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Archive for May 2006

May 11th, 2006

Paris Hilton at E3

Paris Hilton was at E3 unveling her new cell phone video game “Paris Hilton’s Jewel Jam”. Of course, she didn’t even know the name of her own game.

“Sorry I’m late,” the heiress said. “I’m really excited to have my new video game, ‘Diamondquest.’ Thank you all for coming, and you can download the game,” she [...]

By Ingrid -- 5 comments

May 11th, 2006

No More Game Boy?

Due to the success of the DS, Ninendo has no plans to continue innovating on the Game Boy Advance line. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told Reuters: “I would have a second thought about using our resources on what would be the next generation of Game Boy Advance, considering the strong support DS is now enjoying. [...]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

May 10th, 2006

E3 Expedition ‘06: Day Two

The Expo portion of E3 got underway today resulting in an exponential increase in the amount of people and amount of insanity. Everywhere you looked there were lights, or booths, or cameras, or…contrary to the edict, booth babes.
I could go into details about my thoughts on the conference at this point, or ramble on [...]

By Erin -- 0 comments

May 9th, 2006

PS3 Controller and Price Point

Word on the street, (or actually via email from Robyn over at GamesIndustryWire.com) is that the PS3 controller will be less like the space aged crescent roll that Sony was waving in everyone’s faces last year, and more like the ‘ugly’ Dualshock controllers that have accompanied every previous PlayStation. With several small exceptions. It [...]

By Erin -- 3 comments

May 9th, 2006

E3 Expedition ‘06: Day One

I would post pictures but I, in my traditional disorganization, neglected to bring my camera uplink cable and thus y’all will have to wait until I get home. Needless to say though, once they manage to finish preparations (I think they’re a little behind schedule as half the stuff wasn’t even unpacked yet) I do [...]

By Erin -- 3 comments

May 8th, 2006

World of Warcraft Film Coming

Legendary Pictures has picked up the film rights to World of Warcraft, and in conjunction with Blizzard Entertainment will work toward developing the popular MMO for the silver screen. Not a lot of news is out yet on the subject, though it doesn’t look like plot-wise the film will follow any of the Warcraft games.
Legendary [...]

By Ingrid -- 3 comments

May 8th, 2006

Off to E3

Alas, it’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it and unfortunately that someone is me.  For the next week I’ll be down in sunny Califor-ni-a back in the glow of neon and strobe lights at E3.  I fully intend to post daily summaries of nifty things hear, but hope that you will not [...]

By Erin -- 5 comments

May 8th, 2006

Line Blurs Between Virtual and Real Money

Wow, if developers have issues with real money trading (RMT), which allows MMO players to purchase gold, weapons, armor and other things for real world cash, they should take a look at Project Entropia Dollars (PEDs) as a way to weasel in on the fun. One of the major complaints seems to be that [...]

By Erin -- 2 comments

May 7th, 2006

DS Lite Released in Australia Before North America

The North Americans will have to wait a whole eleven days more than the Australians to get their hands on the Nintendo DS Lite. Nintendo Australia announced a June 1st release for the mini gaming device.
Boo hoo for the North Americans.
Meanwhile, who knows when the Europeans will get it.
Not that I’m bitter … no …

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May 5th, 2006

Reservoir Dogs Delight

Quentin Tarantino will be hitting virtual screens everywhere thanks to Eidos’ plan to develop a Reservoir Dogs video game for the PS2, Xbox and the PC. The game will stick to the the movie plot as much as they ever do, and even boasts the ability to fill in some of the story gaps [...]

By Erin -- 0 comments