DICE and Electronic Arts present their open-world vision for the follow up to Mirror's Edge.
Victory Games reveals new units and Generals at E3 2013 for Command & Conquer.
EA Tiburon and Electronic Arts continue the NBA Live franchise after a multi-year hiatus at E3 2013.
Featuring the new Ignite engine, EA Sports: UFC aims to set the bar a tad bit higher for the next generation of fighting games.
EA Sports and EA Tiburon tease this year's iteration of Madden NFL 25 with an E3 2013 trailer for next generation consoles.
Powerstar Golf arrives at E3 2013 for the Xbox One developed by Zoe Node and Microsoft.
Where better to fend off those terrible creatures than out front in the lawn? Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare appears at E3 2013 from Popcap and Electronic Arts.
DICE and Electronic Arts put the Frostbite Engine 3 to good use in this teaser trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront.
Square Enix presents the new E3 2013 trailer for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Luftrausers heads to E3 2013 from Devolver Digital and Vlambeer.
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E3 racing roundup: Forza 5, GT6, DriveClub, The Crew, and NFS Rivals
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Thief dev answers your questions on sound, stealth, and more
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NCAA Football 14 demo coming tomorrow
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We knew something was brewing with the release of The Last of Us when retail sites were pushing the date back to mid-June, but Sony and developer Naughty Dog have officially confirmed a delay for the PlayStation 3 exclusive to June 14.
Naughty Dog's highly-anticipated survival game The Last of Us has already set a date for May 7. Despite that, and with no official word from Naughty Dog or Sony, a set of retailers all seem to agree that the game is now set for June 18 instead.
Get bitten once, and it's game over. Fire a bullet from your gun without thinking, and you may find yourself overwhelmed, eaten alive by a horde of infected, attracted by the sound of the gunshot. Take too many punches, and you'll desperately search the environment, looking for anything that will heal you. For many gamers, this will sound like an absolute nightmare. For others (myself included), we've been looking for a return to classic survival horror. We want every bullet to matter, every encounter to be threatening, and we want to be scared, dammit.
The Last of Us is a refreshing retread against modern gaming conventions. While it may have the same presentation and mechanics of Naughty Dog's Uncharted games, the tone is completely different. You won't be making daring leaps of faith, nor will you be hiding behind cover, waiting for your health to regenerate. Heck, you'll barely use your gun unless you're fully aware of your surroundings. Playing it like Uncharted will--as various journalists and myself discovered--undoubtedly result in your death.
The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic action adventure that has survivors fighting against zombie-like beings that Naughty Dog refers to as the "Infected." Although they featured heavily in the game's debut trailer, they've since taken a backseat. At a recent press event in Los Angeles, we finally had a chance to get our hands on the game--and fight these non-zombies.
God of War: Ascension seems like a safe bet for Sony, given that it's the next game in a long-running and popular franchise with one of its most identifiable characters. Just in case that isn't enough, though, the company is sweetening the pot with early access to the demo of another anticipated exclusive, The Last of Us.
How big is The Last of Us? Naughty Dog's PS3 swan song is an event so momentous that it needs not one, but two special editions.
Sure, you can pick up the game for $60 when it launches on May 7th. But, for $20 more, you'll be able to upgrade to the "Survival Edition" of the game. This special edition includes The Art of The Last of Us, a full-sized hardcover art book by Dark Horse. This book will also be available as a standalone product at retail for $40.
A hapless man struggles on the floor, only to get a shotgun round blasted to his face. Then, thunderous applause fills the auditorium.
The Last of Us' E3 stage demo was incredibly violent, and any unknowing onlooker might see our industry's reaction to such a demo as off-putting. However, Neil Druckmann, creative director for Naughty Dog's upcoming shooter, argues that there's reason for such brutality. "The violence you see inside this world isn't gratuitous and over-the-top just for the sake of being violent. It's setting a tone. It's setting a reality that Joel and Ellie are having to deal with," Druckmann said. "Everything has to feel tense. Everything has to feel grounded in reality. The reason why we're going for such realistic violence is because we want you to believe that the stakes are high for Ellie and Joel."
There's a lot to be excited for in 2013, and the Shacknews staff each have five games on their radar. The editorial team at Shacknews outlines their most anticipated games of 2013 individually. Next up, we've got senior editor Andrew Yoon with his list of next year's titles.
First off, let me just say that any game that was in my list for 2012 that didn't come out yet is disqualified. Sorry, BioShock Infinite and Ni no Kuni. I still want you for all the same reasons.
There's a lot to be excited for in 2013, and the Shacknews staff each have five games on their radar. The editorial team at Shacknews outlines their most anticipated games of 2013 individually, starting with staff writer and indie expert Jeff Mattas.
In case you missed the news at the VGAs, Naughty Dog's The Last of Us will be hitting PS3 on May 7th. And, as part of its membership of the AAA video game club, it needs to be bundled with pre-order bonuses. Reservations at "participating retailers" will entitle you to the "Sights and Sounds Pack," which includes the game's official soundtrack, a PS3 dynamic theme featuring the box art (pictured above), and two PSN avatars.
Naughty Dog's hotly anticipated The Last of Us is coming May 7, a new trailer from the VGAs has revealed. The new video brings back the fungal-infected pseudo-zombies first seen in the game's original VGA debut trailer, in addition to a wide variety of environments that go outside the city.
If you're curious to find out more about the post-apocalyptic world of The Last of Us, then you may be interested in picking up American Dreams. The upcoming four issue comic from Dark Horse will tell Ellie's back story, exploring what it's like to grow up in a "postpandemic world, shuttled between military orphanages in one of the last remaining quarantine zones" in the country.
If you were lucky enough to be in Seattle over the weekend, you might have seen an extended gameplay demonstration for The Last of Us at PAX Prime. Originally shown behind closed doors at E3, this demo made its public debut at Penny Arcade Expo. Sony has now released the video online, so that all may see.
This demo features less emphasis on action-combat, and offers a greater look at the game's puzzles, stealth elements, and enemy AI. It lasts a whopping fifteen minutes in all, which should sate your fix for Naughty Dog's latest. Check it out below.
The Last of Us stole critics hearts and won Game of Show at this year's E3. Naughty Dog's survival horror game is a gritty adventure, and this newly revealed cinematic from San Diego Comic-Con only further highlights the grim reality that Joel and Ellie must face in a post-apocalyptic Philadelphia. Check out the new video, but be warned: there's some adult language.
Little is known about The Last of Us' mysterious "online component." An online co-op mode for both Joel and Ellie would be the obvious route to take--and that's not what Naughty Dog has in mind.
"We are supporting multiplayer with The Last of Us," game director Neil Druckmann told Gaming Examiner. "However, we can say that it is not co-op within the main campaign."
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