All week long we are Live Tweeting the E3 2018 press conferences using the hashtag #DailyHotTake and compiling them all here on Top Shelf Gaming for your convenience. Read the best announcements from the Ubisoft press conference below and tell us what you think about our hot takes. The Greatest Showman Ubisoft knows how to […] More
We’re experimenting with a new news format called #DailyHotTake. We’re Live Tweeting the E3 2018 press conferences all week using the hashtag #DailyHotTake to share our thoughts as we think them. Here’s a compilation of all our thoughts about the Microsoft Press Conference held in the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Setting the Tone […] More
As TSG expands its reach and ventures onto new media platforms, we are constantly trying out new ways to share our thoughts with our readers. We are experimenting with a new format where we Tweet or Retweet news with our own commentary. It’s a quick way for us to share news on Twitter using the […] More
The Ubisoft Press Conference started with a carnival esque dance number with a Queen backing track. Ubisoft is known for their “out there” conferences every year at E3. As usual, comedian Aisha Tyler played the host for the fifth consecutive year. Quote ” Offer deepest sympathies to the Orlando shooting and other mass shootings that […] More
Hosted by PCGamer.com and AMD, the PC Gaming Showcase at E3 is quickly becoming a mainstay at the conference, highlighting some of the best of what’s coming to the seemingly boundless PC gaming landscape. Today’s showcase, peppered throughout with a few misguided but well-meaning attempts at humor and pandering to PC gamers, was admirably hosted […] More
Although E3 has started their press conference shenanigans on Sunday the last two years, everyone knows that E3 doesn’t truly start until Monday morning when Microsoft has their briefing. Microsoft had many excellent hardware and software announcements and we have the breakdown for you right here. XBOX ONE S Microsoft announced a skinnier skew of their […] More
I got a chance to preview Titanfall 2 yesterday, an online first-person shooter from Respawn Entertainment. The original Titanfall was a great game with a short life. The majority of its player base phased out after about a month. After playing the game, I fear Titanfall 2 will have a similarly short lifespan. Titanfall was […] More
While EA didn’t technically take part in the E3 festivities this year, opting instead to have their own events (one in Los Angeles and one in London) to showcase their upcoming games, they still did host a press conference with a few announcements for the upcoming year. Here are some of the highlights: TITANFALL 2 […] More
Disclaimer: Everything written in this article is written in the viewpoint of a frothing Nintendo fangirl. This meaning everything is very likely to have a positive spin thrown upon the Nintendo Direct that happened this morning The Nintendo Direct at E3 2015 this morning was definitely… An experience. How else do you explain a company […] More
It would seem that Square Enix (Apparently pronounced “EH-nix”. Who knew?) didn’t shell out for the stadium seating Ubisoft managed to get, which was probably because they couldn’t afford Jason Derulo and didn’t need that big a space as a result. If you’ve come to this breakdown wondering who Square got as their musical guest […] More
I’ll admit right now that I’ve never really streamed many E3 conferences, so I’m not quite up to date on how they usually go down. But apparently it’s the most normal thing in the world that Ubisoft’s event was hosted by Aisha Tyler (Host of Whose Line is it Anyway, voice of Lana Kane on […] More
“Atom Bomb” by The Five Stars “We make the games that we want to play,” announced one of Bethesda’s developers in the video that began one of the best showcases E3 has ever experienced. They make the games I want to play, too. Despite numerous rumors and leaks, Bethesda’s first ever E3 showcase was the most exhilarating […] More