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The slow and steady hype machine that builds us up every year to the annual North American E3 Expo begins today with confirmation of the first round of exhibitors. This year’s E3 Expo takes place on June 15-17th as its usual home – the LA Convention Centre. Companies confirmed so …
Read More »New Zelda due this year
Obviously cheery after the Wii’s impressive December performance across the globe, Satoru Iwata has kicked off the New Year by stating that the new Zelda game on Wii will be released some time in 2010. The news comes from a translation of an interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, courtesy …
Read More »Vitality Sensor to get E3 spotlight
It appears that those keen to hear more about Nintendo’s still mysterious Vitality Sensor will get their wish at next year’s E3 in LA in June. Speaking to Kotaku, Nintendo’s American president Reggie Fils-Aime stated: We will show off the Vitality Sensor with software at E3. I’m not going to …
Read More »THQ undergoes global restructure
THQ has restructured its business into three new units – housing core, casual and online games. As a result, key exec Ian Curran (pictured) has been promoted to EVP for Global Publishing, and will oversee worldwide revenue for THQ. Curran’s responsibilities include sales, distribution and channel and territory marketing for …
Read More »Uncharted 2 wins critics E3 gong
Sony’s upcoming PS3 exclusive action title Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has emerged as the star performer of the E3 2009 Game Critics Awards, a panel comprising editors of 29 consumer games publications. Naught Dog’s title grabbed three accolades including the coveted ‘Game of the Show’ award. Also performing strongly was …
Read More »Halo 3: ODST heads consumer E3 interest race
Whilst games such as Final Fantasy XIII, Agent and New Super Mario Bros may have been getting the lion’s share of the column inches post-E3, research claims that Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST is the E3 title that most gamers are interested in buying. Research body Nielsen has published what it …
Read More »Trade rallies behind reborn E3
UK RETAIL HAS hailed E3 2009 a triumph, following a string of key announcements at last week’s show. Many major UK games retailers sent personnel to the LA event, and the trade was thrilled by the new products including Sony’s PSPgo, Microsoft’s Project Natal and Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus. It …
Read More »Sony PSP test kit prices fall to â?¬800 / $1000
Company continues its aggressive push to be the most developer-friendly handheld manufacturer
Read More »Kotick critical over lack of price cuts
One thing universally absent from this year’s E3 was any kind of hardware price cutting from any of the major platform holders – and that’s something that Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is not happy about. I was disappointed not to see any sort of aggressive price cutting,” he told …
Read More »E3 2010 confirmed for June 15th to 17th
This year’s show hasn’t even finished but already the ESA, organiser of E3, has named the dates for 2010’s event. The organisation also says this year’s event has been a major success. E3 2010 takes place from June 15th to 17th, once again at the Los Angeles Convention Center, USA. …
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