Here’s some images of both models and meticulously created displays from around the L.A. convention center. A thanks to Lee Matsunami, Seth Hendrix and Kristin Bruno for providing content.
Here’s some images of booths from around the L.A. convention center. A thanks to Lee Matsunami and Kristin Bruno for providing content.
Chris Lewis, Microsoft VP for Interactive Entertainment in Europe, thinks that huge sales for Kinect games will be coming soon enough. With 10 million Kinect devices in homes, he thinks its only a matter of time before Kinect titles reach seven or even eight figures in unit sales.
“I have to say yes, because I think with 55 million Xboxes and counting, you’re quite quickly going to get to an install base where that kind of attach possibility is very real,” said Lewis. “So I think yes, certainly that’s true on the core platform now but it will also be true for a Kinect game.”
I think Kinect for us opens up a whole new realm of experiences that weren’t available for us in the past whether it’s video, whether it’s Facebook integration, whether it’s Twitter, all of the things that I think make broader digital home-based experiences more meaningful is great, and there’s a ton of those coming,” he added.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
Sony confirmed that 8.8 million Move controllers have been sold worldwide. New Move titles for this year will include NBA on the Move and Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest.
“There’s no question PlayStation Move brings something unique to the table for everyone,” claimed SCEA President Jack Tretton. “The PlayStation Move catalog is unmatched.
There will also be a Resistance 3 Move bundle this Fall. The “Sharp Shooter” bundle will launch in the September 6 with the game, a Move controller, Sharp Shooter attachment and PlayStation Eye all for $150.
THQ has announced that they are hosting a Saints Row-themed car wash during E3. They will also be offering free parking in the same area right across from the Staples Center on Figueroa Street.
There will be over 500 available spaces in the lot, with displays of custom cars and valet parking. The first 50 cars that arrive will get the car wash, with a viewing area for spectators to check out the Rim Job car customization.
Trion Worlds has officially announced that they will be working on Defiance. The described as a shooter-style MMO, it is coming to PS3, PC and Xbox 360.
Defiance is the first multi-platform shooter MMO which, in a ground-breaking entertainment experience, interconnects with a global television program by Syfy, cable s premier imagination-based entertainment channel. Announced last year, the first live gameplay demo of Trion and Syfy s visionary concept will debut at the annual industry event, says the release by Trion. On the television side, the Defiance series, to be produced by Universal Cable Productions, will be penned by Rockne S. O’Bannon, a legendary sci-fi TV writer best-known for his work on Warehouse 13, Alien Nation, seaQuest DSV, and Farscape.
Source: defiance.com
Will Wright is working on a social game based upon the short story Maneki Neko. The game will come out on Facebook, smart phones and tablets and will be made by Stupid Fun Club.
“He [Sterling] describes a karmic computer that’s keeping a balance of payments between different people, and causing them to interact with each other in interesting ways to improve their lives even though they’re strangers,” said Wright. “They earn karmic points that are redeemed by having somebody else help them.”
Wright was very bullish on the new development platform, making it sound like he was done with traditional game releases.
“The rate of change is increasing almost exponentially right now, which means I don’t think it makes sense to go through even a three or four year development cycle any more. Unless you can get something to market within a year, at least an initial version within a year, you’re hosed, noted Wright. “So that’s the new model for development, which has totally changed my thinking. Almost any project I want to work on is going to be something I can at least get some version out there in about a year and then iterate from there.”
Source: Eurogamer
Almost simultaneous with the Nintendo E3 press conference the 3DS eShop and and internet browser went live. As was confirmed before, Excitebike and Pokedex 3D are both available for free.
Also available are three 3DS virtual console titles in Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Tennis, three very old Game Boy titles. There are also fully 3D trailers for Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Dead or Alive Dimensions.
It seemed inevitable, but despite the fact that Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars and Halo: Reach all came out in the past few years, there’s still some relief in this Halo 4 teaser. It confirms once and for all you can’t have a numbered entry without the Chief.
This latest reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise takes a much gritter, survivalist tone. See how Lara unwittingly became an adventurer.
