E3: Xbox 360 briefing to be held earlier for last-minute add
Microsoft Corp. on Sun. alerted news media that its Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing would begin early due to a last-minute addition.
Microsoft Corp. on Sun. alerted news media that its Xbox 360 E3 Media Briefing would begin early due to a last-minute addition.
"Billy Mays, here, for Microsoft’s amazing new entertainment device", will be the new audio refrain soon blasting out of TVs far and wide.
Microsoft has hired the omnipresent pitchman Billy Mays to help convince a skeptical public to buy its new handheld media device, the Zune HD. The company is hoping Mays will be able to do for Zune HD what he has done for other products, such as OxiClean.
Koku Gamer writes: "Now that Kojima Productions have MGS4 under their belt they know what they can improve on to make their next game better. Kojima is not one to rest on his laurels, and he will do everything in his power to make a better game than before."
PS3-Sense writes: "The many quite large "Shocker" was the sudden announcement (albeit leakes) of the PlayStation Portable Go!. This seemed at first sight, the large coconut Sony’s presentation, and everyone expects that the best of the presentation all is forgiven. If we believe Jake Osuwah (PR at SCEA), it is not the case, this Pre-E3 Announcement (Are we now notice? Was not leak?) Only the tip of the iceberg. At least, that Tweet the best man today."
According to Polyphony Digital, the Prolouge to the upcoming racing simulator,Gran Turismo 5, has now sold more than 3.67 million copies.
GT 5:Prologue is availible on Blu-ray disc as well as via Playstation Network. However, there is no mention on Polyphony’s page if the salesnumbers include downloads from PSN or not.
The question still remains if Gran Turismo 5 (the full game) can become the best selling of the Gran Turismo series.
According to the list Gren Turismo 3: A-Spec has sold 14.89 million copies on the Playstation 2.
Here’s a rundown on the sales according to different regions:
United States – 760,000
Europe – 2,160,000
Japan – 650,000
Asia – 100,000
Console Monster writes: "When Bungie became a privately held independent company, it appeared the Halo series would end with Halo 3. This talk was hushed by the announcement of Halo: ODST which we can expect to hear more of in Microsoft’s E3 conference in just less than 24 hours, but there may be more than we expected from Halo at the event.
Kotaku earlier reported that a Halo: Reach forum was spotted on Bungie.net, which led them to believe that it could be a new Halo title, but a discovery made by Console Monster may just have confirmed this rumour…"
Those who have tried their luck to get a Blizzcon ticket were able to play the game Failoc-alypse. In this side-scrolling "3D Action Rad-venture" you choose 1 of 3 classes to blast away at the endless hordes of Blizzcon failocs.
What’s the first thing any self-respecting gamer should do when legally purchasing the latest PC game? That’s right — make everyone and everything as naked as they can possibly get. With that in mind, you’ll be thrilled to know that a patch is already available to remove the censoring of certain sensitive areas in The Sims 3. Not that anybody’s playing it already, right?
SKOAR! write-"Post 3D Realms demise numerous artists, modelers and animators have been posting their works on the project online, but no entity till now has disclosed the nature of platforms the game was being developed for."