I'm not at E3 this year, though maybe one day I'll get to go. For now, I'm watching Spike TV's livestream of the events, and giving you my thoughts on the major announcements as they come!
First up is Rayman's next adventure, an apparent origins tale of sorts.
It looks pretty cool, retro at the same time as being modern and up to date. It has 4-player co-op/Multiplayer, and reminds me so very much of Loco Roco in the music choice and gameplay style.
A good start for Ubisoft.
The Driver series continues with Driver: San Francisco.
The trailer is pretty good, making me think that the Driver series has finally caught up with the current generation of consoles. It looks good, though it was a bit odd to see a police car hit a person and just nudge them slightly...
Surprise reveal from Ubisoft here. This looks fantastic, and is just a generally well scripted trailer.
"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?" is probably going to be one of my favorite lines from E3 this year.
I have slight misgivings though, as trailers for Far Cry 2 made me think the game would be great, but it was a bit of a letdown when it finally came out.
Brothers in Arms: Furious Four is an over the top and somewhat hilarious take on the World War 2 genre, looking quite entertaining and different compared to most of the shooters coming out at the moment.
This is one I'll be keeping my eye on I think.
Next up came the TinTin videogame, which looks pretty cute if I'm honest.
It reminds me so much of the cartoons I used to watch as a kid, and you even get to play as Snowy. I just hope they've removed the overt racism...or explained it away somehow...
Microsoft showed off the Gunsmith ability and the main trailer for this, but Ubisoft actually got out a demo.
This game looks really good, and seems to be built on the engine used on the very last Splinter Cell, where mission objectives appear in the game world.
The tech from the trailer appears in the demo, and seems really interesting. The camo, the drone, everything.
I also love the interaction withe civilians.
They also announced Ghost Recon Online afterwards, which is a solely online version of the Ghost Recon series, and is free to play.
Trackmania 2 and the announcement of Maniaplanet came up next.
Trackmania 2 is the followup to, obviously, Trackmania. Another racing simulator, but this one seems focused largely on being entertaining and fun to play, rather than realistic in gameplay.
They also added mention of Maniaplanet, which is a whole world devoted to different types of games.
Shooters and FPS gamers will be catered for with Shootmania, whilst RPG fans will be treated to Questmania.
Ubisoft are basically expanding on their Trackmania franchise, which seems quite cool.
Rayman's Rabbids are back, and now they're even more interactive.
Another game for Kinect, it looks like it could be a fun little party game.
The walkthrough lead to perhaps the best presentation quote so far, "That was ridiculous!" said in a french accent. Brilliant stuff.
Music games are said to be near death, with guitar hero being cancelled, Rock Band selling poorly, etc, etc.
So Ubisoft announce Rocksmith. A music game that teaches you how to play the guitar, with an actual guitar.
This game has so much potential, it's absurd.
A quick mention of Fitness Evolved 2, with a little trailer that appears to be missing from YouTube at the moment. It'll be like the first game no doubt, just slightly better.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations ended the Ubisoft conference this year, with a fantastic trailer showing Ezio exploring Masyaf (the birthplace of the Assassin's Creed series), and facing off against hundreds of Templar guards.
They gave a quick gameplay demo, showing Ezio in Constantinople, destroying a whole fleet before escaping on his own ship.
Highlight of the conference for me?
It's got to be the Assassin's Creed trailer, excellent music choice and such a sad feeling coming from it all. A sad ending to a brilliant mini-trilogy.
The Rayman game looks cool to, as does Future Soldier, and Far Cry 3's trailer was well scripted.
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