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Nintendo held its E3 media briefing yesterday. The factory that built Mario focused on its efforts to remove the barriers between expert and novice gamers. Nintendo is well known for this approach, releasing games and gaming consoles such as the Wii and DS that appeal to veteran gamers and casual gamers alike
Nintendo demonstrated an enhancement for the Wii Remote called the Wii MotionPlus, which plugs into the base of the Wii Remote and helps to enhance precision and create a realistic motion experience. The publisher also revealed Wii Music, Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii as well as Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games), Spore Creatures (EA) and Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (Activision) for the DS.
“Much has been reported about the ‘expanded audience’ for games, but what’s really at play is an expanded experience,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “People of all ages having fun together—whether in the same room or from remote locations—puts smiles on faces and drives millions of new players into video game entertainment.”
Disney has announced the games they will be showing at E3 this year. Disappointingly, Junction Point’s game, headed up by industry luminary Warren Spector, doesn’t feature.
There are other games to get excited about, though! Multiplatform games include Pure, an off-road action racer and Bolt, an action game starring Bolt, the Dog and his owner, Penny, based on the upcoming movie. We’ll also see Disney Sing it and High School Musical 3: Senior Year DANCE!
On the DS, Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals, Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be shown, while Wii and DS game, Ultimate Band, will also make an appearance.
Wow, lots of music/rhythm games!
Activision has revealed its fall 2008 line-up and detailed five new games currently in development.
The publisher also announced that Metallica’s upcoming album titled Death Magnetic will be available simultaneously in record stores and as downloadable content for Guitar Hero III.
The fall 2008 line-up includes Call of Duty: World at War, Guitar Hero World Tour, Quantum of Solace and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
It is also currently in development on Wolfenstein, the sequel from id Software; RPG Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion by Vicarious Visions; FPS Singularity based on a new intellectual property from Raven Software; a Luxoflux game based on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen from Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro; and a title based on X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel which is in development at Raven Software.
Natsume, known mostly for publishing Harvest Moon and Rune Factory games, have announced their E3 line-up.
On DS, Natsume will be showing Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, Princess Debut and Hamtaro, while on the PSP, Yumi’s Odd Odyssey will be shown. Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility for the Wii will also make an appearance.
EA has detailed its line-up for E3. The list of games that will be featured at E3 covers different genres and platforms including Spore, Madden NFL 09, FaceBreaker, Mirror’s Edge, Dead Space, MySims Kingdom, Littlest Pet Shop and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
Other titles that will be on display include Hasbro Family Game Night, The Sims 2 Apartment Pets, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, Zubo, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, SimCity Creator, NBA Live 09 and Skate It.
You can also check out Rock Band 2 at the MTV Games Booth and Left 4 Dead at the Valve Booth.
Capcom has revealed its official E3 2008 line-up.
The list of games includes Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Dark Void, Bionic Commando, Mega Man 9, MotoGP ’08, Neopets Puzzle Adventure, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Plunder and Bionic Commando Rearmed.
While many Capcom fans have been hoping for a Dead Rising 2 announcement, Capcom has revealed that its new “super-secret project” is called Flock. Apart from the name no further details are known at this stage.
Street Fighter fans can look forward to final arcade code running on arcade machines while Dark Void will not only be playable but improved upon since Captivate08. Bionic Commando is now playable on console and will feature new areas and enemies while Resident Evil is listed as quite possibly being the game of E3.
Mega Man promises to be a challenge while the Xbox 360 version of MotoGP ’08 will be up and running. There will be more puzzles in Neopets Puzzle Adventure and new characters in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Last but not least comes new adventures in Plunder and one last look at Bionic Commando Rearmed before its launch date.
Head over to Capcom’s blog for more details.
E3 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from the 14th to the 17th of July.
Nintendo of Europe has revealed the Wii and Nintendo DS line-up for summer 2008.
First up is the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl, out across Europe on the 27th of June. Next up is Wario’s first dedicated adventure on the Wii, Wario Land: The Shake Dimension will hit shelves on the 26th of September.
Step into the shoes of a Pokémon as Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness launch on the Nintendo DS or rattle your grey matter with Make 10, a mathematical game on the DS.
The full list of the 2008 line-up for the Wii and Nintendo DS follows below.
Koei has revealed its line-up of games for the rest of 2008. It includes both new titles and returning franchises on various formats.
“2008 has already seen a number of very successful releases from KOEI including Dynasty Warriors 6 on PS3 and 360. We’re keen to continue this successful trend and add a number of fresh new titles to our catalogue,” commented Naoki Katashima, Executive Vice President KOEI Europe and US.
“Once again we will be catering for a variety of gamers, from horse racing fans to RPG enthusiasts, and our ultimate aim is to provide enjoyment and entertainment across all formats. With so many releases still to come it’s going to be a busy year ahead and even further into 2009 for KOEI.”
