Archive for July, 2008

Hiphopgamer interviewed Michael Pachter at E3.  He tells us who he thinks had the best E3 Conference.  This is one of the many great E3 interviews we have in store for you!  Enjoy!

Let me just say that I think Activision made a huge mistake for not representing at E3. On that note, any media outlets that are prefixing anything they released this week with the two characters “E” and “3″ should remove all such references. I know Activision had their reasons for not being a part of the ESA, but the active presence of Rock Band over the last three days has further driven the nail into the coffin for Red Octane’s Guitar Hero series. No matter how many GuitarFreaks and DrumMania fans there are, Konami has never had a chance with the Rock Revolution. 100% covers? Come on. To be honest, I have always been a GH fan, but this is the year of Rock Band. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, Reggie,

What’s up, man? It’s been a while since we hung out. Thanks for me inviting me to the Kodak Theatre. It was just surreal to be in the same venue in which they hand out the gold man statues. The theatre actually looks a lot smaller in person than it does on TV. Too bad we couldn’t hang out at the event, but I know you were busy with all your other “new” friends. Read the rest of this entry »

This is my post E3 wrap up. I have so many things that I’m going to write about over the next few days and then it’s off to the Comic Con for more madness. I would like to start off by saying this years E3 is one of the best I’ve been to in years. The way it is set up has given us access to people we may have never SEEN at the larger Disneyland type shows. I can’t begin to list the people I shook hands with and talked to at the show. What I realized was that the video game industry is a microcosm of Hollywood. Everyone involved in the game industry is a celebrity in their own right. Whether you are a journalist, marketing person, developer or high level exec, you are considered a star among your peers.
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Just a little update from the Warzone guys!

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It’s the final stretch and the guys still have many meetings to go to and people to meet. For all of the latest updates (even to your cell phone), subscribe to our Twitter feeds: tordavis, leejyi (includes twitpics), and andrearene.

Hiphopgamer ran into Aaron Greenberg at the Sony press conference and called him out on his claims against Sony. Aaron took up the challenge like a true pro and didn’t back down.

After some good food and drink, we are finally sitting down with ears and eyes on Jack Tretton.  He’s giving the usual PR blab but GOW was already hinted.  Now to the blogging. Read the rest of this entry »

Hiphopgamer scored an interview today at the Microsoft Xbox Community Meet & Greet. He met Nelson Rodriguez, John Porcaro and Chris Paladino. Chris was nice enough to take 10 minutes out of his time to answer some questions. We were going to do a special Warzone tonight to talk about Microsoft’s press conference, but after some of Rosco’s Chicken & Waffles and 2 hours of perfecting our work flow, we decided to do the Warzone special tomorrow. Enjoy this for now. Peace!

Sega has finally announced Samba De Amigo for the Wii. They’ve also announced that it will be the first Wii title to have downloadable content. Here’s the full release from Sega: Read the rest of this entry »

Lee J. Yi will be at the Nintendo Press Conference. Torrence, HipHopGamer and Candid Anthony will be at the Sony Press Conference. If for whatever reason, there is no wi-fi at the Kodak Theater, you can follow Lee’s Twitter (www.twitter.com/leejyi). Torrence has a Twitter (www.twitter.com/tordavis) as well. Oh, and Andrea Rene will be on the show floor throughout the day, so make sure to subscribe to her Twitter (www.twitter.com/andrearene).

Racing along the roads of Japan, all over you will go and many a foe that will try to put you down. Drifting, drift, drifting on each corner while trying to cut off your opponent and reaching the finish line. Drive fast, drift swiftly, show no mercy. In the racing world of Initial D, the weak stay behind while the strong and legendary play at night. Welcome to the casual driving that will give you a new definition of “putting the pedal to the metal”. Read the rest of this entry »

If you were one of those folks that were upset about the absence of a Spring Dashboard update then Microsoft is making it up to you. In a letter from Marc Whitten at Xbox to the community, he provides early details regarding the next update which MS is calling Xbox Experience. Features include: play from hard drive, access Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web (finally we can set up downloads from work), Dashboard built into the new Xbox Guide, LIVE Party system, Xbox LIVE Primetime, Avatars, and new display support. Check all of the details after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

12:53 PM. GTAIV DLC for Xbox 360 releases this fall.

12:32 PM. Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Lightsaber Duels Nintendo Wii Trailer – Dueling with Lightsabers (also available on DS)

11:21 AM. Age of Mythologies for DS announced.

Looks like their wrapping up. Don is on stage. Holy crap. Prez of Square/Enix, Yoichi Wada. No translator. Infinite Undiscovery (Sep 2008). Star Ocean (Spring 2009). Last Remnant (Holiday 2008). Last Remnant trailer. Is this FF for Xbox? Coming to PC as well. Wada making another surprise announcement. Holy crap. FF for Xbox! OMG! Here begins the Fanboy Wars! I have never been an FF fan, but my body cannot stop trembling. Click after the break to review all of the updates. Check back at 3 PM PST for EA live updates. Read the rest of this entry »