EB Games Expo Outlines Playable Titles

Post by Dan @ 03:41pm 10/10/11 | 52 Comments

EB Games have sent along an update ahead of next weekend's Gold Coast event, outlining the various highlights of the show -- boasted as "the biggest video games even Australia has ever seen". Likely the most important thing that prospective attendees will want to know is just what upcoming games will you be able to get some hands on time with. From the press release:

Fans will be able to have a hands on experience with two of the hottest games of the year before their release - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and Saints Row the Third.

Further titles on show and playable across the two days include Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Assassins Creed Revelations, Darkness 2, Batman Arkham City, Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mario Kart 7, Just Dance 3, Fifa 12, Rayman Origins, Ratchet and Clank All 4 one, Final Fantasy XIII 2, Metal Gear Solid 3D, Sonic Generations, UFC Undisputed 3, Resident Evil, WWE ’12, uDraw Marvel, Street Fighter X Tekken, Need For Speed: The Run, SSX, Soul Calibur 5, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, Karaoke Revolution Glee: Vol 3. and many more!

The EB Expo takes place at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 15th and 16th of October 2011.

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eski
Posted 03:50pm 10/10/11

love the hyperbole

BIGGEST EVER

SAINTS ROW 3 HOTTEST GAME OF YEAR!

TRULY THE GREATEST GENERATION!

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 04:16pm 10/10/11

My console mate from work is going to this with his nerdy gaming buddies. They are hiring a unit in Surfers for Fri + Sat + Sun i think and are expecting a schoolies like poon-fest with all the game girls that they think will be attending the EB Expo.

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Raider
Posted 04:35pm 10/10/11

i went... last year? and there's like ... 2% girls.. and most are fatter and uglier then the guys :D

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FraktuRe
Posted 04:39pm 10/10/11

Pretty sure this is the first one Raider.

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greazy
Posted 04:41pm 10/10/11

and I'm pretty sure you don't go there for the girls.

I'd go just to play zelda.

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Nerfy
Posted 04:44pm 10/10/11

Mass Effect 3 is playable? I thought that was ages away yet.

edit: Oh, maybe only on show.

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ravn0s
Posted 05:00pm 10/10/11

pretty nice showcase of games.

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Mosfxx
Posted 05:01pm 10/10/11

What's the purpose of this event, obviously a sales pitch for EB but does it have the potential to be the E3 of Australia?

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Sc00bs
Posted 05:03pm 10/10/11

My console mate from work is going to this with his nerdy gaming buddies. They are hiring a unit in Surfers for Fri + Sat + Sun i think and are expecting a schoolies like poon-fest with all the game girls that they think will be attending the EB Expo.

this is probably the funniest thing ive read all day hahahahaha

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 05:40pm 10/10/11

this is probably the funniest thing ive read all day hahahahaha

True story too. Cant wait to hear what happens when they get back. Probably spend the nights playing xbox together without a girl even seeing their unit. Poor bastards.

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FraktuRe
Posted 05:44pm 10/10/11

Convention centre is literally across the road from poontang central, broadbeach.

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scuzzy
Posted 05:49pm 10/10/11

Glass-a-c*** central

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FraktuRe
Posted 05:52pm 10/10/11

That's surfers. broadbeach has a much classier kind of slut.

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Mosfxx
Posted 05:59pm 10/10/11

Milfs

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Timmeh
Posted 07:12pm 10/10/11

Next weekend is my Cousins 21st.
She lives in Mackay.
Her Boyfriend has Booked a weekend down the GC.
As a "surprise" he is taking her to the EB Games Expo Saturday night.
She has a wii and I she has played it twice.
Romantic.

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Tiny
Posted 07:14pm 10/10/11

I'm going with invoniv and two other mates. I'm actually going for the expo itself. Picking up girls @ expo is def not on the agenda. We also plan to get absolutely s***faced at the unit and go out afterwards. Perhaps then we can try and pickup. If we fail we can always retire to Hollywood showgirls and enjoy some tittays in our faces.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 07:29pm 10/10/11

Next weekend is my Cousins 21st.
She lives in Mackay.
Her Boyfriend has Booked a weekend down the GC.
As a "surprise" he is taking her to the EB Games Expo Saturday night.
She has a wii and I she has played it twice.
Romantic.

Gold.

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Tiny
Posted 07:37pm 10/10/11

She better give him a BJ to thank him as well.

edit:

I'll take some photos with my digital camera and bring them back for you guys. Really looking forward to checking out BF3 and mass effect 3. We pre-paid "gold" VIP tickets, that cost us 100 $ so we will see what we get for it!.

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groganus
Posted 07:34pm 10/10/11

I was going to take my son, but it appears to be even to lame to do that.

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Dazhel
Posted 07:35pm 10/10/11

Nice, SR 3rd is relevant to my interests,
Me and a few mates from work have decided to go along and see what all the fuss is about.

