Entries Tagged as 'E3'

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

GameHounds Episode E3.2: MAGs and Hags

It’s day two of E3, though technically it’s the first day. Hawkes and Edie round up Sony and Nintendo press briefings, which were — let’s just say they spanned the scope of impressive to laughable.
Also, we chat about Edie’s hands-on with Bethesda’s Fallout 3 and Sega’s Total War for the PC.
Rather than spending a bunch […]

 
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Sony Announcement 4: Game Dates, or Not

For all the big news Sony made about new games in the distant future and new features launching right away, there was scant little about games we’re already waiting for.
Here’s what’s coming when (unless otherwise noted):

Resistance 2: No date noted. Looks cool. Debuted new level: Twin Falls, ID.
LittleBigPlanet: Finally a date! October 2008.
130 titles coming […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Sony Announcement 3: Grand Tourismo TV

If the downloading of video to your PS3 via the store wasn’t enough, with Grand Tourismo 5 Prologue, you’ll have even more stuff to look at next month.
Starting August 1, Sony will launch Grand Tourismo TV, a feature of the GT5 Prologue that will allow you pay-per-view distribution of automotive television shows and video features […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Sony Announcement 2: New Movie Service for PS3

Not to be outdone by Microsoft and its Netflix partnership, Sony announced that — starting tonight — you will now be able to download movie rentals and purchases directly onto your PS3 via the Playstation Store.
Rentals will cost $1.99 to $5.99 depending on the title and the format (both standard definition and high-def). Purchases are […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Sony Announcement 1: New Game = Sim War

The thing you quickly learn about these press briefings is the biggest and boldest news is always framed as, “Thanks for coming. Oh yes, and one more thing.”
Sony “One more thinged” us with the announcement of a brand new game for the Playstation 3. Jack Trenton preluded it as a game “not remotely possible” on […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Sony Press Briefing: Ambitious? Hell Ya!

It’s only a few minutes since Sony concluded its press briefing, and we’re going to break down all the news that’s important. Jack Trenton really pushed around a serious amount of air for the last couple hours. And he said a lot. Some of it was very interesting, some of it not so much.
Bottom line, […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

E3 2008: Tuesday, July 15th 2008.

Morning everyone, it should be a fun day today with Nintendo and Sony responding to Microsoft’s quite strong press conference from yesterday. But that wasn’t the only thing that happened yesterday, let’s start with EA’s new announcements.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

GameHounds Episode E3.1: Microsoft OMG

As promised, the first installment of the exclusive E3 coverage. Hawkes and Edie discuss Monday’s events (thus the .1 of the episode number).
Or should we say “event,” as the annoucements of Microsoft really ruled the day. Just when we think we had the big green monster all figured out, they throw a curve ball and […]

 
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