The Games Convention Über Update Post

The Leipzig Games Convention, the consumer showing of Europe's finest forthcoming video games (read: whatever SingStar version is planned for the Holidays), hits the Leipziger Messe from August 20 to August 24. And Kotaku was there! No, they're not there anymore, and yet they keep writing. Seriously, we can't stop. If… » 8/25/08 6:40pm 8/25/08 6:40pm

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Heavy Rain: You're Soaking In it

Michael McWhertor and 170 others

Quantic Dream's David Cage walked us through a playable version of the developer's shrouded in mystery PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain » 8/22/08 2:30pm 8/22/08 2:30pm at Games Convention. The roughly twenty minute demo featured scenes shown in the teaser trailer from SCEE's keynote. But before we actually got to take a look at the game, Cage prepped…

Space Invaders Attack World Trade Center At Games Convention

Michael McWhertor and 369 others

Let's file this one under "Too Soon." Seen at the "Invaders!" booth, tucked away in Hall Four of the Games Convention being held in Leipzig, Germany right now, was this ~~non- » 8/20/08 2:10pm 8/20/08 2:10pm~~ interactive installation featuring the classic Taito space faring aliens laying waste to the Twin Towers. It was projected on a massive screen in …

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Heavy Rain Gets Public Showing At Games Convention

Michael McWhertor and 124 others

The Quantic Dream developed Heavy Rain » 8/20/08 11:50am 8/20/08 11:50am, described by president David Cage as dark and emotionally driven, made its public debut at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's press conference today. Little details were divulged on the PlayStation 3 horror game during its brief cinematic showing, but David Reeves of SCEE…

PlayStation 3 Controller Getting Wireless Keypad

Michael McWhertor and 104 others

Sony showed off a new wireless keyboard for the PlayStation 3 controller, intended to help with in game text messaging and PS3 browser navigatoin. The black keyboard clips on over the front of the DualShock 3/SIXAXIS with the keyboard located above the main controller area. The wireless keyboard also features a… » 8/20/08 11:40am 8/20/08 11:40am

PlayStation 3 160GB Model Coming To Europe

Michael McWhertor and 117 others

Sony will be bringing one more SKU to the PlayStation 3 family this Fall, doubling the storage of the soon to be offered 80GB model. While the functionality of the console remains the same, the hard drive size will be doubled when the 160GB model ships out to European gamers on October 31. Price? Just 499 Euro, with 70 … » 8/20/08 11:30am 8/20/08 11:30am

Sony Announces New PSP Model

Michael McWhertor and 127 others

SCEE president David Reeves announced at the company's Games Convention press conference that the PSP-3000 would being shipping this Fall, boasting new hardware features over the current PSP Slim and Lite. Featuring a built-in microphone, a new, brighter LCD screen and Skype out of the box, the PSP-3000 is expected to… » 8/20/08 11:21am 8/20/08 11:21am

Gary Oldman Answers Call of Duty

Michael McWhertor and 55 others

Activision is adding another famous name to Call of Duty: World At War » 8/20/08 11:20am 8/20/08 11:20am. Joining accomplished shouter Kiefer "Damn It!" Sutherland, who plays Sgt. Roebuck in the Treyarch developed World War II game, will be Gary Oldman. The co-star of and will voice one of the characters in the Russian portion of the World at War…

Wonder Woman, Raiden Two Of Four New Kombatants

Michael McWhertor and 76 others

Midway announced, in a roundabout way, four more additions to the cast of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe » 8/20/08 11:00am 8/20/08 11:00am at the Leipzig Games Convention today. After Ed Boon left the stage, having been properly grilled by German personality Oliver Pocher, four images flashed on screen, quickly confirming more of the line up. On the…

New MadWorld Trailer Is Mad As Ever

Brian Ashcraft and 111 others

Click to view » 8/20/08 9:00am 8/20/08 9:00am Black and white mayhem galore! Instruments of death include: airplane engines, moving trains, chainsaws, oil drums and tornadoes. If that wasn't enough, the has the best character name in recent memory: Herr Frederick Von Twirlenkiller.

EA Sports Adds Tennis To '09 Line Up, Snags Wimbledon Rights

Michael McWhertor and 22 others

Peter Moore announced that EA Sports would be adding tennis to its line-up of games in 2009, with rights for the Wimbledon tennis tournament exclusively going to EA. Although Moore didn't provide a name for the EA created tennis game — unless it's simply EA Sports Tennis » 8/20/08 6:00am 8/20/08 6:00am — he did say that development on the EA Sports…

Meet Your Sexy New Red Alert 3 Cast

Michael McWhertor and 71 others

EA announced at its Leipzig Games Convention press conference today additional details on the cast of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 » 8/20/08 5:00am 8/20/08 5:00am, including the casting of Jenny McCarthy, pictured, as Tanya, the staple special ops unit. But that's not all. The leaders of the three factions — Allies, Empire of the Rising Sun and the …

The 5,000 Square-Mile Racing Game

Brian Ashcraft and 56 others

Developer Codemasters is unveiling multi-plat title FUEL » 8/19/08 9:00am 8/19/08 9:00am at the Leipzig GC. What's ? It's a racing game, so big that it deserves ALL CAPS. It's hailed to have the "largest racing environment to appear in gaming — ever." The game supposedly has a 5,000 square-mile playing area with "no boundaries". Up to 16-players race it …

Here's What EA Is Bringing to Leipzig

Brian Ashcraft and 34 others

EA has just announced which of its titles will be on display at the Leipzig GC. According to Jens Uwe Intat, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA European Publishing, "Never before has EA had such a diverse and powerful slate of offerings, and it's been great to see consumer and critical response to our… » 8/19/08 7:00am 8/19/08 7:00am

What's EA Bringing To Games Convention?

Michael McWhertor and 28 others

Electronics Arts is going to represent big at the Leipzig Games Convention this year. It's bringing something like three zillion titles to the event by our count, titles like Dragon Age » 8/08/08 8:20pm 8/08/08 8:20pm, and to name but a few. While we've seen a good portion of these titles at and pre-E3 events, we're going to see two unannounced…

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What's Atari Bringing To Games Convention?

Michael McWhertor and 24 others

Well, this sucks. Atari says the company plans to "turn up the summer heat" at the Leipzig Games Convention this year. Unfortunate, because the Leipziger Messe can get pretty sweaty, something Fahey and I aren't going to appreciate when we're perspiring pure Pilsner. How's Atari affecting climate change in Leipzig this… » 8/08/08 6:40pm 8/08/08 6:40pm

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