{"id":65819,"date":"2014-06-11T01:36:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T23:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=65819"},"modified":"2014-06-11T01:37:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T23:37:52","slug":"e3-boasts-great-indie-small-studio-and-alternative-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/65819-e3-boasts-great-indie-small-studio-and-alternative-games","title":{"rendered":"E3 boasts great indie, small studio, and alternative games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most of our attention during <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/65809-sony-steps-up-at-e3-with-games-galore.html\">Sony<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/65771-microsoft-kicks-off-e3-2014-with-a-gaming-blast.html\">Microsoft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65801-star-wars-battlefront-trailer-hints-at-greatness.html\">EA<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65803-assassins-creed-unity-gets-4-player-co-op-and-more.html\">Ubisoft&#8217;s<\/a> E3 press conferences was on the big AAA titles such as Batman: Arkham Knight and Battlefield Hardline, several indie, small studio, and alternative games were given a chance to shine.<\/p>\n<p>If like me, you spent a good deal of time trying to sign up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65793-battlefield-hardline-looks-awesome-beta-goes-live.html\">Hardline beta<\/a>\u00a0while salivating over all the new and shiny game trailers, you may have missed some of the smaller gems on display.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the promising titles.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">No Man&#8217;s Sky<\/h3>\n<p>No Man&#8217;s Sky is a science-fiction game about exploration and survival in an infinite, procedurally generated universe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLtmEjqzg7M?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Abzu<\/h3>\n<p>ABZ\u00db will take players on an epic adventure into the depths of the ocean, where they will encounter majestic creatures and discover long lost secrets.<\/p>\n<p>ABZ\u00db references a concept from the oldest Mesopotamian mythology: it is the combination of two ancient words &#8211; Ab, meaning ocean, and Z\u00fb, meaning to know. Essentially, ABZ\u00db is the ocean of wisdom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/403DsARZqoo?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Ori and the Blind Forest<\/h3>\n<p>Ori and the Blind Forest is an action-adventure platformer that combines deep exploratory gameplay with emotional storytelling. Join Ori must solve the mysteries of a dying forest while escaping the evil clutches of Kuro, the dark owl.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cklw-Yu3moE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Devolver Digital Titles for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita &#8211; Featuring Broforce<\/h3>\n<p>A stack of indie titles are coming to Sony&#8217;s platforms, with locally made Broforce leading the pack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ED8mnRErMlc?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Entwined<\/h3>\n<p>Experience a tale about a bird and a fish that are in love but can never be together. Guide them both simultaneously over the course of nine unique lifetimes on a journey to unite their souls.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nv5SEynpCWQ?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">ID @ Xbox&#8217;s Upcoming Titles<\/h3>\n<p>ID @ Xbox brings you hundreds of Studios developing truly unique and innovative games, only for Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rq6T-fz5jNQ?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition<\/h3>\n<p>Guacamelee! STCE is a Metroid-vania style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZTEQVt88hI?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Which of the the &#8220;alternative&#8221; titles shown at E3 are your favourite? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More E3 news<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/65765-fifa-15-to-be-shown-off-at-e3-pc-requirements-revealed.html\">Fifa 15 to be shown off at E3, PC requirements revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/65777-halo-the-master-chief-collection-for-xbox-one.html\">Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #6e6e6e;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0066cb;\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/65769-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-action-packed-e3-trailer.html\">Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare \u2013 action-packed E3 trailer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amongst the big game announcements, several top quality lesser known titles were shown off at E3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":65823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[12425,21,553,1870,12571,243],"class_list":["post-65819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-e3-2014","tag-headline","tag-indie","tag-playstation","tag-small-studio","tag-xbox-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65835,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65819\/revisions\/65835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}