Steve Butts Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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E3 Preview: Dishonored

I knew I wanted Dishonored right away. Short of having a tactical turn-based strategy element, this non-linear, stealth-based, RPG steampunk shooter kind of ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2012

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E3 Preview: Tomb Raider

We haven’t really heard much from Lara since last year’s E3 when she escaped capture from her kidnapper. This year’s demo picks up ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2012

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E3 Preview: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

This is the kind of update where people who know me are going to assume I’ve been brainwashed or replaced with a pod ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 7, 2012

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E3 Preview: South Park: The Stick of Truth

It seems like an insanely unlikely project – a South Park fantasy roleplaying game. But in the hands of developer Obsidian Entertainment and ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2012

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E3 Preview: Halo 4 Hands On

You have to love the ambition of 343 Industries. Not only is the studio set to release one of the year’s biggest games, ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2012

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E3 Preview: Assassin’s Creed 3 Hands On

I confess it: after the amazing GDC demo, I was a little underwhelmed by the showing Assassin’s Creed 3 had at the Ubisoft ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 6, 2012

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E3 Preview: Fable: The Journey

It was almost impossible not to make fun of last year’s Fable demo. The cart driving, goblin shooting demo wasn’t at all what ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3 Preview: Gears of War: Judgment

Girls definitely love the Baird. The shirt’s all over the Microsoft events, and it’s easy to see why. Epic’s flagship series, Gears of ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: Ubisoft Brings the Noise, Zombies

Ubisoft certainly knows how to kick things off with a bang. Gathered together in the LA Theater, we waited for the usual introductory ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3: EA Wants to Be Indie

It’s clear from CEO John Riccitiello’s opening remarks that EA is trying to downplay its image as a faceless corporation. This press conference, ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2012

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E3 Preview: Crysis 3

Last year’s Crysis 2 was easily one of my favorite shooters from last year, so when I heard that we’d be getting another ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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E3 Preview: The Last of Us

Uncharted developer Naughty Dog offered one of the few genuine surprises at Sony’s recent pre-E3 events. It’s not that I didn’t already know ...

By Steve Butts Legacy AuthorJune 4, 2012

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