Well, E3 2012 has come and gone. Expectations were high this year, and there were rumors a plenty, that's for sure. Valve announcing Half-Life 3, Microsoft showing off it's Wii U killer (SmartGlass), Sony bringing the gaming goodness to the Vita and Nintendo changing the way we game yet again.
But, did E3 this year live up to all the hype? Ask your average gamer or gaming journalist and the answer will more than likely be a big
"NO".
I didn't have a problem with E3 this year, maybe because I didn't have my expectations set that high. Sure, I would have loved for Nintendo to walk out on stage, hand in hand with Gabe Newell and announcing that Valve was going to be partnering with the big N to help manage their online services.
Yes, I wanted Sony to show me a thousand reasons why I should buy a Vita and why I should take my PS3 out of the closet and hook it back up.
And maybe I was holding out hope that Microsoft would kill it this year with a bunch of unannounced AAA first party titles.
Now, did I get all or any of this? Not really, but I didn't walk away completely disappointed either. Nintendo sold me on the Wii U with it's new control scheme and third party support. Sony did end up surprising me with how awesome their Smash Brother Clone was shaping up to be and Microsoft...well, I love my XBOX and I
REALLY hope that I'll have some reasons to keep playing it for the next couple years, I just hope that Microsoft doesn't forget about the gamers by trying to turn their "gaming" console in to a new fangled cable box, although I'm pretty sure that's where it's headed.
What say you, fellow gamers. Were you disappointed with E3 this year? Do you think the gaming industry needs something big to shake things up? Or are you like me, happy with what I have and looking forward to new things in the future?
Anywho...let's get to what's really important, the games!
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Gotham City Impostors
Host: Epic-KxDtoid
Gamertag: Epic KxLive
Time: 6 Pacific | 9 Eastern
Marvel Ultimate Alliance/Castle Crashers/X-Men Arcade
Host: Char Aznable
Gamertag: ShinigamiBV
Time: 6 Pacific | 9 Eastern
Battlefield 3
Host: Chillybilly
Gamertag: Chillybill
Time: 7 Pacific | 10 Eastern
Red Dead Redemption
Host: Epic-KxDtoid
Gamertag: Epic KxLive
Time: 9 Pacific | 12 AM Eastern
Max Payne 3
Host: Keisal
Gamertag: Keisal
Time: 10 Pacific | 1 AM Eastern
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