2008 KOEI Release Schedule
- Soul Nomad (PS2) - June 20
- Samurai Warriors 2 (PC) – June 27
- Opoona (Wii) - September
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (PC) – September 8
- Warriors Orochi 2 (PS2 & Xbox 360) - September 19
- G1 Jockey 4 2008 (PS3) – September 26
- G1 Jockey Wii 2008 (Wii) - September 26
- Dynasty Warriors 6 (PC) – October
- Prey The Stars (DS) - October
Sony Computer Entertainment America has released a line-up of the games it plans to show at E3 next month.
The line-up includes the usual suspects Resistance 2, LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm Pacific Rift. Killzone 2, SOCOM: US Navy Seals Confrontation as well as Buzz! Master Quiz for the PSP and Buzz! Quiz TV for the PS3 will also be up and running for attendees to test drive.
You can expect more titles to be added to this list in the near future because according to the website this is “to name a few…”
SCEA has announced the software lineup for the rest of 2008 and early 2009 for the PS3, PSP and PlayStation Network.
Sony confirmed that Media Molecules’ LittleBigPlanet and Guerrilla Games’ highly anticipated FPS Killzone 2 have been delayed and will only be released in the US in October 2008 and February 2009 respectively.
Insomniac Games’ Resistance 2, boasting 60 player online multiplayer and MyResistance.net, and MotorStorm Pacific Rift from Evolution Studios will be released this fall. Buzz! Quiz TV will debut on the PS3 with five different channels of questions including 5 000 questions while Buzz! Master Quiz will arrive on the PSP this fall featuring over 3 000 questions.
Sony also detailed games scheduled to arrive on the PlayStation Network this summer. These titles include construction puzzle game Elefunk, Q-Games’ platform game PixelJunk Eden, racer wipEout HD and episodic series Siren: Blood Curse.
Nintendo’s downloadable games service WiiWare will launch across Europe on the 20th of May.
Here is a brief look at the launch titles (game overviews per Nintendo). Nintendo of Europe has not yet dated the WiiWare games. Since the prices are not likely to be different, Nintendo of America’s prices have been included for now.
Please note that all of these games may not be available on the 20th since Nintendo’s press release read “from 20th May onwards a whole host of brand new creative games from developers across Europe and the rest of the globe become available.”
Nintendo launched its downloadable game service WiiWare across North America this past Monday. Nintendo today revealed the launch line-up for Europe. WiiWare is scheduled to launch across Europe on the 20th of May.
WiiWare enables developers to create downloadable games which Wii owners can purchase from the Wii Shop Channel. With developers no longer constrained by budgets, gamers can look forward to playing smaller, creative titles as well as fresh and original games which may otherwise have not seen the light of day. Developers will have the opportunity to make use of the Wii Remote, Nunchuk as well as the new Wii Balance Board and Wii Wheel.
Opening a creative door
“We are excited by the positive response we have received from third party developers to the announcement of WiiWare,” commented Laurent Fischer, Managing Director of Marketing & PR of Nintendo of Europe.
“We hope that this opportunity and the inspiration to produce original and exciting games will allow developers of all sizes to bring new concepts, genres and game play experiences to Wii. Opening this creative door will also provide Wii users access to a huge choice of games that they can easily download and enjoy.”
Wii owners will be able to download WiiWare games directly on to their Wii from the Wii Shop Channel from 500 Wii Points. According to the press release “a vast array of exciting and creative new projects are already in the pipeline.”
Nintendo’s downloadable game service WiiWare launches across the US today.
WiiWare will enable Wii owners to download new games from a wide range of developers including large publishers and indie houses. The service aims to “reduce the barriers that make console game development prohibitively expensive” by allowing developers to “experiment with big ideas and small budgets.”
Head to the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel to download a WiiWare game. Simply choose your game and pay for it using Wii Points then start the download. So far the games range in price from 500 to 1 500 Wii Points. The WiiWare service will be updated with new games on Mondays.
Gamers will be able to use the new Nintendo Channel to view videos and information about WiiWare games as well as check out players opinions of the games.
Greatest games of the past - and the future
For more WiiWare information, head over to Nintendo’s WiiWare website. Here you will find a few short video clips of LostWinds, Dr Mario Online RX, Defend Your Castle, Critter Round-Up and Final Fantasy Chystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.
“WiiWare is to the video game industry what independent films are to Hollywood,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.
“WiiWare lets developers experiment with new ideas and experiences. Combined with our collection of classic Virtual Console games, Wii provides one-stop shopping for the greatest games of the past - and the future.”
Here is the line-up of WiiWare games (descriptions as per Nintendo):
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