We got a look at Lara last night from publisher Square Enix’s upcoming Tomb Raider, in which she gets quite the beating.
Yesterday, I speculated that the next Gears of War, the one semi-revealed by the folks at Game Informer magazine, will be developed by the talented crew at People Can Fly who made the very good early 2011 first-person shooter Bulletstorm. I even teased People Can Fly creative director Adrian Chmielarz about it over Twitter. He didn’t reply.
Mecha game Zone of the Enders is getting an HD version. Check out its opening in full hi-def glory.
I’m a big fan of the Xbox 360 controller. Just recently, when Jason and I did our whole spiel about controllers, I noted my preference for Microsoft’s controller, and even opined that the company had perfected the ergonomics of their not-so-great original Xbox controller.
We’ve not heard much from Hiro and his tiny assassin friends since 2009′s Mini Ninjas, which makes sense; you’re not supposed to hear ninja. Fans will get a chance to learn that for themselves come June 29, when Square Enix releases Mini Ninjas Adventures, a Kinect-powered fight-fest for Xbox Live arcade.
Shouldn’t there have been a disc in here? I thought this game was already a couple of years in development.
For the fourth year in a row, we’re comparing E3 hype to gaming reality. On Wednesday, we looked at Sony. Yesterday, we investigated Nintendo. Today, we wrap up with a look at Microsoft’s E3 2011 promises.