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-Keith

Well it has been an a riveting year for games this year, it has also been a tough year for the gaming community. 2014 is literally ending tomorrow evening and the new year of 2015 is starting. In this post I am just going to review some of the more interesting highlights to me for the year of 2014. I may not hit on exactly every single note because lets face it come November the market was so over run with new releases that we all felt the pain in our wallets, and it is what really stood out for the year was the title after title after title release. So without further ado lets review the year of 2014!

In the year 2014 we have seen 2 next gen consoles, a slew of games, and 2 next gen consoles just waiting to have some real next generation games to really be released for it. January was a really slow month for console games, however the PC market was flooded with titles that really made PC gamers (Who are the superior gamers) so excited. I really can’t say to much for the month of January.

Then February marched in and we had a good amount of releases, with Donkey Kong : Tropical Freeze, Bravely Default, and Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns. Then we got the news that one of my favorite studios Irrational Games was closing. If you are unfamiliar with Irrational Games well shame on you! Irrational Games are the creators of System Shock and BioShock Franchises. I loved the BioShock series, the first BioShock was just so amazing and wondrous. The story was amazing where you felt actual emotions and you felt like you were the main character. You had ups and downs and lefts and rights. The graphics were beautiful and you felt in this under the sea city known as Rapture was just breathtaking seeing a once amazing city fall into decay. Then you had BioShock 2 which continued the story from 1 and didn’t meet to the same response as the original had did but still an amazing game. Then you had BioShock: Infinite which just I didn’t know how to feel at first because it didn’t take place in the fallen under water city of Rapture but rather in the sky city of Columbia. My opinion greatly changed with this after completing it and seeing the game evolve, it still blows your mind. I digress though but Irrational Games you shall be missed greatly.

March is where 2014 everything clicked and the trend began. We saw South Park : The Stick of Truth release on the Xbox 360 and pS4…Finally!! The game was fantastic funny and was worthy of the South Park name. I am so glad this game not only did not get cancelled but met to such brilliant reviews and even won awards!! Then you had the glorified demo of Metal Gear Solid V, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros. With this you were introduced to not only a older Big Boss who isn’t trying to kill Solid Snake but a new voice to the fabled character by none other the Jack Bauer himself Kiefer Sutherland. Along with fantastic graphics they added all new elements of Gameplay to the Metal Gear franchise that made combat smooth, but still keeping that classic Metal Gear charm. You still gotta be stealthy, you still rely on patience, and of course you always have your trusty Codec radio. I cannot wait to see the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain next year, because this game impressed me so much. We had Titanfall release for the Xbox One, this kept most new console adopters happy for the time, especially with the online Multiplayer. Then of course I cannot leave out the release of the highly anticipated online collectible card game from Blizzard. Hearth Stone : Heroes of Warcraft. This game is not only free to play but now is across multiple platforms including the iPad and Android Tablets, and highly addictive if you learn how to play it right and have money to buy the packs of cards.

Then in April another PC game month with Goat Simulator, a hilarious game that just sparked so many new simulator games that just are so silly and mindless that you can’t help but not play them. Granted you think they are stupid at first but as you play them you ask yourself, “Why am I still playing this.” I did not play Elder Scrolls Online another game that was released during this time because I just couldn’t deal with another MMO, but the game itself I heard very mixed opinions on. The one game that I absolutely loved in the month of April was Child of Light. Child of Light is a 2D side scroller RPG made by Ubisoft. This game not only was magical in its simplistic game play and fairy-tale plot driven story, but what really made this game shine was the artistic graphics. This game was in my opinion Art, plain and simple. The backgrounds were gorgeous the characters were beautifully drawn and all were designed in a water-color aesthetically pleasing.

