Last week was an amazing deluge of great content from E3. Unfortunately, we can’t get such great stuff in plentitude every week. So it’s a little more low-key, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting. If you’ve missed some of the highlights of E3, I’d suggest you catch up with our E3 special podcast, Miss Mecha’s photo round-up, and Wrath-o-Tron’s special edition of Quick Hits along with his and Zombietron’s other coverage:
- Far Cry
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Konami Round-Up
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Sleeping Dogs
- WiiU Hands-On
- Dead Space 3
- The Last of Us
- Nintendo Press Conference Live Blog
- Assassin’s Creed III Hands-On
- Nintendo Trailers
- Castlevania – Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate
- Devil May Cry preview
Now that’s over, allow me to apologize for spreading a rumor last week that has turned out not to be true. Despite the report, Overkill is not working on a Left 4 Dead prequel. Chet Faliszek of Valve has confirmed that they are working with Overkill on a project, but that is not it. According to Faliszek, “I want to make sure that people don’t think the prequel is coming. “Those guys [Overkill] are still making Payday: The Heist, we’re still making Left 4 Dead. We’re trying to be a little coy and a little fun because we want the communities to discover the collaboration for themselves.” That means we get another L4D, another Payday, and a collaboration. That sounds even better than the prequel rumor.
In light of that error in the rumor mill, take this latest leak with a grain of salt. Reportedly, Bioware’s Earth multiplayer DLC add-on for Mass Effect 3 has been leaked prior to an official announcement. Then again, the leak’s source is the same one that accurately released the Rebellion pack ahead of time. According to the leak: “The fighting is fiercest when it’s your home at stake! Mass Effect: Earth adds mods, gear, and new maps for Rio, Vancouver, and London. It features 3 new weapons: Piranha assault shotgun, Acolyte pistol, and Typhoon light machine gun. Six new human N7 classes are also available: Destroyer, Paladin, Demolisher, Slayer, Shadow, and Fury!” That looks like one new human variant per character class. Though three new locations all on Earth seems a little odd, but it would be nice if the maps have significant landmarks we’d recognize. No date was included, but leaks like this usually mean soon.
Capcom has confirmed two ridiculously complete packages for Resident Evil 6. They’re now available for pre-order on Amazon with different names depending on console. For PS3 it’s the Resident Evil 6 Anthology. On XBox 360 it’s the Resident Evil 6 Archives. They’re both $90 and have slightly different content. For PS3, you’re basically getting every numbered game in the series: RE: Director’s Cut, RE2, RE3: Nemesis, RE4 HD, RE5 Gold Edition, and RE6. XBox 360 is a little less comprehensive, with RE Code: Veronica X, RE4 HD, RE5 Gold Edition, RE6, and the movie RE Degeneration. The product descriptions are a little spotty on details, but it’s a safe bet you aren’t getting physical copies of everything. It will be mostly downloads. If you have both systems, I’d recommend the PS3 version as I believe Code: Veronica X is available for download there and that’s the only edge. Degeneration wasn’t very good. Both versions are launching alongside the standalone game on October 2nd.
OddWorld definitely seems to be making a heavy comeback. We’ve known for some time OddWorld: Abe’s Odyssee has been getting the HD polish, but Stewart Gilray of Just Add Water has now confirmed they “are starting from scratch on this one, using the original as the blueprint for the game. So technically it’s not a new game, but a from-the-ground-up remake.” Is that a good thing? Probably, as it means any legacy control or AI issues will also be getting a remastering. Not that there was necessarily something wrong with any of those issues in the original, but it was a PSOne game. Is it necessary? Maybe not, considering how badly many people want to play this one. A total remake may just take too long. Though, according to Gilray, it should be coming in Summer 2013.
This wraps up this week’s early edition. I know it’s short, but we are just getting out of an E3 that was insane with news. Check back Friday for the news from the rest of the week.