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Poll: Should Kevin Butler make an appearance at E3?

Fri, 07 May 2010 14:48:02 +0000

God of War 3 and Heavy Rain take the top spots and with good reason. Both are great games. This poll idea was by Jay. Since I used his idea, he gets 200 points. As usual vote in the sidebar. If you have any ideas for polls please respond to this forum topic , so we can change it up more often. Our goal is to change it up every 2 weeks. Favorite PS3 game of 2010 so far God of War 3 – 63 Votes 43% of all votes Heavy Rain – 25 Votes 17% of all votes Final Fantasy XIII – 21 Votes 14% of all votes Modern Warfare 2 – 17 Votes 12% of all votes Just Cause 2 – 7 Votes 5% of all votes Uncharted 2 – 5 Votes 3% of all votes Bioshock 2 – 4 Votes 3% of all votes Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – 3 Votes 2% of all votes Yakuza 3 – 2 Votes 1% of all votes Total Votes: 147 Started: April 26, 2010

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Poll: Should Kevin Butler make an appearance at E3?

Vince Zampella and Jason West from Infinity Ward ‘Respawn’ with EA

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:47:19 +0000

Not too surprising but big none-the-less, The two bosses of Infinity Ward that got Sacked by Activision have created a new company; Respawn Entertainment. Hmm I wonder what they could be referring to with that name? This news only helps to add further intrigue into the overdrawn lawsuit between the two developers and Activision after Zampella and West were accused of trying to sign with EA. Vince Zampella, General Manager of Respawn Entertainment said this in announcing the deal; “Respawn Entertainment marks a fresh start for Jason and me. For the past decade we led a great development team and poured our hearts into creating an epic game franchise. We’re very proud of what we built – and proud that so many millions of fans enjoyed those games. Today we hope to do it all over again — open a new studio, hire a great team, and create brand new games with a new partner, EA.” They also added this little chestnut too; “Now that the team is in control of the games and brands, we can ensure that the fans are treated as well as they deserve.” A non too sly dig at the latest Stimulus Package for MW2? Hopefully this move can breathe some new life into the developers as a lot of people felt they were stagnating at Activision but I can’t help but feel a sense of overcrowding at EA now. When you factor in DICE making the Battlefield games and the online for the new Medal of Honor along with EA LA handling the single-player campaign. That’s a lot of different Modern Warfare studios making games for EA. Presuming of course that Respawn Entertainment’s next game is a Modern Warfare title. Oh and lets not forget Infinity Ward Left EA to go to Activision after making the early Medal of Honor games. Yahoo!: Jason West and Vince Zampella Form ‘Respawn Entertainment’

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Vince Zampella and Jason West from Infinity Ward ‘Respawn’ with EA

The Weekly Recap (April 4th-10th)

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:31:59 +0000

This Week Slow week in gaming this week. We’ve only had a total of 27 main articles and 3 QuickNews, so the lack of any big news this week definitely helped with that. What was most of the news about this week, though? Well, there are a couple opinion pieces, including one from Sakinah and another from Ace . Sony’s ad campaign character, Kevin Butler, has also made some news, seeing as he’s been credited for helping make big sales on the PS3. Along with that, Trev also let us know of the Share site’s poll asking whether he should host the E3 conference or not and his opinion on the matter. Ace also posted a video that shows most of the Kevin Butler ads . There’s also a bunch of trailers available to check out this week, most of which were posted by Ace, so be sure to go through those and see if there are any you’re interested in watching. Other announcements? here’s a limited edition PSP pack for MGS: Peace Walker, the next round of Uncharted 2 DLC has been revealed, and it’s been confirmed that there will be a SOCOM 4 beta . There are a few more morsels here and there, so be sure to go through the lists. I have also updated the Poll tab with this week’s current poll (though, the poll is still open, I got the results from the time of this writing, so the final results are still to be determined). And be sure to read up in the Community tab as well! Community News What do you think of that? Two new co-writers in 2 weeks? Last week, I hogged all the glory with the announcement of my promotion, but this week, we have Sakinah (formerly known as fleakitten)! That’s right, we have a female writer now (and, as some put it, some racial diversity as well). Congratulations Sakinah, it’s well deserved . Last week, we also announced the winners of the PS3Blog.net shirt giveaway, and this week, Tosh has gotten ahold of some coupons you can use to buy the shirts at Zazzle.com. If you’ve never been to the site before, it’s definitely worth checking out. With that said, if you were reading the news this week, Tosh let us know that there was going to be a new way to get the PAX giveaway items. Well, that new way was announced this morning , and it’s first come, first serve, and given the number of replies right now, you’ve got slim pickings. Here’s this week’s recognitions: Contributor of the Week Ace – 9 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jay – 2 Entries Most Liked Jay and Ace – Red Dead Redemption: First Multiplayer Trailer Revealed! and Miss Any Of Big KB Sony Ads? – 9 Likes Most Comments Ace – Will The CoD Franchise Ever Be The Same Again!? – 12 Comments Gaming News When Will The Fighting Genre Evolve? Sakinah – April 4th Mega64: Batman Arkham Asylum Trev – April 4th Ninja Theory: 3D gaming this gen will be ‘limited’ Ace – April 4th Star Wars: Dark Forces getting PSOne Classics re-release Ace – April 5th ‘It Only Does Everything’ Campaign Proves to be a Major Success Jay – April 5th PS3 Slim Portable! Eddie – April 6th Kevin Butler Should Host Sony’s E3 Press Conference Trev – April 6th Super Street Fighter 4 TV Spot Marc Macayan – April 6th Moviegoers Eager for 3D Darrin – April 6th Will The CoD Franchise Ever Be The Same Again!? Ace – April 6th Miss Any Of Big KB Sony Ads? Ace – April 6th MGS Peace Walker Crosses Paths With Monster Hunter Sakinah – April 7th Crysis 2 Trailer shown in Times Square Marc Macayan – April 7th Modern Warfare 2 – Everyone’s Doing It! Ace – April 8th Geohot enables “Other OS” feature on Firmware 3.21 Marc Macayan – April 8th Blu-ray earns US$ 331M from Q1 2010 sales Ace – April 8th Red Dead Redemption: First Multiplayer Trailer Revealed! Jay – April 8th “Big Boss” Pack for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Jay – April 8th F.E.A.R. 3 Announced for PS3, Xbox 360, PC Ace – April 8th FirstPlay Launches Today Jay – April 8th Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package DLC May 5th Trev – April 8th Crytek: “Crysis 2 To Be Visually Unbeatable On PS3″ Sakinah – April 9th Gamer gets partial refund for PS3 after Other OS was removed Ace – April 9th Crysis 2 Extended Trailer Marc Macayan – April 9th The Activision/Infinity Ward Fiasco: Act 2 Jay – April 9th New Uncharted 2 Siege Expansion Revealed Sakinah – April 10th SOCOM 4 Beta confirmed Ace – April 10th QuickNews Sega Closes Sega Studios San Francisco Sakinah – April 6th Gran Turismo 5 May Support Move/3D Jay – April 6th Heavy Rain Tops 1 Million in Sales Jay – April 9th Play With Us Nothing currently planned Poll Results Remember, you may have to reload the frame to see the results! Thank You That’s all for this week! As you can see, I got a little more into the groove this week, so I’m proud of that . Still been pretty slow, though, and I apologize for that. I need to get things back in order haha. Anyway, be sure to keep coming back, seeing as there’s always something new in store! And a personal opinion, I like the poll idea with adding your own answer, but then again, it will only work on certain polls, but cool idea nonetheless. Thanks for reading everybody!

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