E3 06: EA booth technically sound

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted May 11, 2006 8:44 pm PT

Publisher's huge 360-degree display, booming sound system hype Spore, Battlefield 2142, Superman.

LOS ANGELES--Publisher EA is well known at E3 for having one of the best positions in the Los Angeles Convention Center. EA is located in the South Hall, and attendees can't miss it--because it's right in front of them as they walk in through the main doors.

Visitors to EA's booth have always been treated to some impressive video screens, and in recent years, its center screen has been as impressive as many of the games and hardware on the floor. EA uses a gigantic circular theater where visitors stand in the center and watch a screen that wraps around the theater's entire circumference.

On the high-tech display, EA ran a reel of its E3 lineup, which included trailers for Battlefield 2142, Superman Returns: The Videogame, Spore, Need for Speed Carbon, and The Sims 2 Pets.

Spore

Footage of Will Wright's microscopic galactic game.

In a nearby closed theater, Will Wright fans lined up to see a trailer for Spore, the upcoming PC game that gives gamers the power of evolution. Several kiosks, fanned out on either side of the central circular screen, had playable versions of Battlefield 2142 and Crysis on the PC, as well as Madden NFL 07 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Portables weren't ignored. Def Jam: Fight for NY: The Takeover, Superman Returns: The Videogame, and NCAA Football 07 were shown on the PlayStation Portable, and a section for several mobile games dialed in attendees.

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naryanrobinson
Posted Sep 23, 2006 9:35 am PT

cool
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jakeboudville
Posted Aug 25, 2006 6:22 pm PT

cool
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silly05
Posted May 23, 2006 7:46 pm PT

this fall
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fpizzolo
Posted May 23, 2006 12:24 pm PT

When is the game being released? BF2142?
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DrDomDom
Posted May 23, 2006 12:27 am PT

Spore should prove to be something rather unique, it sounds promising. Might need to beef up the PC though for it.
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trokoko
Posted May 21, 2006 10:44 am PT

i have never seen more stupid game than this!
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monkeymano
Posted May 19, 2006 10:18 am PT

Spore is a genius Idea, by a genius himself! Can't wait for it!
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DragonMaster90
Posted May 18, 2006 1:27 pm PT

Spore sounds very interesting and I would love to buy it. Spore would really be nice if it went for the Wii.
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GamesAnytime
Posted May 18, 2006 10:15 am PT

I think the Medal of Honor Airborn trailer was the best, too bad there was no demo
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picklepik
Posted May 18, 2006 4:29 am PT

Wnat Spore....badly!
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townsenda1
Posted May 15, 2006 10:21 pm PT

Good job EA. Keep those great games coming.
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i_love_my_ds
Posted May 15, 2006 7:26 pm PT

good thing theyre not making any more ds games...........all their last ones were horribly bad....
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LordGamer0001
Posted May 13, 2006 4:03 pm PT

yeah its just a let down not having a good enough computer to play spore.
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anamnawshad
Posted May 13, 2006 7:59 am PT

My PC sucks!
Guess I must get a 360
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comthitnuong
Posted May 12, 2006 8:31 pm PT

spore!
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call1
Posted May 12, 2006 3:34 pm PT

Definatly on the PS3 i hope
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swedishc
Posted May 12, 2006 1:11 pm PT

Hey SnowFarmer. Why don't you just get over your hate for EA and admit that they do make some really great games. If you don't buy Spore just because you hate EA, then you are an idiot.
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SnowFarmer
Posted May 12, 2006 11:20 am PT

I'm kind of pissed Spore is going to be put out by EA. The game looks really interesting, but then I have that whole "never going to give EA a singe cent deal" going on.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to miss out =(
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madgamer2000
Posted May 12, 2006 10:46 am PT

how do they do that huge 360 circular screen? is it a bunch of projectors, and they just piece the videos together on computers?
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s0l0123
Posted May 12, 2006 8:55 am PT

Spore is going to be awesome, if only they could bring it to the Wii.
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