Game Critics Announce The "Official" Best Of E3 [E3]
Lots of sites and magazines will tell you what they thought the best stuff at E3 was. Heck, we did ! But only one set of awards are the result of the biggest outlets joining forces. And those are the Game Critics Awards . Voted on by editors from 29 publications, ranging from IGN to GameStop to 1UP...
And The Biggest-Selling Game Out Of E3 Might Be… [Retail]
Posted by admin in All Gaming on 06 18th, 2009 | No Comments
With E3’s hype train having come, paused then rattled off into the sunset, gamers are free to weigh up the holiday season’s (and beyond!) planned releases, and make plans themselves. Like which of the games they’re going to actually buy . Market research firm Nielsen ran a poll between...
The Great Chain Interview, Part 3: Sony Questions Sony, Who Questions Shane Kim [Questions]
The cliffhanger at the end of yesterday’s Chain Interview had Xbox exec John Schappert wanting to know what a Sony exec thinks of Xbox Live. Let’s get past the halfway point with an answer. [This post is the third in a series that recounts the chain of questions and answers I solicited from...
And The Game Critics Best Of E3 2009 Award Nominees Are… [E3 2009]
Posted by Gamer in All Gaming, Gaming, Nintendo DS, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox on 06 16th, 2009 | No Comments
The official Game Critics Best of E3 2009 award nominee list has been released, with Brutal Legend and Uncharted 2 punctuating EA and Sony’s nomination domination. Both EA’s Brutal Legend and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves rise to the top of this year’s...
Ten Big Stories You May Have Missed During E3 [E3 2009]
E3 brought with it an avalanche of news, previews and interviews. So much hit the site over two weeks that plenty of great stories may have missed your radar. Here’s a quick list of ten big stories you may have missed had you not been paying attention. Shigeru Miyamoto accidentally confirms “Kind...
Nintendo Expects The Conduit, GTA Chinatown Wars To Sell Well [E3 2009]
Despite some signs of trouble earlier this year, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku why third-parties have a bright future on Wii and DS. The company that’s been riding high on its own Wii and DS successes has recently had some trouble convincing people that marquee games...
Nintendo: Other M Will be A "Metroid Unlike Anything Ever Experienced Before" [E3 2009]
Two of the men leading the new Metroid Wii game told Kotaku about their narrative ambitions for the 2010 sequel Metroid Other M and explained why the Metroid Prime team isn’t involved. Yoshio Sakamoto, Nintendo’s long-time developer of 2D Metroids, and Yousuke Hayashi, head of Tecmo’s...