One of the biggest items to come out of the Nintendo event at E3 was something I didn’t cover yesterday. That is, of course, all things Zelda with both Hyrule Warriors and the all new, open world, The Legend of Zelda being shown off. What else do you need to know? Hit the jump for the videos and some words…
We are half way through the launches of the new consoles with just the UK release of the PlayStation 4 to come. We’ve spent the last few weeks talking about the fifth birthday of The Reticule and our past generation in games. I hope you enjoyed those two articles. While today is a normal edition of Our Week in Games, as we enter December next week, we will start to take a look at Our Year in Games. For now, hit the break and enjoy.
E3 might be over, but that doesn’t meant our coverage is done and dusted as right here, right now, I take on the might of Nintendo. Unlike Sony and Microsoft, Nintendo didn’t hold a massive conference in Los Angeles, instead they delivered another Nintendo Direct presentation.
In the past few years the trend for releasing classic old games in shiny new HD has risen dramatically. So too has the release of prequels to classic series like Halo and Deus Ex been on the rise. So why is the gaming industry taking us back to the start of the last generation of games? Is it a step back in development or a way to remember better times?