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Analysts: Nintendo, Activision, Ubisoft Come Out Ahead After E3
by Chris Remo
[06.24.10]
How should last week's E3 Expo affect your game industry stock purchasing decisions? Panoptic Management Consultant analysts tell Gamasutra why Activision and Nintendo should get a boost -- and Sony shouldn't.
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Analyst Greenwald Highlights Nintendo E3 Success, 'Risky' Kinect
by Danny Cowan
[06.18.10]
Signal Hill senior research analyst Todd Greenwald predicts widespread success for Nintendo's upcoming 3DS, but warns that motion-sensing peripherals from Microsoft and Sony present "risky" propositions.
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E3: Namco, Former Marvel Studios CEO Developing 3D Pac-Man Show
by Eric Caoili
[06.18.10]
Former Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad, who's serving as an executive adviser to Namco Bandai, showed off his vision for a new Pac-Man show presented with computer animation and stereoscopic 3D at this year's E3.
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Microsoft: No More 'Red Ring Of Death' With Xbox 360 S
by Eric Caoili
[06.18.10]
Microsft says its new Xbox 360 S redesign shipping to stores this week no longer features the much dreaded three flashing lights, or "red ring of death", to alert owners to component failures requiring service.
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Portal 2's Wolpaw: 'I Do Not Want To Resurrect A Three-Year-Old Meme'
by Chris Remo
[06.18.10]
"If you thought you were sick of the memes, I was sick of it way ahead of you," Portal writer Erik Wolpaw tells Gamasutra. In working on the upcoming Portal 2, Wolpaw says he has no interest in simply rehashing the first game.
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Analysis: From Motion Controls To Nintendo Triumphs, E3's Big Takeaways
by Leigh Alexander
[06.17.10]
As E3 draws to a close, Gamasutra news director Leigh Alexander reflects on the motion control battle, Nintendo's triumphant performance, and the show's biggest takeaways.
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E3: Gaikai, EA Partner For Streaming PC Games
by Eric Caoili
[06.17.10]
Cloud-based gaming service Gaikai and Electronic Arts announced a multi-year licensing deal that will make a number of EA's PC franchises, such as The Sims and Mass Effect, available to stream through web browsers.
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E3: Pac-Man Party Announced For Wii
by Eric Caoili
[06.17.10]
Marking the 30th birthday of its yellow mascot, Namco Bandai Games America announced Pac-Man Party, a new party game developed exclusively for Wii, which releases in North America this fall.
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E3: Konami Details Core IP, Kinect Titles; Simmons Presents Rapstar
by Leigh Alexander
[06.16.10]
At its Gamasutra-attended 2010 E3 presentation, Konami showed off its globalization efforts, presented Def Jam Rapstar with the help of Russell Simmons, revealed a new Silent Hill and detailed its core IP.
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E3: Konami Reveals New Silent Hill For 2011
by Leigh Alexander
[06.16.10]
During Konami's press conference, Vatra showed the new Silent Hill and discussed "evolving our core combat" -- also revealing departed composer Yamaoka's replacement in Dexter and Hellraiser's Dan Licht.
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EA: Playfish Userbase Growing Despite Shrinkage With Top Facebook Games
by Eric Caoili
[06.16.10]
While the majority of Facebook's most popular games have lost millions of users in the past few months, Electronic Arts says its recently acquired PlayFish studio has managed to grow its userbase.
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E3: Square Enix Owns Dungeon Siege IP, Moves Into Western RPG Market
by Chris Remo
[06.16.10]
Obsidian reveals Square Enix owns Gas Powered Games' Dungeon Siege outright, after the surprise publishing announcement -- Gamasutra talks to Obsidian's Feargus Urquhart about Western RPGs and more.
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Study: Casual Gamers Interested In 3D, Too
by Leigh Alexander
[06.16.10]
Do gamers really want 3D? Yes, says a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association, finding that not only do hardcore early adopters want to play in 3D, but casual fans do, too.
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E3: EA Looks To Double Downloadable Content Revenues
by Eric Caoili
[06.16.10]
Sharing its plans and expectations in an investor briefing earlier today, Electronic Arts said it aims to double its revenues from downloadable content and DLC packs in the current fiscal year.
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E3: Miyamoto's Roundtable Talk On 3DS, Zelda, More
by Christian Nutt
[06.15.10]
At E3, Nintendo held its yearly developers' roundtable, in which Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and 3DS producer Hideki Konno discussed the new system, Zelda creative choices, and more.
