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Don Mattrick Departs Microsoft – Zooms To Zynga

Don Mattrick Departs Microsoft – Zooms To Zynga

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Early today, a report from All Things D highlighted a surprising shift by Microsoft’s main-man for all things Xbox, Don Mattrick, as they reported his intention to leave the company mere months after the announcement of the Xbox One, and claiming a leadership role at Zynga. Although the report from All Things D was initially considered speculation it has since been confirmed by Zynga that Mattrick will be replacing Mark Pincus as the company’s new CEO. A letter from Mark Pincus also revealed that Mattrick will be joining Zynga in his official role next week, but will be available with Pincus tomorrow to introduce himself to future colleagues. The Xbox One has suffered serious criticism, from it’s initial announcement through to its recent DRM 180. As such, it’s not hard to consider a possible link between Mattrick’s departure and the lack luster introduction of Microsoft’s next-gen console. Although I doubt Don would admit as much, his comments about an offline solution for the Xbox One, for example, couldn’t have gone down

E3 2013 – Monolith Soft’s Upcoming Wii U Title Brings Mechs And Monsters To Nintendo

E3 2013 – Monolith Soft’s Upcoming Wii U Title Brings Mechs And Monsters To Nintendo

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Toward the end of the Nintendo Direct broadcast Satoru Iwata presented a new trailer for Monolith Softwares upcoming game on the Wii U. The game has no confirmed name, but it currently goes by X. This title, from the makers of Xenoblade, is a stunning open-world RPG designed to be explored seamlessly, with giant enemies and awesome transforming mech’s which the player will be able to pilot. You can check out the fantastic trailer below; httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWTJMyM4qg

E3 2013 – New Bayonetta 2 Footage Shown During Nintendo Direct

E3 2013 – New Bayonetta 2 Footage Shown During Nintendo Direct

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Very little has been heard about Bayonetta 2 since Platinum Games’ black haired vixen was initially announced to be coming exclusively to Wii U last year. However, during todays Nintendo Direct broadcast a new cinematic trailer was shown, quickly followed by a first look at gameplay. The trailer showed Bayonetta battling against an angelic opponent using teleporting and telekinetic powers in an attempt to overpower the audacious witch. Bayonetta also showed off her new costume and hairdo, which I’m personally a big fan of (I love short hair). After the trailer some gameplay was shown and the intense, over the top, action appears to be returning in a big way with one scene showing Bayonetta battling against an enormous opponent on top of a moving train. Bayonetta 2 is currently scheduled for release in 2014. You can check out a mash up of the trailer and gameplay below; httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dFfVBdRWmw

E3 2013 – Nintendo Reveals New 3D Mario Named Super Mario 3D World

E3 2013 – Nintendo Reveals New 3D Mario Named Super Mario 3D World

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To kick off the E3 2013 Nintendo Direct broadcast, Satoru Iwata unveiled footage for the long awaited three-dimensional Super Mario Wii U game, aptly titled Super Mario 3D World. This title is being developed by the same team that made Super Mario 3D Land on the 3DS, and considering how much fun that portable adventure was it can only mean good things for this upcoming game. The trailer shown during the broadcast revealed a new type of power up, the Cat Suit, which allows Mario to scratch enemies and crawl up certain surfaces. A four player multiplayer mode was also shown, bringing together Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad in a way not seen since Super Mario 2. Iwata highlighted that this multiplayer can be co-operative or competitive based on the sensibility of the players, get ready for friends to steal your power-ups! Super Mario 3D World will be available December 2013. You can check out the gameplay trailer below; httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwwjcfgTksU

E3 2013 – PopCap Goes Three-Dimensional In Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Watch The Gameplay Video

E3 2013 – PopCap Goes Three-Dimensional In Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Watch The Gameplay Video

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To kick off the EA’s 2013 Press-Conference John Vechey of PopCap Games took to the stage to reveal Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, a three-dimensional co-operative third-person shooter coming exclusively to Xbox One and Xbox 360. Producer Brian Lindley and Creative Director Justin Wiebe joined John on stage to play out a four-player co-operative match against a wave of zombies, previewing how plants from the mobile game will return each representing the different styles classically experienced in similar styles of co-op games. The Peashooter fills the role of a normal infantry unit, the Chomper is a powerful melee fighter, the Sunflower supports the whole team by healing them and the Cactus is a powerful ranged shooter with the ability to summon flying units that attack enemy zombies from above. Toward the end of the round two boss creatures, a Disco Zombie and Gargantuan, arrived on the battlefield to take the challenge one step further. From what was shown PvZ: Garden Warfare looks like incredible fun, with colourful characters, slick animations and

E3 2013 – Ryse: Son of Rome Charges Onto The Battlefield, Watch The Gameplay Video

E3 2013 – Ryse: Son of Rome Charges Onto The Battlefield, Watch The Gameplay Video

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During the Microsoft Press-Conference, a title originally revealed for use with the Kinect at E3 2011 returned in a substantially different form. This title is Crytek’s Ryse: Son of Rome. Graphically Ryse: Son of Rome looks incredibly impressive, with enemies being sliced to pieces and environments crumbling in a mesmerizing fashion. The combat was also severely visceral, although the footage shown made it look very dependant on quick-time-events. In an interview with Daniel Kayser on SPIKE after the conference,  Cevat Yerli of Crytek confirmed this exclusive Xbox One title will use a controller for input, consist of strong camaraderie elements between soldiers and involve expanded “executions” (quick-time-events) which will be much harder to earn and more complex to complete than what was shown during the Press-Conference. You can check out a trailer for Ryse: Son of Rome below; httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL9SBr7XPpk And a recording of Ryse’s section of the Press-Conference (including gameplay) can be seen here; httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PKSWiEFyg

E3 2013 – Xbox One Conference Reveals Project Spark *UPDATE* Now With Gameplay

E3 2013 – Xbox One Conference Reveals Project Spark *UPDATE* Now With Gameplay

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During the Xbox One section of Microsofts E3 Press-Conference, Dave McCarthy – Microsoft Game Studios’ General Manager – took to the stage to reveal Project Spark. Project Spark appears to be a Kinect and SmartGlass based map creator and editor. Dave stood on the stage using SmartGlass on a Surface tablet with an associate standing at his side, initially his associate used voice commands to bring up a basis for their map, showing options such as an Arctic or Forest terrain and setting the mood to day, evening or night. After the basic terrain was established Dave stepped in using his tablet to change specific details, such as elevating some land and adding a moat. They then zoomed in closer to develop a fresh new town, as well as showing off the mechanic of adding “behaviours” to the “brain” of specific objects, in this case a rock. Doing so let the rock move around, making it active in the town. Finally enemies were added to the map, although numerous enemies