E3 2012: EA's E3 press event live blog

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It's our second stop on E3 2012 press conference day. We have arrived at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles to see what Electronic Arts will show us at their E3 press event. It will begin at 1 pm Pacific time (4 pm Eastern time). Stay tuned!

NeoGamr and Neowin's coverage of E3 2012 is sponsored by War Inc. Battle Zone.

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19:57 Dave Legg Welcome to this Neowin.net live event. Coverage will begin shortly.
19:59 John Callaham Looks like we are about to begin
20:01 John Callaham A montage of titles new and old
20:02 John Callaham EA's head man is on stage welcoming us to Donwnload 2012
20:03 John Callaham 10 game on tap..plus something more
20:03 John Callaham More DLC content
20:03 John Callaham Dead Space #1
20:04 John Callaham Dead Space 3!
20:04 John Callaham Ship crash lands on a planet
20:04 John Callaham Lots of creature fighting
20:05 John Callaham Drop in drop out co-op support
20:05 John Callaham We are getting a live demo of co-op
20:06 John Callaham Wow that's a big cutting tool
20:06 John Callaham The two players are trying to stop it
20:06 John Callaham But it keeps coming
20:07 John Callaham Other creatures try to attack too
20:08 John Callaham The big cutting drill is stopped
20:08 John Callaham Some outside action
20:08 John Callaham And that's a huge monster
20:09 John Callaham Apparently it can suck you in
20:09 John Callaham Spitting at players
20:10 John Callaham And our hero gets sucked into the creature
20:10 John Callaham You are traveling inside its intestines
20:10 John Callaham That's a new one
20:10 John Callaham Coming in February 2013
20:11 John Callaham Next its US football time
20:12 John Callaham Very stirring stuff
20:12 John Callaham Better in-game physics
20:13 John Callaham No two plays turn out or look the same
20:13 John Callaham Smaller players will have to use speed
20:13 John Callaham You can get your balance back even after you are tackled
20:14 John Callaham Michael Irvin is on stage
20:15 John Callaham Shows off how to play as a full career
20:15 John Callaham Michael Irvin is making biting motions with his mouth :)
20:15 John Callaham You can create or join a league
20:16 John Callaham You can even be a coach
20:16 John Callaham Madden 13 will have XP points you can earn to update your player
20:17 John Callaham There's a storyline and even a fake Twitter feed for your character
20:17 John Callaham Manage your team on your tablet, smartphone or PC
20:18 John Callaham Looks like its time for SimCity
20:18 John Callaham First, SimCity Social for Facebook
20:18 John Callaham Looks very much like SimCity 2000
20:19 John Callaham "More city, less ville'
20:19 John Callaham Coming in just a few weeks
20:19 John Callaham All new SimCity for PC
20:20 John Callaham Little people on the streets
20:21 John Callaham Multiplayr challenges
20:21 John Callaham Looks really good
20:22 John Callaham More footage
20:22 John Callaham Buildings going up
20:22 John Callaham Fires that have to be put out
20:23 John Callaham Coming in February 2013
20:23 John Callaham A shout out to Respawn Entertainment
20:23 John Callaham No reveal yet
20:23 John Callaham Battlefield is next
20:25 John Callaham Battlefield 3 Premium finally offically announced
20:26 John Callaham Four DLC expansions packs
20:26 John Callaham One will focus on vehicles
20:26 John Callaham $49.99 right now
20:26 John Callaham PS3 can get the first DLC pack right now with Battlefield Premium
20:27 John Callaham PC and Xbox 360 get it next week
20:27 John Callaham Close quaters is first
20:27 John Callaham Amoured Kill is in September
20:27 John Callaham Athermath in December
20:27 John Callaham End Game in March 2013
20:28 John Callaham BioWare is next
20:28 John Callaham Star Wars The Old Republc MMO
20:29 John Callaham Talking about DLC packs
20:29 John Callaham Will add PvP modes
20:29 John Callaham New harder difficulty mode
20:30 John Callaham A new planet is coming soon
20:30 John Callaham In July people can play the game up to level 15 for free
20:31 John Callaham New space mission
20:31 John Callaham New playable species
20:31 John Callaham New warzone
20:31 John Callaham Medal of Honor Warfighter
20:31 John Callaham is next
20:32 John Callaham Global hotspots
20:32 John Callaham Including an attack on a pirate operation in Somalia
20:33 John Callaham Soldiers make a landing on a coastline
20:33 John Callaham They get hit by enemy fire
20:34 John Callaham They storm the compound
20:35 John Callaham One guy shoots five enemies
20:36 John Callaham Air strike takes out some of the compound
20:37 John Callaham Controlling an unmaned vehicle
20:38 John Callaham Lots of shooting
20:39 John Callaham 12 different nations in multplayer
20:39 John Callaham Coming October 23
20:39 John Callaham More Warfighter footage
20:40 John Callaham Linkin Park in the background
20:41 John Callaham Another EA Sport demo
20:43 John Callaham FIFA 13 demo
20:44 John Callaham 11 million people in EA Football Cup
20:45 John Callaham All FIFA 12 players to keep level in FIFA 13
20:45 John Callaham FIFA on iPad, iPhone to link to Football club
20:46 John Callaham Messi will be FIFA 13's cover athlete
20:47 John Callaham Gameplay trailer now
20:49 John Callaham Next up: UFC is coming to EA
20:50 John Callaham Dana White is on stage
20:50 John Callaham THQ has apparently lost the UFC license to EA
20:52 John Callaham And that's it..no release date for the first EA UFC game
20:52 John Callaham Next: Need for Speed Most Wanted
20:53 John Callaham Open world driving game
20:54 John Callaham Autolog comes back to link up racing friends
20:55 John Callaham Gameplay trailer looks a lot like Burnout
20:56 John Callaham Looks exciting so far
20:56 John Callaham Driving around in the streets
20:57 John Callaham Crashing cars
20:57 John Callaham Avoiding The Man
20:58 John Callaham He managed to avoid getting busted
20:58 John Callaham Coming October 30
20:58 John Callaham Next: Crysis 3
20:59 John Callaham New York City is now an "urban rainfortest"
20:59 John Callaham We see the new high tech bow in the gameplay demo
21:00 John Callaham More shooting
21:01 John Callaham Our hero is trying to shut down a generator
21:01 John Callaham And he succeeds
21:02 John Callaham A bow just took out a helicopter
21:03 John Callaham Sets a bomb off
21:03 John Callaham Which blows up a dam
21:03 John Callaham Coming in February 2013
21:04 John Callaham That's it for the EA press conference
21:05 John Callaham No mention at all of Overstrike which was announced at EA's 2011 press event
21:05 John Callaham See you in two hours for Ubisoft's E3 press conference
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