E3 2014 Wrap-Up: Battleship Golf, Quirky Nintendo and A Villainous Kevin Spacey

E3 2014 Wrap-Up: Battleship Golf, Quirky Nintendo and A Villainous Kevin Spacey

We asked our contributors what they thought the best trends of E3 were. The oddities and absurdities stuck out the most within our crew, like battleship golf games, WWI without gunpowder and indie exploration games. Quixotic may be the next big thing for our gamers, and here's why. 

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Solves Cross-Generation Save Transfer Challenge, Shows Off Brave New World

Dragon Age: Inquisition Solves Cross-Generation Save Transfer Challenge, Shows Off Brave New World

For the first time, we got to get a look at what the new entry in BioWare’s fantasy series through their huge decisions, giant worlds rendered in the Frostbite engine, and a solution to the cross-generational save file problem.

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Despite Heavy Smash Bros. Layout, Competitive Players Remain Skeptical

Despite Heavy Smash Bros. Layout, Competitive Players Remain Skeptical

Nintendo is finally beginning to embrace the love of competitive gamers, despite their resistance in previous years. Does this mean that Smash Bros 4 can keep their elite gamers interested? 

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Pillars of Eternity: An RPG With an Unprecendented Amount of Choices

Pillars of Eternity: An RPG With an Unprecendented Amount of Choices

After Kickstarting the game with almost 74,000 backers, it looks like the Infinity Engine subgenre of RPG looks to be making a revival. Even Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer knows you won't come close to choosing every option in their new Pillars of Eternity.

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The Non-Conventional Rhythm Games of E3

The Non-Conventional Rhythm Games of E3

With Disney putting a daydreaming-worthy song into video game form, Final Fantasy capitalizing on their epic music soundtracks, and Hatsune Miku making her U.S. video game debut, there's a fair amount to talk about.

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Shadow of Mordor First Looks: Never Play the Same Game Twice

Shadow of Mordor First Looks: Never Play the Same Game Twice

You're not the only character that gets experience points and quests now. Your enemies get them, too. 

Monolith Productions spent a fantastic amount of time on their nemesis system, which is an entirely diverse organized network of enemies that you are destined to disrupt.  

 

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's Presentation

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's Presentation

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’s presentation began with a trailer ‘directed and edited by Hideo Kojima’---presumably in a grand effort to show off the latest footage from the Fox Engine. In an part of the Konami booth on the E3 floor, we saw Snake, Ocelet, and other familiar faces dramatically...

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Civilization: A Look Beyond Earth

Civilization: A Look Beyond Earth

In May 2013 when Brave New World was announced as the final expansion pack for Civilization V in 2010, the announcement was unexpected, yet somewhat disappointing. After all, while the game was three years old, the features that Brave New World included "radically altered" and "redefined" the game’s...

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Prepare to Drop: 343 Industries Covers Halo’s Greatest Hits and Teases What’s Next

Prepare to Drop: 343 Industries Covers Halo’s Greatest Hits and Teases What’s Next

Fans who were primarily interested in the 2014 E3 Microsoft press conference craving for Halo news were not disappointed.  The content Microsoft included was a little bit new, a lot renewed and most importantly, a pretty clear vision for what fans can expect going forward. 

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