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E3 2013: Here's A Coverage Wrap-Up

Just in case you missed anything, here's pretty much all our original coverage from the last week.

If this is an accurate representation of next-gen gaming, I will be...pleased.
If this is an accurate representation of next-gen gaming, I will be...pleased.

Thanks for tuning in for E3 coverage this week, everybody. The crew is taking a bit of a break today, so I wanted to give you an overview of the content that went up last week, just in case you happened to miss any of it.

Videos

Giant Bombcasts

Interviews

  • Denis Dyack: The controversial developer talks about past foibles and his current attempts to find Shadow of the Eternals.
  • Cloudberry Kingdom: An interview with the developers of this randomly-generated super-hard platformer.
  • The Evil Within: Shinji Mikami created Resident Evil. Can he repeat that success with The Evil Within?
  • Sony: Scott Rohde swings by to talk about all things Playstation 4.
  • Nintendo: Charlie Scibettta's a senior communications director for Nintendo, but Patrick didn't get much out of him.
  • Outlast: Is a crowded show floor the best place to show off a horror game? Probably not!
  • Mercenary Kings: Exactly how stressful is it to show off your game in a press conference?
  • Nordic Games: Will THQ's franchises feature any kind of life after death?
  • The Division: The latest Clancy megafranchise is looking very, very slick indeed.

Other Podcasts

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Tom Clancy's The Division Looks so good! I actually can't wait till the next gen consoles come out!

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@rorie Thank you to you, and the crew for making E3 week even more entertaining with awesome coverage. I spent a substantial part of my work week watching the site, listening to the podcasts, and catching up on the videos, and it made my dull job go by much faster. Thanks for all the hard work, and damn if I am not more jazzed up than I have been in years.

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@olivaw said:

I think if there's one thing we can all agree on about this E3, it's that it was A LOCK DOWN BABY

TO DRIVE ME CRAZY

AIN'T GONNA SAVE ME

YOUR LOVE HAS GOT ME DOIN' TIME

YOU'RE MY ATTORNEY

MY JUDGE AND JURY

I'M FEELIN' GUILTY

SO LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY

Every time it repeats, I can only groove HARDER.

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@leebmx said:

The E3 content was absolutely banging this year, the only thing which could have improved it would have been some Johnny V on the liveshow, but maybe Disney have learnt to keep him on a tight leash.

Speaking on people who sometimes let their mouths run away slightly - will it ever be time to get Leigh Alexander back on a E3 show? I think it is time to forgive and forget (not that she did much wrong imo) because she has a ton of interesting views and opinions. I loved her breakdown of the subtext of MGS4 the first time (I think) she was on and it would be good to get her in the mix again. Especially as there were almost no women in this year's 'casts.

I think the fact that she was pretty overbearing and talking over people a lot where it got really annoying IMO especially when other people like Paul were supposed to be sharing a story. It's kinda like how people were hating on Clifford this year.

I didn't really like hearing her talk a lot at that time for the reasons I mentioned but I don't necessarily hate her, she's just not a great guest IMO compared to Paul, Rich, Adam, or Johnny V. I really couldn't take hearing her talk about MGS4. The conversation was already in an awkward place at that point. If anything a lady that I want on the GB E3 After hours live stream would be

Carrie

!

Fair dos, I get why she got on people's tits. I just felt she was always bursting to say something because she generally had something interesting to say and just had tons of enthusiasm and opinions about games. If this could be harnessed a little better and combined with a little less alcohol she would be a good guest - but I think I am in a minority here :).

Carrie also would have been great - I don't have the Gamespot connection with her having never used that site, but every time I have heard her on a livestream on GB she has been fun, intelligent and more than held her own so would have been good to see her.

This might be unfair because I don't know who they tried book but it seemed weird when there was so much good discussion about sexism on the site this year that the E3 livestreams were just a sausage party - but like I say I don't know what went on behind the scenes and the game industry still seems to be dominated by men.

