Giant Bomb @ the EA Summer Showcase 2011

great show

nice!

Faces of excellence.

Forget all that. NBA Jam.

I think Burnout Crash looks like garbage.

Not happy with burnout crash. Do not want.

Digging the background music.

Burnout looks mildly interesting. 
 
Secret World: Revenge of the generic name!

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@Vinny@drewbert@Jeff @Brad best five seconds of my life.

I don't understand the hate for Crash. It's a live arcade game, and is designed as such. It seems some people think this is why Paradise 2 doesn't exist or something.
 
 In fact, it looks like if it were up to Criterion, there will never be a new Paradise, but something different. Can't wait to see what the next Burnout game will be.

...Brad looks good

So was all of Crash built using XNA or just when they were testing it? If the former, there's potential for it to be ported to Windows Phone 7.

i'm down with this

AWWW. Doggie!

crash looks like a Chinatown Wars minigame. Could be fun.

burnout looks MEH. Could Jeff sweat any more during the burnout interview?

I liked the dog part.

WHY THE SIGNED BRUCE FORSYTH

That entire puppy section must have made Matt Rorie so happy.

MORE puppies!

(and Battlefield 3)

@RE_Player92 said:

I think Burnout Crash looks like garbage.

WHY THE SIGNED BRUCE FORSYTH

That dog at the end made the whole video worth.Ughhh so goddamn cute!

Kinect seems completely useless with Burnout Crash. It makes no sense.

Rorie is going to cry tears of bliss when he sees the puppies!

@Korosive said:

I don't understand the hate for Crash. It's a live arcade game, and is designed as such. It seems some people think this is why Paradise 2 doesn't exist or something. In fact, it looks like if it were up to Criterion, there will never be a new Paradise, but something different. Can't wait to see what the next Burnout game will be.

The reason why there's hate is that it's a spin-off, and not a full on new Burnout game. Most likely a new big Burnout game is coming, but there's been no word of it so people are impatient.

So your tell me the next step forward from the best racing game ever Burnout paradise, is a crappy flash game?

Don't know how I feel about Crash, but that Criterion guy was cool.

BINO. Burnout In Name Only.

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Burnout Crash definitely isn't for me. Like I said in another thread, this just makes me want to go back and play Revenge instead. And considering it's on XBL Games on Demand for $20, I'll probably do just that.

@crusader8463 said:

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Geeze, it's just the summer. No need to overreact.

@kingzetta said:

@crusader8463 said:

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Geeze, it's just the summer. No need to overreact.

Someone's over reacting? There was nothing of any interest to me shown in the video to comment on, and the entire video was basically just Jeff and Brad saying that there was nothing of any interest  to show or talk about ether. So rather then just say "Well that was a waste of 7 minutes" and leave it at that, the thought popped into my head about what would become of Bioware should EA go away. Bioware is pretty autonomous within the company as far as I can tell, so I wondered what would happen to them should EA ever get into the position where it had to sell itself off.  Sorry for posting. I didn't realize the post would hurt you so badly. Next time I will run it past you to make sure it's safe.

That dog was the best game of the event.

What's with the dude in the background playing Chapter 1 of Dead Space 2? It's a good game, but it seems weird to have a demo unit running it at this event.

Usually crusader8463 is pretty chill but man is he overreacting!

Am I mistaken or is that music halfway through the video the same music that Gamespot uses on their videos?

Also I can see why they didn't showcase these games at E3. That Burnout game should not use Kinect. That is just so forced.

DUDE that Criterion guy is my new favourite interviewee. He sold me on not only the game but the company. I cant wait for anther burnout game. That company helped make Need for Speed what it is now i will give them my money at least a few more times.

What the hell has burnout become?

huh sounds like a lot of safe stuff.  the burnout game with kinect controller is a bit of a stretch though.  I'm curious to see what it ends up being and if it's any fun.

What kind of a dimwitted moron would you have to be to want to play Burnout Crash with the Kinect. Seriously. That's the worst use of Kinect I've ever seen, and the Kinect library is filled with bad uses.

@crusader8463 said:

@kingzetta said:

@crusader8463 said:

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Geeze, it's just the summer. No need to overreact.