That's surfers. broadbeach has a much classier kind of slut.

Hah, the kind that'll only give you herpes instead of HIV.

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The GuVna
Posted 07:46pm 10/10/11

Going there as I'm working there, and to kick everyone's ass at Street Fighter X Tekken :) Work mate's getting a unit & doing the "get pissed while down there' thing also. Last time I went out on the coast a month ago a mate took me to "The Loft" & a Karaoke bar called "Tune Up". Was one of the best nights I've ever had out. So yea if you want to avoid the douchebaggery of the soulless wastleland that is the night life on the Gold Coast, I recommend those those two places.

And for the record, the chicks there were hot, _and_ approachable. (Trust me to hit on the one that had a boyfriend tho hehe)

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Eorl
Posted 07:59pm 10/10/11

Hottest games are MW3 and Saints Row 3rd? Really?

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 08:17pm 10/10/11

Hottest games are MW3 and Saints Row 3rd? Really?

Console audience.

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Ivonin
Posted 06:38am 11/10/11

I love the fact that we're a gaming community and that even though this is an EB Games run event, everyone is rubbishing it. I've always wanted to check out E3 and all that jazz and this is probably the closest I'll ever get to doing it.

You're not going there to 'bang hawt gurls' or whatever, you're going there to see the show for a few hours, then get ratfaced afterwards.

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Fixah
Posted 07:27am 11/10/11

I just might go there to plug my business (and beat Guvna in SF vs Tekken)

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Eorl
Posted 09:31am 11/10/11

Yeah but Ivonin, its EB, the guys who push their prices up just cause we're Aussie.

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shade
Posted 10:43am 11/10/11

EB likes reselling tradeins at almost the same price as new and charging $110 for a new game. i'd rather not do anything to support them including going to their expo.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 10:48am 11/10/11

Also, IMO EB is all about the console market as i guess thats where they make their money. I have no interest in console.

As for the girls, if i was going i wouldnt be looking to pick up as im in a relationship. I just think its funny my mate and his buddies believe they are gonna score plenty of hot ass @ the expo.

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Fixah
Posted 10:50am 11/10/11

EB likes reselling tradeins at almost the same price as new and charging $110 for a new game. i'd rather not do anything to support them including going to their expo.

True. What if i'm going there to network, get ideas and potentially steal some of their customers? and perhaps kick the giant EB Expo door in disgust on my way out? would that still be supporting them?

Help! my moral compass is going crazy!

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Eorl
Posted 11:11am 11/10/11

That is acceptable fixah. And I want video.

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 11:33am 11/10/11

Go all Leonidas (from 300) on the door.

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Tiny
Posted 12:39pm 11/10/11

You guys need to all stop having a cry about a company making money and get over it.

Ivonin coaxed me into going for the same reason. I want to see what one of these things is like and hopefully have some fun while doing so. No need to be a bunch of pessimistic c**** about it. This is a gaming forum last time I checked?!!?

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Eorl
Posted 12:46pm 11/10/11

Yeah, and a place to rat out places that charge double for a game that is coming from the same place last time I checked. But whatever, everyone does what they does.

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Dazhel
Posted 01:45pm 11/10/11

I'm going for the sole reason of yelling out 'EB GAMES YOUR GAMES ARE OVERPRICED AND YOU SUCK!' from the middle of the expo floor.

/not really

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Sosuke
Posted 09:35pm 11/10/11

Go to E3 2011, bigger in scale and a lot more varieties. Knowing EB, it'll be a small scale expo with limited number of developers attending the Expo.

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Tiny
Posted 09:48pm 11/10/11

Thanks captain f*****g obvious. Unfortunately some of us can't just fork out for a ticket to the US.

Please consider your environment before posting.

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Thundercracker
Posted 10:12pm 11/10/11

I'll be there, plus I'm staying at the gold coast that night so I can get a few drinks into me sat night :D

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Tiny
Posted 10:16pm 11/10/11

QGL catchup me thinks at the expo? Perhaps we all get tanked saturday night.

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Khel
Posted 12:03am 12/10/11

I'm curious to see what its like, was thinking of just driving down for the day on saturday and driving back saturday night though. Doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would require 2 days to see.

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Fixah
Posted 12:59pm 14/10/11

Khel if you're coming up from Melbourne i'll be there!

Look out for the shaved head dude who's beard length is slightly longer than the shaved head length. Also i just might wear the Gears of War 3 shirt that i got from AG. Come and say hi and i just might give you a discount on rev's next blow job.

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Zapo
Posted 02:48pm 14/10/11

I shall be there on the Saturday morning session. Not expecting it to be that great to be honest, most of the games that are playable will be out in a few months anyway. Still, it's the first major games expo in Australia (isn't it?) so I'm happy enough to try it out.

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skythra
Posted 03:21pm 14/10/11

IF EB actually gave some value by creating a good expo, then it'd be a case to support them for that.

