E3 2012 recap: Beyond video games, Microsoft hits Apple

E3 2012 recap: Beyond video games, Microsoft hits Apple
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
XBox has always been more than a video game console - even in its first generation it was also a DVD player, after all. But this year, XBox is emerging as more of a general entertainment device than ever. We're talking movies, music, even the web.

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E3 video game expo: Sony pumps life into PS Vita, Move controller
Chicago Sun-Times
AP June 5, 2012 11:02AM LOS ANGELES — Sony Corp. has breathed new life into its handheld Vita and announced a tie-up with author JK Rowling that could cause Harry Potter fans to fly on broomsticks into the world of games. The Japanese console maker ...

Sony pumps life into PS Vita, Move controller
The Seattle Times
Sony Corp. has breathed new life into its handheld Vita and announced a tie-up with author JK Rowling that could cause Harry Potter fans to fly on broomsticks into the world of games. By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer No comments have been posted to ...

Nintendo's Wii U Ushers in New Age of Video Games with Integrated Second ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Video game publishers from around the world, including Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Electronic Arts, SEGA, THQ and NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. are demonstrating how their biggest franchises are being reimagined for Wii U. In addition to ...

More Consumers Enjoy Video Game Content as Breadth and Diversity of Game ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Matching this historically high install base, more Americans than ever are playing video games on smartphones, tablets and handheld devices and changing the way consumers enjoy computer and video games. More than 30 percent said they play games on ...

E3 Trends: iPad, Augmented Reality Loom Over Video Game Trade Show
PCWorld (blog)
By Loyd Case, PCWorld Jun 5, 2012 6:24 AM There's a 900-pound gorilla stalking the halls and suites of E3: Apple's iPad. I lost count of how many times tablets were mentioned, and while few game companies specifically mentioned the top-selling tablet, ...

E3 2012: Ellen Page lands new starring role ... in video game Beyond: Two Souls
New York Daily News
The Academy Award-nominated “Juno” actress will star in a video game, playing the main character in Beyond: Two Souls, from developer Quantic Dream, to be available exclusively on the Sony PlayStation 3. The move was announced on Monday night as part ...

New York Daily News

Video Game Sheet-Music Availability Rising, But Still Fairly Rare
Houston Press (blog)
5 2012 at 6:00 AM Despite the enduring popularity of video games and the increasing amount of recognition that they receive as art, sheet music for their iconic scores remain very rare. Some of the most popular themes have recently become available, ...

E3: Video game consoles aren't just for video games
Marketplace.org
To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed. by John Moe Even if you never play video games, you should take a look at what's happening in the video game industry. Big companies are showing off new ...

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Usher: Moves on XBox's next 'Dance Central' video game will be 100% accurate
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The third installment of the popular “Dance Central” video game series for Xbox 360 Kinect will feature the moves and music of Usher once again. The 33-year-old R&B singer announced at this week's Microsoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

E3 video games show returns to LA
North County Times
Things only got worse in May when former major league pitcher Curt Schilling was forced to close hisvideo game company ---- 38 Studios ---- after defaulting on a loan from the state of Rhode Island. The closure resulted in the immediate layoff of ...

Perforce Helps Award-Winning Video Game Company Deliver Critically Acclaimed ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
(PRWEB) June 05, 2012 Perforce Software announced that Hidden Path Entertainment, an award-winning video game company, is now using the Perforce software version management system to manage their game development. With more than 600 gigabytes of ...

Samsung Set to Become a Major Force in the Video Game Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
Samsung Cloud Gaming, developed in partnership with Gaikai, a leading cloud-based video gameplatform provider, will stream a mix of family-friendly and AAA video games directly to owners of 2012 Samsung LED 7000 series and up Smart TVs in the US ...

Usher says Yeah! to bringing dance moves to 'Dance Central 3' video game for ...
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Usher thinks gamers will be fallin' in love with his dance moves. The 33-year-old R&B star took to the stage Monday at Microsoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference to unveil his role in “Dance Central 3,” the upcoming third ...