May was the month that kicked off the huge spike in Nintendo! I am so proud of Nintendo, because they are climbing back to the top with this month. Nintendo not only had Mario Golf: World Tour for the Nintendo 3DS, but they had the amazingly successful and fun Mario Kart 8 that launched the Wii U to great heights. Mario Kart 8 was what Nintendo needed to get back in the game. The game was knocked out of the park! With new and classic levels new karts, new everything! Also it was the start of the whole Nintendo actually allowing you to post your videos of gameplay onto YouTube directly from the system. You see this was a bit of a hot button issues because Gamers who did lets plays with Nintendo games Nintendo was not to happy with them, because they were monetizing off there work. I can see the perspective from both sides, but I already went over that in a previous post (Read that Here). All this was gearing up to the month gamers drool for and wait for all year I am talking about June

June is not only the beginning of Summer but it is Gamers month as I like to call it. Simply because you guessed it… E3!!! (Read my E3 Review Here) Also thats the month that I started writing and reviewing games again here on my lovely blog thanks to you guys! Every year every company makes there way to Los Angeles to show off there games fro the coming months and next year and ohh this E3 was fantastic because it was all about the Games! We had games announcements left and right! It was exciting to be a gamer at E3 this year. Nintendo again I think stole the show, however Sony out of left field who usually does not have very good shows at E3 really put up a fight this year and made me glad I actually purchased a PlayStation 4. They showed titles like No Mans Sky, and Uncharted 4 and a slew of other titles. Microsoft however was a little lackluster in there performance.  There were a couple of gems that were release like Shovel Knight, but the main spotlight was E3 and the games that were coming up in the coming months and year.

Now in July and August it wasn’t to exciting so instead of rambling off titles that really didn’t make the cut because I honestly didn’t play them I am gonna take this time and talk about some of the trends that were happening in gaming along with some stuff that was happening in the industry over the year. 1st in August there was Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. It was a pretty awesome show, continuing off the success of E3 the game company’s really brought there A games to the table. However this year trends really started to grow. It was a year of HD remakes and remasters. You had Fable: Anniversary, The Last of US HD, GTA V for next gen, the Master Chief Collection, Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix, I mean honestly the list goes on and on. Then the second thing I saw a trend in this year which I already went into great depths again in previous posts, but there are definitive console editions and exclusive content for consoles. I really don’t like this because I think Microsoft and Sony instead of fighting and spending money on exclusive stuff for 3rd party multi-console games they should I dunno make new games! Also it was a year of a lot and I do mean a lot of glitches with supposedly finished games. First was Watch Dogs, following suite with Assassins Creed Unity, Halo Master Chief Collection and many more. This in my opinion was unacceptable, I mean you can’t release something unfinished charge us full price and then say your fixing it, then in order for the fix to go through you gotta buy downloadable content and purchase that to get the fix along with content that’s already in the game. I know the industry is trying to get the most out of consumers, but when are we going to draw the line in the sand? I think there was enough outrage with this that I hope and pray that developers get the message. Then there was the purchase of Twitch by Amazon. Then what really rocked the gaming community was GamerGate, I rather not go into this but its sad that we as a community had to go through this because some people can’t play nice with others and we all can’t be grown ups, it was a sad time these months for both the community and gaming but don’t fret because September was just around the corner with its gaming goodness.

In September we saw the release of Destiny the claimed shooter from Bungie, this is what warmed up the month, then of course my favorite Hyrule Warriors was released along with the definitive Lord of the Rings games Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor.  September was the warm up month for what would be the beginning of what some people called Gamergedon. Because then in October we had a load of games. We had a good amount of Horror games for the spooky time of the year with Betheseda’s Evil Within, and Sega who finally brought an Alien game worth calling an Alien game unlike that piece of crap Aliens : Colonial Marines. Alien: Isolation was scary and everything you would expect from an Alien game. It had its moments of frustration but this game really brought new life to the survival horror genre along with the Alien franchise name. Xbox One had the punk rock spectacular Sunset Overdrive, and Nintendo gave us more with Super Smash Bros. 3DS , and Bayonetta 2 for Wii U which was not only an amazing fun game but it was so well recieved by critics getting scores almost near perfect. May was the start of Nintendo’s climb and October made it even more hotter, but this was nothing what was in store for next month.