Not their sales, i mean support their expo.

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Sosuke
Posted 04:04pm 14/10/11

They are trying to lure gullible kids to purchase their rip-off merchandise. Not worth the money to visit a small scale expo with limited playable games on a tiny screen. E3 will blow your mind away, E3 is where you want to be.

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Zapo
Posted 04:24pm 14/10/11

E3 is also an industry event in America and not open to the general public. It's pointless to compare to two. If you can get to E3 then great, do it, but for those who can't this COULD be a good thing. Time will tell tomorrow I guess.

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Dazhel
Posted 05:41pm 15/10/11

Kudos to the bloke in the arena that yelled out "ORIGIN SUCKS!" when the EA head honcho was up on stage spruiking about the future of games and how they love to accept feedback. :D

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Fixah
Posted 05:47pm 15/10/11

Any news on what its like? worth it? not worth it?

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Zapo
Posted 05:58pm 15/10/11

Kudos to the bloke in the arena that yelled out "ORIGIN SUCKS!" when the EA head honcho was up on stage spruiking about the future of games and how they love to accept feedback. :D

I thought that guy was a twat. I also found it pretty rude that everyone was just leaving in droves before the 'segment' actually finished - right when Peter Moore came back on stage. Still, what can you expect from a mob.

Anyway, general impressions:

1) There were a lot of people there. The space itself was pretty huge but there were some very VERY long wait times for some of the bigger games, BF3, Skyrim (which was a video only), MW3, Halo HD remake thing, Batman etc.

2) The EB Live presentation stuff was actually well done. The Vita demo was interesting, and it was kinda cool actually seeing some of the developers doing the presentations. Peter Moore was on hand to talk EA fluff in general. A few of the guys from DICE were out to talk about BF3 and there were some guys showing off FFX13-2 and some other games too.

3) There wasn't anything new. Old footage, there were games that were already out, and given the time of year most games are going to be out in the next 4 weeks. BF3, MW3, Batman, Uncharted 3, Zelda...lots of huge games but only a few weeks away. I guess that's too be expected.

4) WTF - why are people queuing to buy games from the EB store onsite? The queue was f*****g MASSIVE, and the games were EB prices!! WTF. We went to JB hi-fi on the way home and picked up Forza 4 for $79, EB was selling it for like $110.

I would like for them to change up the format a little if they do it again - and since it was successful I think they will. Have more Live / stage show stuff. If you can't have a main stage and a sub stage then keep the Main stage stuff going on day. Make it more interactive, all people in the room to make comments and ask the developers etc questions about the games.

Overall, good, but they should expand the developer focus next year I think.

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Eorl
Posted 06:04pm 15/10/11

Bahahaha, stupid kids buying over priced crap. That is why I didn't go. I do not want to support that s***.

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Dazhel
Posted 06:16pm 15/10/11

It was a bit of a d*** move to yell it out but it was honest feedback on the minds of a lot of the attendees, and I thought Peter Moore handled it pretty well.
I thought the guy that wolf whistled yelled out "take it off!" to the lady that did the intros was more of a twat to be honest.

Bloody hell the queues were long though, it wouldn't have been *too* bad, if you there were some video monitors where you could watch people playing while you're standing in the line. The playing area for those big titles was locked up tight though. :(

The PS Vita demo with Little Big Planet was great though, really liked that one :D

Re: the EB store on site - I heard there were massive discounts on stuff early in the day and that's why people were joining the mile long queue to get in there? Not sure how true that was though, because it was mostly empty by the time I walked past but the line hadn't got any shorter.

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Khel
Posted 06:47pm 15/10/11

Yeah, I didn't end up bother going cos I figured most of the stuff I want to see (besides Mass effect 3) is going to be out in the next few weeks anyway. Plus anything worth playing would have had a huge lineup so not worth it

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Tiny
Posted 02:10pm 16/10/11

It was a bit of a d*** move to yell it out but it was honest feedback on the minds of a lot of the attendees, and I thought Peter Moore handled it pretty well.
I thought the guy that wolf whistled yelled out "take it off!" to the lady that did the intros was more of a twat to be honest.

He was talking about how they invite feedback, so he kind of invited it. As for the intro lady, she was extremely hot so I don't think a little heckle about her being hot really is a problem. People were just mucking around having fun. The lines were to long because they over-sold tickets and the VIP really got you f*** all considering the 100 $ price tag in the end.

My other gripe was of the few pc's setup they were s***/slow rigs and nothing was calibrated correctly. The mouses they were using didn't even work properly and you couldn't play at all really.

The highlight was trying the racing simulators. The f1 simulator was awesome.

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Fixah
Posted 03:44pm 16/10/11

Didn't go, needed to finish off assignment and drop off dad at the airport. How fun.

Anyone tried to Street Fighter x Tekken?

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