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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012
The Los Angeles Convention Center during E3 2012, with Medal of Honor: Warfighter occupying entrance advertising.
GenreMulti-genre
BeginsJune 5, 2012
EndsJune 7, 2012
VenueLos Angeles Convention Center
Location(s)Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Previous eventE3 2011
Next eventE3 2013
Attendance45,700
Organized byEntertainment Software Association
Filing statusNon-profit

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 (E3 2012) was the 18th

G4 along with being the last one to feature a physical press conference by Nintendo which mainly focused on games that were coming to the then upcoming Wii U
video game console that launched later that year and was later considered to be a commercial failure.

Press conferences

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Prior to the show, several companies made announcements regarding their products. Nintendo unveiled a new design for the Wii U controller, known now as the Wii U GamePad, along with a slightly modified console. Each of the three major console producers have also held or planned press conferences.

Konami

Konami held its 2nd annual pre-E3 show on May 31.

Microsoft

SPIKE TV
.

At the conference the company showed footage from upcoming sequels

Ascend: New Gods and LocoCycle
.

The company expanded its

Usher made an appearance to demonstrate the Dance Central 3 dancing game. A castle-wrecking game called Wreckateer was also demonstrated. Matter
, an Xbox 360-exclusive title for the Kinect was also shown.

Microsoft also unveiled expanded entertainment and multimedia features for the

Xbox SmartGlass, a technology designed to allow play experiences from mobile devices, including those running Windows 8 and Windows Phone
operating systems.

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts took the stage on June 4 at 1:00pm, showcasing ten titles or families of titles. Included were games such as Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and SimCity.

Ubisoft

Ubisoft held a press conference on June 4 at 3:00pm, showing many titles including Assassin's Creed III, Far Cry 3, Just Dance 4, Rayman Legends, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Watch Dogs and ZombiU.

Sony

Sony's press conference took place on June 4 at 6:00pm at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Sony and its partners showcased existing titles, including first party games such as God of War: Ascension, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and The Last of Us and third party games such as Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 3.

Sony also announced a new title called Beyond: Two Souls.

Sony provided updates on the PlayStation Suite mobile framework, renaming it to PlayStation Mobile and adding HTC as a partner. It also unveiled the Wonderbook augmented reality reading system.

Nintendo

Scribblenauts: Unlimited, and ZombiU. The company also showed more casual games, including Wii Fit U and Nintendo Land. On stage, Reggie Fils-Aimé stated "I feel just like a Purple Pikmin."[6]

The following day, June 6, Nintendo held a smaller "software showcase" conference based solely on the Nintendo 3DS, showcasing new content and games such as New Super Mario Bros. 2, Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. This was also the last traditional Nintendo E3 press conference as E3 2013 onwards would take the form of a Nintendo Direct (with the exception of E3 2016, which only had Nintendo Treehouse Live).

List of notable exhibitors

List of featured games

2K Games

Activision

Atlus

Bethesda Softworks[7]

Bohemia Interactive

Capcom

Disney Interactive Studios

Electronic Arts

Harmonix

Konami

LucasArts

Microsoft

Namco Bandai

Nintendo

Sega

Sony

Square Enix

Tecmo Koei

THQ

TT Games

Ubisoft

Warner Brothers Entertainment

  • Note: This is THQ's last E3 appearance before it was filed for Bankruptcy.

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