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Entries Tagged as 'E3'

E3 Needs Fanboys

July 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments

It’s official, E3 would be a lively show if they packed a few fanboys into the press events to cheer on their favorite brands. As Microsoft’s Peter Moore said it, “let’s invite the community. With the right planning, involving our biggest fans in E3 would bring back some of the raw passion the event has [...]

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Nintendo’s Not Talking To You, But Your Grandmother

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Miyamoto said Nintendo used E3 as a platform for spreading the word to a broad audience based on the media present at the event, they’re not speaking to the core audience. So, if you’re a core audience gamer and you were confused on why Nintendo didn’t build their presentation to be all glitz and glamor, [...]

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Microsoft Holds Back Bungie Announcement

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

E3 was supposed to be the staging point for the next Bungie bombshell but Microsoft was said to cut it to save time. Bungie had big plans to reveal some stuff they were working on and really take best in show for E3. Was it really cut because of time? This sounds fabricated, cutting a [...]

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Nintendo Wants More Wii and DS Sales

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

At E3 Reggie Fils-Aime let the world know he wasn’t satisfied with the sales progress of the Wii or DS in 2007 and hopes Nintendo can do better this year. Perhaps Nintendo is playing the humble card? No doubt they bragged about their 10 million sales of the Wii and 20 million sales of the [...]

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Tags: Casual Games · DS · E3 · GTA · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii

Sony’s E3 Conference: Fairly Impressive

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’re all used to Sony falling on their face at E3 in the last few years, but, this year, things were different. They’re information was delivered well, they had a great presentation medium using Little Big Planet‘s game engine as a presentation platform over the standard PowerPoint slides and everything went smoothly. The format for [...]

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Tags: E3 · Industry News · playstation 3 · PSP · Sony

PlayStation 3 80GB For $399.99

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

So there you have it, the PlayStation 3‘s 80GB console is now the price of the PlayStation 3′s 40GB console, running in at $399.99. This is, in effect, a price drop to compete well with the Xbox 360 which is now going to be $349.99. The new price of the PlayStation 3 with the talk [...]

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Resistance 2: Epic Scale of Huge Proportions

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

E3′s PlayStation 3 press release really started with Resistance 2. They show off a good deal of battle footage against a 300 foot leviathan in the middle of a crumbling city. The game definitely cries “scale” in terms of epic battles, monsters and emotional feel. The trailer they presented after the game play demonstration was [...]

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Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (Nintendo DS)

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Talk about a name dropping, E3 is all about hyping upcoming titles to get people stoked and talking about the games.  Nintendo had very little to say but to let the name slip Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades with a few minor tidbits about what we can expect. First, we can expect massive carpel tunnel [...]

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Wii Sports Resort and Wii Motion Plus

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nintendo plans to capitalize on the monumental success of Wii Sports by doing what they do best, building a hot game with an accessory backing its success. The new Wii Sports Resort will be a mini-game set like Wii Sports and Wii Play but with a beach setting and games like frisbee. Frisbee? How can [...]

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GTA China Town – Nintendo DS

July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Imagine that, the kids hand held grows up and is getting a Grand Theft Auto title. The game will, of course, be a sandbox-style title true to the franchise history and will feature new characters and a new game engine. No real details came out of the announcement, just a little leak to the press [...]

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