November was what was called Gamergedon because of the title after title major releases that came out that month. November had releases like Call of Duty : Advance Warfare, the first call of duty game I genuinely enjoyed in a long long time and I actually purchased it. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, Halo the Master Chief Collection, Little Big Planet 3, Dragon Age: Inquisition , Lego Batman 3, Far Cry 4. I mean the titles go on! However I keep on stating it and I do apologize but this year was Nintendo’s big comeback with not only the launch of Super Smash Bros. Wii U, The Collectible toy come to life Amiibo figures which are hotter the Skylanders at this juncture, and Pokemon Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire.  I still am playing all these titles so hopefully I can get some reviews out for you with in the next month but being so super busy with personal items and the Holidays it was just to overload for me!

Things wind down for the close of the year in December with Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix , and more Nintendo goodness with Captain Toad Treasure Tracker and NES Remix Pack for Wii U. However in December the gaming community was able to put down there battle axes with each other and we were treated to probably the best Video Game Award Show. It was a celebration of games and the community. What really impressed me the most was that games that actually deserved the awards in the categorys actually were game I would choose! It was amazing. Along with all the announcements. My favorite being the gameplay of the New Zelda Wii U, and announcement of Star Fox coming out in 2015. Then we were treated to the PlayStation Experience where Sony had there day of showing off there 1st party titles.

All and All 2014 was slow to start but ended with a Big Bang! There weren’t really any show stoppers this year but it did open the door to a great start of 2015. I am excited not only for the continued success that Nintendo so richly deserves but also what to look forward to for all the next generation consoles! PlayStation 4 I think is going to be the big dog to beat with its amazing line up with games like No Mans Sky and the Order 1886, but Xbox One has yet to show off its muscle with its teaming up with a lot of Indy Developers. So with that being said I hope everyone had a great 2014, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all! I will see you all in 2015!

Game On!

-Keith

It has been a pretty slow month for gaming, I wish I really had more to give as far as reviews and more items to ramble about. However, a Blogger has to write always. So I have picked out a few things to talk about.

While it is true that this month has been slow for gaming, however we did have Gamescom in Cologne this month. I would love to go to this, just simply because its in Germany, it is amazing there from what I remember going there all the way back pre 9/11. Also I have family that live in Switzerland and I would love to take my little gaming cousin there from what I can gather it is only just a short trip there. Also to state the obvious it is a gaming convention!! It also open the public! Unlike E3 which is industry only granted I would have to say being to E3 is the Mecca of gaming, I have had the honor of going there once and I cannot wait to go back, hopefully through you guys :). I continue though we had some cool announcements there such a Hideo Kojima teaming up to make a Silent Hill game. I really cannot wait to see how this will develop. Take the genius of Kojima and add it to Silent Hill one of the original scares of gaming. It should be awesome, I set my expectations high on this one, because Kojima want you to

Shit your Pants

If that wasn’t enought action we had EA show off there guns with the new BioWare game Shadow Realms which is taking the same approach as Evolve (Which I considered Game of Show for E3) a 4v1 RPG, and whats even better its going to be for PC! They made some more announcement such as items for Titan Fall, and had a demo for another game I am waiting for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Then you had Microsoft with its announcements of the Halo 5: Guardian Beta and the Evolve beta that is coming out in January for Xbox One, along with some announcements for Halo: The Master Chief Collection and a whole lot of game trailers. This is just the tip of the icerberg as we still have 4 more days of information to be revealed.