With Skylanders Giants, Activision could dominate toys and video games (video ...
VentureBeat
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show in Los Angeles this week, the company is showing off the sequel to last year's big hit, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, a video game with real-world collectible toys. Those toys sold more than 30 million ...

VentureBeat

D3Publisher Presents Big-Top Circus Fun in Madagascar 3: The Video Game ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, Jun 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today announced Madagascar 3: The Video Game based on the DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) animated film, ...

Press Release: STAR TREK Video Game Villains Revealed
Comic Book Movie
Paramount Pictures and Namco Bandai Games have announced the antagonists of their upcoming Star Trek video game, which will be released in early 2013. Find out who will take on Kirk and Spock in the game after the jump. Paramount Pictures and leading ...

Comic Book Movie

E3 2012 recap: Talk to your video games (they're listening!)
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Over the next three days, we'll bring you the top news from the Electronic Entertainment Exposition in Los Angeles - the biggest video game expo in the country. What - and how - will you be playing this year? Keep up here to find out.

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UFC Now Video Game Partners with EA Sports
The Province (blog)
Video game GSP takes a right to the doom from his computerized challenger Carlos Condit in this screenshot from UFC Undisputed 3. If you're into video games — especially sports video games— you know that one name stands above the rest: Electronic ...

Eli Aldinger, Canadian Teen, Wins Top Prize In Video Game Design Contest
Huffington Post
Eli Aldinger's mom doesn't need to scold him for playing video games instead of doing his homework. For Eli, gaming is his homework. But before you ask if you can be adopted into the Aldinger family, know this: 16-year-old Eli, who is enrolled in an ...

Electronic Entertainment Expo: Rocky Mountain Gamer in wonderland
Longmont Daily Times-Call
With stakes this high, it's easy to forget that video games are as much about artistry and innovation as about money. But as I review my schedule of four days jam-packed with press conferences and hands-on previews, this is what I see.

Exercise video games offer fewer health benefits than many assume
Chicago Tribune
Three-quarters of Americans believe video games that involve physical activity can be part of a fitness regime, according to a recent study by the UnitedHealth Group, a health insurance company in Minnetonka, Minn. The same study also found that some ...

Video game industry eyes iPads, smart phones
Calgary Herald
Yannis Mallat, the CEO of video game developer Ubisoft Montreal, said he still sees tablets and smartphones as companions to consoles, which will allow gamers to stay immersed in their games all the time. He said tablets have brought video games into ...

VIDEO GAMES: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Will Be Linked To Symbiote And Doc Ock
Comic Book Movie
IGN has revealed new information about The Amazing Spider-Man video game which reveals a connection between the game, the symbiote, and Doc Octopus. Read on for details. IGN has revealed, through information gathered at this year's E3, that both the...

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Giant Enemy Drab: Nintendo E3 press conference review
Computerandvideogames.com
For a company with such a garlanded history in the video games business, it's alarming to see Nintendo make such barefaced mistakes during its most important event in the gaming calendar. But behind this pie-faced moment of corporate theatrics lies a ...

Video games: fun business, serious issues
Montreal Gazette
The video game industry is on the verge of another transition. But what looms could be more like an upheaval than the smooth changeovers of the past. Ever since the Super Nintendo Entertainment System emerged in 1991 to replace the original Nintendo, ...

THQ Gives Up UFC Video Game Rights
Los Angeles Business Journal
By Deborah Crowe Tuesday, June 5, 2012 THQ Inc. and partner Zuffa LLC, which owns and operates the Ultimate Fighting Championship franchise, said that they have agreed to transfer the licensing rights to publish videogames based on the mixed martial ...

JK Rowling Writes New Harry Potter Content for Video Game
mediabistro.com
By Jason Boog on June 5, 2012 12:07 PM JK Rowling has written new Harry Potter content for Sony's Book of Spells, a video game for the Sony PlayStation Wonderbook. The game will include “backstories to the famous spells, valuable lessons and brand new ...

