Posted 7/2/12 3:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PSP, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
Agent 47. Grimlock. Dino. Asssassin. Transformer. Bald guy.
The suspense... it's a killer!
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Posted 6/28/12 6:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PSP, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
It went down how it was gonna go down is how I see it: which is to say based on the consistent, overwhelming victories throughout this contest, it was pretty clear early on that Grimlock, one of the breakout characters from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron would be in the final round. In his last round against Skyrim's Dovahkiin, the dinosaur that's also an alien robot commanded a huge lead, taking a bite out of 75% of the vote.
But who was he going to face? Assassin's Creed III hero Connor? Maybe a rebooted Lara Croft? What about zombie fighter Chris Redfield?
In the end, it came down to one barcode tattooed assassin, Hitman: Absolution's Agent 47, facing down Grimlock in the final round. Agent 47 was no slouch when it came to trouncing his own opponent, the still unnamed bounty hunter from Star Wars 1313. Apparently the Force wasn't strong enough with the merc, because Agent 47 was able to win with a 60/40 split.
Now it's down to your final choice between these two deadly characters in our post-E3 Throwdown.
Click the handy bracket chart below to make your final decision.
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Posted 6/25/12 6:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
Throughout this tournament, we've been following two unlikely characters with interest as they effectively kicked all of their competitors to the curb. Eric Cartman, returning to games in the sweet-looking South Park: The Stick of Truth RPG from Obsidian, and Grimlock from High Moon Studios' Transformers: The Fall of Cybertron.
Like unstoppable, big-boned, toothy juggernauts (those descriptors may not apply equally, mind you), these two have taken out Mario, Dante, the Pikmin, and even Raiden. Well, Grimlock can add one more notch to his belt (robot dinosaurs wear belts, right?) after ousting Dead Space's tortured hero, space engineer Isaac Clark. And Cartman defeated his opponent...
...oh no. Cartman's out. In one of the most unexpected surprise wins of the contest, Eric Cartman's "authoratah" was not recognized by Skyrim's Dovahkiin who took home a whopping 70% of the vote. The last round was also the end of the road for Chris Redfield, who was bounced 52% to 48% vote against Star Wars 1313's unnamed bounty hunter in another close competition.
But the one we just had to watch this weekend was Agent 47 vs. Connor, which was characterized by razor-thin margins with Connor taking the lead on Friday before somehow losing his lead, ultimately succumbing to Agent 47. The battle of the assassins ended up being decided by a 55.75% to 44.25% margin.
You can check out the final four matchups below:
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Posted 6/22/12 6:27 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, PC, PS Vita, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
We haven't done any mid-round updates like this up, but it's just gotten real over the last 24 hours during our post-E3 throwdown. First up, a LOT more of you are voting, and that's great, but that also means that the contests are getting more heated as the final eight contestants duke it out.
The big story, though is Assassins Creed III lead Connor going toe-to-toe with Hitman's Agent 47, and this is a close one as we head into the weekend: Connor's squeaking by with just a 1.76% lead as of this writing. In any event, you guys must really love assassins one way or the other (with a slight preference for the not-bald guy, much to my disappointment). Connor's the new guy on the block (relatively speaking, although the AC franchise has a couple of years under its belt now), while Agent 47 has been doing dirt since the PS2 era.
Which one will be the winner when the current round wraps up next Wednesday?
Posted 6/20/12 5:54 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, PC, PS Vita, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
You know, we really thought Luffy was going to take it all the way to the final round again. Unfortunately, the One Piece pirate was defeated by a last-minute rally by Agent 47. We're just going to assume that means you like your heroes bald, not bendy.
Also out: Pikmin, handily defeated by Transformers' Grimlock, who's now two for two in matchups against Nintendo characters. You come at the robot T-rex, you get the teeth. Another animation-to-game character with a big win: Eric Cartman took out Metal Gear Rising's Raiden.
The shape of this competition is starting to look weird, with unexpectedly close matchups (Dead Space hero Isaac Clark eking out a 0.4% win against Spider-Man) or crazy lopsided (the Skyrinm's Dovahkiin wiped Sam Fisher out with a 4-to-1 lead, while Connor toppled the Master Chief by a 2-to-1 margin). Oh, and Lara Croft's not having a better time of it this week, getting bounced by Star Wars 1313's unnamed bounty hunter.
Voting for round two begins right here at 6:00 PM ET: Battle Arena E3 Throwdown
And here's the current batch of matchups:
After this, there's only one round left:
Fourth round:
6pm ET 6/25 to 12pm ET 6/28
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Posted 6/14/12 6:11 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Kinect, PC, PS Vita, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
In a fight between a transforming robot T-rex and an Italian plumber, who would win? If you put your money on the beloved Nintendo mascot, then you'd be pretty much wrong. The Grimlock vs. Mario contest was one of several surprises from the first round of Battle Arena E3 Throwdown voting.
Mascots had a rough time including the overnight ousting of Kratos by Skyrim's Dovahkiin by an approximately 70/30 split. Disney characters got the boot entirely, and Devil May Cry's Dante simply could not defeat Eric Cartman. Meanwhile, one of our producers here at MTV central is weeping bitter tears as his beloved CL4P-TP from Borderlands was taken down by Agent 47 in one of the first round's closest contests. Finally, Sonic was defeated by Monkey D. Luffy (seriously, a bad time to be a mascot) as we could be facing another bracket tournament where the bendy One Piece pirate could take the whole thing home again.
Voting for round two begins right now, right here: Battle Arena E3 Throwdown
Here's the current set of matchups:
And don't forget to follow the final two rounds:
Third round:
6pm ET 6/20 to 12pm ET 6/25
Fourth round:
6pm ET 6/25 to 12pm ET 6/28
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Posted 6/7/12 6:40 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, PC, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
The cream of the videogame crop has been hand-picked to battle for your entertainment in our all-out, no holds barred, slug-fest of the best trailers and videos from this year's E3! 32 characters from the hottest, freshest franchises will be judged by you, the fans, and there can only be one winner. Who gets an extra life and who gets unplugged is up to you!
We've got Spartan Super-soldiers from the future, bald assassins, speedy freak hedgehogs, and junior explorers in this battle between characters new, old, and renewed from E3 2012. We've got a bracket fixed with 32 matchups (handily available for your perusal below) between the best and baddest from EA, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo, Konami, and everywhere else besides.
Looking at the challengers, most of them are probably familiar to a lot of you readers, but there are a couple of newbies to look out for: Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us, Artyom representing for Metro 2033, Black Ops II's protagonist David Mason, and the assassin Corvo from Dishonored. These guys (and girl) will be going up against storied franchise characters like Sam Fisher, the Master Chief, Dante, and Cartman.
And it's all up to you who'll bring home the big win in the end, as you decide which character reigned supreme at this year's E3! Here's a full rundown of the event dates for voting; so get clicking!
First round:
6/7 through 12pm ET 6/14
Second round:
6pm ET 6/14 to 12pm ET 6/20
Third round:
6pm ET 6/20 to 12pm ET 6/25
Fourth round:
6pm ET 6/25 to 12pm ET 6/28
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Posted 6/7/12 5:42 pm EST by Charles Webb in e3, News, PS Vita, Video
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune's latest gets a new trailer for E3.
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Posted 6/7/12 3:47 pm EST by Charles Webb in Downloadable Games, e3, News, PS3, Video
Hey, when did they put an ampersand into the title?
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Posted 6/7/12 11:39 am EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, e3, Features, Kinect, PC, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
Earlier we wrote about some of the things at this year's E3 that we liked—loved, even! The 5 Things We Loved represented all of the new, exciting, shiny things coming up on the horizon that had us stoked for video games in 2012 and beyond.
But maybe we weren't totally engaged by everything publishers and devs had on display this year. In fact, we saw some things that bummed us out. Some trends that persist, born of the dark alchemy of marketing and industry malaise, or maybe just the result of unmet expectations.
Here's what we weren't feeling at this year's E3.
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