While the other companies were a bit constrained with time, EA Games managed to secure an entire hour slot to tease all their latest games to us. They focused on a variety of games from their more popular titles Eg. Battlefield 3, to some of their still very well known but more all-ages titles such as The Sims Social (Regardless of if most ‘The Sims’ games hold M ratings, I still consider them family friendly). They also won in my opinion, the title for best trailer with real life intergration, by having the entire presentation arena turned into a pseudo-warzone. Also, kudos to the guy who screamed “Origin Sucks!” from the crowd, nothing like making a statement clear in-front of the top EA people.
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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.
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.
