These Are All The Games You Can Check Out At Sydney’s EB Expo

22 responses to “These Are All The Games You Can Check Out At Sydney’s EB Expo”

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   Leigh

   September 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm

   This would have to be the largest concentration of 3DS/Vitas ever, right?

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      Jake

      September 4, 2012 at 2:37 pm

      It was last time. My friend completed ALL the street pass puzzles from that day alone.

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         Batguy

         September 4, 2012 at 2:53 pm

         Sweet… I will hopefully be going to Homebush for the grand final that day. I’ll be sure to take my 3DS, maybe swing by the entrance of the expo.

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   Gus

   September 4, 2012 at 2:24 pm

   Seems like a HUGE rip off to me to find out what you can easily get by doing a few searches online.

   I guess good luck to them though, retail isn’t going very well so they will probably make an absolute fortune with these shows. But seriously, a full day STARTS at $70!! God damn!!

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      Gus

      September 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      Great business model though. Make chumps pay a huge amount for directed advertising of products they will also spend even more money on when they are released.

      And if you wanna justifying your ticket price because of the 5 minute bursts of games you’ll play a month or 2 early just proves how much people need to have something NOW and not able to wait! EB will love you for it. 😉

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3. 

   Mawt

   September 4, 2012 at 2:29 pm

   Temporary Tattoo Parlour
   unf!

   That lineup makes me feel really jaded. I’d be keen to see some Halo 4, but the best I can manage for anything else there is “-eh?”

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4. 

   Michael

   September 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm

   Is it bad that I’m only looking forward to maybe 2-3 games on that list?

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   Jake

   September 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm

   Better than last year, all we had was E3 demos and nothing new. I lined up for an hour and a half to play Arkham City a week before release, and it was the E3 demo I had seen online months ago lol. Same with every other game, I saw nothing new and there was no WiiU or Vita there.

   AND FUCKING FIFA! They advertised LoL and SC2 finals on the saturday in the arena. Like 300 of us went in there, and they played Fifa finals. We all waited for it to finish, it took an hour, and it was 11PM. And then they said that the finals would be on Sunday, and you would have to stand around and watch the booth thing, but it was a public walkway and security kept moving people who crowded. I was big disappointed.

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      Jake

      September 4, 2012 at 2:39 pm

      Also I went home Sunday morning, so I didn’t see any live SC2. Website lied to me.

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   2. 

      Kelsey

      September 5, 2012 at 10:38 am

      Hey Jake, Kelsey here – I’m the Community Manager for EB. Agreed that based on last year’s comps we have a lot of room for improvement, and we absolutely took feedback from you guys based on what happened last year.

      This year we have an entire ‘Homegrown’ section which is going to have a whole bunch of comps going on as well as stuff by Aussie devs – it is also being externally managed by people who have experience in that sector of the industry, so you’ll DEFINITELY see the difference in terms of that kind of thing.

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      Kelsey

      September 5, 2012 at 10:38 am

      Hey Jake, Kelsey here – I’m the Community Manager for EB. Agreed that based on last year’s comps we have a lot of room for improvement, and we absolutely took feedback from you guys based on what happened last year.

      This year we have an entire ‘Homegrown’ section which is going to have a whole bunch of comps going on as well as stuff by Aussie devs – it is also being externally managed by people who have experience in that sector of the industry, so you’ll DEFINITELY see the difference in terms of that kind of thing.

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   #35

   September 4, 2012 at 2:40 pm

   I’d go just to check out Borderlands 2…
   But it comes out 2 weeks before the Expo, so that wont be required.

   Other than that, I cant say I’ve more than a slight interest in much else there.
   XCOM & BLOPs2 at most.

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7. 

   GentlemanJ

   September 4, 2012 at 2:55 pm

   Dragon Ball Z Kinect?

   Why is this the first time I’ve heard of this? Does this really mean I can do a kamehameha?

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      Neil Williams

      September 4, 2012 at 7:55 pm

      Remember Ultimate Tenkaichi, aka “DBZ Rock Paper Scissors Simulator”? It’s that, with bad Kinect gameplay (at least, according to footage). But yes, technically you can do a motion for a Kamahemeha and have it represented on screen.

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8. 

   Stu

   September 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm

   AS much as I think the EB Expo is a good idea – for a certain demographic of gamers – it’s a little too late in the year for anything to be really exciting. It all comes out around about this time of year anyway, and so I’m skipping it.
   Also, obligatory, “I hate EB Games” comment from Stu, because it wouldn’t be an EB-related comment without one.

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9. 

   MrTaco

   September 4, 2012 at 3:07 pm

   Aliens and Epic Mickey seem to be the only titles of remote interest there, but little surprise there. Got into last year’s one for free and still thought I paid too much. Might hang around the entrance of this for some streetpasses though – but that said, even at last year’s one I don’t remember getting all that many.

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    blunt

    September 4, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    I’ll wait for PAX Australia next year.

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11. 

    mccauslander

    September 4, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Here is a more comprehensive list (the video neglects to mention Injustice: Gods Amongst Us, for example), with what is playable and what is not:

    http://www.ebexpo.com.au/index.php?page=publishers

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12. 

    James Mac

    September 4, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    I wonder how they reacted to the PAX Australis announcement?

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13. 

    Benny the Guard

    September 4, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    and yet still no Thief 4…

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14. 

    The Eidetic Man

    September 5, 2012 at 12:47 am

    Now there’s no excuse Mark can’t cover this event. PLEASE SHOW ME COLONIAL MARINES!

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    Stephen

    September 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    Why do I live in Perth..

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