E3 2011: Need for Speed - The Run

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During EA's press conference, they revealed a new entry in the Need for Speed franchise. NFS The Run will feature high speed street racing you've come to know and love and, for the first time in the series, on foot segments.

From what they've shown at the press conference and from what I've seen on the show floor demos, the on foot segments are mostly quick time events. It's not just your standard quick time events though, it looks to incorporate some Heavy Rain-esque elements too such as having to look around for the parts you can interact with instead of waiting for the prompts to appear.

The on foot segments add a lot of cinematic flair but for now the concept that they're going with doesn't really sit well with me. The racing graphics however look fantastic. The game will be running on the Frostbite 2 engine. The Frostbite engine, as you know, runs on games such as the upcoming Battlefield 3 which is gorgeous.

I'll keep an open mind about the new direction EA is taking NFS in but for me to be impressed, they have to polish the hell out of this new game and make the on foot segments fun and be more than just QTEs.

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E3 2011: The Ultimate Trailer of Awesomeness

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A mash up of different game trailers featured on this year's E3, all in a single 3-minute trailer. Need I say more? Just watch the awesome video below.

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Source: [Polygamia.pl]

E3 2011: EA Press Conference Highlights!

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EA's Press Conference is over and it was actually pretty good. It's all about the games in this Press Conference. We got another Mass Effect 3 live demo, a Live demo to Need for Speed: The Run, a new Trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic and more. Go ahead and check out the highlights from EA.

- Mass Effect 3 Live demo, showing off the changes in gameplay. Plus a new trailer revealing that Mass Effect 3 is coming out on March 6, 2012.

- Need for Speed: The Run Live demo was shown. This Need for Speed title will have some quick time events on foot for the first time.

- Bioware revealed a new trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

- SSX revealed and will be out on January 2012.

- FIFA 12 revealed showing the new features in the game.

- EA sports football club also announced. Players pick their favourite club and can then accept challenges based upon real world results. Success earns progress in live leaderboards, and can boost the position of the chosen club in a virtual league. It's free of charge and will launch together with FIFA 12.

- Madden 12 announced. Game will be out on Aug 30, 2011.

- The Sims: Social revealed. A game that works together with Facebook.

- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning trailer revealed. This game is coming next year.

- New game unveiled, Overstrike. Trailer shown.

- Battlefield 3 live demo showing tank warfare at the same time a small video showing off their new engine Frostbite 2. They also revealed a small teaser showing Multiplayer then soon after revealing that multiplayer Beta is coming on Sept. 2011. Battlefield 3 will be released on Oct 25, 2011 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

EA is all about their games and I thank them for sticking with that. They were straight to the point and didn't do any useless stun to get you excited(If you've watched the Ubisoft Press Conference, you know what i mean). Starting off their Press Con with Mass Effect 3 and ending it with Battlefield 3, a lot of strong games as usual was shown by EA.

Here's a link to the Press Conference to watch it yourself - http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/ea-e3/