Another thing I wanted to talk about because it gets me a little tweaked is these multi-platform games that are getting exclusive content for the different consoles. Talked really really briefly about this in my E3 review, however this month really it hit the fan. It started with all of these multi-platform titles that will be released having timed exclusives or exclusive content to either PlayStation or Microsoft. Originally these company’s invested in there own IPs (Intellectual Properties) and develop games exclusively for there systems. And made you attracted to these games, case and point Halo. Halo made you want to buy and Xbox because ot was only on…XBOX! Now, The powers that be are taking this new step where they still are making there own games, and instead of trying to fight for exclusivity of a franchise on a particular platform are now fighting for who can release the most content for this game on one console versus the other on games that would just be considered multi-platform games. Its really really shitty. I mean I know its supposed to drive sales for the consoles versus the competitor, but I think it pisses me off more, because as not only a gamer but a collector I gotta buy multiple copies to get different experiences for the same goddamn game. Also does not seem fair to the people who only do buy one console and don’t have the luxury of owning it and it seems really really shitty for them that they get to loose out on this experience. Prime example would be Destiny and how PlayStation is trying to make it the “definitive version” on its console, while a person who is a loyal Xbox owner cannot share this same wonderful experience. It seems like Microsoft and PlayStation really need to take a step back and think what is best for us the gaming nation and instead of making these exclusive DLCs for a multiplatform game invest in your own games and studios to really make the competition stiff and make me the gamer really want to go out and purchase your system with new ideas and franchises and game play. Let the multi-platform games be just that multi-platform games.

Lastly and hopefully everyone can be civil and keep there opinions and comments to themselves on a subject that is kinda touch right now. But I just wanted to leave it for the end and mention it because it is something that I really wanted to just, really express myself on because it really holds kinda dear to me. We lost a really amazing actor/comedian/gamer this week. I am talking about the late Robin Williams. The man was like the incarnation of nerd and funny, He loved gaming, like me he loved The Legend of Zelda, so much so he even named his daughter after the fabled princess. He even loved World of Warcraft, from what I gather he took it really seriously. It is quite a loss and I really give condolences to his friends and family for there horrific loss. I grew up watching his comedy and his movies, and later on in my life found out how much he loved gaming like I do. I am going to post here is a link for a petition to have him memorialized in a game series he loved so so much like I do. It is a petition to have his name added into the English version of the new Legend of Zelda that is being developed for Wii U, as a NPC. just as memorial to this amazingly talented man who loved the series. I know a lot of people would ask if he wasn’t famous would you even care and would you do the same thing for them? My answer…Absolutely. Any gamer who is so passionate about any game series so much, that as just a small memorial to just be some background character or NPC in a game I think developers owe it to the fans. Because it is us who make the series great and popular and continue to support it. So think link is clickable HERE for the petition and I really hope it becomes a reality. Last time I checked they only need another 24,436 signatures hopefully I can make a little contribution here on my end for someone who brought me so much joy growing up

So that about wraps up this little rambling here. I will definetely post more updates of GamesCom and my Gamer Keith Challenge. So check back often.

-Keith

The first day of Conferences for E3 are done, and what a day has come from it. My predictions could not even come close what happened today, I was right on a lot of things from the conferences, but things that were revealed just at the Sony Conference alone blew me away…

Really Microsoft and Sony clearly ate there Wheaties this morning and brought there A games today. While I am not gonna go over every single announcement made I am only gonna just talk about the games that really stood out to me.

It started out with Microsoft going first. They started the show off with a bang. Honestly I am not a huge Call of Duty, or Battlefield fan so I am just gonna really not going to harp too much. I will say that CoD does look quite beautiful on a next generation console and so does Battlefield but really not my cup of tea. The games that immediately stood out, Sunset Overdrive. I am so excited for this game. Seeing actual game play and hearing more about the different weapons and game play options October 28th can not come fast enough. Transition a little bit more into the show my predictions we hear all sort of news for Halo 5: Guardians & Halo: The Master Chief Collection. While no actual game play was actually shown for Halo 5 we were treated to a gorgeous cinematic trailer so we shall what 2015 will have in store. The Master Chief Collection however is gorgeous, granted all they are just HD Remasters of all the Halo series, what really makes it stand out is the multiplayer maps and how they are beautifully rendered for the Xbox One, with extra bonus content such as Halo: Nightfall an apparent series that lead up to the events of Halo 5 and a mode that allows you to relieve certain parts of the Halo in any order of your choosing.  I could effectively just play the endings of just blowing up Halo rings one after another.  Then of course we had game play of The Witcher 3, which I have not played one or two so I really don’t have a frame of reference for them, but the game does look intriguing. Then of course Dragon Age : Inquisition , oh Dragon Age, while the Microsoft conference showed off some footage of the game it wasn’t until the EA conference that we saw actual gameplay. The game looks AMAZING! I thought the 1st and 2nd titles were phenomenal and the new one looks like already it is dressed to impress. Then they really delved into the indy development community and we saw a bunch of beautiful games of one platformer of which is going to be release this year is Ori and the Blind Forest, I cannot stress that video games are art with this platform adventure game. It’s so pretty and the gameplay looks so much fun and the character I already feel attached to that this is definitely on my list of items to buy at launch. Microsoft indeed kept there promise and it was all about the games.

