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E3 2009 Preview: A Look At Microsoft and the Xbox 360
Freeware Excellence
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo is one of the biggest events of the year for the gaming press and gamers in general. This is the time of the year where developers from across the nation and even from across the waters arrive to let us know about their upcoming games. New announcements are made for new games as well as hardware announcements make their presence felt at the show. The big 3, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft all put on their respective conferences to let us in on the current status of their consoles and company with sales numbers, who’s beating who in what department and what upcoming titles they’ll be publishing for the summer and beyond. You can’t forget the show floor itself and with so many games hitting this summer as well as the fall, we’ll try to break down for you here at Game Plasma with the best unbiased coverage we can offer. Here we’ll take a look at what we can anticipate for this years show, console wise as well as the games. |
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E3 2009 Preview: A Look at Sony and the PS3/PSP
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When we last saw each other, I took an in-depth look into Microsoft and the Xbox 360, speculating whatever details I could find that lent itself to a possible reveal at E3 next month. Microsoft certainly has its hands full and while their conference could be exciting, Sony has a chance to make it on top as well with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. We have seen many announcements regarding both platforms mostly software related as third parties continue to churn out games giving the platforms as much support as possible in the console race. Whether the big 3 like to believe it or not, there is a console race brewing with gamers like ourselves and you see it all the time in the NPD sales numbers. However, we’re here to look at Sony and what the Playstation brand has to offer to us at this year’s E3 2009. |
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E3 2009 Preview: A Look at Nintendo, Speculation On the Wii and DS
Freeware Excellence
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Nintendo has had a rather bleak few years since the Wii’s release at least by hardcore gamer standards. The Wii has been selling like hot cakes and printing money ever since it released back in 2006. It’s been a good 3 years since it’s launch and it continues to break sales records every month when we see those NPD numbers both for the Wii and DS. Nintendo continues to stick to what it does best and with franchises like Mario and Zelda, you can never go wrong. Nintendo’s mission for the Wii was to expand gaming to an audience no one ever thought was reachable. You have everyone from parents to grandparents and everyone in between grabbing a Wii remote and joining in on the fun. Recently, Nintendo seemed more focused on bringing the casual crowd into the mix and they have done more then that then ever before. Here we’ll take a look at what Nintendo has done and what they can do to gain the confidence of their hardcore following back and still provide for the casual crowd. |
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Interview: NHL 10 Producer: David Littman
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NHL 10 is currently being developed by EA Sports and is the successor to 2009's Sports Game of the Year, NHL 09. The series is taking a new turn with board play mechanics, new goalie animations as well as player versatility. Producer David Littman chats with us about the production of the game and what we can expect when the game launches for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 September 15th in North America. |
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Interview: Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360/PS3)
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The Madden franchise has been around for what seems like over 20 years now. With Madden 09 changing schemes and doing well, it was time for Madden NFL 10 to return with more new features, online modes and even online co-op. With new technology behind the game, we sit down with Senior Producer of EA Tiburon to discuss what makes Madden 10 the premiere Madden experience.
Madden 10 is available now for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii (full review of this title coming soon) |
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Interview: Madden NFL 10 Wii
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There were many versions of Madden NFL 10 released this year, primarily focusing on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions. However, this year Madden 10 releases with a completely new build for the Nintendo Wii. With new play controls and gameplay mechanics, we decided to chat with EA Sports about this new release and what it brings for the Wii. |
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Interview: 8MonkeyLabs ~ Darkest of Days (Xbox 360/PC)
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Darkest of Days is a new time traveling first-person shooter that gets players in the role of Alexander Morris. You are an unlucky foot soldier who is transferred out of no where to General Custer's regiment on the days of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Moments before the terrible end of the general, a futuristic agent pops up and rescues Morris bringing him to a new world of time traveling and his mission is to stop an un-known force from re-writing history. 8MonkeyLabs takes the time to answer our questions. GamePlasma's review of the game will be following shortly. |
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Interview: Wolfenstein
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Wolfenstein is a long running series that along with Doom kicked off the first-person shooter genre to what we see it today. Wolfenstein is the latest game to see the hero, B.J. Blazkowicz rise to the next generation. With a new mission and multiplayer included along the way, Raven Software explains everything you need to know about game which has released for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. |
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The War on Your Gaming Wallet
Scott's Cheap Gaming
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With the economy how it is these days, saving money has become a number one priority for a lot of people. Unfortunately most of the savings come from cutting out extra expenses, be it that cup of coffee you buy on the way to work, weekly nights out at the movies or shopping name brand items at the store. Also hit are grabbing those new games as they hit the market. A brand new Xbox 360/PS3 game can run about sixty bucks plus tax while PC games and Wii games may be slightly cheaper. Not to mention gaming peripherals, new controllers, batteries, DLC and avatar features, you can run up quite a bill on your account. What is a gamer to do in this time of crisis? Be smart with your wallet and be resourceful with your equipment. |
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Games of the Month: January 2010
Freeware Excellence
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Another year has gone by and as we say goodbye to 2009, we say hello to 2010. 2009 was quite an entertaining year for video games, with console price drops, new IP releases and industry ramblings. With 2010 here and January kicking off with new releases, GamePlasma is going to take a look at what we can expect from the year ahead of us. We’ll talk about some release highlights for this month and beyond. Let’s kick off the list. |
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