E3 2011: Tomb Raider(2011) Cinematic trailer

Yes, Tomb Raider is back and is getting the reboot treatment. It has been announced a few months back and Square Enix revealed some screen shots showing young and messed up Lara Croft on one of her first adventures. To start off with E3 reveals, they have released a Cinematic Trailer of the new Tomb Raider and I honestly can't wait. Throw everything you knew about how Tomb raider plays because this one will be completely different.

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They are going for a more realistic feel for the reboot. Lara Croft is 21 and is still working her way up to becoming the Lara Croft we know so well from past games. The Cinematic Trailer was great and I like the direction their taking. It's a good change and a reboot might be a good choice to bring back the Tomb Raider series.

E3 2011: Schedule of Events

E3 is coming! It's the biggest gaming expo and it's only held every year.  From June 6 to June 9 there will  be TONS of gaming reveals. Big game developers and companies head over to E3 to show off their their latest games to the public. Here in TMG, were all preparing for the 4 crazy days of E3. We will try to cover as much reveals as possible right when they announce it. Yes, this is pretty much the biggest event in gaming and it's just days away.

Big companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will be doing a press conference presenting to the whole gaming world  their upcoming new games, technology and features so watch out for that. The Nintendo Press Conference is the one to look out for because it is said that Nintendo might be announcing their next big game console to go against the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Upcoming Games such as Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 and many more will make an appearance giving us never before seen footage to wow us all, and also expect new game reveals not yet announced to the public. God i wish i could just fly to L.A right now with a pass to E3....

This post will pretty much start off E3 2011 for us at TMG and first up is the schedule for each press conference and sites with live streams of E3 so you won't miss a single reveal. Will update this post if anything new comes up.

The schedule of all Press Conference's for this year's E3 is as follows:

June 6 - Day One

Microsoft Press Conference - 9:30 am - 11:00 am PT

EA Press Conference - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PT

Ubisoft Press Conference - 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm PT

Sony Press Conference - 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PT

June 7 - Day Two

Nintendo Press Conference - 9:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Here's a more detailed schedule of E3 coming from Gametrailers. Gametrailers will be one of the many sites that will be live streaming E3 from start to finish.

Monday, June 6

GTTV Presents E3 All Access Live!

9:00AM PDT

Episode 1

GTTV counts down to E3 with the exclusive first look at NINJA GAIDEN 3, THQ’s Danny Bilson presents the first-ever footage from SAINTS ROW 3, Xbox’s Phil Spencer reveals the SUMMER OR ARCADE lineup for Xbox Live, and Bethesda presents the first live demo of PREY 2.

XBOX360: THE FUTURE REVEALED

9:30AM PDT

Commercial Free

Live from E3, see exclusive new gameplay from GEARS OF WAR 3, FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 and the future of innovation for Kinect! Plus, tons more Xbox 360 game and entertainment announcements.

SKYRIM, BATMAN, BIOSHOCK and MODERN WARFARE 3

11:00AM PDT

Episode 2

Do not miss 90 minutes of wall-to-wall world exclusive first looks at the biggest games of E3. Ken Levine premieres new footage from BIOSHOCK INFINITE and Todd Howard shows the first gameplay demo of THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM. Plus, the first-ever live demo of BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY with Sefton Hill from Rocksteady and a live gameplay demo of MODERN WARFARE 3 with Glen Schofield and Ryan Bowling. Also don’t miss world premiere footage from PROTOTYPE 2, the premiere of the E3 trailer for RESISTANCE 3 from Sony, and other guests who will share big game news and surprise demos.

Gamechangers: EA 2011 Preview

12:30PM PDT

Commercial Free

BATTLEFIELD 3, MASS EFFECT 3, NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN, SSX, MADDEN NFL 12, FIFA 12 and more! Electronic Arts premieres its future games line-up live from E3 in Los Angeles.

TWISTED METAL, MASS EFFECT 3, AND MORE

1:30PM PDT

Episode 3

GTTV breaks down the EA showcase and David Jaffe joins us on set to world premiere TWISTED METAL’s E3 demo, plus the exclusive first trailer for GOTHAM CITY IMPOSTORS. Then, you still want more MASS EFFECT 3? Casey Hudson is back for another exclusive demo. We catch up with TED PRICE from Insomniac Games and count down to the Ubisoft E3 briefing.

Ubisoft Press Conference

2:30PM PDT

Live coverage of the 201 Ubisoft briefing with world premieres of ASSASSINS’ CREED: REVELATIONS, GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER and more surprise announcements and reveals.

PETER MOORE, DON MATTRICK, HITMAN: ABOSLUTION

3:45PM PDT

After Ubisoft, we’re back in our studio with a ton of surprise guests and demos. EA Sports’ Peter Moore joins us to discuss the state of the sports gaming business, and Geoff interviews Xbox’s Don Mattrick about the company’s big E3 announcements. Plus world premiere demos of THE DARKNESS II, DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, and the world gameplay premiere of HITMAN: ABSOLUTION.

5:00PM PDT

Sony Press Conference

Tuesday, June 7

Nintendo Press Conference

9:00AM PDT

Where can you watch the live streams of E3? here's a list(will update when i find more):

Gamespot.com

Gametrailers.com

 G4TV.com

We also included a link on the at the side of the site so you guys have easy access of all our E3 posts in the next few days. There will be a lot i assure you. Last E3 was pretty amazing but this year might top last year. We'll soon find out in a few days.

More games coming to HD consoles (thank you Konami!)

Silent Hill HD? Metal Gear HD? Zone of the fucking Enders HD? Now I know that the PS2-to-PS3-HD tactic can be looked at an easy money making strategy but c'mon. If you haven't experienced any of these great Konami titles, I will hunt you down.

Zone of the Enders is coming back in glorious HD format! Both Zone of the Enders games are being remastered in HD and is hitting the PlayStation 3 AND Xbox 360. Zone of the Enders will be out in 2012.

As for the Metal Gear Solid HD collection, it will include Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The MGS collection will be out this November. This will also hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. No love for Portable Ops huh? Oh well.

Konami states that these HD version isn't an emulator. It's optimized and rebuilt specifically for the PS3 and Xbox 360. There's a new user interface, redrawn high-res 2D art, new trophies and Achievements and improved audio quality.

Additionally, both collections will have a new feature called "Transfarring." Yes, it's really spelled that way. Transfarring will allow PlayStation 3 and PSP owners to share one save that works between the two versions of Peace Walker. So far that will be the only game that works with Transfarring. The feature is also in the Zone of the Enders HD collection but Konami wouldn't detail why exactly. Possible PSP or NGP releases coming?

The Silent Hill HD collection will contain Silent Hill 2 and 3, no solid release date specified. C'mon, you couldn't fit the blocky Silent Hill 1 in there or even Shattered Memories? What gives Konami? (I still love you though)

Street Fighter X Tekken Character Teaser 4

 

Another one for you Tekken fans out there. Looks to be the Korean Taekwondo specialist, Hwoarang.

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You know what day it is today?

For all of you out there in the interwebz, we here at Too Much Gaming have birthdays too and we, the TMG crew, would like to greet Fader a happy birthday! May Santa Claus bring you that game you've always wanted. Eat, drink and be merry!

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