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Namco Bandai had the jump on most
publishers at E3 – the majority of its
titles are actually releasing in 2017.
With the sheer quantity of games announced
at E3 slated for 2018 (and beyond), it was
refreshing to be able to head into a booth and
know that most of what we played would be
coming out later this year, especially with
such a strong line-up of games
on offer.
Namco’s E3 booth was
impressive this year.
Spearheaded by a giant Ni
No Kuni II: Revenant
Kingdom throne
photo op, there
was also a shiny
Project CARS 2
McLaren 720s on
display (probably where
I spent the most time, if I’m
honest), and a forest-y setup for Dragon Ball
FighterZ – which (unsurprisingly) always had
the longest lines.
Fortunately, there was a separate area
out back for media to
try out anything and
everything – complete
with reputably lousy
American covfefe. I jumped
right in with Project CARS 2,
and was warned from the get-
go that the code we were playing
had very ‘realistic’ (in other words,
unforgiving) handling on the driving – basically,
that was their way of saying they didn’t expect
me to last very long. I took it in my stride, and
once I got my bearings, took to roaring around
the beautiful scenery. PC2 genuinely looks
incredible – and there’s a great roster of cars
in the line-up, too (including my own personal
go kart). Can’t wait for this one.
Fans (myself included) have been waiting a
while for a fair dinkum 2D fighting game for
the Dragon Ball series, and now our prayers
have been answered with Namco dropping
Dragon Ball FighterZ. Playable on the booth
were six characters from the DBZ universe –
I leant in favour of Majin Buu and Frieza
062 JULY 2017
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Ni No Kuni II - Revenant Kingdom
Words Alesha Kolbe and Paul Jones
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