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@leebmx said:

The E3 content was absolutely banging this year, the only thing which could have improved it would have been some Johnny V on the liveshow, but maybe Disney have learnt to keep him on a tight leash.

Speaking on people who sometimes let their mouths run away slightly - will it ever be time to get Leigh Alexander back on a E3 show? I think it is time to forgive and forget (not that she did much wrong imo) because she has a ton of interesting views and opinions. I loved her breakdown of the subtext of MGS4 the first time (I think) she was on and it would be good to get her in the mix again. Especially as there were almost no women in this year's 'casts.

I think the fact that she was pretty overbearing and talking over people a lot where it got really annoying IMO especially when other people like Paul were supposed to be sharing a story. It's kinda like how people were hating on Clifford this year.

I didn't really like hearing her talk a lot at that time for the reasons I mentioned but I don't necessarily hate her, she's just not a great guest IMO compared to Paul, Rich, Adam, or Johnny V. I really couldn't take hearing her talk about MGS4. The conversation was already in an awkward place at that point. If anything a lady that I want on the GB E3 After hours live stream would be Carrie!

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The return of fog in The Division. Looks like a high tech Nintendo 64 game :)

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The E3 content was absolutely banging this year, the only thing which could have improved it would have been some Johnny V on the liveshow, but maybe Disney have learnt to keep him on a tight leash.

Speaking on people who sometimes let their mouths run away slightly - will it ever be time to get Leigh Alexander back on a E3 show? I think it is time to forgive and forget (not that she did much wrong imo) because she has a ton of interesting views and opinions. I loved her breakdown of the subtext of MGS4 the first time (I think) she was on and it would be good to get her in the mix again. Especially as there were almost no women in this year's 'casts.

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It's crazy how much great stuff the guys put out over last week. wow.

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"The world's ending! Quick, someone throw a fire extinguisher through that taxi's windshield."

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There should have been more videos of the bombers meeting to talk, like the E3 Day One/Two videos. Day 1 podcast was abysmal and day 3 wasn't great either. Day 2 was more in line with previous years, although it felt short of the craziness of previous years. I don't know if you tried to be more professional, but it only felt more corporate to me more than anything else, like Gamespot.

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It's been a fantastic E3, and the coverage from you guys has been top-notch. Which is doubly fantastic when you consider the awful problems you ran into day one. Let's hope nothing like that ever happens again, and I'm so glad you guys managed to not just recover, but do so in spectacular fashion.

Highlight for me has to be Adam's appearance on the Day 3 video (happens around the 3hr 18min mark). Pulling out the PS4 was such a great move.

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Great idea Rorie - I missed some of this content.

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This wrap up is a great idea Rorie. I wonder if it would be worth exploring something similar for the end of a normal week. I don't always get to visit the site as often as I'd like, so having a summary like this would be a great help in keeping up with new content.

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There isn't an E3 Day 3 video, unfortunately. The rest is top notch quality.

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The content was sparse but very personal in nature. This is the most important thing about GB coverage. I hope the dicks who stole the equipment fell off a bridge during the getaway.

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Cheers for this, Matt!

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Thanks for the round up, Rorie! Have one on me:




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I think if there's one thing we can all agree on about this E3, it's that it was A LOCK DOWN BABY

TO DRIVE ME CRAZY

AIN'T GONNA SAVE ME

YOUR LOVE HAS GOT ME DOIN' TIME

YOU'RE MY ATTORNEY

MY JUDGE AND JURY

I'M FEELIN' GUILTY

SO LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY

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Well, I mean, you guys talked about getting robbed in your Sealed Envelope Podcast. So accurate.

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Lockdown song should be looping in this page for the full E3 experience.

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Thanks for putting this together, was getting a bit hard to find all the content among the flood of trailers. :)

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@rorie: I don't know how you would feel, but you should link the video of the nightly streams that were uploaded to Baagfull's youtube page. Unless I'm the only person in the world being affected by it the twitch archives are still unwatchable unless you can stream super HD video. Which I know a lot of people can't.

