OXCGN: "The awards no-one else gives out.
One thing we noticed as we wandered around the main halls in E3 was the large number of stickers, plaques and awards attached to the signs for many games, proclaiming them as being ‘IGN Best Action Game Nominee’ or ‘Kotaku Best of E3′. Predictably these were fixed on the biggest sequels or most elaborate setups.
It got us thinking however: why do we have to stick to the traditional Academy Award-esque categories? Why not honour the less obvious achievements overlooked in the chaos of the show floor?"
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
"Biggest PR Screw-Up: Microsoft – Failing to notice someone shaking a 360 S while a disc spun inside to see if it would scratch it"
Whoops.
Should have had biggest technological mistake, no slot loading in the new Xbox 360 'S' doohhhhh . . . (no, it's not called the Slim btw, it's official name is simply the Xbox 360 'S') . .
I know it was about keeping initial costs down, but I think xbox owners may have shelled out an extra $30-$40 for a unit with a slot loader - not sure, but I would have.
Yeah I love how games get trumpeted at release with best of the e3 show quotes with IGN or whoever...they don't always live up to it and too often originality isn't the criteria so we have the same games but with a new number next to them being awarded.
Activision must be spending a lot on their court case as they seem to not really have put much effort into their E3 displays according to the article.
Bulletstorm had the biggest line-ups? Really?
This surprised me;
Least Attractive New Console: Nintendo 3DS – the differently sized screens and black face on the top panel ruin the symmetry. Backwards step in aesthetics from the DSi XL.