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- Four Reasons to be Excited for Pandora's Tower
- Six Games Missing in Action from E3 2012
- Naughty Dog's Co-Founder Could be THQ's Savior
- How to be the Very Best at E3 (Like No One Ever Was)
- Our E3 2012 Wish List
| Four Reasons to be Excited for Pandora's Tower Posted: 30 May 2012 05:30 PM PDT 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 28 | E3 2012 T he Last Story is about to thunder across the U.S. skies; the beautiful Xenoblade Chronicles has struck. While the incredible community effort of Operation Rainfall probably isn't entirely to credit for the U.S. release of these games, it certainly didn't hurt. Operation Rainfall comprised three games, and unlike the first two the third -- as yet unannounced for American audiences -- has met with a tepid reception in Europe: Pandora's Tower. The Last Story and Xenoblade came from established creators Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Takahashi, men who built their reputations with titles like Final Fantasy and Xenosaga. Next to such legacies, Pandora's Tower seems comparatively diminished and unattractive -- and its clearly limited budget certainly doesn't help. But beneath Pandora's Tower modest looks beats the heart of a great game. |
| Six Games Missing in Action from E3 2012 Posted: 30 May 2012 02:40 PM PDT
Feature 1UP COVER STORY  1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 28 | E3 2012 Six Games Missing in Action from E3 2012Cover Story: A handful of titles we won't be seeing at the big show.I t's hard for us not to get caught up in the excitement and fervor of E3; the first week of June is pretty much a Christmas deluge of announcements, trailers, reveals and impressions. But at the same time, it's best for fans to curb their expectations just a bit to alleviate some of the inevitable disappointment that stems from the show going by without a single mention of your most anticipated game. To prepare for this punch to the gut, we've compiled a list of six titles that you shouldn't hold your breath on seeing at E3 2012.  |
| Naughty Dog's Co-Founder Could be THQ's Savior Posted: 30 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT As it prepares to make a move to avoid a NASDAQ delisting, THQ yesterday announced some changes to its executive team. Core Games EVP Danny Bilson, who has helped to push the publisher in its current direction of focusing on wholly-owned IP is leaving the company along with Core Studios SVP Dave Davis. While Bilson's departure could have been a bad sign for those who view THQ's direction as promising, the newly-appointed president of THQ is someone who knows his games: Jason Rubin, the former co-founder of Naughty Dog, has assumed the role effective immediately. THQ is not in great shape, due in large part to the failure of the high-definition versions of uDraw released last fall. Layoffs have struck the company in the past year, and back in January it was rumored that its slate of 2014 games had been canceled. This turned out to be untrue, although since then we have learned its Warhammer MMO, Dark Millennium Online, will be converted into a more traditional style of game, and that it is trying to sell off Devil's Third, the game from Tomonobu Itagaki's new studio Valhalla Game Studios. |
| How to be the Very Best at E3 (Like No One Ever Was) Posted: 30 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 28 | E3 2012 W ith E3 2012 ready to devour our souls, the crew here at 1UP is devoted to providing you one final week of postulating and prognosticating. With a whole mess of previews, roundups, and speculations, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the very act covering E3 itself is going to be a strenuous task. As we gear up for the big show in sunny Los Angeles, we brought in an expert to help us better prepare for any and all trials that may lay ahead. Granted, we'll only be prepared if those tribulations involve some sort of Pokemon, but that's neither here nor there. Watch as we train for E3 2012 by learning just what the hell a pocket monster is. |
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Feature 1UP COVER STORY  1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF MAY 28 | E3 2012 Our E3 2012 Wish ListCover Story: The games we'd love to see... if we had the power to change reality.F For we privileged members of the press, E3 has already become a known quantity; with so many of the conference's titles confirmed by press releases or revealed at events earlier this year, surprising our prepared staff may prove impossible. But there's always a chance that some unexpected announcement will make us remember why we got into this business in the first place. So, what reveals would make each of us pop our monocles, spit out our drinks, and squeal like newborn pigs? Read on and discover the E3 showings that will probably only appear in our dreams. And make sure you let us know about your own! Jeremy Parish: I am a simple man of simple needs. Three simple needs, in fact. One: I need Capcom to bring back Mega Man. That's not so hard, is it? You wouldn't think so. They've managed to churn out, like, 120 Mega Man games in 25 years; surely one more every now and then should be cake. They made a pretty big splash a few years ago by taking the series waaaay back to its 8-bit roots, and after the past year's worth of Mega Man cancellations and disappointments they could do a lot worse for fan goodwill than offering us a simple reminder that, hey, we remember this series that helped make us a world-class developer in the first place. |
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