Valve's Erik Johnson tells us all about zombies, pyros, and building multiplayer franchises in our in-depth E3 interview.
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Kaz Hirai reminded us about it last month, but SCEA President Jack Tretton confirmed it this morning, at Sony’s 2008 E3 Press Briefing: TV shows and movies are now available for purchase and rental via the PlayStation Store. Speaking to an eager crowd about upcoming features of the PlayStation Network, Tretton revealed that the new video [...]
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Nintendo’s new Wii MotionPlus was not the only peripheral revealed at this year’s E3. During the Nintendo Press Briefing on Tuesday morning, Nintendo’s Katsuya Eguchi appeared on video to tell the whole, wild world about Animal Crossing: City Folk. The long-expected Wii incarnation of Nintendo’s anthropomorphic virtual life series, Animal Crossing: City Folk will include a [...]
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Witness our amateur cinematography! As promised, we have the conclusion of the Wii Music demo, featuring Shigeru Miyamoto and pals as they motion-control their way through the Super Mario Bros. theme. Apologies for the occasional bouts of blurriness — it’s not your eyes, we promise. Click ahead to witness the waggle!
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Every E3 press conference finishes off with a big, knock-em-dead final announcement, intended to leave the crowd cheering and come away remembering your company fondly. Nintendo had a couple of interesting announcements this year at their press briefing, but their ace-in-the-hole wasn’t an unannounced title — instead, Shigeru Miyamoto made an appearance to give the [...]
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We’ve known about the Wii MotionPlus since yesterday, but we were forced to wait until today’s Nintendo Press Briefing to see the new Wiimote attachment in action. Reggie Fils-Aime, following a lengthy discussion of how much ass Nintendo is kicking in all market sectors and a few title unveilings, stepped onto the stage to discuss [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Technically, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit doesn’t even start until today, Tuesday, July 15th. Yet, here we’ve been, all through Monday, braving the sweltering Los Angeles heat to bring you the first wave of news and promises. GameCyte will be here for the duration, checking in on all your favorites, bringing you updates from [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
EA Sports: Peter Moore’s got ‘em, and he shared them with us at Monday afternoon’s EA Press Conference at E3 2008. The upcoming EA Sports lineup was no stranger to the prevailing theme this year, namely, “something for everyone,” rolling out titles with hooks for the hardcore armchair quarterback, as well as the casual foam-finger wearer. Peter [...]
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EA’s Press Conference at this year’s E3 saw demos and trailers of a number of long-announced titles, but that certainly didn’t mean there wasn’t room for breaking news and new stuff. EA’s John Riccitello spoke very briefly about the growing EA Partners program before announcing the newest studio to join the fold: FPS innovators and violence [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
Between Will Wright’s new project, Spore, and his enduring legacy of The Sims, EA has no shortage of games this year which will appeal to the divine benefactor/merciless despot in all of us. At the EA press briefing on Monday afternoon, the simulation software was out in force, and audience members got several previews of the [...]
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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