Tagged e3 2013

May 22, 2013

Electronic Arts has come out today and said that they will be bringing their plans for the future of the Star Wars franchise (in video games, at least) to E3 in a few weeks. We don't know much of what they'r...

Microsoft tested speakers & screens in the Xbox One controller

May 22, 2013

Microsoft hasn't exactly been known for following in anyone's footsteps. And it doesn't look like they're about to start now. While Sony arguably copied the Wii and its motion controller for its own Move, Mi...

Forza Motorsport 5 racing to Xbox One launch lineup [Update]

Brent Botsford

May 21, 2013

It's no surprise that Microsoft would want to launch the Xbox One with at least one of its all-star exclusive franchises, and most people were banking on Forza Motorsport. Turns out that this prediction is righ...

E3 2013: What Will, What Might, and What Won’t

May 12, 2013

E3 2013, Gaming, Opinion

Each year at Eggplante, we postulate on what might be happening in Los Angeles at E3 that year. We've had some pretty exciting years recently, but it has been a very long time since we've had multiple major har...

Nintendo not holding traditional E3 press conference; sky is not falling

Brent Botsford

April 26, 2013

Nintendo’s certainly gotten the gaming community talking with quite a few bombshell announcements recently. Earthbound is getting a long overdue re-release on the Wii U Virtual Console this year. The fourth Sup...

E3 2013: The Big Games to Watch

April 2, 2013

E3 2013 (E3plante!, as we dub it every year) is just under three months away, and while we're sure there will be some pretty big game announcements before then (Call of Duty, anyone?), we thought it worthwhile ...

PlayStation 2013 Event set for February 20th in NYC (Update: WSJ says PS4 incoming)

January 31, 2013

Update: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next PlayStation is in fact going to be announced at this event, despite Kaz Hirai saying that Microsoft's console would likely be ready first. The publ...

Wii U Mario, Mario Kart announced, playable at E3

January 23, 2013

Just because big-N announced two new Zelda titles this morning doesn't mean Nintendo's other hero isn't getting any love. In fact, everyone's favourite plumber is also getting two titles. That's right! Mario is...

Microsoft posts countdown clock to E3; Next Xbox to arrive in June?

January 3, 2013