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Konami announces an announcement of announcements – E3 pre-show reveal

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We just got word that Konami will be pulling back the veil on some of their most anticipated announcements on June 6, 2013. Apparently, this is an annual pre-show tradition, and with all the pressure on being heard during E3 week with two new consoles being shown, it’s a really good idea.

According to the press release, they are offering pre-E3 content this Thursday at 10am PDT (in seven different languages) including:

  • Brand new trailer for Castlevania : Lords of Shadow 2
  • Behinds-the-scenes look at the next Pro Evolution Soccer
  • Kojima productions Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Apparently you can check out www.events.konami.com on June 6th for all the goods, though I found that it’s not currently reachable from my neck of the woods. The show will also be broadcast on www.gamespot.com, as well as from XBLA’s Gamespot app.

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, at a young age I was forced to decide whether the harsh northern winters were going to claim my fingers, or to turn to the safer pursuits of indoor activities. Little did I know that a little game called Ninja Gaiden would bring my digits more pain than frostbite ever could. Starting with Vectrex and C64 games and moving forward through the era of electronic entertainment, I sampled as much as I could in the different platforms, and began my interest in PC gaming from wrestling with DOS memory management.

While console games were a part of my earliest gaming memories and I certainly had played on most platforms including 3D0, all things Nintendo, PS1 and the like, truly the PC was my domain until the Xbox. As an old PC gamer, I ever chased the cutting edge technology. Eye of the beholder with CGA 4 colors was my first step down the the path of blowing thousands of dollars on PC upgrades over two decades. Ultima 7, with the Guardian talking to me through my monitor, still haunts my dreams and keeps me ever hoping for a decent Ultima 8 and 9. From the 3DFX SLI VooDoo2s and Aureal to today's GPU driven DirectX games, the new and shiny pictures seem to keep me going. My PC gaming has slowed down with the market shift though, and although I have choice games that will ever be on PC, I have found myself in console gaming with a bit of portable gaming in my life.

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