Jun 17, 2010

Today, Critical Gamer got some hands on time with Dance Central, which is being developed by Harmonix and being published by MTV Games, who if you didn’t know is also responsible for that little thing called Rockband. On hand were some very friendly booth attendees and dance crews showing off the game before we here at E3 got to use it. After a short...

If I wasn’t certain about it before E3 there isn’t any room left for doubt; the 3DS will be the most successful handheld of all time. Barring worldwide sterility, extraterrestrial invasion or all-out nuclear warfare (which may happen if North Korea are eliminated from the World Cup), the 3DS looks well placed to become an unqualified success. If it isn’t...

The first Fable promised much and, notoriously, failed to deliver on most of it – but was still a very good game. Fable II promised much, and delivered most of it – and was a very good game. Fable III promises much – will it follow the pattern and deliver all? Possibly – especially as Molyneux now alleges that he won’t overhype his games...

Amongst the flood of E3 trailers is this one, for Halo Reach. This should interest you for two reasons: it concentrates on the singleplayer campaign, and features lots of continuous gameplay footage. The Halo games are all solid shooters, but the series seems to have a creationist’s attitude toward evolution. We’d say that the footage shown here...

EA Conference: June 14th 10:00pm GMT Predictions going in: no real big surprises expected from EA. Mass Effect 3 is a given and perhaps something from Repsawn Entertainment. While waiting for the official beginning we are subjected to music including Fallout Boy’s ‘Thanks For the Memories’ and songs about doing things in spite of others....