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E3 Analysis: Nintendo's Strong Core Showing
by Brandon Sheffield
[06.15.10]
Nintendo’s E3 press conference was at turns defensive and triumphant, answering criticisms of the Wii's hardware and marketing, while also showing true innovation with the 3DS' glasses-less 3D screen.
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E3: Sony Details PSN PlayStation Plus Subscription Package
by Eric Caoili
[06.15.10]
Sony Computer Entertainment announced that PlayStation Plus, its subscription package for PSN with premium services and features, will debut worldwide on June 29th with an annual membership price of $49.99.
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E3: Valve Releasing Portal 2 To PS3 With Steamworks Support
by Eric Caoili
[06.15.10]
Valve announced that Portal 2 will launch on PS3 simultaneously with the much-anticipated game's PC and Xbox 360 releases, and will include support for Steamworks features that the Xbox 360 will not offer.
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E3: Sony Pushes 3D Titles, Releases 3D Firmware
by Eric Caoili
[06.15.10]
Sony made a point to proclaim itself the "undisputed leader in 3D in its press conference, releasing its 3D firmware update for PS3s and showing showing new footage for 3D supporting titles like Killzone 3D.
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E3: Virgin Partners With WorldGaming On Gamer Tournament Site
by Chris Remo
[06.15.10]
Richard Branson's Virgin Group is returning to the game space it once occupied with the Virgin Games, through a partnership with game tournament facilitator WorldGaming, which will be rebranded Virgin Gaming.
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E3: Nintendo Reveals 3DS, Upcoming Titles
by Eric Caoili
[06.15.10]
Nintendo has debuted the Nintendo 3DS, its glasses-free 3D followup to its popular Nintendo DS handheld, which features a 3.5-inch widescreen display, an analog controller, a 3D camera, and more.
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E3: Nintendo Revives Goldeneye, Kirby, Donkey Kong Country On Wii
by Leigh Alexander
[06.15.10]
Nintendo's Wii software presentation focused on core-market fan nostalgia, from Zelda to Kirby, Goldeneye and Donkey Kong, and Gamasutra was on hand for all the reveals and first looks.
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E3: Nintendo Reveals The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword
by Leigh Alexander
[06.15.10]
The long-anticipated reveal of the newest Wii Zelda title took place at Nintendo's E3 press conference, as Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrated the Motion Plus-equipped The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
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E3: XBLA's Summer Of Arcade Returns With Lara Croft, Limbo
by Eric Caoili
[06.15.10]
Microsoft's annual "Summer of Arcade" event for highlighting Xbox Live Arcade titles returns this July with Lara Croft and the Guardian of the Light and 2010 IGF award winner Limbo -- full list of featured games within.
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E3: Dell , AT&T, More Game Makers Partner With OnLive
by Kris Graft
[06.15.10]
Cloud-based gaming service OnLive is set to launch this week, with AT&T supporting a free year of OnLive for founding subscribers, and dozens of existing and upcoming titles on the way, as Dell also announces support.
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E3: Ubisoft's Bid For Living Room Dominance
by Brandon Sheffield
[06.15.10]
At its E3 press conference, a very confident Ubisoft revealed both depth and breadth in its upcoming lineup, including Mizuguchi's Children Of Eden, Chahi's Project Dust, new Rayman and more.
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E3 Interview: Bigpoint CEO Hubertz On Battlestar, U.S. Goals
by Christian Nutt
[06.15.10]
With the Battlestar Galactica MMO set to beta by the end of 2010, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz explains to Gamasutra at E3 why the U.S. market is "the biggest focus of the entire company".
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Interview: Ubisoft's Detoc Talks Kinect, 'Player Projection Technology'
by Leigh Alexander
[06.15.10]
Ubisoft's Laurent Detoc talks to Gamasutra about why the company's strategy more closely aligns with Microsoft's Kinect than PlayStation Move -- and the unique "projection system" camera scheme Ubi's pioneering on its own.
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Sega Backs Kinect With Sonic Free Riders
by Leigh Alexander
[06.14.10]
Sega is joining the wave of publishers supporting Microsoft's Kinect: Sonic Free Riders, a hoverboarding game featuring the classic hedgehog, is set to launch for the system this holiday season.