Someone's over reacting? There was nothing of any interest to me shown in the video to comment on, and the entire video was basically just Jeff and Brad saying that there was nothing of any interest  to show or talk about ether. So rather then just say "Well that was a waste of 7 minutes" and leave it at that, the thought popped into my head about what would become of Bioware should EA go away. Bioware is pretty autonomous within the company as far as I can tell, so I wondered what would happen to them should EA ever get into the position where it had to sell itself off.  Sorry for posting. I didn't realize the post would hurt you so badly. Next time I will run it past you to make sure it's safe.

You think EA is going under and going to take bioware with it after watching this video. I'd call that overreacting.  Then you flipped the fuck out after I said "no need to overreact" So I think you got overreacting down to a science.

1. Well that video sure was boring. Wish I had have done something else instead of waste 7 minutes watching that.
2. Weird that a company as big as EA wouldn't have more games to show at a privat event where they no doubt spent a lot of money flying people out to.
3. I guess they must be putting a lot of focus and resources behind a couple of their big games (ie. TOR/BF3) so it makes sense that they wouldn't have all that much else to show given that they said at the start this was supposed to be their B games.
   
4. Man, it would really suck if those games bombed on them if they really are riding on them going huge. It might even be enough to make the company go under.
5. If they did go under, I wonder what would happen to Bioware? They are huge part of EA now, but since they are pretty much left to their own devices. I wonder if they would just pull out of EA and go back to being independent? I would hate to see them churning out yearly games under a company like Activison.
   
6. HEY! I bet that might make some interesting conversation in the comments section of this video! Might as well give it a go. Worst that can happen is no one reply's.

@crusader8463 said:

@OllyOxenFree: @kingzetta said:

@crusader8463 said:

@kingzetta said:

@crusader8463 said:

Nothing of any real interest there. I wonder. If EA dies what would happen to Bioware? Would those guys go off on their own again under a new name, or would they have to get absorbed by whatever bought EA?

Geeze, it's just the summer. No need to overreact.

Someone's over reacting? There was nothing of any interest to me shown in the video to comment on, and the entire video was basically just Jeff and Brad saying that there was nothing of any interest to show or talk about ether. So rather then just say "Well that was a waste of 7 minutes" and leave it at that, the thought popped into my head about what would become of Bioware should EA go away. Bioware is pretty autonomous within the company as far as I can tell, so I wondered what would happen to them should EA ever get into the position where it had to sell itself off. Sorry for posting. I didn't realize the post would hurt you so badly. Next time I will run it past you to make sure it's safe.

You think EA is going under and going to take bioware with it after watching this video. I'd call that overreacting. Then you flipped the fuck out after I said "no need to overreact" So I think you got overreacting down to a science.

Really? You got all that from my first post? Wow... You want my exact line of thinking when I made that post?

1. Well that video sure was boring. Wish I had have done something else instead of waste 7 minutes watching that.
2. Weird that a company as big as EA wouldn't have more games to show at a privat event where they no doubt spent a lot of money flying people out to.
3. I guess they must be putting a lot of focus and resources behind a couple of their big games (ie. TOR/BF3) so it makes sense that they wouldn't have all that much else to show given that they said at the start this was supposed to be their B games.
4. Man, it would really suck if those games bombed on them if they really are riding on them going huge. It might even be enough to make the company go under.
5. If they did go under, I wonder what would happen to Bioware? They are huge part of EA now, but since they are pretty much left to their own devices. I wonder if they would just pull out of EA and go back to being independent? I would hate to see them churning out yearly games under a company like Activison.
6. HEY! I bet that might make some interesting conversation in the comments section of this video! Might as well give it a go. Worst that can happen is no one reply's.

Apparently that was me flipping out, screaming at my computer and predicting the down fall of EA... You guys really need to calm the hell down and stop reading into things that are just not there.

How is speaking your mind and posting a theory overreacting?

I think Burnout Crash, looks kinda fun i like the top down perspective. 

As much as I love GB and Jeff, hearing him mutter the word hockey was probably my favorite moment ever visiting the site.

Not sure what to think of Burnout Crash. Not exactly what I was looking for in a crash mode. Certainly don't like the top down view the game as. Wait and see I guess.

Oh and Sir Bruce Forsyth appearance! :D

Or press delete as I don't like red bull so anyway, awesome a racing game that is rubbish and like GTA2.

My dog will eat your dog.