When I first heard that Nintendo was forgoing a proper press conference this year in lieu of a video presentation, I was worried. I felt like, without the energy of a crowd, without Reggie Fils-Aime’s voice and presence commanding attention in a massive convention hall, there was no way that Nintendo’s E3 presentation could compare […]

Last year was not a great E3 for Microsoft. After an Xbox One reveal that offered a terrible first impression with If anything, that separation of messaging helped to define the Xbox One in the lead-up even more as a machine with a broad audience. Rather than trying to cram every detail into one presentation, […]

Microsoft did a decent job this E3, and have made considerable effort to mop up the mess from that disastrous Xbox One unveiling last year. Their conference was tight and lean, throwing out game after game with only the barest minimum of tedious waffle. I applaud Phil Spencer’s direction and leadership since he inherited the […]

Games like Day Z and Rust have proven that smaller developers can make a lot of money on games before they’re even finished, and now bigger publishers and developers are considering taking the same path. Battlefield 4 developer DICE’s general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson recently told Game Informer that the company doesn’t have anything to […]