In the News #32 – 2/22/2008
Daily News for February 22nd, 2008.
GDC 08: The inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards has revealed the results of the best games that over 26,000 members voted on. Read more on IGN.
Video games and comic books really do have something in common....they will both be appearing at WonderCon '08. Major video game companies like Electronic Arts, Capcom, Ubisoft, and several other, are all making an appearance at WonderCon. Read More on the official WonderCon '08 site.
GDC 08: During a session ca...
In the News #31 – 2/21/2008
Daily News for February 21st, 2008.
Microsoft announced today that they're cutting the price on four of the Xbox 360 SKUs in Canada. The Xbox 360 Elite is dropping from $499 to $449; the Xbox 360 Premium system is dropping from $399 to $349; the Xbox 360 Arcade Bundle has been reduced by 20 dollars to $279, and the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 is reducing its price from $449 to $399.
GDC 08: Bionic Commando Rearmed is set to arrive on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Marketplace and PC ...
GDC 08: Portal 2 Confirmed on X-Play
On tonight's episode of X-Play, lead designer for Portal, Kimberly Swift, confirmed that there will be a Portal 2. We knew there would be more Portal on the way when Doug Lombardi, Valve's Director of Marketing, had previously stated that "more Portal is definitely on the way."
Now we know that there will actually be a sequel. Check out the video for the confirmation.
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GDC 08 – Game Developers Choice Awards
The 8th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place Wednesday, between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. And the winners are:
Special Honors
Lifetime Achievement - Sid Meier
Pioneer Award - Ralph Baer
Ambassador Award - Jason Della Rocca
Best of 2007 Awards
Best Game Design - Portal
Innovation Award - Portal
Best Debut - Crackdown
Best Audio - Bioshock
Best Downloadable Game - Flow
Best Technology - Crysis
Best Visual Arts - Bioshock
Best Handheld Game - Phantom Hourglass
Best ...
In the News #30 – 2/20/2008
Daily News for February 20th, 2008.
GDC 08: Release dates for Wii Fit and WiiWare were announced during GDC 08. Read More.
Capcom announced today that 2 million copies of Devil May Cry 4 have been shopped worldwide. This includes shipments for Japan, North America, and Europe.
David Braben's Frontier Developments announced today that its first title for WiiWare, LostWinds.
GDC 08: Gears of War 2 has been officially announced. Along with this, a teaser trailer has also been rele...
GDC 08 – GTA IV: Episode One
The general release date for the first piece of episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV was announced earlier today at GDC.
"Microsoft confirmed [today] that the first downloadable "episode" for GTA IV will be coming this August. It will be exclusive to Xbox 360.
Grand Theft Auto IV: Episode One, as it's being called, is presumably the first in the previously announced two downloadable episodes for Rockstar's sequel."
GTA-Division.com...
GDC 08 – Gears of War 2 Finally Announced!
Today, during the GDC Microsoft Keynote, Gears of War 2 was officially announced. A teaser trailer was played during the keynote which can be seen below:
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The keynote ended with an announcement that the release date for GoW2 is November 2008 as an Xbox 360 exclusive.
Along with all this, Microsoft and Epic Games will be releasing a Limited Edition version of the game as well as the regular standard edition. No details on what exactly the Limite...
GDC 08 – Wii release dates
Nintendo has just announced a few release dates that might make a few Wii fans happy.
Nintendo is set to launch Wiiware, a place to down original Wii content, on May 12th, 2008.
Also, the highly anticipated release of Wii Fit for the United States has finally been set. It will land in the US on May 19th, 2008.
A press release distributed by Nintendo today reveals that a new episodic gaming series is being prepped by Telltale for WiiWare. The developer also confirmed the news on its offic...
Game Developers Conference 2008
Today kickstarts the Game Developers Conference 2008. The conference is a week long ending this coming Friday.
Today's Schedule:
GDC Mobile and Serious Games Summit: 9:00 - 6:00
Summits and Tutorials: 10:00 - 6:00
GDC Mobile Reception: 6p.m. - 8p.m.
Casual Games Reception: 6p.m. - 8p.m.
Registration is from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The real action doesn't start until Wednesday....
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