Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while, especially with E3 going on. I've just been in the process of packing, moving and unpacking all week. However, I have been watching E3 live from my new home and I have been reading interviews so I do have a lot to cover in this blog. Side note, my new home is awesome! I live in a nice two-story duplex that's about five minutes away from the beach so I have a nice view as well. And I also now live in the same city that Melonie Mac lives in so maybe I'll run into her one day....? Totally not stalking her, no.
There were a few announcements from E3 that I'd really like to cover. First off, during E3's Nintendo Analyst Briefing, Nintendo revealed their plans on expanding StreetPass Network in hopes of achieving more popularity outside of Japan. They also want to release more software that's StreetPass compatible. They say, "This will involve taking a Nintendo 3DS system in sleep mode to an access point which will them connect automatically and send StreetPass data to a server. At the same time, the Nintendo 3DS system also receives the StreetPass data of another user from the server. In this setting, data is not exchanged directly, but rather through a StreetPass relay station. Previously, it required multiple 3DS systems in Sleep Mode to be in the same location at the same time, but in this framework, you can exchange data with others by visiting the same location even at a different time, so we can certainly expect the use rate of the StreetPass feature to grow significantly." This update is supposed to be available sometime later this year.
Bethesda Softworks also released some new info on The Elder Scrolls Online, which is making the MMORPG sound more like World Of Warcraft now. They announced that once you're done with one Alliance, you can start again with the other two, but with all your content set at lvl50. They explained, "You can level all the way from 1 to 50 with your character; that's 140 to 150 hours of content. Once you get to lvl50, maybe you don't want to participate in the PvP endgame or you're not interested in group dungeons, but you really want to play more of the game. You can take the character and go back through the remaining alliances, but all of the content is scaled to lvl50; so you can start playing through another chunk of content, but everything is harder. Once you've played through all of that, you can do it again through the last alliance, but everything is even harder. We call it 50+ and 50++." I honestly can't wait to get playing this. It sounds like a lot of fun, as a lover of fantasy games and MMO's, as well as a fan of both Skyrim and WoW!
Another huge announcement that I'm hugely excited for came from the Final Fantasy panel; if you haven't heard about it yet or you've only heard it in your dreams, it's true, Kingdom Hearts III is real and it's coming. As if that wasn't groundbreaking enough, it will also be historical because not only will it be released to PS4 as expected, but the franchise will also be making its debut with Microsoft when it's also made available for the Xbox - yeah, you read all that right! Kingdom Hearts, III, and Xbox! However, the game is still so early in the process of being developed, that even the game's trailer is immature and unofficial. It is seriously too early to plan even a release year. But, the promise alone of this game is huge, and will be worth any wait.
On top of everything I've already noted so far, I'm also excited to spread the word about the new Battlefield 4. It looks awesome! There will be tons of added features of course, like the new ability to direct squad mates. You can also shut up about the "omg, the xbox one has 500gb!!! that's enough for two battlefield maps!!1!11!" jokes because they're just annoying, and Battlefield is pretty cool and you know it. Like the previous Battlefields, it's expected to have a challenging online gaming experience as well as an engaging and interesting campaign. There is no set drop date for this yet either.
And last, but sure as hell not least, its safe to start getting excited for Halo 5. We haven't heard much about the game's plot, but from the trailer that played at Microsoft's Media Briefing E3 event, it looks engaging, and a lot more heavy/dark than the previous games in the series, which is cool. 343 Industries claims it will be "better than last time," referring to their beliefs that they had learned a lot from the experience of making Halo 4. (as if they had anything to apologise for?) They also tell us to expect Halo 5 to be a "next-generation title." If you haven't seen the trailer yet, watch it. Not only because the graphics are breathtaking but you can start to get pre-conceived ideas on what the game will be about. We were last left with the death of Cortana, Master Cheif's A.I., and in the trailer we see her data-core matrix chip, now on a dog chain. What does that imply? It's drop date falls in next year.
Oh- and before I forget, another cool E3 announcement from Microsoft was for Xbox Live Gold members. If you're an Xbox Live Gold member (the 12 month plan), Microsoft is giving away free games for download up until the release of the Xbox One. One free game every month until November. And not just stupid indie games. I mean, they even mentioned Assassins Creed 2 and Halo 3, just up for free download from the Xbox Marketplace. If you've never gotten Xbox Gold before, or just thought "nah, 60$ just ain't worth it," well now, it's pretty worth it.
I plan on getting back into my routine of frequently updating as I hear more on release dates and new games and such, so keep checking back. I can hardly wait to get ahold of some of these games! Till then, I'm going to be checking out more information, doing some gaming of course and then blogging. So stay following!
Also, if you want a new way to make fun of the Xbox One, go watch the IF XBOX ONE WAS A GIRL video on YouTube, it's pretty funny.
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