PC Magazine - One down, two to go. Microsoft held their E3 2008 press conference on Monday — the first of the big three, with Sony and Nintendo following on Tuesday — and if anyone thought the Intellisponse leaks last month meant there wouldn’t be any surprises, they were wrong. Well, partly.
PC Magazine - Looks like Nintendo is hoping that lightning will strike twice. And with Wii Sports still arguably the system’s killer app, there’s no reason that the newly announced follow-up Wii Sports Resort can’t fill the same role.
PC Magazine - Sony outlined the details of its new video download service through the PlayStation Network at today’s E3 press conference. Good news: videos can be watched on the Playstation 3, or taken on the road with the PSP.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The service will feature more than 10,000 movies and TV shows available for immediate viewing.
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it will launch a PlayStation 3-based video distribution service later on Tuesday, taking aim at a stronghold of Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360.
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd said on Tuesday it plans to launch a music game for its hit Wii game console this year, taking it into the fast-growing software segment pioneered by “Guitar Hero.”
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Tuesday that it plans to launch in September a PlayStation 3 game console with an 80-gigabyte hard drive for $399, the same price as the PS3 with a 40-gigabyte hard drive.
NewsFactor - Nintendo announced Tuesday at the E3 video-game show in Los Angeles that its much-anticipated Animal Crossing: City Folk game for the Wii console will ship in time for the holiday season. It also announced a surprise peripheral — a speakerphone to ship with the game that will allow players to chat with other players.
AP - Sony is raising the curtain on a PlayStation 3 movie download service.
Investor’s Business Daily - Nintendo raised the bar for casual, easy-to-play video games again Tuesday, as rivals Microsoft and Sony scrambled to imitate the family-friendly appeal of Nintendo’s Wii game console with their own product announcements this week.
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Reuters - British rock band the Who will play a private show at a historic theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday to help promote the “Rock Band” videogame, a source involved with the event said.
AFP - Sony on Tuesday added online movie sales and rentals to the repertoire of PlayStation 3 videogame console features.
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would rent and sell movies and TV shows over the Internet for its PlayStation 3 video game console and double the hard drive capacity of its main PS3 model in a bid to better compete with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS).
AP - The Wii Remote is getting in touch with its sensitive side.