E3 2012

Ubisoft just announced a new IP, called Watch Dogs. The open world game, set in a dystopian future, where computers have invaded every aspect of life, you play as a guy who can hack systems. Imagine walking down the street and being able to disable every cell phone around, do instant background checks on other people, or control traffic lights to cause convenient accidents. You can also shoot people. The game also seems to integrate co-op in an organic way.

Check out the Watch Dogs video below:

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ShootMania Storm is a first person shooter tailored for the eSports community. Ubisoft showed Shootmania at their E3 2012 press conference where they had pro gamers compete to demonstrate the competitive attributes of the game.

For more on Shootmania Storm, check out the Shootmania trailer and some Shootmania Storm screenshots.

Anyone watching the Ubisoft Press Conference clearly got an eyeful of more action, killing, and skin than ever before in Far Cry 3.

Having started as a scared kid, we now get a look at our character as the leader of his own warrior tribe as he rips through the enemy village and fall into a trap. Insanity takes on a whole new definition when we run from a burning building, stab a guy, pull the pin from his grenade, and chucks him into an awaiting group. Explosions, blood, and knives to the throat; we get a good look at later content in the game as we make our way to the main man and an awaiting knife.

• Hands-On Preview: Far Cry 3 - We Can't Stop Here, It's Insanity Country

Have we fallen so far that we become the thing we hate? Find out when we get our hands on Far Cry 3 September 4th, 2012 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

For more, check out the official Far Cry 3 E3 2012 trailer.

We get our first taste of Rayman Legends of the Wii U with a brand new character that uses the Wii U touch pad.

With our first glimpse of the Rayman Legends, we get to see a new character, Murphy, help our hero through the beautifully drawn 2D levels. Using only the touch pad, Murphy zips along the playfield with the ability to manipulate the environment and pull in enemies for Rayman to destroy with a quick spin.

• Gameplay Video: Rayman Legends for the Wii U

Along with up to five other players, we watched Murphy move platforms, stop enemies, cut ropes, and turn valves so your friends can get through the level relatively unscathed. To finish off the demo, we run through a level where the spots Murphy needs to touch sychs up with the music playing the background. One part superhero and one part fly; the hero of Rayman Legends may just be the character you control only through touch.

Ubisoft has officially announced Just Dance 4. The newest installment in Ubisoft's massively popular dance game will release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii in October 2012, and Wii U at a later date.

The game will include over 40 tracks, including:

• Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
• Disturbia – Rihanna
• Good Feeling – Flo Rida
• Maneater – Nelly Furtado
• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 ft.  Christina Aguilera
• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
• Rock Lobster– The B-52’s
• So What – P!nk
• Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
• You’re The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White
• What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
• Wild Wild West – Will Smith

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Need for Speed Most Wanted has a release date. Gamers will be able to get into the driver's seat on October 30, 2012. Need for Speed Most Wanted in a reimagining of the best-selling game, this time by Criterion. Due to its open world gameplay, gamers can drive where they want, go where they want, and become the Most Wanted on their own terms.

• VIDEO: Need For Speed: Most Wanted E3 Trailer

Need for Speed Most Wanted has been announced. The open-world racer will be Criterion's reimagining of the racer. Gamers will be able to chose their own path to become the Most Wanted in Need For Speed Most Wanted.

EA is taking over producing UFC video games.  Ultimate Fighting Championship games will be produced by EA over the next several years.

"We're thrilled to begin a long-term partnership that will bring fans incredibly authentic, and deeply connected, UFC videogames," said Andrew Wilson, EVP and Head of EA SPORTS. "UFC has become a global powerhouse because they have the world's best fighters, competing in the world's best mixed martial arts events. We share UFC's passion for the sport, and we look forward to capturing all of the intensity and excitement of the action with unique new game experiences across a range of platforms."

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Star Wars: The Old Republic will be getting a new content pack this July. The announcement came from EA's E3 2012 press conference. Dr. Ray Muzyka confirmed SWTOR fans could brace themselves for more PvP Warzones, more companions like Knights of the Old Republic's HK-47, a higher difficulty mode, and even a new planet: Makeb.

Medal of Honor Warfighter puts you back into the action as we travel around the world taking out enemies with assault teams making up twelve different nations.

To check out more explosions and knife-on-bot action, make sure that you check out the entire gameplay demo and stay tuned to G4TV.com for more previews for the game.

Electronic Arts has officially announced Battlefield 3 Premium. The service is available today for $49.99.

PlayStation 3 owners who sign up for Battlefield 3 Premium will gain access to Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, the first of five upcoming expansion packs, immediately, as well as early access to future expansion packs as well. Non-Premium PS3 owners can play Close Quarters on June 19.

For Xbox 360 and PC players who sign up for Premium, you’ll be able to jump into Close Quarters on June 12, and non-Premium players will gain access on June 26.

Premium members will also receive access to a number of exclusive in-game items, such as the ACB-90 knife, Premium dog tags, new soldier and weapon camos, and Assignments.

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SimCity Social has been announced for Facebook. The announcement was made at EA's E3 2012 press conference. EA promises SimCity Social will be "the best city building experience on Facebook." Take that VilleVille! SimCity Social will be released in a few weeks.

Dead Space 3 has been officially announced. Electronic Arts made the terribly kept secret a reality during its E3 2012 press conference.

Visceral Games' latest installment will feature drop-in/drop-out co-op and is set, at least in part, on a frozen tundra of a planet known as Tau Volantis infested by those pesky Necromorphs.

Expect plenty of epic thrills and chilly chills when Dead Space 3 touches down in February 2013.

And be sure to check out our Dead Space 3 co-op hands-on preview.

EA showed off more video for their upcoming SimCity game that will be able to connect you with other people building cities around the world.

For the first time ever, you'll be able to work with other people to help build not only a city of your own, but a whole world as you connect with other people around the world. While they did not reveal too much about SimCity in the way of new info, we did get to see Glassbox Engine in action with more buildings reaching for the sky, pollution clogging up the air, and traffic - lots of traffic. If you blinked, you might have missed the giant footprint of a monster stomping through the streets. Who's not excited about that?

Check out the trailers for SimCity here and here.

At the Microsoft E3 2012 press conference EA announces the biggest investment to gameplay in Madden NFL 13. For the first time in Madden's twenty-four year history the kinect will be integrated into the game allowing you to call audibles, change protections, and check down to hot routes all at the line of scrimage like a real NFL signal caller. NFL Hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana came out on stage during the Microsoft E3 2012 press conference to demonstrate this new feature.