During the Ubisoft press conference this week at E3 the Montreal based video game giant surprised the collective video game industry by showcasing a brand new IP called, “Watch Dogs.” You play as as Aiden Pierce, a man who according to Watch Dogs Jonathan Morin is plagued by the violence and oppression of a modern day Chicago and vows to fight back at the ‘powers that be‘ by utilizing all of those means of control against them.
343 Studios has announced a series of free DLC missions for Halo 4 in the form of animated episodes that will extend the story of the main game.
Ready for more Gears of War? Epic Games announced the fourth installment in the franchise, Gears of War: Judgment, during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 2012.
Xbox 360’s long wait for a Web browser is finally over, as their press conference yesterday included the announcement of Internet Explorer as a Web browser.
The Resident Evil 6 trailer revealed during Microsoft’s conference at E3 sees a focus on action elements over survival horror.
Bioware announced during the E3 Press Conference today that, Star Wars The Old Republic will getting more end game content, improved online mechanics and will introduce a free-to-play feature for new players from levels 1-15. Some of the new features for the waning MMO include, the introduction of new PVP war zones, new playable species and the much needed addition of another companion, aptly named HK-51, a long lost relative to a sadistic yet comical robot that fans may remember from the original franchise.
Among the many things announced earlier today during Microsoft’s press release, the company announced that Xbox 360 will receive exclusive bonus content for THQ and Obsidian’s highly-anticipated South Park RPG, South Park: The Stick of Truth.
Bethesda has released an official trailer for their first DLC coming to Skyrim this summer. ‘Dawnguard’ will be available for Xbox Live players at a cost of 1600mp. What does the trailer contain? Vampires, crossbows, werewolves and mounted horse battles. It’s Twilight on crack.
For those unfamiliar with the Hitman series it stars the elusive Agent 47, a government-made clone killer who has been hired by a secret private Assassination firm to eliminate “problems.” This simple premise left the player with a series of different missions in various locations around the world and the ability to slaughter an eclectic mix of targets, from billionaire porn tycoons to dogs that have seen too much! Moreover, the franchise is one of the last true stealth games to feed your inner ninja.
Rare recently posted a job listing (which has since been taken down) for a senior product manager to work on “multiple AAA future console releases,” Computer and Video Games reported, and these “future releases” might be based on the FPS genre.
