La festa delle Idi di Maggio
Maggio 2006: l'E3 è ormai alle porte e fra i febbrili preparativi per la partenza verso la Mecca occidentale dei videogiochi, vale la pena soffermarsi un istante su quanto effettivamente verrà dato in pasto alla stampa durante la folle "cinque giorni" losangelina.
Ovviamente grande attesa per il mondo console, per il quale tutti i contendenti dovrebbero finalmente mostrarsi con qualcosa di più o meno giocabile e nomi come God of War 2, Sonic the Hedgehog e Gears of War spiccano come enormi punti esclamativi, a indicare il percorso verso la next gen.
Eppure, per quei fan del PC che si aspettano un E3 parco di novità per la loro piattaforma preferita, forse è il caso di ricredersi.
Alan Wake non ci sarà, ma a stuzzicare la nostra curiosità ci saranno Prey e l'attesissimo BioShock -almeno per i nostalgici di System Shock, di cui è il seguito "morale" - per non parlare di Unreal Tournament 2007, Tabula Rasa e l'espansione di World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
E non finisce qui.
Se pensate non ce ne sia abbastanza per il vostro piatto, siete indiscutibilmente ingordi!
La Lunga Lista dell'E3 2006
2K Games
Bioshock (PC, Next-Gen)
CivCity: Rome (PC)
Civilization IV: Warlords (PC)
The Da Vinci Code (Xbox)
The Darkness (Next-Gen)
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (PC)
Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony (PC)
Prey (PC, X360)
Sid Meier's Railroads! (PC)
2K Sports
College Hoops 2K7 (PS2, Xbox, X360)
NBA 2K7 (PS2, Xbox, X360)
NHL 2K7 (PS2, Xbox, X360)
10Tacle Studios Elveon (PC, X360)
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing (PC)
Activision Call of Duty 3 (PS3, X360)
FEAR: espansione (PC)
Ankama Studio
DOFUS: Riders of the Dragoturkey (PC)
Dofus-Arena (PC)
WAKFU (PC)
Ascaron Entertainment
Tortuga - Two Treasures (PC)
Atlus Software
Contact (DS)
Steambot Chronicles (GBA)
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (GBA)
Atari
Alone in the Dark (X360)
Arthur and the Minimoys (PC, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
BattleZone (PSP)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics (PSP)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (PS2)
HOT PXL (PSP)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC)
Super DBZ (PS2)
Test Drive Unlimited (X360)
Auran
Fury (PC)
Bethesda Softworks
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (PC, PS2)
Star Trek: Legacy (PC, X360)
Star Trek: Tactical Assault (DS, PSP)
Blizzard
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
Buena Vista Games
Desperate Housewives (PC)
Every Extend Extra (PSP)
Lumines II (PSP)
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (PS3, X360)
Turok (PS3, X360)
BUKA Entertainment
Aggression: Europe 1914 (PC)
Dusk-12 (PC)
Hard Truck Apocalypse: Rise of the Clans (PC)
Pacific Storm: Allies (PC)
Capcom Entertainment
Capcom Puzzle World (PSP)
Dead Rising (X360)
Lost Planet (X360)
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar (GBA)
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar (GBA)
Mega Man ZX (DS)
Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP)
OKAMI (PS2)
Power Stone Collection (PSP)
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (PS2)
Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins (PSP)
CD Projekt
The Witcher (PC)
CDV Software
DarkStar One (PC)
Heroes of Annihilated Empires (PC)
Pacific Storm: Allies (PC)
Panzer Tactics DS (DS)
War Front: Turning Point (PC)
War Leaders: Clash of Nations (PSP)
Crave Entertainment
Camp Lazlo (GBA)
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge (PSP)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (GBA)
Gun Club (PS2)
Hard Rock Casino (PS2, PSP)
LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (GBA, PS2)
World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer "All In" (PS2, PSP, X360)
D3 Publisher of America
Dark Sector (PS3, X360)
DreamWorks & Aardman's Flushed Away (Cube, DS, GBA, PS2)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 (Cube)
Naruto: Ninja Council (GBA)
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp (DS)
DreamCatcher Games
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (PC)
Dead Reefs (PC)
Evidence (PC)
First Battalion (PC)
Genesis Rising: The First Crusade (PC)
Painkiller (PS2, PSP)
Painkiller: Hell Wars (Xbox)
The Sacred Rings (Xbox)
Safecracker (Xbox)
Eidos Interactive
Hitman: Blood Money (PC, PS2, Xbox, X360)
Just Cause (PC, PS2, Xbox, X360)
Rogue Trooper (PC, PS2, Xbox)
Urban Chaos: Riot Response (PS2, Xbox)
Electronic Arts
Army of Two (PS3, X360)
Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Spore (PC)
Crysis (PC)
Command&Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (PC)
Il Signore degli Anelli, La Battaglia per la Terra di Mezzo II (X360)
