Posts By Adam Roffel

Assassins Creed Origins finally takes the Ubisoft franchise in a new, and much needed direction. After a year haitus, Ubisoft Montreal - and corresponding Ubisoft teams around the globe - are showing off their latest creation: Assassins Creed: Origins. Origins has a fairly hefty demo on the E3 show floor, and here are a few things we learned from it!

It only took a couple minutes for me to fall in love with Cars 3: Driven to Win, and although I can easily say it's no Mario Kart - and really, what cartoon racing game really is - I think it's an equally good alternative for those who perhaps prefer Cars over Mario, or those who do not own a Nintendo Switch. We are looking at the game on both of Nintendo's current platforms for this review: the Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Wii U!

Nintendo Treehouse always seems to get the most press and accolades at E3 events, but this year, other publishers are getting in on the continues streaming action. For the first time at E3, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is showing live footage of various important people playing some of their upcoming titles. What had me captivated for much of the afternoon was the LEGO Dimensions coverage!

Out of left field, Microsoft announced today that in the next few months, we would be getting a definitive edition of the original Age of Empires game! 20 years ago, this real time strategy gem was released to many accolades, and now Microsoft is bringing it back with 4K support and much more. THis isn't simply a re-release, but instead a release with tons of new bells and whistles.

Nintendo continues to roll out huge announcements, and if we have learned anything this week so far, it is that big announcements don't necessarily need to be new IPs! One of the best Mario and Luigi games to have ever been released is coming back, new and improved, on the Nintendo 3DS. Get ready for Mario and Luigi: Superstar Sega + Bowser's Minions!

Mario Galaxy, Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 3D World...all fantastic Super Mario titles on console, but not what I wanted after Mario Sunshine. I wanted full, 3D Mario, with explorable worlds and more. We are getting it, and we are getting a lot of it. Based on what we've seen from the Nintendo Treehouse Live Let's Play, every Nintendo and Mario fan is in for a real treat, and potentially the best console Mario game to ever be released.

If Nintendo launches anything with Yoshi included, I'm in 100%. Although this years announcement did not have the 'wow' factor from a few years back when they introduced Yarn Yoshi - one of my favorite E3 announcements ever - there was still plenty to be excited for with Yoshi's latest title!

To coincide with the release of the latest Cars movie from Disney, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertain and Disney have launched Cars: Driven to Win on consoles today. While perhaps getting overshadowed by E3 2017, Cars: Driven to Win promises to be an action packed racing title for all ages. From what I've seen, it's a bit like a Mario Kart style game, but with characters from the Cars franchise.

Sony brought back some Playstation favorites to the delight of the E3 crowd last night, but those announcements shouldn't overshadow the new IP Sony also launched out, including the fairly promising looking Detroit: Become Human. Although it was originally announced at E3 2016, a lot more was shown up this show, including a game play trailer. We think the game looks incredibly promising!

Sony hit it home this E3 with games galore, which is what most people are looking for at an E3 Briefing. All the big PlayStation franchises are heading back to the system, including God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Monster Hunter, and more. While their presentation itself could have used some spicing up, the content was there.