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E3 2010 Nintendo bet on 3DS without glasses

Gary Singer — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:18:41 +0000

With the portable Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 3, the two Japanese manufacturers rely on 3D games to entice new players. But consumers will have to put their hands in the pocket to get these new gadgets. Here we are disclosing details on Nitendo new gadget . The portable console Nintendo dual screen system includes the upper part which supports the 3D display without the need to wear special glasses. Nintendo has waited for E3 to unveil its 3DS. Its top screen 3.5-inch display supports 3D games without glasses, and a slider to adjust the intensity of the effect depending on proximity.Responding to concerns about child safety, Nintendo has provided an option to disable the 3D.

The handheld console has two screens, like the previous versions. One displays stereoscopic images seen without glasses, while the second is tactile. The machine also has a camera, but also two other sensors on the front to take pictures in 3D. Group’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, has announced that the trailers would be available of stereoscopic films including those of Disney, Warner and DreamWorks Animation perhaps before the arrival of feature films. However, neither the price nor the release date of Nintendo 3DS have been informed yet .

Play movies in 3D

As for content, Nintendo has plans to develop its own 3D games but also relies on the investment of a few heavyweights companies such as Square Enix publishing, THQ, Ubisoft, Capcom, WB Games, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai.

Call of Duty: Black Ops will debut November 12th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Gary Singer — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:52:32 +0000

Here is good information which we would like to share with all our readers. The 7th call of duty game is being planned and named as Call of Duty: Black Ops. There is one more information released that now the game will be developed by Treyarch in lieu of Infinity Ward.

Mark Lamia, Treyarch studio head, affirmed with Computer and Video games that CoD: Black Ops players will get dedicated game servers for the PC version of the shooter action game. Ultimately this will offer complete entertainment to gamer.

An Italian site confirms by writing “counterpart, something that was incredibly missed in the previous 2 Modern Warfare made But the other team Infinity Ward, which had sparked the ire of fans. Call of Duty: Black Ops, we reiterate, will debut this November on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.”( ENGLISH VERSION)

Call of Duty: Black Ops release date: November 12, 2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops is a shooterdeveloped by Treyarch , published by Activision Blizzard

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Activision signed a decade’s agreement with Bungie

Ernesto Custodioe — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:41:18 +0000

Video game company Activision and the industry’s leading Bungie recently signed a 10-year distribution agreement. Under this new agreement, Activision will have a new work the next decade for global agency Bungie distribution rights.

It is learned that the achievement of this second agreement entered into after 9 long months of negotiating time. The future work may be a multi-platform oriented. But the agreement only for new work, “halo” of copyright is still in the hands of Microsoft, will always be a XBOX360 exclusive works.

Bungie at the same time the company public relations manager Patrick Garratt said that Bungie will still be this year’s “Halo: Zhiyuan Star” as the central task. But in the upcoming E3, may announce new works.

This agreement is an agreement Bungie and Microsoft’s first business move, impressive. Well-known industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the future of multi-platform strategy and good business sales channels, Activision will make it easy for Bungie’s new work sold 10 million units.

Specifically, the Franco-American publisher will undertake to publish and distribute the upcoming games created by the studio and that on “multiple media”.

Valve Announces Portal 2 before the Games Developer Conference

Gary Singer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:13 +0000

Valve has just announced the return of its hit title. Today, Valve has finally announced the arrival of Portal 2 will take place this coming Christmas. The announcement does not offer any information about the developments with which the sequel will take place or where ever, although it is speculated to return to Aperture Science because of a promotional image which can be observed at various internet sites.

Hopefully in the coming days, facing the imminent Games Developer Conference is expanded information.

It’s now official: Portal 2 is in development at Valve Software. It’s Game Informer magazine which has spit the bit in revealing the cover of its issue of April.

Valve officially declared the development of Portal 2

Gary Singer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:35:34 +0000

Valve, the developer responsible for North American franchises like Half-Life, Team Fortress or Left 4 Dead, officially announced the development of Portal 2, as estimated launch date has been set in December 2010.

While it had already commented on some statements of their intention to launch a sequel, Till today nothing has been confirmed definitively. At the moment there is no known information, on whether it will come to other platforms than the PC. We will keep you informed to offer the first details as they are disclosed.

More details on Portal 2 will be available in next month’s issue of Game Informer.

Video game industry sales dropped 23% in U.S.

Nancy White — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:14:43 +0000

Video game industry sales in the U.S. dropped 23 percent to $863 million in May compared with $1.12 billion a year ago, according to a report.

“Unit sales declined less than dollar sales did,” NPD analyst Anita Frazier said.”The dollar sales decline was exacerbated by a decline in average retail prices for almost all of the categories.”

Video games, the largest category in terms of dollar sales, fell 23%. “While there were some very strong new releases this month along with continued strong sales of evergreen games, this month’s top 10 games sold 2.6 million units combined, whereas last year the top 10 sold 3.7 million units,” Frazier said.

“While there were some very strong new releases this month,” Frazier said, “this month’s top 10 games sold 2.6 million units combined, whereas last year the top 10 sold 3.7 million units. Again this illustrates how tough the comparisons are to last year.”
Overall, however, game sales fell 17% to $448.9 million in May from a year earlier.

As for June, expect more gloom.

“There are some promising games coming out this month between the Sims 3, Prototype, Red Faction, Virtua Tennis, Ghostbusters, Transformers and Tiger Woods,” said Anita Frazier, an NPD analyst.

But she cautioned, “June comparisons will likely be tough.”