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A partnership has been signed between this year’s E3 video game trade show and MCV. The agreement is part of E3’s ever-growing reach, with its aim being to attract more accredited retailers and media from outside the US. The show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding sites …
Read More »Have American Express? Then complete Halo 4 on Legendary and get a free trip to E3
Leading finance company American Express has teamed up with Xbox Live for a first of its kind promo offer. American Express cardholders will be offered the opportunity to unlock content, offers and experiences by syncing their eligible Cards with Xbox Live”. Members will be able to access their AMEX presence” …
Read More »Sony’s Gamescom offering breathes new life into Vita
Sony looked to answer its critics that said Vita was given short shrift at E3, with a blockbuster Gamescom showing. The platform holder took to unveiling blockbuster IP including Call of Duty, Killzone and Assassin’s Creed, while showing new IP Tearaway. It follows an E3 where Sony was criticised for …
Read More »E3 will remain in Los Angeles
E3 2013 to take place between June 11th and 13th
Read More »E3 sticks with Los Angeles
Los Angeles will remain the home of E3 for at least the next three years. The Entertainment Software Association has announced the continuation of its relationship with E3’s long-term home at the LA Convention Center. However, as of next year the event will also encompass other venues including LA Live …
Read More »New E3 venue to be revealed tomorrow?
The Entertainment Software Association says it will make ‘a big announcement’ regarding next year’s E3 tomorrow – with a new venue potentially on the cards. E3 2013 is currently without a date, and the show’s traditional home at the Los Angeles Convention Centre is in jeopardy. The LACC’s West Hall …
Read More »Fable: The Journey criticism "destroyed" Lionhead team
Lionhead’s creative director Gary Carr has confessed that the internet backlash to Microsoft’s E3 2011 reveal of Fable: The Journey had a bit effect on the Guilford studio. It destroyed them,” Carr told CVG. You get very excited when something is very embryonic, and when you’re building something at its …
Read More »MS made ‘Conscious’ effort to downplay Kinect at E3
Microsoft intentionally let the Kinect controller take a backseat at E3. With its strategy this year being about core games, entertainment services and SmartGlass, the format holder seemed happy to only demo Kinect voice functions in new blockbusters. And that was the point, Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer told MCV, …
Read More »The PC at E3: the show you missed
The PC doesn’t matter at E3… if you’re looking for razzmatazz, that is. For an audience of online fans the show business begins on Monday when Microsoft takes to the stage, and ends on Tuesday when Nintendo finishes at the Nokia Theater. But when the press conferences close, and you …
Read More »Reggie Fils-Aime: Nintendo fans "insatiable", always "want more"
One of the things that, on one hand, I love and, on the other hand, that troubles me tremendously about not only our fanbase but about the gaming community at large is that, whenever you share information, the perspective is, ‘Thank you, but I want more’. ‘Thank you, but give …
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