Thursday, June 3, 2010

PS3 e3 meetup in LaLa Land

If'n you be goin' ta e3, ye might be wantin' ta go to the PS Blog meetup. Arr.

I don't really know where the pirate talk came from there but I guess that's really neither here nor there... Anyway- there will be a pretty nice little meet n' greet on June 13th (which is a Sunday) at Ciudad which is located at 445 S Figueroa St. in Los Angeles. 

They're going to have some new games on display, but there's also going to be food and prizes will be given out- but far and away the best part will be that the first 150 people to show up will get passes to the Sony e3 press conference the following Tuesday!

Pretty sweet overall.

PSN update -- 'Throwbackpricedrop' edition

This week the PSN got Tecmobowl Throwback and a load of PSP titles went on sale... real permanent-like.


Watch Nintendo's e3 Presentation Live

Nintendo's E3 Presentation will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific on Tuesday, June 15. Just visit e3.nintendo.com to get a front-row seat to all of Nintendo's announcements.

Pretty cool.

The Final Harry Potter Games will be ... Third Person Shooters?

Looks that way from the previews.

Read on for preview info and some bullets about the features.


Ubisoft's e3 Lineup Revealed!

Ans it's really nothing unexpected.

Video games exhibited at the Ubisoft booth will include the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed™ Brotherhood, Shaun White Skateboarding, Tom Clancy™ ’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier™, the next iteration of the blockbuster franchise Driver®, and many other titles that are yet to be announced. Ubisoft’s website (http://www.ubi.com) will host select information sent directly from Ubisoft’s booth at E3, giving fans access to exclusive interviews and trailers of Ubisoft games.

 It's a good solid lineup. I imagine there will be something new shown as well.

To kick-off its E3 activities, Ubisoft will host a press conference at the Los Angeles Theatre on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 5 pm (doors open at 3.30 pm). Ubisoft is thrilled to announce that Joel McHale, star of NBC’s "Community" and E!’s “The Soup.” will return as the host of its E3 press conference. The press conference is by invitation only to Ubisoft partners, investors, retailers and select media. Attendees will be treated to live demonstrations of Ubisoft’s upcoming releases and special guests in this not-to-be-missed event that will set the tone for one of Ubisoft’s most impressive line-ups to date. The public will be able to watch the press conference, as well as other exclusive videos and interviews throughout the E3 at: http://www.ubi.com.

 Uh, why is Joel McHale going to be hosting? My guess- there's a 'Soup' game incoming for the Wii!!! Yes, finally I'll get to make smarmy remarks about Kim Kardashian's butt and reality TV in general in the comfort of my own home!

Oh, just kidding Joel. The Soup is the only reason to even watch EEEEEEEEEEEE anymore. Now I'm wondering if there ever was a reason...

Microsoft Teams with US Dept. of Health & Human Services for New Bing App

Now you'll be able to overlay health and disease information over Bing maps to chart the overall healthiness of an area. You can get pretty detailed apparently, right down to the population of smokers in a neighborhood.

I'm not sure if this is good or just really, really, creepy at this point.

Read on for the release and link

Nintendo Download -- 'six gun frog' edition

These deals are sizzlin'!!

Okay, maybe not really sizzlin', but there is a frog trying (yet again) to cross a busy street- There's a perfectly reasonable substitute for Red Dead Redemption too. Or not.