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Zombie News E3 Special Edition No.2

So today's Zombie News E3 edition is chock full of goodness. I won't wast any time so lets get to it!
- Dead Space 2 gets a release date of 1/25/2011 and the people are pumped. Courtesy of G4TV here is a video of the gameplay demoed during the EA Press Conference.

- Battlefield Bad Company 2 is getting a Vietnam expansion Winter 2010

- Medal of Honor is looking good. Here is an E3 Multiplayer Trailer. Watch out COD.

- Kinect will require a separate power adapter for old 360 units. Old? Wait it gets better.
- Old Xbox 360s and Memory cards are being discontinued. Yup. Most of us are now proud owners of discontinued hardware.
- If you are planning on picking up a shiny new 360 soon. Check out Joystiq's HDD transfer kit impressions.
- Multiple game sites did un-boxing articles of the new 360 redesign. Dtoid did the best IMO. Worth a look.
- Dtoid posted new shots of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. These look bad ass. Can't wait for beta.
- Mafia II will have exclusive PS3 content. I will be playing on PS3.
- Sony's PlayStation Move will hit stores on September 19th and retail for $49.99
- Sony announces new Twisted Metal for PS3 slated for 2011 release. Flight combat included.
OMG! An old fave! They better do it right.
- For you DS fans; A new Professor Layton game is set for September 20th release. Great games. Only reason I own a DS.
- Here are some E3 previews of: Assassins Creed: Brotherhood , Fallout: New Vegas
Bulletstorm - This little gem is going to be on my radar. (insert evil laugh here)

The final E3 news is perhaps one of the biggest to come out of the conference yet. Valve is bringing GLaDos to the PS3. Yes that's right. Portal 2 will be releasing at the same time for PC, MAC, Xbox 360, and PS3. What's more is that the PS3 will be the only console to support Steamworks which is Valve's automatic update and downloadable content release mechanism. Check out Dtoid for more detail. Otherwise, watch this E3 Portal 2 trailer and stay with Game Zombie to get the only game news that matters. Natch!

Zombie News Special E3 Edition

It's that time of year again when all of gamedom's media and journalists converge for the single biggest game event in the states. It's of course time for the Electronic Entertainment Expo aka E3. Since I am just a lowly blogger and not affiliated with any gaming media company, I do not have a pass to go and experience this for myself. To do that would be a dream come true for me. Alas, all of my postings will be secondhand from sites like Destructoid, Joystiq, and others. This edition of Zombie News and perhaps the next one will be labeled as E3 editions. I took a gander at the coverage this afternoon and came up with a few points of interest as I followed the stream of updates and cliff notes from Microsoft's press conference today. Check this out!




Highlights from the Microsoft E3 Conference:

- I got most excited about the news of a new slimmer Xbox360 being released...NOW. On store shelves next week. Here is a pic from the presentation. (Yes I want one...eventually.)


- Microsoft pimped the new Kinect (formerly Project Natal) motion controller pretty hard. 15 launch titles when the device releases Nov. 4
- During the Kinect portion, a new partnership with ESPN was announced. 3,500 events live and in demand. NBA, MLB, NCAA, soccer, Sports Center. It's an exclusive partnership. No NFL or NHL mentioned.
- Bungie showed off the first parts of the new Halo: Reach campaign. There is space combat!
- They also showed off new footage for Metal Gear Solid: Rising, CoD: Black Ops, and Gears of War 3.

Overall, I think the content our of the Microsoft conference was solid. I think that Kinect will be awesome and futuristic, but until we see some hardcore titles like Halo or Call of Duty I will be on the sidelines.

Other tidbits of info:

Call of Duty DLC will launch first on Xbox Live for the foreseeable future.
New video of Dead Space 2's "The Puker" ending our hero's quest. Eww.
Joystiq gives us fresh pics of the new Xbox360 Slim. Sweetness.
Forza + Kinect= Coolness If you love Forza. You HAVE to see this.
New Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood game set for Nov. 16th; new trailer.


More to come!!