BUMP

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Thanks so much, Rorie (et al). Trying to sort out the news feed the last week was like trying to drink from a firehose. I don't pay GB for game trailers so I'm very happy to be able to find everything in one place so I know what to watch/listen/read.

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Thanks!

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@rorie: I don't know how you would feel, but you should link the video of the nightly streams that were uploaded to Baagfull's youtube page. Unless I'm the only person in the world being affected by it the twitch archives are still unwatchable unless you can stream super HD video. Which I know a lot of people can't.

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This is great, thank you!

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@sweetz: Welcome! Meant to do it on Saturday or Sunday, but weekend fun wound up getting in the way.

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Thank you for this. Work kept me busy last week and I couldn't follow most of this as it happened. Having the links grouped and summarized is really helpful.

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@rorie said:

@bsw said:

@rorie said:

@bsw said:

From which game is that image?

Tom Clancy's The Division. I'm skeptical about that demo, but I'm really hoping the game looks that good.

Thanks. I hadn't seen The Division's trailer yet, but that does look pretty. Not nearly as good as that image suggests, but still really nice. Why the skepticism?

Mostly because we've all seen plenty of trailers/demos that looked amazing before but wound up being somewhat less impressive when the game actually shipped. I don't think that footage was being played live, so I'm assuming that it was pretty heavily touched up/manipulated, especially since the game might apparently be a late 2014 release. I'd be pleased to be wrong, though. It does look pretty great.

Ah, yes, sure. I've never been much of trailer or demo watcher, but I see your point. That's a shameful practice. That said, though, even if this looks slightly worse but plays as it does, it is still impressive. And we all know that the games will become better and prettier over the years of the console cycle, so if a slightly less pretty version of this is the beginning of the cycle, I'm still excited. Hell, I'm excited anyway!

@zatoichi_sanjuro: Never played it, but I see what you mean. Thanks!

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@bsw said:

@rorie said:

@bsw said:

From which game is that image?

Tom Clancy's The Division. I'm skeptical about that demo, but I'm really hoping the game looks that good.

Thanks. I hadn't seen The Division's trailer yet, but that does look pretty. Not nearly as good as that image suggests, but still really nice. Why the skepticism?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxec6nE6s0

Releasing target renders as gameplay is nothing new for Ubi.

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@bsw said:

@rorie said:

@bsw said:

From which game is that image?

Tom Clancy's The Division. I'm skeptical about that demo, but I'm really hoping the game looks that good.

Thanks. I hadn't seen The Division's trailer yet, but that does look pretty. Not nearly as good as that image suggests, but still really nice. Why the skepticism?

Mostly because we've all seen plenty of trailers/demos that looked amazing before but wound up being somewhat less impressive when the game actually shipped. I don't think that footage was being played live, so I'm assuming that it was pretty heavily touched up/manipulated, especially since the game might apparently be a late 2014 release. I'd be pleased to be wrong, though. It does look pretty great.

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Thanks Rorie!

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@rorie said:

@bsw said:

From which game is that image?

Tom Clancy's The Division. I'm skeptical about that demo, but I'm really hoping the game looks that good.

Thanks. I hadn't seen The Division's trailer yet, but that does look pretty. Not nearly as good as that image suggests, but still really nice. Why the skepticism?

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Great write-up. Thanks!

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It's a Lockdown, baby!

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@bsw said:

From which game is that image?

Tom Clancy's The Division. I'm skeptical about that demo, but I'm really hoping the game looks that good.

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Damn, this is thorough. Absolutely everything but the Daily Dark Souls seems to be linked here! Suppose that was out of modesty.

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From which game is that image?

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If this is an accurate representation of next-gen gaming

Since it's a Ubisoft game, and looked far better than anything else out there, and there was no playable demo... I'm saying no.

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Great coverage, all. Any intention to let the masses know what happened with the robbery?

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