Archive for the ‘Electronic Entertainment Expo’ Category

EA Sports president Peter Moore has said last year’s E3 was miles “better” than the 2007 and 2008 versions of the US show. The event became invite-only in 2007 and 2008, with both events being switched between Santa Monica and LA one year and the next, something the exec wasn’t a fan of back then. “Those couple of years when we weren’t able to do that , when ... Full story

The ESA’s now officially opened up registration for this year’s E3. Any attendee and media outlet wishing to go can sign up here. “This year’s event will premier cutting-edge technologies, immersive games, and innovations in consumer interfaces,” said head of the ESA, Michael Gallagher. And it’s confirmed Take Two will be coming to the event in June, after being left off the provisional list last month. The ... Full story

Nintendo bossman Satoru Iwata told investors during a financial presentation that the next Zelda for Wii will be shown at E3 this year. That’s grand news, considering Nintendo was only “hoping” to show the title at E3 just back in November. Earlier in the month, Iwata told a Japanese newpaper that the game would see a release ... Full story

We can barely bring ourselves to write this. With a mere five months to go, here’s our first E3 story of the year: the June event’s exhibitor list is now live. There’s a major omission from the listed publishers: Take-Two isn’t there, as noticed by BigDownload. The firm exhibited in 2009. We’ll shoot off an email and get an answer on that. E3 2010 takes place ... Full story

At the E3 convention in Los Angeles last week I got to see a lot of what the video game industry has to offer in the coming year. Hands down, the best technology I saw at the show came from Microsoft in the form of Project Natal, the ... Full story

We don’t care if this is old. Nelson told HipHopGamer at E3 that PS3’s going to be gathering dust soon thanks to Metal Gear: Rising going multi-plat. “I’m going to be happy when I come to your place next time and I see your PS3 off with dust on it,” said the exec. “That’s all I want to say.” You must watch this video. At 6.20 ... Full story

Sony has announced that the God of War III demo from E3 will be included in the God of War Collection for PS3. Hell yes. Each copy of the game will include a voucher code that can be redeemed through PSN on the day of purchase. This is your chance to experience God of War III before it hits store shelves March 2010. We are cursing with excitement here. More ... Full story

NPD has released a report citing that the number of US gamers increased by 4.3 million in 2008 going from 165.5 million to 169.9 million, while approximately 67.3 million Americans use the PC as a primary gaming platform. For reference, the Census Bureau estimates that there are 304 million people living in the US, which means that 55 percent of them play games. Breaking down the numbers ... Full story

E3 this year brought us Project Natal, the motion control project that garnered a lot of attention. Then there was Peter Molyneux's 'Milo' project, Metal Gear Rising announced for 360, Facebook and Twitter on Dashboard, more info on the likes of Assassin's Creed 2, Lost Planet 2, Halo 3: ODST... But what of next year? It's a while away yet but that won't stop us gazing into ... Full story

Speaking at the Develop Conference, veteran developer Matt Spall, who earlier in the year took his casual games studio Gimme5Games independent from Eidos, told an audience that cloud computing will be the dominant force in the next generation of consoles. The traditional console market as we know it is in its last stages. “I think the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii will be purely browser-based systems,” ... Full story