Preview of New Games at E3 2005

Joystiq (once again answering my hailing frequencies) has up a preview of some of the new titles that will be seeing the light of day at this year's e3. A smattering of some of the games: "The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, D&D Online, UFO: Aftershock, Battlefield 2, Black and White 2, The Sims 2: Nightlife, Guild Wars, Metroid Prime Hunters, Shadow the Hedgehog, Destroy All Humans" This year we're going to have an E3 topic for your browsing convenience.

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Sad to say, but Sega's completely lost it

[snuf23]

Shadow the Hedgehog. Packin' some heat. Laying down the lead.
I have high hopes, like maybe he'll put some bitches in their place or jack a sweet caddy to roll in.

Re:Wasn't one Black and White already too many?

[snuf23]

Well... I enjoyed Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital and Magic Carpet quite a bit.
I admit true to Molyneux form, Dungeon Keeper didn't quite live up to the hype but it was good fun. I would love to see someone revisit the concept with current technology.

Re:Still Windows Only?

[a_ghostwheel]

However if you consider, for example, Elder Scrolls series (both current Morrowind and future Oblivion) - PC gives you pretty much free pass for whatever modding you want. Just look at what Morrowind's mods have done to the game when it comes to graphics (both textures and models), gameplay (AI and additional functions like meaningful combat combos, etc) and environment (sounds, towns brought to life with scripted NPCs, etc). Plus 5-6 good content mods. Something you will not achieve on console for a long time (if ever).

Re:Wasn't one Black and White already too many?

[a_ghostwheel]

Dungeon Keeper didn't quite live up to the hype but it was good fun

Same can be said about Fable.

Overshadowed by Hardware

[superultra]

The sad thing is that I think these games will get underrepresented because of the new hardware and their respective next-gen games. This is a shame, because as recent releases clearly show developers are finally getting a handle on the systems, moving beyond pretty graphics, and really putting out some great stuff.

This is actually the best time to own an Xbox, PS2, or Gamecube. They're cheap - they'll probably drop again this fall to compete - and the software is now top-notch.

E3 section on Slashdot?

[ZephyrXero]

"This year we're going to have an E3 topic for your browsing convenience."

Does this mean that there will be an entire section on Slashdot for E3 links? This brings to mind an idea I've had for a while...Slashdot needs sub sections. Just as games is a "section" of slashdot.org, there should be different sub-sections of the games dept. Like this for example could be either e3.games.slashdot.org (maybe a lil too confusing?) or you could have games.slashdot.org/e3/?

Sadly enough, the games section of Slashdot doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. The games section should have as many posts as the rest of the site combined (because there really is that much news/reviews/etc everyday in gaming) if not more... I want a fps.slashdot.org, a rpg.slashdot.org, a platformers.slashdot.org, and more. Over half the "tech" news on the internet involves gaming, so how come there's so little on here? [/rant] ;)