Ubisoft Press Conference - E3 2011

There wasn't much to be excited about at Ubisoft's. The focus was casual games like Just Dance 3 and Your Shape. The more non-casual or hardcore games were Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, Far Cry 3, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ghost Recon Online and Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

The most exciting games were the Ghost Recons, Far Cry 3, Rayman: Origins, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. They, of course, saved Assassin's Creed for last so viewers had to sit through other frankly crap game presentations.

Ghost Recon Online will be a free online shooter. You can apply to participate in the beta here:
http://ghostrecononline.us.ubi.com/agegate

Here is some gameplay from Rayman: Origins, which actually looks very fun.



Assassins Creed: Revelations Gameplay from E3 2011. MEGA FLAMETHROWER!!!

E3 2011 - Microsoft Press Conference

All eyes were on the Kinect at this year's Microsoft Press Conference at E3. Dozens of upcoming games including Madden, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, UFC, Fable the Journey, and Forza Motorsport 4 will be Kinect enabled. Mass Effect 3 will also be Kinect enabled. Players will be able to control character reactions via voice commands. Xbox will also be the only console offering Minecraft, which will also be Kinect enabled.

Microsoft also unveiled the (new) New Xbox Experience which can be controlled by voice commands using the Kinect. Youtube, Bing, and Live TV are also coming to Xbox Live.

Other games including Modern Warfare 3, Tomb Raider, Gears of War 3, and Halo 4 (yes it's official) were shown during the Press Conference. MW3 DLC will be coming to Xbox Live first, as always. The new Tomb Raider reboot had amazing graphics and the "Horde" game mode will be returning in Gears of War 3. Halo 4 was also announced as a trilogy, leading me to believe there will definitely be a "Halo 5" and "Halo 6."