The EA conference I really caught bits and pieces of, I did see the gameplay for Dragon Age, and I did see the Mass Effect concepts, all impressive. Mass Effect I know will impress because BioWare seems to have really taken the criticism of Mass Effect 3 to heart and really are listening to the fans this time around instead of being like Cliffy B and if you don’t like what I make tough shit your gonna buy it anyway approach. With the tools of the Xbox One and its new lookout I think that the development shall be quite interesting and probably at next years E3 will see so much more information regarding the title.

While I did not watch the Ubisoft Conference because I can only stand so much regurgitation of the Assassins Creed crap in one year, One game that I did watch the gameplay trailer for and really emerged from the wood work was the new IP The Division.

Then tonight when I got home from work, I turned on the PlayStation conference at exactly 9 pm (Eastern Time) I sat back and watch Sony really steal the show. If you know me and even if you read my previous entry I am not really too much of a huge PlayStation fan. We have had a strained relationship with the PS3 when pretty much they were on their high horse because of the rousing success of the PlayStation 2. Tonight however Sony really impressed the shit out of me. So much so that while it kinda pains me to say it… I think Sony had the best conference so far and maybe will have won E3 this year. The only comment, that it seemed  they had way to many technical difficulties with sound and really should have rehearsed this a bit more. Because during some of the announcements as I even said to my friend Shane it was no tension building up to the reveal it was kinda just dropped in our laps like here I am deal with it. They showed one game after another after another. The first game that really popped out at me was no not Destiny (While I will eventually play that game and will probably download the Beta and or the Alpha to test it) but the first game I saw was a title called Entwined. The game is out as of tonight for $9.99, as I write this entry I am actually downloading it and possibly write a little blurb on it tomorrow. It looks so artsy, I love artsy games. The concept is new and the game play from what I gather kind really makes you sync both of the analog sticks. Just like Ori and The Blind Forest this really shows that games are not just entertainment devices but true art in the purest of forms. Indy Games have really shined this year at E3 and Sony really displayed them proudly. Then Bam! Little Big Planet 3. I honestly did not see that coming , and the fact they added some new characters to the game made it all the sweeter, if that weren’t enough all the existing content created for the previous 2 installments will be available on Little Big Planet 3! That is over 8.7 million pieces of content with graphical upgrades. Holy Shit! Then we had one game No Man’s Sky, Sci-fi space flight other worldly travel and adventure a game that promises a different experience stating that no 2 games will over the same beginning experience. That like the universe it is ever-expanding. Then they stated in a cute little skit that surprised me was they will be remastering one of my favorite Tim Schaffer Lucas Art games Grim Fandango. Then they went on to reveal some new peripherals one of which being an AR for your broadcasting of your games which I will try out and stream when available. Then they unveiled the PlayStation TV pretty much from what i can gather from the conference is almost like a satellite PS4 / PS3 that allows you to play certain games on it and stream content via PlayStation Now. Very interesting and the fact that the hardware is pretty inexpensive I will be picking it up so I can hook it to a satellite location in my house to see how it really works. Then they unveiled Mortal Kombat X footage and talked about none other than a Ratchet and Clank Movie?! Also a remake of the original for the for the PS4 please sign me up! Then I am glad that Sony had the privilege to show off the Trailer which ironically came out last night which seemed to be the joke at the conference of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.  They then moved onto to show of Arkham Knights, two words… Bat Mobile. I will leave it at that. Then moved onto reveal Uncharted 4 : A Thief’s End cinematic trailer and a tentative 2015 release date. This was just the icing on the already practically perfect cake. It is one thing I give to Sony this year was they didn’t weigh us down with a bunch of just pretty trailers like they usually do they really did have games that actually were playable and showed the true potential of the system.