Superman Returns: The Videogame (PS2, X360, Xbox, PSP, DS, GBA)
Def Jam Fight for NY: the Takeover (PSP)
EA Sports
Madden NFL 07 (PC, PS2, Xbox, X360, GC, PSP, DS, GBA, PS3, Wii)
NCAA Football 07 (PS2, Xbox, X360, PSP)
NASCAR 07 (PSP)
ESTsoft
Cabal Online (PC)
Eutechnyx
E-Racing (PC)
Freeze Interactive
FieldOps (PC)
GAMESweet Software
Video Game Tycoon (PC)
KOEI
Fatal Inertia (PS3)
Konami Digital Entertainment
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Metal Gear Solid 4
LucasArts
Indiana Jones
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Microsoft
Crackdown (X360)
Gears of War (X360)
Mass Effect (X360)
N3: Ninety-Nine Nights (X360)
Too Human (X360)
Viva Piñata (X360)
Midway Games
The Ant Bully (GBA, PC, PS2)
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (GBA, PC, PS2)
Happy Feet (GBA, PC, PS2)
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (PC)
MLB SlugFest 2006 (PS2, Xbox)
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (PS2, Xbox)
Mortal Kombat: Unchained (PSP)
NBA Ballers: Phenom (PS2, Xbox)
NBA Ballers: Rebound (PSP)
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (PSP)
Rush (PSP)
SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run (PS2, Xbox)
Stranglehold (PS3, X360)
Unreal Tournament 2007 (PC, PS3)
NCSoft
AION (PC) NEW!
Auto Assault (PC) NEW!
Dungeon Runners (PC)
Exteel (PC) NEW!
Guild Wars Factions (PC)
Tabula Rasa (PC) NEW!
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Cube)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
ON Games
Legend of Dragon (PC)
PC Football 2007 (PC)
Shadows of War (PC)
Wild Summer (PC)
Play Ten Interactive
Battle for Atlantis (PC)
The Precursors (PC, X360)
The Wall (PC, PS3)
White Gold: War in Paradise (PC)
RedOctane
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Reef Entertainment
Liquidator (PC)
Utopia City (PC)
World War Zero (PC)
SEGA
Chrome Hounds (X360)
Phantasy Star Universe (PC, PS2, X360)
SEGA Rally Revo (PC, PS3, X360)
Sonic the Hedgehog (PS3, X360)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii)
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (Cube, PS2, PSP)
Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3, X360)
World Pool Challenge 2007 (PSP)
World Pool Championship 2007 (PC, PS2, PS3, X360)
Yakuza (PS2)
Shantz International
The Shadow of Aten - The Egyptian Chronicles of Allen Scott (PC, X360)
SNK Playmore
King of Fighters 2006 (PS2)
Metal Slug (GBA)
Metal Slug Anthology (Wii, PSP)
SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters DS (DS)
Sony Computer Entertainment
ATV Offroad Fury Pro (PSP)
ATV Offroad Fury 4 (PS2)
Gangs of London (PSP)
God of War II (PS2)
Killzone: Liberation (PSP)
Lemmings (PSP)
LocoRoco (PSP)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (PS3)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Rogue Galaxy (PS2)
Warhawk (PS3) NEW!
Sony Online Entertainment
Field Commander (PSP)
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising (PC)
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (PS3)
Square Enix
Children of Mana (DS)
Dawn of Mana (PS2)
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (PS2)
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS)
Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy V Advance (PS2)
Final Fantasy VI Advance (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan (PC, PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP)
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2)
Techland
Call of Juarez (PC)
Chrome2 (PC, Next-Gen)
Crazy Soccer - Mundial (PC)
Dead Island (PC)
FIM Speedway Grand Prix 2 (PC)
Xpand Rally Xtreme (PC)
THQ
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cube, DS, GBA, PC, PS2, PSP, Wii, Xbox)
Barnyard (Cube, GBA, PC, PS2,
Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle (DS, GBA)
Nicktoons (Cube, DS, GBA, PS2)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (Cube, DS, GBA, PC, PS2, Wii)
Unfabulous (GBA)
Tri Synergy
Origin of the Species (PC)
TerraWars: New York Invasion (PC)
UFO: Extraterrestrials (PC)
Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed (PS3)
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway (PC, PS3, X360)
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (PC)
Enchanted Arms (X360)
Open Season (X360, Xbox, PS2, PSP, PC, GC, GBA, DS)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (PS2, X360, Xbox) Red Steel (Wii)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (PS2, Xb360, Xbox, PC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (PS2, X360, Xbox)
Vivendi Universal Games
Scarface: The World is Yours (PC, PS2, Xbox)
F.E.A.R. (X360)
Warner Bros. Interactive
Justice League Heroes (PS2, PSP, Xbox)
Webzen
Huxley (PC, X360)
Project Wiki (PC)
Soul of the Ultimate Nation (PC)