Welcome everyone to the latest Sanchez Soapbox. In this edition I want to cover Nintendo. Over the course of the past week I’ve seen a couple articles that leads me to really think about the company and the direction they’re heading. Recently, an interview with Nintendo of America President Reggie Fis-Aime’s had me wonder about Nintendo’s view of their audience. [...]
It’s been almost a month since E3 2012 and a lot has been revealed about Konami’s upcoming soccer installation, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. A number of videos regarding newly implemented innovations have been posted by Konami’s official YouTube channel, HERE:. Konami’s objective, over the past few years, has been to deliver gamers full freedom of control over players and teams. [...]
A new trailer has been launched for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 3. The “Independence Trailer” gives us a glimpse at the warfare, turmoil and political unrest that the game is set to revolve around. Assassin’s Creed 3 is due to launch on October 31st 2012 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, with a PC release delayed, as per usual.
Our coverage of the Electronic Entertainment Expo continues, a little late, but continues nonetheless. If you missed the recap, our fearless leader, and Editor in Chief of New Gamer Nation, Joe Marchese has you covered with what was announced at the conference. I will do something a little different and just talk about the conferences Nintendo presented. Pre E3 Conference [...]
Here we are at the conference I was truly looking forward to as a Playstation 3 owner, the Sony press conference at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Now just because I am a PS3 owner doesn’t mean I’m going to be biased. Sony has a lot to live up to, and has to keep me excited as one of their [...]
First introduced during the E3 2011 with a trailer impressive enough to instantly create a huge hype for fans of the series, Tomb Raider again show its face on the famous gaming convention. During the conference, Microsoft’s co-creator of the game by Crystal Dynamics, Daniel Bisson, and studio head Darrell Gallagher appeared to give a taste of how it would be [...]
As we continue with our Electronic Entertainment Expo coverage, we move on to the final publisher’s conference with Ubisoft. Like the past E3 Sanchez Soapboxes I’ll go over what got the most reaction out of me, and reference the Editor in Chief, Joe, to bring you the details. So without further ado, here’s Ubisoft. Just Dance 4 For the second [...]
My E3 Soapbox continues with my thoughts on the Electronic Arts event. With a publisher, the coverage is usually about the games involved, because it’s very rare a company showcases a product or service of their own. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen as was the case when EA debuted Origin. This year, like Triple H’s theme song says, it’s all [...]
The very first day of E3 was jam packed. My day included limited sleep because of my excitement to watch the press conferences on TV and spending 25 consecutive hours at work. Luckily I have the time to watch all the conferences. I’ll start off on my thoughts on what was presented at the Microsoft conference. Also, before I get started, [...]
Just Dance 4 Intro – Kickin the conference off, the flagship title gets a sequel with Flo Rida putting on a performance. Not much information about the game was shown at this point, but we’re sure there is going to be more later in the conference. Far Cry 3 – We are treated to the first single player trailer of [...]
