EB Games Expo – Live Updates

With the EB Expo taking place over the next two days, I have decided to run live updates similar to what I ran during the Brisbane Supanova. Of course, any major news will receive an actual post during the event or as soon after it being announced, and everything will of course depend on crowds and the extent the game companies entice me into gaming heaven. Either way, a summary article will be made on Sunday with everything.

In terms of my daily plans: the Saturday Daylight session will be about attending the EB Live events for all companies – Playstation, Namco Bandai, Bethesda, Ubisoft, THQ and EA followed by the other two sessions which is all about the playtesting!

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Sat 16:14

Session one is over. Sorry have not been able to update in the last hour or two… But had playthrough of Mario kart 7, Super Mario 3d land and a few others I will be writing up about in the next day or so.

Sat 14:44

Battlefield 3 won Game of the Show and Best console game for EB Expo.

Sat 14:42

Be prepared for Battlefield Battlelog updates to begin spamming your Facebook wall alongside all the other games your friends play… Sigh

Sat 14:40

For the Battlefield 3 Open beta, they had to quadruple the server load in Australia to support the number of people playing it. Congrats Aussies!

Sat 14:36

Animation, destruction, scale, rendering and audio

These are not the crystal of a new Captain Planet team, but are the five fields they want Battlefield 3 to be top of class for.

Sat 14:33

They are analyzing the individual elements of the Battlefield series such as animation, sound, violence et cetera. It is interesting to get an incite into a game developers goals for their game and future titles in the series.

Sat 14:27

Finally a creative promotion! Those in attendance have Ben treated to a spectacle of fire, light effects and soldiers dropping from the ceiling in an all out battlefield. 3 trailer.

Sat 14:24

Battlefield 3….

Crowd cheers!

Sat 14:23

Video message from Casey Hudson, executive producer of Mass Effect 3. Nice sentiment considering they could not get down here to Australia.

Sat 14:22

After playing Demons Souls and Dark Souls, I doubt this game could have hard enemies in my books…. Hahaha!

Sat 14:21

Mass Effect 3…. A game that could be given no publicity, no trailers etc and still sell just as well.

Sat 14:20

Off topic…

Did I mention I had a nice long play of the new Rayman game… Despite my hesitance it was highly enjoyable. An article up on it tonight.

Sat 14:18

I agree, gamers voters with their wallet….

Sat 14:17

Need for Speed trailer shown… Not my cup of tea personally (More of a go kart racer my self) but sure will appeal to others.

Sat 14:16

Autolog looks interesting as a means of social networking in Need for Speed….

Sat 14:15

The Sims Social

66 million players globally in two months. 3x Australias population have played it…

Sat 14:14

EA Sports Football Club

For the person who just cannot get enough of FIFA…..

Sat 14:12

Build the worlds best digital playground with Fun for everyone, anytime, anywhere

What an appropriate company mission statement

Sat 14:11

2000 – 200 million gamers
2011 – 1.5 Billion

Wow…

Sat 14:09

We get taken back to 1994, to see how design has changed in racing games, leading on to the new Need for Speed Game

And then 1996 for sport games… 2000 for fps…. 1987 for Top Gun and then comparing such simplistic games have changed in today’s gaming market.

Sat 14:06

Guy from crowd:

“Origin sucks!”

Sat 14:02

Enter Peter Moore

Sat 14:01

Good to see everyone in high spirits… But there is this gigantic inflatable ball that needs to be thrown…

Sat 14:01

Supposedly this conference will cover at least three games.

1. Mass Effect 3
2. Need for Speed
3. Battlefield

Sat 13:59

I am back!

Had a very nice meal at Spinners in the next door Jupiters Casino. Back in the conference hall…. For the EA presentation which will start with a presentation from Peter Moore.

Sat 12:31

Had to grab some lunch. Will cover the Activision conference in either twilight or morning Sunday.

Sat 11:50

After watching the walkthrough.. Anyone interested in forming People for the Protection of Endangered Dragons? (pped)

Sat 11:47

Loving the music of this game.

Sat 11:46

Start dragon fight…
Cuts out
Other side of the mountain… Dragon status – unknown

Sat 11:44

Back to the menu, it will with out a doubt make battles less frustrating.

Sat 11:41

Visually stunning to say the least!

Sat 11:40

Simplistic yet informative menu system will no doubt be a sigh of relief for those who have hated menus in other similar games.

Sat 11:40

Classic elder Scrolls battle system.

Sat 11:39

Guardian stone system looks interesting, allows you to kind of switch classes or at least skill and satt boosts whenever you like.

Sat 11:38

Hopefully Skyrim will have strong mod support… The game looks good and will no doubt e enjoyable, but I want tansy mountain in the backdrop not only walk over able, but to hold a castle within it mwahaha!

Sat 11:36

Getting game walkthrough presented by Todd Howard.

Sat 11:36

Rage trailer is making it’s gameplay obvious… Violence, violence and more violence.

Sat 11:33

But wait…. A trailer for Rage first.

