E3 2011 Baby!

This is a repost of a previously published article.

Well it’s that time of the year again, that time where nerd and gamer alike come together in order to celebrate what is regarded as the Mecca of gaming – the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)!  After the mindnumbing event that was E3 2010, this year is shaping up to be even more drool-worthy with a staggering 138 titles confirmed to be on show in some capacity whether it be as part of the conferences or on exhibition on the show floor.  In fact, to show what I mean, here’s a list of the titles that have been confirmed to be present at the 2011 show:

A Game of Thrones: Genesis
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Anarchy Reigns
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Backbreaker Vengeance
Back to the Future: The Game — Episode 5: Outatime
Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
Battle VS Chess
Battlefield 3
Ben 10: Galactic Racing
Binary Domain
BioShock: Infinite
Blacklight Retribution
BloodRayne: Betrayal
Bodycount
BurgerTime World Tour
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures
Captain America: Super Soldier
Cars 2
Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic
Crusader Kings II
DC Universe Online
Dead Island
Defenders of Ardania
Disney Universe
Dragon Nest
Driver San Francisco
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
End of Nations
F1 2011
Face Racers: Photo Finish
FIFA Soccer 12
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Fortune Online
Forza Motorsport 4
Free Realms
From Dust
Gears of War 3
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Guardian Heroes
Heroes of Ruin
High Flyer Death Defyer
Hitman: Absolution
Hulk Hogan’s Main Event
Jurassic Park: The Game
King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Madden NFL 12
Magicka
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Marvel Super Hero Squad Online
Mass Effect 3
Metro 2033: Last Light
Michael Phelps: Push the Limit
Mind ‘n Motion
MotionSports Adrenaline
Nano Assault
NBA 2K12
NCAA Football 12
Need for Speed: The Run
NHL 12
Ninja Gaiden III
Of Orcs and Men
Pet Zombies in 3D
Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension
Prey 2
Prime World
Prototype 2
Puzzle Agent 2
Rage
RaiderZ
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Rayman Origins
Red Faction: Armageddon
Renegade Ops
Resistance 3
Rift
Rise of Nightmares
Risen 2: Dark Water
Rocksmith
Rotastic
Rusty Hearts
Saints Row: The Third
Scivelation
SEGA Rally Online Arcade
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Sonic Generations
Soulcalibur V
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
SSX
Star Trek: Infinite Space
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Starhawk
Super Mario 3DS
Supremacy MMA
Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter
Take Shape
Tera
Tomb Raider
The Adventures of Tintin
The Darkness II
The Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Hidden
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Testament of Sherlock
The Sims 3: Generations
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online
TrackMania2 Canyon
Twisted Metal
Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress
UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Uncharted Portable
Upcoming new Just Dance
Upcoming new Raving Rabbids
Upcoming new Your Shape
Vindictus
Wakfu
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
White Knight Chronicles II
Wrecked: Revenge Revisited
XCOM
X-Men: Destiny
Zumba Fitness 2

(list courtesy of Rynstex at gaminglives.com)

As you can see the list is staggering, and that is only the games that are definitely at the show.  There are still the new titles that will be unveiled as part of the publishers’ conferences, which starts in tradition with Microsoft going first.  Following on the same day are Ubisoft, EA and Sony.  Better than reading this, here’s a small graphic showing you the order and times of the major publisher conferences, with Konami having already done theirs as a pre-produced piece, and Activision as usual deciding to have a private conference with no live stream.

(image courtesy of Kotaku.com)

As you can see, that’s a busy Monday, with conferences proceeding throughout the day.  On the other hand, June 6 is the media day anyway, so it’s expected for the majority of conferences to be situated then, with just the one by Nintendo taking place on the Tuesday, when the show is open to the public.  As with regular E3 occurrences, there have already been accidental leaks.  Last year included leaks such as the Microsoft Kinect and Sony blunders such as Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 and Killzone 3.  This trend continues in 2011, with someone at Microsoft having accidentally leaked Halo 4 and a Halo: Combat Evolved HD version.

(image courtesy of Kotaku.com)

A shame, but I’m sure there’s plenty more news and surprises to come from E3 2011, so let the event unfold and let us see what there is in store!

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