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E3 Game Line-Ups - Part Three 16

Posted by simoniker from the teh-part-thrity-three-and-a-thrid dept.
As part of our continuing E3 round-up, ahead of its May 14th start in Los Angeles, the biggest new announcement has been from Activision, which released info on its product line-up (press release via Yahoo) this morning. Highlights include the inevitable Doom 3, Peter Molyneux's latest public speaking project, The Movies, and licenses from Spiderman and X-Men to Shrek, plus Disney Skateboarding (which may actually be good, thanks to cult developers Toys For Bob, of Star Control fame.) Otherwise, it seems Tecmo may be showing a new Dead Or Alive at E3, alongside a DoA fashion show, and Ubisoft will show a more promising new 3D Prince Of Persia and the ever-mysterious Uru: Ages Beyond Myst MMOG from Cyan. Here's links to previous E3 coverage at Slashdot Games.
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  • Revamping Prince of Persia is a good idea. Nice game that one.

    Kinda timely, with the liberation of Iraq and all. There's a new prince of persia, y'know.

    Btw, frist psot.

    • Prince of Persia was already revamped as a 3d game, but it sucked. Maybe this time around will be better.
      • "Sucked" is an understatement. Several publications called Prince of Persia 3D one of the biggest flops ever in computer gaming. It was plagued by way-too-ambitious (albeit pretty) graphics, absurdly and disappointingly linear level design, and perhaps the slowest gameplay in the history of interactive entertainment. Considering its predecessor, it was such a let-down that I'm still pissed off they suckered me into playing it.

        Honestly, they could give the new one out for free and it wouldn't make things
    • I just hope the sword battles are as cool as they were in the first couple of PoP games.
      The one thing I have found to be a huge disappointment in most recent games that involve sword fighting, no skill. In the original PoP games it took a lot of careful timing of blocking and striking to actually score a hit. If you just ran around jumping and mashing buttons you died, fast. This was actually pulled off quite well in the PoP 3D which came out a while ago. You had to be careful during a fight. The opp

  • More of the same old. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Crockerboy ( 611431 ) on Wednesday May 07, 2003 @03:48PM (#5904936)
    A new prince of persia, DOA 4 Doom 3 Myst Online The Sims 2 Half-Life 2

    Am I the only person getting the feeling that the Entertainment industry needs a kick in the creative pants for something original? They are almost as bad as hollywood now.
    • Videogames will never be this bad;

      Terminator 3, X-Men 2, Matrix 2 & 3, Fast and Furious 2, James Bond #3000, Spy Kids 5, Fairy Potter 3,4 . . .

      I mean Hollywood is even making a second Agent Cody Banks a movie that grossed a little over 40 million dollars!

    • The economics of the business don't help this. It costs a good $5 million to make a console game and that kind of money makes senior management cautious in approving original titles. Sequels don't have quite the same breakout sales potential as original things but they tend to be less risky from a project management perspective.

      My personal opinion is that a standard $50 retail pricepoint has been terrible for the industry. Gamers are really gunshy about spending that much money on a game unless they have a
    • Who cares what the game is called. Isn't it all about the gameplay?
  • Molyneaux should call it what it really is:

    Sim Porno Generator!
  • there will be a site [e3insider.com] for the "virtual" E3 experience.
  • SOFII:Double Helix, its been out for quite awhile, like last year. Secondly, why is it at E3, did it miss it last year?

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