This year we saw a lot of new IPs which is a breath of fresh air really because, I can only stand so much of year after year of CoD, Assassin’s Creed, and the EA sports franchises. One concept I can see quite the trend of is really the aspect of multiplayer aspects in a lot of these games. Even in games that I could have sworn would have more of a single player aspect on them they are really trying to integrate the concept of not playing games alone anymore. That and we really have stiff competition because while Cross Platform is becoming the new norm where people don’t have to be locked into one device. It seems that it is now becoming the war of content exclusives to the systems. That was the huge things in both corners. I give it to Sony on this round though because there exclusive content on some of these games that are gonna be multi platform seems quite on par. However I think this is all a ploy to drive as much revenue for these games as possible making me pretty much have to buy both copies because who knows which content is going to be better. Bullshit if you ask me but quite brilliant.

Well I am officially E3’ed out for the night it was so good watching not this petty lets show off the consoles stuff and bring it all down to the games so far. I can not wait to see what Nintendo has in store for tomorrow. All I can say is Nintendo will not disappoint me and I know after watching this they gotta bring it tomorrow.

Until then be sure to catch up on as much today as possible because this isn’t even day 1.

-Keith

Now I am not gonna go through every single game or every game aspect of the show, so I am just really gonna go for the major 3 players Nintendo , Microsoft , and then dabble a little on some major games I would like to be seen and from what I hear will be at the show this year or at least announced. So let’s get started!

This year I don’t think we really have much to worry about as far as new hardware its gonna be ALL about the games this year.

Nintendo:

If you have read my previous post you have probably gathered I am somewhat of a Nintendo Fan boy. Its true I am the biased when it comes to Nintendo because shit I grew up with it, it’s always been there. But enough reminiscing. At Nintendo this year I think they are gonna really have an All-Star Line Up and are going to knock it out of the park again this year. Nintendo has been taking a different approach as of lately. They believe of doing a lot Press Releases every so often. This year is no different and they will be doing the Nintendo Directs for everyone to see. They are doing not only will they be at the show, but they are doing 3 directs. 1 one of which will be a Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Now I gotta be honest with you I don’t think we are gonna see a whole lot of things that will be released probably this year. I think its gonna be a majority of what Nintendo has in store. I believe we are gonna see some renews of some old Franchises and a couple of new IPs. The first of which I am very excited about Hyrule Warriors. A new take on The Legend of Zelda Franchise, a hack and slash action made by the same people who made Dynasty Warriors. This I hope makes some big waves and I am very excited to see an US release date and more gameplay footage. If this wasn’t enough Legend of Zelda goodness rumor mill is a buzz that there will be some sort of trailer and or reveal of the Legend of Zelda Wii U (Title Pending).  My real reasoning I believe this to be true because Zelda Williams will be at this Nintendo Direct as stated on her Twitter page.  Along with that we will probably see some announcement for Wii U Virtual Console Titles. The second Major hitter will be Super Smash Bros. Yes I believe at E3 we will definitely get not only more final words on a release date but more gameplay footage and possible more character reveals. But what is Nintendo without Mario! Supposedly there are strong rumors that there is gonna be some sort of  “Mario Maker“. What it is supposedly a Little Big Planet style game featuring everyone’s favorite plumber. If  that wasn’t enough we will see more on the 3Ds Pokemon Ruby Omega and Sapphire Alpha. Then if I did not mention it my friend Reggie and all the Hunters in n00b Adventures in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate would kill me for not mentoning it Monster Hunter 4! I know it’s a little presumptuous but I think they will win the Conference set.

