presented by Trey Parker (Person) and Matt Stone (Person).
The debut trailer for Dance Central 3 (Game) including a live performance from Usher.
Don Mattrick returned to the stage to recap the show and to introduce new gameplay footage from Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Once again, all DLC will come first to Xbox 360.

Electronic Arts

Monday, June 4th - 1:00 PM PDT / 4:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM BST

John Riccitiello (Person) (CEO) began the briefing with the debut trailer for Dead Space 3 (Game).
Steve Papoutsis (Person) (Senior Producer at Visceral Games (Company)) took the stage to show off Dead Space 3's co-op.
A trailer featuring Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was shown to promote Madden NFL 13 (Game).
Cam Weber (Person) (GM of American Football) came out to talk about using the Infinity Engine (Concept) in Madden.
NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin joined Cam Weber to talk about Connected Careers which combines Franchise, Online Franchise, and Superstar mode.
Lucy Bradshaw (Person) (GM of Maxis) announced SimCity Social for Facebook and a new trailer for SimCity that featured a first look at multiplayer.
Peter Moore (Person) (COO) and Patrick Bach (Person) (Executive Producer) spoke of the success of Battlefield 3 (Game) and to officially announce Battlefield Premium, which includes all DLC for the game for $49.99.
Dr. Ray Muzyka (CEO at BioWare (Company)) took the stage to tout the successes of Star Wars: The Old Republic and announce new content and features coming to the game. The game will also become free-to-play up to level 15 in July 2012.
Greg Goodrich (Person) (Executive Producer) made his way onto the stage to show gameplay from Medal of Honor: Warfighter.
Andrew Wilson (Person) (Head of EA Sports (Company)) announced Madden Social for Facebook coming Fall 2012, a new skating engine for NHL 13 (Game), and a return to basketball with NBA Live 13 (Game).
The world premiere trailer for FIFA 13 was shown.
Dana White (Character) (President of UFC) came on stage to announce a new partnership with EA Sports.
A brand new trailer for Need for Speed: Most Wanted was presented by Matt Webster (Executive Producer at Criterion) which features an all-new, enhanced version of AutoLog. Craig Sullivan (Creative Director) then gave a live gaemplay demonstration of the game.
Cevat Yerli (Person) (CEO & President of Crytek (Company)) introduced a live gameplay demo of Crysis 3 (Game).

Ubisoft

Monday, June 4th - 3:00 PM PDT / 6:00 PM EDT / 11:00 PM BST

The show opened with a montage of dance sequences performed live on stage leading up to a live performance from Flo Rida.
Aisha Tyler welcomed everyone to the show and spoke to Flo Rida about the popularity of Just Dance 4 (Game).
Dan Hay (Person) (Producer) took the stage to debut a new trailer for Far Cry 3 (Game) followed by a live gameplay demonstration.
Max Beland (Director) introduced a trailer called "Welcome to Fourth Echelon" for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
Aisha Tyler returned to the stage to introduce a trailer for Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth.
Michael Micholic (Senior Game Manager) came out to give a live demonstration of Rayman Legends (Game) on the Wii U (Platform).
A trailer was shown ZombiU (Game), which is a first-person shooter survival horror game for the Wii U.
A montage of Wii U titles was shown including Rabbids Land (Game), Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013 (Game), Sports Connection, and Just Dance 4.
Aisha Tyler then introduced a brand new trailer for Assassin's Creed III.
Francois Pelland (Producer) took the stage to discuss the historical significance within the game and then gave a live demonstration of AC3's wilderness gameplay. He then presented a new trailer focusing on action within the cities of the game.
ESLTV's Joe Miller and Miss Harvey came on stage to moderate a live demo of ShootMania.
Aisha Tyler returned to speak of the importance of free-to-play and online games. She then introduced a trailer featuring Trials Evolution (Game), The Settlers Online, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online.
Yves Guillemot (Person) (CEO) came out to introduce a brand new game from Ubisoft Montreal called Watch Dogs (Game).
Jonathan Morin (Creative Director) took the stage to speak about the inspiration and background for Watch Dogs. He then picked up a controller for the first-ever live demonstration of the game.
Aisha Tyler thanked everyone for coming to the show.

Sony

Monday, June 4th - 6:00 PM PDT / 9:00 PM EDT / 2:00 AM BST (June 5th)

