Console Games

Console Games

Last year the Xbox 360 debuted at E3 but only a few playable titles were shown. This year there should be a ton of Xbox 360 games and we hope (pray even) that there will also be playable Playstation 3 and Wii games at the show as well (we will try not to snicker too much at the Wii name at Nintendo’s booth..honest)

Killzone - Remember that cool E3 movie last year of this PS3 exclusive sci-fi shooter? Remember how it was quickly exposed as pre-rendered? Well we are hoping that at Sony’s pre-E3 press conference on Monday we will get to see some actual in-game footage..fingers crossed.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Technically this long awaited game in Nintendo’s fantasy franchise is a Gamecube title, but we hope that at E3 we get the word that this will not only be playable on the Wii but that it will have some “revolutionary” gameplay to go along with Nintendo’s new console.

Red Steel – UbiSoft plans to release this Nintendo Wii exclusive first person shooter for the launch of the console. Having a wireless controller control the gun’s movements on screen is certainly nifty sounding but will it be a good game or simply a fancy version of a light gun title? Stay tuned.

Dead Rising – Brains at the mall. Capcom’s Xbox 360 title already has us excited about going through literally hundreds of flesh eating monsters with anything we can pick up and the game will make you look good doing it as well.

Turok – Buena Vista Games takes over from the former Acclaim on this fan favorite console first person shooter series. It will use the Unreal Engine 3 and we hope that the super violent themes of the original games stay intact here (two words: cerebral bore).

Gears of War – Epic Games’ brand new game franchise is still one of the most highly anticipated games of the year and we hope to get some true hands-on time on this title at E3 this year. After all no one wants to just watch people shoot impossibly huge monsters alone.

Mass Effect – Yet another Xbox 360 exclusive title is this sci-fi action RPG from developers BioWare, who created the hit game Star Wars: Nights of the Old Republic. Will this all new original games keep up the BioWare standard.

God of War II – Why are we pumped up about a PS2 game being shown at E3? Because it’s the sequel to only one of the most over the top violent action adventure games of all time, that’s why. Oh and there may be sex involved (in the game that is).

Alan Wilson – Tripwire Interactive

1. If you are attending E3 what will you or your company be showing at the expo?

We’ll be showing Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 on one of the main hardware vendors stands during the show. This (on the current schedule) will include a 30-minute presentation piece each day, rolling video on the stand and a daily competition (playing RO, obviously…) with some decent prizes from our sponsors.

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

On the hardware front, I’m personally interested to get sessions together with the main hardware manufacturers to ensure that we have all the relevant development platforms and test platforms in place for future work. Basically means AMD, Intel, Nvidia, ATI and so on!

Tian Mu – Naked Sky Entertainment

1. If you are attending E3 what will you or your company be showing at the expo?

RoboBlitz!

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

Nintendo Revolution (Wii) and any Sony PS3 games running in real time.

Randy Pitchford – Gearbox Software
1. If you are attending E3 what will you or your company be showing at the expo?

I will be demonstrating Gearbox’s next-generation game, Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway – prominently featured in the Ubisoft booth. BiA 3 is coming together pretty amazingly – it feels like it should be a highlight of the show.

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

I would like to spend more time with the Revolution (Wii) and play with more of the software for it.

Again these are just some of the game we and our survey responders are most looking forward to playing and/or learning about at E3 this year. There are literally thousands of games and products that will be on display at the show and we are FiringSquad will be there to cover as many of them as possible. We have invites to all three major pre-E3 press conferences (Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft) and will be updating the site live with news and photos from the events as well as a couple of other pre-E3 events as well. During the show itself, look for not just prose and picture coverage of the games but video as well. Yep there will be a FiringSquad camera crew filming at the show and we hope to release those videos ASAP.

Some people are already calling E3 2006 the biggest in the trade show’s history. We happen to agree with them at in just a few days we should see if that is correct.