Microsoft:

Now Microsoft last year was all about the Xbox One hardware, this year its gonna be game focus central. With a title of the conference being Xbox: Game On I can only imagine what will be shown.  So far Halo 5: Guardians has been announced, so we shall definitely see some sort of reveal with either gameplay or new trailer, with a possible time frame window of release. Then of course we have the Halo: The Master Chief Collection the HD Xbox One collection. One game that I was actually pretty amazed to see a “game play trailer” on the Xbox Events App that I am intrigued to see more of is Sunset Overdrive a third person shooter by the legendary Insomniac Game Studio who brought us Ratchet and Clank. Of course also there will be something for Call of  Duty: Advanced Warfare. Then something for Destiny . Then of course there is Killer Instinct Season 2 and Microsoft has always had a great relationship with EA because of Peter Moore, so we will see something with the Sport compilation and Battlefield also. Other than that it has been very hush-hush, all leading up to the conference. One thing that has been circulating around is that something “unexpected” will be announced. This will be very interesting show this year and Microsoft is gonna also have an excellent excellent show.

Sony: 

Ok one thing that happened so far is the whole Last Guardian dilemma. Turns out that is indeed not cancelled. Now Sony I am gonna really kinda keep short. I mean PlayStation is just so recycled and there conferences are so boring. I think they will have some great games on the consoles from 3rd parties but I don’t really expect much from them right out of the conference gate. There will be and it has been somewhat confirmed that there will be a lot of games for the PS4 this year. One thing that seems to be on the tip of every Sony lovers lips is Uncharted 4 and a supposed Last of Us PS4 edition. While it is not for the PS4 one item I am quite happy about is Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix for the PS3 that Square-Enix has already announced late last week. The second item I am extremely excited for and I can only really imagine it on the PS4 even though it will be multi platform is Metal Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain. Ooh this game. I played Ground Zero and I was so impressed with it I really can’t wait to see more of this game. I just hope my prediction is correct and it will be really shown on the PS4 more so then then XBox One. So I will really see how this develops. I think Sony like all years will be very mediocre at best.

Now for some titles that have been busing around , some rumor some confirmed titles.

Mortal Kombat X : 

WOW! A new Mortal Kombat and it looks so bad ass! Those who have not seen the trailer is a link http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/06/02/whos-next-official-mortal-kombat-x-announce-trailer. With new consoles comes a new Mortal Kombat one of the fighting games that defined almost a generation. While some details are scarce and only a release of 2015 I can’t wait to see what is showcased for this game.

STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT :

While it made technically made a debut at last year Microsoft Conference, I would love to see a new Star Wars Battlefront game because I thought the originals were awesome. With so much Star Wars fodder going around I think it would be an excellent time to release some sort of new star wars game.

FALLOUT 4: 

This is rumored. I love FallOut. If they announce an actual title or even just a trailer, I think that will make my E3. I mean who knows where it can take place… It can be California, Maybe still in DC. You know what would be awesome location New Jersey! In my personal opinion though people would just think it business as usual in Jersey. (Insert Witty Comment)

Alien: Isolation : 

With the horrible horrible game Alien: Colonial Marines failure. This game actually looks like the Alien game we have been wanting since god knows when. It seem scary, survival horror. It also has all those nifty gizmos from the Aliens movie like the Radar. This is a title to be on the lookout for.

This is all I have for the moment. Not to beat a dead horse to death but this year is all about the games! We have the consoles so know its time for those developers to start putting out these games we have all been craving. As for game of show I have no real clear idea what is going to be game of show. It’s all what is announce in conference of the next couple of days. Then we actually have 3 days of the actual show to see these games actually being showcased. All and all I can not wait!

Check back later this week where I will definitely be doing my recap of E3 because I have the week off from work just for the occasion!! Until then Game On!!!