A Brief History of Video Games
By Scott Beale
A Brief History of Video Games, “made using only sounds, music and video from the video gamesthemselves”. It was created by digital creative agency Reverse Enginears for the new video gamewebsite Polygon launching later this year.
Laughing Squid

UFC Signs Video Game Deal with EA Sports | MMAWeekly.com
By Damon Martin
“There's no one better at creating authentic sports video games than EA Sports, and we're excited to have a partner who shares our vision of deep, connected and multi-platform global game experiences.” EA (Electronic Arts) is known as a ...
MMA Weekly updates

A Brief History of Video Games
By Miss Cellania
(YouTube link) Are you ready for a little trip down memory lane with some catchy background music? This video is a lot more "game" than "history!" It was remixed from video, music, and sounds from games with no outside material added, ...
Neatorama

UFC And EA Announce New Video Game Deal At E3 - Bloody Elbow
By Brent Brookhouse
E3 saw the announcement of EA making all future UFC video games. ... Unfortunately, THQ has been in the dumps financially though, with their net worth being a paltry sum of approx 18 mil or so going off of memory, or what it takes just to develop and bring one mid ranged budget gamer to market. Without the money to put ... This company that used to control the whole video game world and were these big f--king giants, we'll see where they are in the next two years. And as as far as ...
Bloody Elbow

Zynga scoops up video game maker Buzz Monkey | VentureBeat
By Ricardo Bilton
And the Zynga acquisitions just keep on coming. Weeks after picking up Wild Needle and two months after acquiring OMGPOP, Zynga is making another big buy with Buzz Monkey, TechCrunch is reporting.
VentureBeat

Curt Schilling Facing Failure In Video Game Business « CBS Philly
By Spike
He blogged, called into talk radio to sound off on sports or politics, campaigned for Republican candidates, immersed himself in World War II history, raised millions for Lou Gehrig's disease — and passionately played video games. It was a ...
CBS Philly

Best Video Games Based on Bands « Consequence of Sound
By Michael Roffman
In light of the festivities, Consequence of Sound waxed nostalgic and felt the urge to talk shop, asking one question: “What bands have made use of the video game medium?” The geekiest contributors over here suggested some ridiculous ...
Consequence of Sound

Video Games: Microsoft's E3 Conference - Memebase: Rage ...
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E3 2012: Sony Announces Interactive Storybook Video Game ...
By Gig Patta
New TV Spot For 'Total Recall'. Movie. Already missing the wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter? Sony PlayStation announced a video game with the PlayStation Move that uses storytelling and interaction called “Wonderbook.” The first adventure called the “Book of Spells,” which is developed with original stories … Continue reading → ... This entry was posted in Video Games and tagged Book of Spells, E3, J.K. Rowling, Wonderbook by Gig Patta. Bookmark the permalink.
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Video Game Trailers Out of E3: HALO 4, RESIDENT EVIL 6, GEARS ...
By COED Staff
Today's the official launch of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, but the video game trailers are already coming fast and furious. We're keeping an eye on the exciting new developments, starting with this round-up of the previews that came out ...
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How Many Classic Video Game Characters Can You Find in This ...
By Sean O'Connell
Rich Moore's 'Wreck-It Ralph' sounds like a gamer's dream. Set in the world of video-game arcades, it intros a classic villain (voiced by John C. Reilly) who longs to be a hero. When he escapes his own game and sneaks into an advanced, ...
ScreenCrush

Watch the Entire History of Video Games in Less Than Three Minutes
By Don Deane
Considering that video games have only been around for the past forty years, their progress since then has been pretty remarkable. This awesome three-minute. ... Random video game dialogue — like a line by Andrew Ryan, the founder of ' Rapture' from the Bioshock series — provides some hilarious non-sequiturs as well. Any classic games missing from this tribute? Filed Under: Super Mario Bros., Supercuts, Video Games Category: Video · Share on facebook!Share on twitter!
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Fitness Video Games are Keeping Your Child Fat
... but increasingly video games have replaced the sandlot and soapbox derby to ... with the goal to turn passive TV screens into an active video game screens.
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