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E3 Interview: Square Enix's Wada Says Acquisitions May Continue
by Christian Nutt
[06.14.10]
Square Enix's acquisition of Eidos has worked out well thus far and makes for a stronger company -- and social networks may be its next target, president Wada tells Gamasutra.
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E3: Electronic Arts Press Event Showcases Criterion's Need For Speed, Crysis 2 in 3D
by Simon Carless
[06.14.10]
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello called the company's E3 presser "more Sundance... than the Academy Awards", showcasing everything from Bulletstorm to The Sims 3 for console -- and key titles in 3D.
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E3 Analysis: Microsoft's Predictable (But High Quality) Press Conference
by Christian Nutt
[06.14.10]
Gunning to make Xbox 360 the "social" platform of choice and dominate the living room, Microsoft's lineup was all blood 'n' guts at one end and fluffy kittens at the other.
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E3: Xbox 360, ESPN Partner For Exclusive HD Streaming
by Eric Caoili
[06.14.10]
Microsoft revealed an exclusive partnership with ESPN to stream live and on-demand sports events from the cable channel on Xbox 360s, with features that take advantage of Kinect.
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E3: Kinect Launching November 4th
by Eric Caoili
[06.14.10]
Microsoft announced that Kinect, its controller-free, motion-sensing device for Xbox 360, launches worldwide this holiday season, starting in North America on November 4th -- details on planned launch window titles within.
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E3: Microsoft Shows Off Exclusives, MGS Rising
by Eric Caoili
[06.14.10]
Microsoft announced and showed off several exclusives for the Xbox 360 at its E3 press conference today, including a multi-year agreement for first-release rights of Call of Duty downloadable content.
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E3: Xbox 360 Slim Priced At $299, Shipping Today
by Eric Caoili
[06.14.10]
Microsoft debuted the Xbox 360 Slim, a new hardware update offering a 250 GB and built-in 802.11N wifi for $299, which begins shipping to stores in North America today.
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E3: Itagaki, Valhalla To Release Devil's Third With THQ
by Eric Caoili
[06.14.10]
Former Ninja Gaiden producer Tomonobu Itagaki and his new team at Valhalla Game Studios unveiled Devil's Third, a new third-person action title for Xbox 360 and PS3, to be published by THQ.
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Pre-E3: Natal Officially Named 'Kinect,' Ad Reveals Redesigned 360?
by Kris Graft
[06.13.10]
At Microsoft's E3 kick-off event on Sunday evening in L.A., a lavish Cirque Du Soleil event revealed Project Natal is officially "Kinect," while images of a redesigned Xbox 360 also circulate.
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Gamasutra Details E3 Expo 2010 Coverage Plans
by Staff
[06.11.10]
With the E3 Expo kicking off in Los Angeles this week, Gamasutra now has a dedicated webpage to report announcements, interview notable figures, and cover major Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo press conference
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Analyst: 3D Needs 1-2 Years To Become 'Meaningful' To Gaming
by Leigh Alexander
[06.11.10]
A very small install base of stereoscopic compatible TVs means 3D may not be "meaningful to the gaming sector over the next 1-2 years", according to analyst Todd Greenwald ahead of E3.
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Nielsen: Over One Third Of Existing Console Owners Aware Of Natal, Move
by Leigh Alexander
[06.11.10]
On the heels of a recent survey that shows purchase intent for Natal and Move under 10 percent, Nielsen presents a set of different figures, showing what groups are aware of the solutions and who plans to buy.
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Pre-E3: Rock Band 3 To Incorporate Real Keyboard, Guitar Instruments
by Chris Remo
[06.10.10]
In a significant evolution for Harmonix's music game franchise, Rock Band 3 will add a fully-functional 25-key keyboard, as well as optional compatibility for a guitar controller based on a standalone, stringed electric guitar.
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ESA Estimates 45,000 Visitors For E3 2010
by Kris Graft
[06.08.10]
The Entertainment Software Association said that it expects attendance for the annual Los Angeles-based E3 game convention in June to rise to 45,000, up 5,000 attendees from last year, according to reports.
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Analyst: E3 Could Bring Wave Of 'Positive Momentum' For Game Industry
by Eric Caoili
[06.07.10]
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says next week's E3 could bring a wave of "positive momentum for the video game industry" to help turn around what's been a tough year -- more E3 predictions within.
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