After a montage of many PlayStation titles, Jack Tretton (Person) (President/CEO of SCEA) welcomed everyone to the Super Bowl of the gaming industry.
David Cage (Person) (Founder, Quantic Dream (Company)) took the stage to announce his next project, Beyond: Two Souls. A trailer, running in real-time, was shown to announce Ellen Page's portrayal of the main character in the game.
Jack Tretton returned to speak about the "Michael" commercial from last year and introduced PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale with a brand new trailer.
Chan Park (Person) (Superbot Entertainment) and Omar Kendall (Person) (Director) presented a live demonstration of PlayStation All-Stars as well as announce that the game will come to PlayStation Vita (Platform). A teaser was shown to announce that Nathan Drake (Character) and Big Daddy (Concept) have been added to the roster.
Jack Tretton spoke of the importance of Cross Play between PS3 and Vita. Cross-Controller DLC was announced for LittleBigPlanet 2 (Game).
It was announced that PSone Classics, YouTube, Hulu, and Crackle will soon be coming to the PlayStation Vita.
Jack Tretton announced Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified is coming to Vita in 2012.
The debut trailer for Assassin's Creed III: Liberation was shown featuring an African-American, female protagonist. A "crystal white" Vita bundle with the game will be available at launch.
Alex Hutchinson (Person) and Philippe Ducharme (Ubisoft Montreal) took the stage for a live demo of Assassin's Creed III's sea battles.
A PS3 AC3 bundle will be available this holiday.
Dan Hay (Person) (Producer) introduced a live demo of 4-player co-op for Far Cry 3 (Game) developed by Ubisoft Massive.
Andrew House (Person) (President & Group CEO of SCEA) came out to discuss the importance of PlayStation Move (Accessory) and to announce Wonderbook, a physical book that uses augmented reality to enhance storytelling.
Wonderbook: Book of Spells will be the first title released and is in partnership with J.K. Rowling and Pottermore. Dave Ranyard (Person) took the stage to present a live demonstration of the game.
Todd Papy (Person) (SCE Santa Monica) took the stage to introduce a live demo of God of War: Ascension. The release date was announced as March 12, 2013.
A live demonstration of The Last of Us (Game) was presented by Naughty Dog.
Jack Tretton thanked everyone for coming to the show.

Nintendo

Tuesday, June 5th - 9:00 AM PDT / 12:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM BST

The show opened with a video featuring Shigeru Miyamoto (Person) in his green room followed by an army of Pikmin (Concept).
Miyamoto (Senior Managing Director) and Bill Trinen (Person) (Director of Product Marketing) took the stage to talk about the inception of the Wii U (Platform) console.
Miyamoto introduced everyone to Pikmin 3 for Wii U and spoke of its new features including Rock Pikmin, an overhead map on the Wii U GamePad, a challenge mode, and multiple captains/leaders.
Reggie Fils-Aime (President & COO of Nintendo America) came out to talk about how Wii U revolutionizes your living room. Reggie said it would be impossible to explain it all today, so he would focus on the games here at E3.
Reggie confirmed the Wii U will now support two separate GamePads simultaneously.
A video was shown to highlight the technology built into the Wii U GamePad including stereo speakers, headphone jack, microphone, gyroscope, touchscreen, stylus, Home button, analog sticks, and dual triggers.
Reggie highlighted the features of Miiverse and how Miis congregate around trending topics around the world. Miiverse will act as a social network that's active whenever the system is on.
A trailer for New Super Mario Bros. U was shown featuring a new boost mode which allows players to place helpful blocks using the GamePad touchscreen.
Martin Tremblay (Person) (President of WB Interactive) joined Reggie on-stage to talk about Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition. A trailer was shown highlighting the new touchscreen features. Reid Schneider (Person) (VP of Production at WB Montreal) narrated a separate trailer that highlighted more of the exclusive features in the Armored Edition of the game.
Martin Tremblay introduced Jeremiah Slaczka (Person) (CEO of 5th Cell) to announce Scribblenauts Unlimited (Game) for the Wii U, which includes a new multiplayer mode.
Reggie returned with a video montage including Darksiders II (Game), Mass Effect 3 (Game), Tank! Tank! Tank!, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Game), Trine 2: Director's Cut, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, and Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Reggie then announced the all new Wii Fit U (Game) with a trailer.
Reggie also announced SiNG, a karaoke game from FreeStyleGames.
Scott Moffitt (VP of Sales & Marketing) took the stage to talk about 3DS and New Super Mario Bros. 2, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and Luigi's Mansion. A third party montage was shown featuring Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, Scribblenauts Unlimited, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.
Reggie returned to introduce a trailer for LEGO City Undercover for Wii U and 3DS.
Yves Guillemot (Person) (CEO of Ubisoft) joined Reggie on stage to talk about the importance of the Wii U.
Xavier Poix (Managing Director at Ubisoft France) joined Reggie for a demonstration of Just Dance 4 (Game) and a trailer for ZombiU (Game).
Ubisoft then showed a montage featuring Assassin's Creed III, Rabbids Land (Game), YourShape Fitness Evolved 2013, Rayman Legends (Game), Sports Connection, and Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth.
Reggie then introduced NintendoLand welcomed Katsuya Eguchi (Person) (Wii U Software Producer) to discuss this virtual theme park featuring Nintendo character-themed minigames for Wii U.
Reggie thanked everyone for coming. No price or date was announced.

Game Critics Awards

The Game Critics Awards (Concept) are decided by an independent group of North American media outlets. They have selected the most promising games of each Electronic Entertainment Expo since 1998, and have thus become recognized as the most respected "Best of" awards that come out of the annual show. Games qualify for nomination by having hands-on playable versions of the game at the show.

Nominees for the 2012 Game Critics Awards were announced on June 19.

Halo 4, Dishonored, and The Last of Us led the nominations with four each and Sony was the most nominated publisher with twelve.