With the rise and fall of Flappy Bird, it reminded me of the rage that can come from playing certain video games. I am not even an angry person, but something about these games just unleash the beast.
This week, Andy, Devindra, Chris, and Techmeme’s Lidija Davis break down this coming year’s latest videogame announcements from the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Later, we discuss last week’s All Things D conference, which was “haunted by the man who isn’t here.”
But first, this week’s headlines… LinkedIn suffers a massive security breach as 6.4 million passwords get leaked, Google sneaks the first video from Project Glass, Facebook Camera launches, Facebook plans to allow under 13-year-olds into their service, Apple to bring Siri to the iPad, and Airtime launches.
How many of you out there enjoyed the first LEGO Batman video game that came out a few years ago? I’m betting a lot of you did as the game was a big success. Anyone hoping for the sequel should be very excited today as we have the first trailer for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. The new game brings back Batman and Robin, as they join forces with other heroes of the DC universe in order to stop the evil plans of Lex Luthor and The Joker.
Amazon is running a 19 Days of Deals sale on video games this month, with today’s entry being Family Games Day, where you can save up to 40% on select games and accessories like Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Pac-Man Party, and more, with some titles as low as $13.99.
It has been a few days now since the E3 video game and electronics convention just came and went, leaving many exciting previews and announcements in its wake, but we here at Geeks of Doom wanted to put together a basic wrap-up for those of you who missed it all and do not yet know of all of the treasures that came of it. The big dogs in Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo all had exciting conventions, with Sony and Microsoft making some magnificent announcements. Included in this mass of geek-tastic announcements: A look at Microsoft’s motion-capture attempt with Project Natal, Sony’s motion-capture prototype, and games like Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Halo: ODST, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, God of War III, and others.
In celebration of the convention and all of the great things that came out of it, we’ve decided to put together this little recap of the biggest and brightest things that we saw. We will do our very best to offer information on the products, as well as the mind-blowing videos that were shown! To start, we’ll go over the three main outlets and what they presented to us. After that, we’ll take a look at all of the games and videos that were also presented by the various publishers.
Click on over for some great videos of the future of gaming via motion sensors, as well as a collection of wonderful trailers and videos to watch!
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