The last of four press events start at 9:00 EDT, 6:00 PDT: EA.
Expect to see the first reveal of the Playstation 4 hardware (not just the controller this time) in addition to games that will be out during its launch window.
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The third of four press events start at 6:00 EDT, 3:00 PDT: EA.
Expect to hear about their latest game releases.
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The second of four press events start at 4:00 EDT, 1:00 PDT: EA.
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E3 starts tomorrow in Los Angeles. As last year, I wish I was going like I did the year before that, but my wallet let me down anything by nicely, again. So since I can’t be there in person, I plan on doing what I can from the home office to cover the main press events that start later today.
Thanks to the Video Game Voters Network, here is a convenient image set up to show the starting times of each event:
Spike TV will air Microsoft’s and EA’s press events live on their network, but not Ubisoft or Sony since they claim it is prime time so other programming is more important. I’m not sure that Tattoo Nightmares and two showings of the 2004 Dodgeball movie ranks over the remaining E3 events in importants, but I’m starting to swing off-topic, so I’ll stop my mini-rant with that.
E3Insider.com will also be live streaming all four events on their web site, so presuming that they don’t have bandwidth issues, we plan on supplying links to each event with our live blogging coverage. I won’t be able to live blog Sony due to a prior commitment, so I’m hoping others on staff will be able to cover for me, but I’ll be able to cover the other three events and Nintendo’s Nintendo Direct tomorrow morning at 10AM EDT.
As of the time of this posting, Microsoft’s event starts in about two and a half hours. Additional articles for each event will be posted along with the live stream, if available, and our live blog embedded.
Thanks for following along with our coverage of E3 2013.
Square Enix will be holding a pre-E3 event dubbed “The Future of Final Fantasy” June 11th at 9am, which will include some Q&A with senior VP Shinji Hashimoto. The event is press-only, unfortunately. That’s not to say that they’re holding all of their big revelations behind closed doors; Final Fantasy XV will reportedly make its big entrance during the Sony conference the day before.
(via Destructoid)
Tales fans can sure be a vociferous bunch, even when it comes to getting minor updates of their games. One need only mention the fallout over the PS3 port of Vesperia not coming stateside. For once, they can breathe a sigh of relief, as Namco Bandai has just announced that Tales of Symphonia: Unisonant Pack will be released in the US and Europe early next year as Tales of Symphonia Chronicles. Chronicles will compile HD remasters of the PS2 version of Tales of Symphonia and Dawn of the New World. Given that Nintendo owned the localization to Symphonia, which put the kibosh on the PS2 port getting a localization, one wonders if the former will be re-localized.
Today Sega announced a remake of the 1990 Genesis classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse produced in collaboration with Disney Interactive and developed by Sega Studios Australia. The updated rerelease of this platformer will be available worldwide this summer on Playstation Network, XBox Live, and Windows PC.
Source: Sega blogs
SQUARE ENIX today released the FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster Announcement trailer. The new trailer showcases Tidus, Yuna and the beautiful fantasy world of Spira in HD.
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster is a single disc bundle that will be available on the PlayStation®3 system. FINAL FANTASY X HD Remaster and FINAL FANTASY X-2 HD Remaster will be available for the PlayStation®Vita. These titles will be available in 2013.
Ducktales Remastered not enough for ya? Well, how about some D&D-based beat-em-up action? Over at PAX East, Capcom has just doubled up on rerelease announcements with something even more surprising, but hardly any less in demand from the dedicated throngs: Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles over Mystara, a double pack comprising Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara. Previously, the only way to play these games in the US without importing was in the arcades; the Sega Saturn collection released in 1999, a year after the system was dead stateside, and predictably became worth a pretty penny.
Both games are notable for being among the first to be developed by the team that would come to be known as Vanillaware, they of Odin Sphere, Muramasa, and the soon to be released Dragon’s Crown, the latter actually intended as a spiritual descendant. Even with their arcade origins, the two games had a surprising amount of depth, with multiple level paths, several class-based melee maneuvers and magical attacks, consumables, weapons, armor, enchanted items… basically, everything but the dungeon master (pardon the lame pun). The games also had 4-player co-op, which the new collection will not only support, but offer online via GGPO.
Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles over Mystara is set for a June release on XBox 360, Playstation 3, WiiU, and Windows PC via Steam at $14.99/1200 MSP.
Yesterday at PAX East, Capcom announced that they have partnered with Disney and WayForward, the company responsible for revamping classic games including A Boy and his Blob, Double Dragon, and Contra, to modernize the nostalgia-inducing NES DuckTales video game. The new game, DuckTales Remastered, stars Scrooge McDuck on a journey to collect valuable treasures from all around the world in order to become the world’s richest duck. DuckTales Remastered features a combination of gorgeous hand-drawn sprites and three-dimensional assets in a side-scrolling three-dimensional world. The game is set to feature all of the original voice actors from the Disney cartoon, appears to have a few new levels to explore, and will release this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and the Wii U Nintendo eShop. I can’t wait to hear composer Jake Kaufmann’s version of the Moon theme!
Now all that’s left for WayForward to have the world’s best company portfolio is to unleash a new Battletoads game.