Sat 11:32

This is going to be Skyrim obviously, presented by Lucy.

Sat 11:32

Bethesda up next

Sat 11:31

There will be three versions of the game released in Australia.

1. Standard
2. Premium
3. Collectors / crystal?

Said to be their best release yet, with the normal content as well as dlc content for premium editions and for preorders.

Sat 11:27

Might just be the televisions used, but the ps3 version looked much nicer then the xbox360 version I was using.

Sat 11:26

Temporal Rift system is visually appealing but I am not too sure about the puzzles… Rather yawnish.

Sat 11:24

The weather system is very effective…

Sat 11:24

Multiple paths… Use a machine that will send you out of your way but MAY make a boss easier or face said boss head on… From watching a couple of others play, I think most chose to go head on….

Sat 11:21

Monster Recruitment in battle is quite a nice feature, ire you are short one party member.

Sat 11:20

The new Mog Clock battle system is good, but waaay to easy to get preemptive strike… But a bitch if you fall into Ed with a painful speed reduction.

Sat 11:19

The game has a jump button after 25 years!

Sat 11:18

Did I mention the startup time of the demo took at least a minute. Thought the game had crashed.

Sat 11:15

Has a more serious soundtrack to it.

Sat 11:14

The best addition to the battle system is instant paradigm shifts.

Sat 11:14

Weapon MOOGLES!

Sat 11:12

Showing off Fnal Fantasy XIII-2 demo… Ugh… Been there played that… The demo is based about two hours in the game and has MOOGLES!

Sat 11:09

Namco Bandai and Square Enix up next

Sat 11:08

Someone mentionmarker less ar? It looks awesome and crossing new boundaries

Sat 11:07

Wide Area Augmented Reality, with just a single ar card which can turn even a normal sized dining table into a war field.

Sat 11:04

Reality Fighters for Playstation Vita, originally shown at tbs discussed. Looks like a lot of fun having a Sam fighter against friends.. In my living room. Cos lays include Mankinis suits, Japanese school girl et cetera. 15 fight styles, augmented reality using the cards that allow you to fight them, multiple fighting styles and a really strong customization system.

Don’t like fighting games? This might win you over to the genre.

Sat 10:58

Can’t recall if the trailer was shown at e3, but a multiplayer, create and real life capture video was just shown.

Sat 10:57

Create has a the same tools as the ps3 versions plus new ones to suit vita features.

Sat 10:56

Trouble using complicated systems to move a platform from one side to the other? Movements of the system will allow you to move them. rear touch as well!

Sat 10:54

One example of touchscreen use in lbp is through playing s piano to open a door.

Sat 10:53

Using the only vita in the southern hemisphere, we are treated to lbp play through.

Sat 10:53

Five social applications previewed…near, party, live area, social essentials and trophies. I think the names speak for themselves

Sat 10:51

Playstation is about gamers

Sat 10:49

John McLaughlin from Xdev up to discuss the Vita.

Sat 10:48

Sony Playstation up first… First topic… vita

Sat 10:47

Game conferences to include pyrotechnics?

Awesome!

Sat 10:40

EBLIVE Session 1 due to start in about 10 minutes. According to the booklet I picked up at EBGames a few weeks ago, it will feature Sony with a TBA game, Namco Bandai Partners with Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Bethesda with Skyrim. Running for an hour, how will each of these companies use their 20 minutes to showcase this game? Keep an eye on this page to find out.

Sat 10:37

Finished a full play through of the Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo. How does it compare to the first game? Do the new gameplay features make for a more enjoyable gaming experience? Read about it tonight in my article on Sam vs Atlas at the EB Expo.

Sat 09:57

Back to expo teaser trailer…. Not so much screaming this time around.

Sat 09:49

Motorbike stunt is motocross….

Sat 09:49

Expo is now officially open… And the media seats are really close to the fire that just shot out for the motorbike stunt show or whatever it is…

Sat 09:47

In terms of numbers, they have not filled the auditorium but the crowd is still at least several thousand at least and when they are excited about a game, the people in Jupiters Casino next to the convention center could most probably hear.

Sat 09:43

People are cheering, and it seems most of us media have our heads glued to our iPads or whatnot.

Sat 09:41

Nothing like a showcase of the events the eb store managers got to enjoy during the managerial session earlier this week. Almost an incentive to open up a store yourself.

Sat 09:39

Why the ear raping thumping music D=

Sat 09:36

More events to come in the future?

Sat 09:35

Managing director of EB Games has just come on stage to I assume welcome people with a 100 slide PowerPoint presentation?

Sat 09:34

Ubisoft and the Black Eyed Peas dancing experience was a rather fun way of promoting Dance Central…. Of course, flashing lights and trying to find seats was an interesting combination.

Sat 09:01

Challenge 1

Finding out where to pick up pass…lol, people are everywhere!

Sat 07:47

Welcome to my EB Expo Live Blog. Currently it is a little bit more then two hours until the event starts.

EB Games Expo – Live Updates

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