PC Games

PC Games

Crysis – Developers Crytek have a brand new graphics engine, a brand new publisher in Electronic Arts and a brand new game in Crysis which from previous descriptions looks like a cross between Crytek’s last game Far Cry and War of the Worlds. Rich jungle settings, aliens and lots of stuff to blow up; that’s the kind of game any PC fan would be interested in.

Spore – Will Wright’s latest original game has generated much speculation since its surprise announcement back at GDC in 2005. Now Wright and publisher EA finally plan to reveal this unique looking mix of sim, RTS and space strategy title to an awaiting public. Will it truly be the revolutionary game that so many other people believe it should be? We will finally get some answers to that in a few days.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars – id Software may be busy with their own unnamed and original game at the moment but the first person shooter creators will still have a presence at E3 this year with this sci-fi multiplayer title that’s primarily being developed at Splash Damage. You get to battle the Strogg in massive outdoor levels with lots of weaponry and vehicles on both sides. Sounds like a plan to us.

Battlefield 2142 – EA and developer Digital Illusions break out the fourth game in this ground breaking multiplayer shooter series at E3 and this time it looks to the future with cool weapons and even mech battles. But is this just a souped up Battlefield 2 total conversion? At E3 we hope to get some answers for you.

BioShock – Developer Irrational Games plans to show off this “spiritual successor” to their acclaimed System Shock 2 at E3 this year. You are in an underwater base, you have upgradeable weapons and abilities and people are coming to get you. Hopefully the lessons learned from System Shock 2 will make this game just as memorable.

Unreal Tournament 2007 – It’s Epic Games, it’s the Unreal Engine 3, it’s the latest game in their huge selling multiplayer shooter series and it may be the game that’s the “killer app” for the AGEIA physics processor. What more do you want?

Supreme Commander – Gas Powered Games has been working on the Dungeon Siege games for some time but now the developer and publisher THQ plan to head to the sci-fi RTS route with this highly anticipated title. Considering that Gas Powered is being headed up by Chris Taylor, the mind behind the classic title Total Annihilation, this is especially one to watch.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade – So you have this MMORPG that has been on the best selling PC game lists for well over a year. Now you are working on an expansion for the game. You don’t think this Blizzard product will be one of the big games at E3? You are clearly not a gamer?

Command and Conquer 3 – After working on two back to back Lord of the Rings RTS games, the folks at EA LA are finally bringing back one of the game franchises that helped to start the RTS craze in the first place. The big question? Will this title in the sci-fi themed series bring in new fans as well as please long time fans of the franchise?

Neverwinter Nights 2 – Atari may be having some financial problems but that is not stopping them from releasing this follow-up to the acclaimed D&D RPG series. At E3 we hope to get some idea if developer Obsidian Entertainment can follow up on the shoulders of BioWare’s original title.

Lord of the Rings Online – Turbine Entertainment is set to bring J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world to the MMORPG space later this year via publisher Midway. Will the massive army of Tolkien fans old and new gravitate to this game? At E3 we should get an inkling to that answer.

Jan Beuck – Master Creating
1. If you are attending E3 what will you or your company be showing at the expo?

We´ll announce a title that is secret until the show starts - well, that´s somehow what E3 is about, isn´t it? ;-)

2. What games and hardware besides your own are you interesting in seeing and demoing at E3 2006?

Hardware: PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution (Wii)
Games: Titan Quest, The Witcher, Sacred 2 - and I hope to see Duke Nukem 4ever and Max Payne 3.

Adrian Chmielarz – People Can Fly
1. If you are attending E3 what will you or your company be showing at the expo?

Nothing. As it was publicly announced, we are making a new next-gen game for THQ, but for now that's the only thing we can say, and this E3 is not yet the time for any details.

2. What games and hardware besides your own are you interesting in seeing and demoing at E3 2006?

Tough question, hard not to repeat everyone else who wants to see PS3 and Revolution (Wii0 in action, with some new titles for X360... ;) It's obviously a very interesting E3. I want to see Alan Wake (will not be at E3), Gears of War, God of War 2... And hopefully something really really great and surprising, something I will only discover at E3 - like a new game that hasn't been announced before. I want to see a REALLY next-gen game, something that hasn't been possible before.