E3 Media & Business Summit 2007

E3 2007 News The new E3 Video Game Trade show starts on July 11th and we will be there to report for you the hopefully exciting announcements and news. There will a rather small show floor and if there are any booth babes be sure that we will have the photos here on I4U NEWS.

E3 News Coverage

Guild Wars Creator NCsoft signs with Sony

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Guild Wars Creator NCsoft signs with Sony Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review NCSoft signs with Sony an exclusive game development agreement with Sony to develop games for the PSP and PS3.

NCsoft is known for its highly successful online game products such as the Guild Wars and City of Heroes brands and its flagship product Lineage, which has a customer reach of more than 70 million worldwide.

Both companies did not detail any of the upcoming NCSoft games. NCsoft officials did say that the games would be created from both existing intellectual properties (IP) owned by NCsoft, as well as new IP. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:38:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Playstation Home has Mobile Phone Integration

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Sony Playstation Home has Mobile Phone Integration Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Sony announces mobile phone integrations for Playstation Home at the E3 2007.

Sony is offering mobile phone access to the social and communication features of Playstation Home. You can also directly upload photos taken from your mobile phone into your space on Playstation Home.

Sony is establishing the 3D world as the integration point for all things. You will be able to launch your games from within Playstation Home. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:17:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony announces new slimmer Sony PSP

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Sony announces new slimmer Sony PSP Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Sony announces new slimmer Sony PSP at the E3 2007.

Update:
Pre-order the new slim PSP on Amazon.com
Photos and details about the new PSP-2000

The new Sony PSP is 30% lighter and slimmer than the original PSP. The killer feature of the new PSP is TV OUT, a feature many of you asked since a long time.
You can now play videos or games from the new Sony PSP on HDTVs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:51:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo announces Wii Fit at E3

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Nintendo announces Wii Fit at E3 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Nintendo takes Wii Sports to the next level with Wii Fit.

Wii Fit is a sensor mat called the Wii Balance Board combined with exercise software. The Wii Fit mat measures your movements and senses if you are doing the exercises right. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:04:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nintendo announces Mario Kart for Wii and Wii Wheel

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Nintendo announces Mario Kart for Wii and Wii Wheel Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Nintendo announced at their E3 2007 press event (still going on, watch here)Mario Kart for Wii and the Wii Wheel.

Mario Kart for Wii will feature online gaming. Nintendo's Reggie did not reveal how many players can drive against each other online.

Mario Kart for Wii is not coming this Holiday season. It will be released in early 2008. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:45:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watch the Nintendo E3 2007 Show Live Now

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Watch the Nintendo E3 2007 Show Live Now Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Nintendo is holding their press event at the E3 2007 right now. You can watch the event live on Game Spot right now.

The quality of the video feed is very decent. If you rather want to watch the Nintendo press event through Justin's eyes wach the Justin.TV feed on Gizmodo (quality is not that great). Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:23:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

E3 Media & Business Summit, E3 or E3 Expo?

Topic: E3 News Coverage

E3 Media & Business Summit, E3 or E3 Expo? Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Today the E3 Media & Business Summit 2007 opens in LA. This is the new down-sized (and fun reduced) E3 video game trade-show.

Some press-releases I read even call it still the Electronic and Entertainment Expo. Most media outlets dropped the Media & Business Summit part and just call it E3. We will do the same thing from now on and just refer to it as E3 2007. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:18:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega introduces Game Line-up for E3 2007

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Sega introduces Game Line-up for E3 2007 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review SEGA announced its line-up for the E3 2007 show in LA. The video game maker will debut 13 titles developed for the Wii system from Nintendo, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

Highlights of new SEGA games include: Bleach for Wii, The Club and The Golden Compass.
Details about all new SEGA game announcements at the E3 can be found below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

EA announces Game Line-up for E3 2007

Topic: E3 News Coverage

EA announces Game Line-up for E3 2007 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Electronic Arts announces a long list of new video games the company will show at the E3 2007 in LA, that start officially today.

"In the next six months, EA will launch the most exciting line up of games in our 25 year history," said EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau. "We're publishing brand new games like Boogie, Skate and Army of Two, introducing Rock Band and The Simpsons and delivering innovations in blockbuster franchises like Medal of Honor and Need for Speed."

See the full list of EA games with details below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:30:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

E3: MS introduces Pink and Blue Xbox 360 Controllers

Topic: E3 News Coverage

E3: MS introduces Pink and Blue Xbox 360 Controllers Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review If Microsoft would not have the hyper successful Halo franchise on their hands, they would not have any highlights to announce at the E3 as it seems. Ok, they did announce a ton of Xbox 360 games for this holiday season, which should make lots of gamers happy.

Besides the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit, which was already announced in April, Microsoft introduced a pink and a dark blue Wireless Xbox 360 controller. Why would we need a pink and a blue controller? Of course these are for babies - blue for boys and pink for girls. You cannot start early enough playing video games. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft announces new Xbox 360 Games for this Holiday Season

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Microsoft announces new Xbox 360 Games for this Holiday Season Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Microsoft announced at the E3 Media & Business Summit 2007 the video game line-up for the Xbox 360 that will be available this Holiday shopping season.

The highlights of the new Xbox 360 games include Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Madden NFL 08 and Rock Band. See more games and details below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr