If you were to attend
any game conventions last year where Yooke - Laylee was featured then you will have been sure to notice the buzz it generated, when this title was being featured at expos alongside the likes of Battlefield 1, Gears of War 4 & Titanfall 2, then it's easy to think it might have got lost in the shuffle.
Not exact matches
However, during a presentation at the GameStop Expo in Las Vegas to promote the upcoming Xbox One console
last week, a no - frills, old - school approach is exactly what Microsoft employed when confronted with a
convention room full of passionate
gamers.
The AEG owned and operated arena continues to distinguish itself as the host of major, high - profile events of national and international distinction including the 2004 & 2011 NBA All - Star Games, 2002 NHL All - Star
Game, 2000 Democratic National
Convention, 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and 15 of the
last 16 GRAMMY Awards shows.
The same way, in the
last minute of a tie
game when the other team had the ball, he flouted
convention and ordered his players to foul and risk handing the opponents the
game - winning free throw — Vee wanted the rock at the end, Vee wanted the
last shot.
The people who attend
conventions catering to geeks — like the bustling celebration of video
games, graphic novels, and anime that was
last month's New York Comic Con — don't have the best reputations... counterculture, speed dating at...
Sitting for the franchise's
last convention panel, director Francis Lawrence was joined by his three leads and fellow cast members like «
Game of Thrones» star Natalie Dormer and Woody Harrelson.
I've had a chance to sink my teeth into the
game over the
last week and what I've discovered is a solid action - adventure experience that's a blend of old and new gaming
conventions.
In the
last picture is Per Jemtå who made
games for the ABC 80, and Robert Kreese who I've met through various
conventions, he's been making music for Atari ST
games and his latest musical creation is for the new
game Alwa's Awakening that is available on Steam, I've tried it at several
conventions and it's such a cool little 8bit adventure
game with crazy NEStalgia!
This year's Games
Convention is especially important for Sony because it is the company's
last chance to show off its would - be saving grace, Media Molecule's patchwork - quilt platformer LittleBigPlanet, before the
game's release sometime in October.
Last weekend, Chicago played host to a brand new gaming
convention called ValorCon, a gathering of geeks and
gamers celebrating tabletop gaming, video gaming, and gaming in general.
The
game's designer Fumito Ueda had made numerous claims that we would be getting a lot more info about The
Last Guardian in 2010 and since TGS is the last big convention of the year, most of us thought that must be the time we finally get to see the game in act
Last Guardian in 2010 and since TGS is the
last big convention of the year, most of us thought that must be the time we finally get to see the game in act
last big
convention of the year, most of us thought that must be the time we finally get to see the
game in action.
Much like EA, who has a consumer event during the show, and E3 in general (which has opened up the floor to
gamers as of
last year), Nintendo will be playing up to the fans at this year's
convention.
I know, I'm still running behind on news, but I went to the
Game Crazy Conference in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay
Convention Center
last week thanks to a friend of mine still in the biz.
It's got enough players to support two versions of the
game, has a
convention in London, and
last year got a card
game spin - off.
Last year we traveled all over the world attending
game conventions, demoing our
games, playing
games and networking with other
game developers.
Game Unicon takes place at the Best Western Royal Plaza in Marlborough, MA and when doors open at 11:00 am on Friday, they won't close until the
last day of the
convention which is on Sunday at 6:00 pm.
Sony always runs long in the tooth during E3 but I do not buy their consoles because I like their gab at a
convention it is to know my investment in my purchase will
last and be supported no matter who makes the
games.
That
last note essentially sums up any problems Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has — whereas Xenoblade Chronicles X was a step away from JRPG
conventions and was something entirely new, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is deliberately old school and deliberately evocative of that first
game, perhaps to a fault.
At the
Game Developers Conference
last week, I spoke with Gaynor about Gone Home's inspirations and the indie showing at the
convention.
While these things may have been contemporary in 2013, and it certainly challenges
conventions of a LEGO
game quite a bit, a lot has changed in the
last four years.
In the comments on
last week's Keyboard Geniuses, Cnightwing told us they were at something called «Internationale Spieltage Essen Spiel,» which is apparently a giant German board
game convention.
With the announcement of the Final Fantasy VII remake at
last year's E3
Convention, the concept of video
game HD remakes / remasters has once again reared its head.
The gaming industry flocked to Germany
last week, for Europe's biggest video
game convention, Gamescom.