When Capcom CEO Haruhiro Tsujimoto spoke in late May of doing “with games what Marvel did with comics” and producing loads of commercially successful film adaptations, we had no idea he meant to do so quite so literally. Today at Capcom’s E3 2008 press conference, attendees were greeted not with the latest games, but instead [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
It wasn’t the first or last big announcement at Sony’s E3 2008 Press Conference this morning, but it was the one we least expected. Taking the stage for the umpteenth time at downtown LA’s Shrine Auditorium, CEO Jack Tretton announced that “starting in September,” Sony will begin selling an 80GB PS3 package for $400.
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
While Microsoft’s E3 2008 press conference revealed a veritable stockpile of bird dung exciting titles for core gamers and a few key partnerships that may make the Xbox 360 your media center of choice, vice president of Xbox LIVE John Schappert took time out to explain how Microsoft plans to enhance the social experience [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
“One more thing.” It’s the trademark line of Apple’s Steve Jobs, used right before the master of the lowercase “i” drops a bombshell on the consumer electronics market, announcing a revolutionary new piece of hardware or a price drop precipitous enough to throw competitors for a loop. But “one more thing” was also in attendance at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
Nintendo’s had been keeping awfully quiet these past few months, but today we get our first glimpse at what their R&D team has been cooking up: another Wiimote attachment.
Continue reading...Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Electronic Entertainment Expo certainly ain’t what she used to be. Formerly a mecca for game industry insiders looking to get their hands on the latest and greatest, hear exclusive announcements and witness the booth babe-studded spectacle, it was all ruined by GameCyte’s Jesse Henning has since shrunken to a tiny invite-only affair designated the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
I have something of a confession to make: I ruined E3 for everyone else. Last year’s castrated and mismanaged show was my fault. The ESA’s decision to make the show invite-only and exclude a wide variety of small or independent companies is a result of my actions. The show’s questionable status today, with companies fleeing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Next week, your faithful GameCyte editors will brave the harsh environs of Los Angeles to attend the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo. We’d say we hope to see you there, but since last year, E3 has instituted a fairly strict “by invitation only” policy, relegating attendance to exhibitors and press. As such, unless you’ve got an [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 19, 2008
With all of the departures from both E3 and the ESA, it’s time someone stood proudly in front of the media and declared support for the organization. The man to do that? Jeff Brown, EA’s VP of corporate communications. He doesn’t stop at declaring his company’s support for the ESA and for E3. Oh, no. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 16, 2008
In this week’s episode, Jesse covers the Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act, Wii Fit’s unabashed honesty, DRM issues with Mass Effect on the PC and E3’s growing lack of exhibitors.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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