E3 2013 is in the books, so now it's time to sit back and evaluate the loot developers and publishers handed us.
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Now that everyone’s home and feeling has returned to their feet — just as the con flu starts kicking in — we’ve had a chance to assess the real takeaways from 2013’s Electronic Entertainment Expo.
That’s right — I mean the loot.
Most companies hand out a little something to people who go behind closed doors. Shirts, bags, funny wigs … it gets a little strange out on the show floor sometimes. We can’t claim that we saw and grabbed everything we could, here’s what found its way into our hearts. And our luggage.
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Activision gave out these Call of Duty: Ghosts-branded iPhone chargers at Pre-E3 Judges Week. They know their audience so well.
This is from a turn-based RPG called Blackguards. You play a mass murderer who saves the world. No, you’re not Nathan Drake.
Blood Bowl 2 might sound like someone’s getting seconds at Sweeny Todd’s pie shop, but it’s actually Warhammer Football. Y’know … because.
Davy Jones. Not the singer from the Monkees. The other one. Disney keeps giving out Disney Infinity figures at every event, and our collection is nearly complete. Now we just need the game.
If we were ever, ever going to wear ties, it would have to be Donkey Kong’s. Or something in the shape of a dolphin.
What did Ubisoft give out for Watch Dogs, its game about hacking your personal electronics? iPhone and iPad cases, of course. Well played, Ubi.
Murdered: Soul Suspect. Those glowing dots are actually the glowing bullet holes in your ghostly character’s chest.
Titanfall. The happiest game of the year (after The Last of Us).
Magrunner: Dark Pulse. It’s an upcoming XBLA/PSN downloadable where you defeat Cthulhu with physics. Yay!
The Witcher 3 logo makes 3s look much more exciting than they usually are.
The back of the Witcher 3 shirt, just in case people thought “W3” was a new tax form.
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