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Electronic Arts hosted a special press briefing at E3 yesterday where it unveiled key shipping dates for top titles – and new online services. We’ve covered each announcement in depth in our E3 feed, but we’ve also summed up all the major announcements below. Click through to each for more …
Read More »E3 2010: Konami nabs Glee game rights
Could Konami have finally found a way to edge out the competition posed by Sony’s SingStar franchise? As E3 kicks off it has been confirmed that the publisher has scored rights to the hugely popular TV show Glee, which features the story of a (yep) rag-tag bunch of misfit singers …
Read More »E3 2010: WBIE takes Game Party to Kinect
In the wake of yesterday’s Microsoft E3 press briefing Warner has confirmed that it is to release Game Party: In Motion, which will make use of the forthcoming Kinect Xbox 360 Motion Control System. The party gaming compendium is to be an exclusive for the Microsoft platform. Game Party: In …
Read More »E3 2010: Virgin Gaming goes public
Remember, folks, you heard it here first. Virgin Gaming came out of stealth mode last night in an understated LA E3 press conference that detailed Richard Branson’s plan to carve a new space in the games industry. And as we exclusively revealed last month the Virgin Gaming brand will head …
Read More »E3 2010: 3D ‘a quantum leap’ for games
Crytek last night confirmed that its EA Partners-published Crysis 2 will boast stereoscopic 3D – and described the new vision tech as a ‘quantum leap’ for games. Crysis 2 is due this autumn for consoles and PC, it is built with German studio Crytek’s proprietary CryENGINE 3. EA says the …
Read More »E3 2010: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam unveiled
EA unveiled the DLC sequel to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 last night – a Vietnam multplayer expansion pack. Swedish studio EA DICE has put together a DLC pack that includes new vehicles, weapons and environments. The original game, which launched in April, sold over 5m units. Battlefield Bad Company 2’s …
Read More »E3 2010: ‘Gun Club’ online hub for EA shooters
Electronic Arts detailed a new reward program for players of its big budget action shooters at E3 yesterday. The EA Gun Club will offer players of games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Medal of Honor in-game content unlocks, early access to beta tests and demos. Gun Club will also …
Read More »E3 2010: MoH beta hits next week
Medal of Honor may not return until October but EA has announced fans will get to play the game much earlier – next week in fact. June 21st sees the launch of the game’s multiplayer beta test, for PS3, 360 and PC – and those Battlefield: Bad Company 2 owners …
Read More »E3 2010: THQ jumps on Kinect fitness bandwagon
Kinect Sports, Your Shape, Mel B’s Get Fit, Dance Central, EA Sports Active… and now The Biggest Loser. THQ has unveiled the sixth 360/Kinect active movement and fitness game of the day, a version of its Biggest Loser games for the new device. The game is a spin-off of the …
Read More »E3 2010: Bulletstorm dated for Feb 2011
EA has dated Epic’s new action shooter IP Bulletstorm for a release in February 2011. At its press briefing at E3 today the publisher said the game will ship on February 22nd 2011 – it’s not yet clear if the timing is a US only date or a global one. …
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