Electronic Arts and Visceral Games confirmed this week at E3 the inevitable. After weeks of speculation and rolling confirmation they acknowledged what we had already seen, the bloated cyst hanging off of the tits of the previously remarkable Dead Space series. The cyst is a predominant one, flaring up in magnificent lumps across many a franchise I have come to behold. You can call it multiplayer. It is blight across this generation, as company after company double-fist outstanding single-player games. Red faced and drunk for profits, their ten knuckles dig deep into the game’s previously welcoming sphincter.

Butt play is fun, fingering around with little changes. Exploding a game’s design in the search of the almighty dollar with hungry hands is not.

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I don’t want to like Star Wars 1313. Despite loving the Universe, the original trilogy, and pretending I can open automatic doors with the Force, my bitterness for Uncle George runs deep. Somehow the gameplay trailer for this newly-announced title has managed to pierce my scabby heart. reigniting my Star Wars  loins. I wouldn’t bet on the game being good, for far too many titles in the Universe have aroused my interest only to let me down. I’m looking at you, SWTOR, KOTOR 2, and The Force Unleashed. For now though, I dream. Of dopeness.

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The Last of Us  is asshole-clenching silly gorgeous. If this title drops this year it is easily my title of the year, and if it drops next year it is a strong reason for us to not cave in over the Mayan Apocalypse.

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This ain’t safe for work.  When the first big reveal trailer for this game today was dubbed ‘Step into Insanity’, Ubisoft wasn’t kidding.  This shit occasionally gets wild.  Hit the jump for the gameplay footage from today.  Naw, I don’t know what’s happening in most of this vid either, but it’s gorgeous.

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MS opened up their media briefing and all of E3 with this vid, the first look at the Halo 4 campaign.  Feels like more than just a little nod to Metroid Prime, aesthetically.

Hit the jump for the vid, and links to more vids, including B-Roll campaign footage and some multiplayer from the new Spartan Ops mode.

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How gorgeous is this shit?  Just watch the vid.  No word if this is exclusive to the Wii-U yet, but damn if the touch mechanic doesn’t look fun to play with.

Hit the jump for the vid!

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Big-hitters Microsoft and EA really threatened to sabotage expectations for the rest of the show with their media briefings today.  Brown-grey shooters nearly impossible to discriminate from one another, QTE gameplay that privileges the spectacle of a cutscene over freedom of gameplay, and gimmick bullshit that flexes a tech muscle over a truly practical one; it was all over the place.

Enter Ubisoft, with a history of terrible press events.  Who expected them to steal all the thunder, with not only a stable of solid and exciting games but a new IP to boot!

Click more for a quick summary and a vid of the whole damned, gorgeous thing.

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Nintendo has revealed the controller for the Wii U. You know, the actual  controller. Much like their tablet-monstrosity smacks of an iPad, their “pro” controller looks like a repainted Xbox 360 controller. I can’t complain too much however, since the source they’re ninjaing is the best controller on the market.

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Earlier this week it was reported that Sony was trying to snuggle into the loins of a couple of cloud-based gaming services. If this report is to believed, the lucky dude whose dong Sony is going to tug is none other than Gaikai. What could this mean?!

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Yo! Fuck Monday. That’s so far away. The lid has been blown off Gears of War: Bro Hugs Through Cuffs today, and in a world with no patience that is exactly how we’ll have it.

Hit the jump for the Game Informer  covers.

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