E3 2004 Preview
What is E3?
E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is the largest video game conference of the
year. All the big names in gaming like Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all come to
show off what they have in development. As well as the gaming developers come to
show what is coming down the line in the terms of new video games. E3 first
began in 1995 and has been held every year since. This year E3 is being held the
the Los Angels convention center where thousands of people will be packed into
itching to see what is next. This year we will be updating our site daily to
bring you the information of what is happening as it happens.
E3 2003 Pictures
E3 2004 Pictures
Games to look forward too:
Halo 2
Halo 2 is the sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed game
Halo: Combat Evolved. In Halo 2, the saga continues as Master Chief, a
genetically enhanced supersoldier, is the only thing standing between the
relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind.
Pushing the Xbox hardware to its very limits and utilizing Xbox Live in a way
that Bungie believes will redefine online play, Halo 2 will expand on everything
that made the original game great. At its heart a compelling and captivating
story, Halo 2 makes revolutionary advances in design and technology.
Released in November 2001, Halo: Combat Evolved became recognized as one of the
greatest achievements in video game entertainment. To date, Halo has sold more
than 3 million copies worldwide and continues to be a top-selling title 18
months after its original release.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
A series of attempts to kidnap telemetry and rocket scientists pulls Team
Rainbow into a spiderweb of international intrigue. An international cabal of
renegade military officers is trying to create conflict in the oil-rich regions
around the Black Sea, giving them an excuse to swoop in and seize control. Team
Rainbow must stop the terrorists from developing weapons of mass destruction,
and prevent them from starting a devastating war.
Key Features
New Single Player Campaign: Complete diversified and
challenging objectives, use new weapons and equipment, and enjoy beautiful
Mediterranean and Eastern European level environments.
Improved, Smarter AI Terrorists: Watch the bad guys call
for backup when they are out-numbered or use hostages as human shields.
New Objective-Based Game Modes:
o Capture the Point: Teams battle to capture and hold designated points on the
map.
o Capture the Flag: Teams must race to the center to take possession of a
specific item, and defend it as they carry it back to their compound.
Black Arrow will be the one of the first game to offer the new Xbox
Live features:
o User-created tournaments;
o Messaging;
o Clan statistics.
New Tactics for Online Multiplayer: Enter Black Arrow's
new, private team lobbies and use a planning interface to develop strategies
before online matches begin.
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Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict will revolutionize the
shooter genre with its high intensity melee combat system, optional third-person
perspective and unique character combos. No longer solely bound to the
first-person perspective, players can switch to third-person mode for lethal
melee attacks and defensive combos; including the devastating reflect move,
which sends an incoming attack back to the sender with interest.
Characters in the game will also be more mobile and agile. Each Unreal character
will use their own personalized arsenal of jumping, flipping and spinning moves
to help players make full use of the new environments. Unique Adrenaline
combo-powers supercharge the strength and deadliness of character attacks and
defenses, while cranking up character speed and mobility to superhuman levels.
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Doom 3
Doom was originally published for the pc, and now this year it is making its way
over to the Xbox with its newest game from the series, Doom 3. Not much is know
of this game as of yet but it is set to be released the second quarter of 2004
for Xbox and PC. More information will be available after E3 2004.
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Men of Valor
Men of Valor is an historical action experience that portrays infantry
combat during the Vietnam War. Combining the latest Unreal technology with the
gameplay expertise of 2015, the game immerses the player in the humid jungles of
Southeast Asia in the most controversial conflict of the modern era.
Men of Valor follows an American Marine through the early stages of the conflict
in Vietnam to the Tet Offensive. Touching on the some of the most familiar
scenes of the war as they exist in the popular imagination, the player guides
his group of fellow soldiers through the hardship and confusion of the
battlefield, bonding with them as they do their duty for their country with the
heroism and valor typical of the American soldier, but unsung during the
turbulent times.
Product Features
Historically Accurate Scenarios
Help stop the spread of communism while you join the battle in Vietnam.
Many missions are based on actual events.
All uniforms, weapons, and vehicles look and play accurately.
Intense Scripted Events
Similar to MOH: AA, Men of Valor will be full of scripted events-adding even
more realism.
Target rich scripting environment-sky-filling helicopter raids, intense
jungle fighting, harrowing assaults against fanatically defended enemy
emplacements.
Stunning Gameplay Diversity
Gameplay types include manning the door gun on a Huey helicopter, steering a
riverboat along enemy-infested shores, battling your way through enemy tunnel
complexes, and calling down fire as a forward observer.
Mission types include pilot rescues, recon patrols, POW rescue, and
search-and-destroy ops.
Xbox Live! Multiplayer
Play as either the VC or the US in multiplayer mode.
Play through the entire single-player campaign cooperatively with System
Link, or on Xbox Live! with two-player split screen.
Advanced AI
Responsive squad/enemy AI that assesses your actions and
responds with tactical intelligence.
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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
As an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality, the
player is hired as an enforcer by Auric Goldfinger, the wealthy super-villain
with a lust for all things gold. Goldfinger is locked in a ruthless war against
his archenemy, the brilliant scientist Dr. No. The prize is control of the
world's greatest criminal organization. A brutal encounter with Dr. No costs the
player an eye, but Goldfinger's technicians replace it with a gold-hued,
synthetic eye, earning the player the name 'GoldenEye'. Players have the ability
to customize and upgrade their villain persona and wreak havoc as they make
their unrelenting rise through the ranks.
With a radical twist to the Bond franchise that makes the player's goal to rule
the world rather than save it, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is the ultimate thrill
ride through the 007 underworld. Players will cross paths with such legendary
allies and enemies as Oddjob, Scaramanga, Xenia Onatopp, and, of course, Pussy
Galore on globe-spanning missions of vengeance and demolition. Players will
travel to famous and original Bond locations from the mountains of Switzerland
to the streets of Hong Kong and from Fort Knox to Dr. No's Crab Key lair in the
Caribbean. Enemies will react intelligently in combat situations and use the
environment to their advantage for intense and unpredictable shootouts.
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Fable
n this groundbreaking role-playing adventure game from game designer
Peter Molyneux, players' every action determines their character's skills,
appearance and morality. The character's life story is created from childhood to
death. They can grow from an inexperienced child into the most powerful being in
the world, choose the path of righteousness, or dedicate their life to evil.
Muscles expand with each feat of strength; force of will increases with each
work of wit. Obesity follows gluttony, skin tans with exposure to sunlight and
bleaches bone-white by moonlight. Players earn scars in battle and lines of
experience with age. Each person they aid, each flower they crush, each creature
they slay, will change the world forever. In "Project Ego," gamers decide: "Who
will I be?"
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Article By: VGcore Staff
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