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Monday, June 10, 2013

E3: Electronic Art Press Event: Highlights, Games, and Hype

 

Highlights from the Electronic Arts Press Conference:

  • Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
    • 3rd person action title
    • XboxOne first and then XBox 360
    • Co=op included
    • Sunflower is the healer class
    • Cactus is ranged
    • Live demo of the game on stage and it looks FUN
    • Definite must play!
  • Peggle 2 coming this year
  • Titanfall
    • Spring 2014
    • Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC
    • Multiplayer game with a single player feel
    • Living, breathing, world
  • Two New Engines
    • Ignite and Frostbite 3
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
    • uses Frostbite 3 Engine
  • Need for Speed: Rivals
    • uses Frostbite 3
    • Cops v. Racers
    • All Drive: destroys the line between single player, co-op, and multiplayer – One world for all experiences
    • races can start as single player and end in multiplayer
    • tablet integration included
    • Can play as cop or racer
    • Game play footage looks seamless and engaging between single player and multiplayer
  • Dragon Age III: Inquisition
    • OPEN world
    • Fall 2014 launch
    • Looks jaw dropping
    • Actual game play footage
  • NBA Live 14
    • Xbox One and PlayStation 4
    • Dribbling is the number priority – uses a new technology called Bounce Tech
      • ball is being released to physics
      • ball is separated from the hand in every dribbling animation
    • Live World with player stats: exclusive push within an hour after the NBA themselves receive the data push
  • Madden NFL 25
    • Xbox One and PlayStation 4
    • Actual game play footage
    • True step locomotion system – precise footwork
    • Lineman is the heart of game play
    • Ignite engine
    • Adrian Peterson revealed as the cover athlete
    • Launches Fall 2013
  • FIFA 14
    • Looks great
    • Uses Ignite Engine
    • 4 times more calculations per second
    • Fall 2013
    • Xbox One and PlayStation 4
  • UFC
    • Ignite Engine
    • MMAI System: fighters can organically alter fighter strategies during the fight
    • Full body deformation: shows what it is like when hit
    • Launches Spring 2014 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4
  • Battlefield 4
    • Frostbite 3 Engine
    • Air, land and sea battles
    • Commander mode: birds eye that impacts action on the ground
      • Console or tablet use
    • Battlelog: connect anytime, anywhere on multiple devices
    • live stream of battles all week during E3
  • Mirrors Edge 2
    • actual game play footage
    • Frostbite 3 Engine
    • No release or console information

 

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