My FavouritE3 (My Picks of E3)

Now that E3 is over for another year, well and truly gone. A distant memory to some and a hazy mess of late nights and early mornings to most, I thought I would knock together my top 3 things that were at E3, hence "FavouritE3." It's witty and clever!

I will start off with the amazing video Sony showed about "Sharing games." It was as genius as it was an obvious and childish dig at Microsoft. Let's be fair though, Microsoft totally deserved it by being such massive idiots so far with what they have shown and said in regards to next gen, even going so far as to limit what countries an Xbox One will even be functional in at launch, which is ridiculous as some countries that are being excluded have a pretty high gaming population. Also, don't even get me started on what a PR failure Don Mattrick was, because after all, the point of this part of the article was how amazing Sony's video was.

Next on my list is Metal Gear Solid V. Really that's all I need to say on the subject of that. If you saw the footage from E3 of it you will know exactly why. It is a shame though that David Hayter will not be reprising his roll but Keifer Sutherland does a really good job of voicing everyone's favourite eyepatch wearing badass. The game is an open world game which blew my mind. Metal Gear Solid in an open world, just think about all the great stuff to do and see! No doubt there will also be a massive amount of hidden items an easter eggs that only the most dedicated players will find. Not to mention the fact that it is technically two games. 

And finally, my top pick from E3, is Watch_Dogs. This game looks set to be Game of the Year for the rest of time. The footage that was shown at E3 totally blew me away, having control over a whole cities electronics through a WiFi (technically a CtOS) network, raising road blockers to total a car that is chasing you, changing traffic lights to cause a horrific multi-lane multi-directional car crash looks so much fun! The protagonist, Aiden Pearce, has had a troubled past and it seems like his future and present aren't going to be a walk in the park either. Watch_Dogs is another open world game, you can go anywhere, do anything you want to do. Randomly hacking people's phones for bank account information then using that to withdraw all their money from an ATM. You can do that. I could talk about Watch_Dogs for hours but for the sake of keeping this less than 30 pages I will stop here.

What were your picks of E3? Let us know in the comments.

World of Tanks Is Coming To Xbox 360

The only thing so far I have managed to gleam from E3, apart from how amazing Watch_Dogs and The Phantom Pain look, is that the popular tank warfare game World of Tanks, is coming to Xbox 360 later this year (very probably the Xbox One as well at some point.)

The beta, however begins THIS WEEKEND and if you feel so inclined you can sign up over at worldoftanks.com/xbox/. Which is something I highly recommend doing, especially if you enjoy explosions. I mean, really... Who doesn't love explosions!?

WoT: 360, in the beta, will feature tanks from the United States and Germany, but Wargaming, the company behind the game, has plans to add more tanks and nations, power-ups and other gaming good stuff.

Oh, did I mention that WoT: 360 will be free to play for Xbox live Gold members? Oh, also free for 7 days for unpaid XBL members. Free games for the win!

The Humble Indie Bundle 8 Is Amazing. Fact

Humble Bundle - Pay What You Want

A couple of days ago over at the Fair Play Facebook, I told you that I would be reviewing the latest Humble Indie Bundle, I have thought long and hard about what the best way to do that would be, and I think I have come up with something that works, what I'm going to do is tell you a little about what the Humble Bundle does and then give you a little information on each game, then I will give you the link to the Humble Bundle page and insist that you pay whatever you can. This article will focus on the games you get for paying under the average because unfortunately that's what I had to do.

By buying the Humble Bundle you are also supporting Child's Play, which is an amazing charity that a lot of people in the gaming community are always supporting. You can too.

I will start with the game I have played most - Awesomenauts: Awesomenauts is a "MOBA" style game where two teams vie for control over the map. The characters are all amazing. The art style choice really compliments the humour in the game

The two teams are the Reds and the Blues. You pick your Awesomenaut, from quite a small selection at first but as you level up your profile more become available to play as. So playing more and often benefits you sa you get more gear, more characters and better at the game. Wins all round.

If you aren't confident enough in your skills, you can play as much as you want against the AI and still unlock all the things, Taking the M and O out of MOBA. But my hope is that you will go online eventually so I can see you there and we can Awesome it up.

Next is Thomas Was Alone: In Thomas Was Alone you control a series of blocks with varying attributes, from being able to jump great heights or being able to fit through spaces that the other blocks can't.

Thomas Was Alone tells an amazing story and is supplemented with the amazing narration of Danny Wallace, who also was a voice actor in the Assassin's Creed series, so we all know how good he is at what he does.

The graphics aren't amazing but graphics DON'T make a game. The gameplay does, graphics just help. But the gameplay in TWA is so tight an easy to grasp, you will spend hours just hopping around taking in the story in this delightful puzzle-platformer.

Capsized is a weird game, but enjoyable all the same. It is a retro inspired 2D action game with a run and gun style. The game looks gorgeous, with its hand drawn style. There isn't too much I can say about Capsized apart from the game is fun, the satisfying "Pop" of the enemies, the fact that you have a Metroid style / hookshot inspired way to navigate the maps, as well as a jet pack and a high powered rifle makes this game a perfect addition to any games library.

Little Inferno is more of an experience than a game, if I am totally honest. A very engaging and clever experience all the same. The core mechanic is burning things in the titular "Entertainment Fireplace" to stay warm. The fire graphics and the wide array of things you can immolate, as well as the continuing narrative will keep you coming back for more. Also your "neighbour" is bloody hysterical.

Those are all the games from the bundle I have played, Dear Esther is also in the bundle but I have been warned to stay as far away from that as possible.

If you pay over the average you also receive - Hotline Miami, Proteus, Tiny and Big in Grandpa's Leftovers, English Country Tune and Oil Rush (with a map pack)

If you can afford to pay over the average I highly reccomend it, if nothing else than for Hotline Miami