E3 has been well kicked off thus far and new and exciting news is constantly being thrown at all of us. Here’s just a few features I thought were worth mentioning.
<br><br>THUMBS UP: Project Natal<br><br>
This is Microsoft’s first attempt at combining motion tracking and gaming into one entity to this degree. Microsoft is known for extending themselves everywhere they possibly can and diving into territory other companies have already started. That being said, we couldn’t expect them to pass up on one of the greatest innovations in gaming history.
So far, the response has been outstanding and it only takes one view of any Project Natal video to see why. The motion doesn’t play on the screen as a fixed route meaning whatever you do, the character on the screen doesn’t the exact same motion. Plus there are many, many more features that can be used with Natal and we can expect Microsoft to continuously build on this idea.<br><br>THUMBS DOWN: No News on Half-Life 2: Episode 3<br><br>Valve Software is known for keeping their fan’s in the dark but this takes it to the extreme. Valve has clearly stated that HL2: EP3 is making progress. Many people were expecting Valve to finally deliver more much more info on the game but instead diverted their focus on Left for Dead 2. L4D 2 is exciting and good news, don’t get me wrong, but many die-hard Half-Life fans were generally disappointed. And, like last time, no mention of the game coming out for PS3.
THUMBS UP: Video Game Live
Video Games Live is a traveling concert started by two gaming composers: Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall. Tommy Tallarico has composed for many games including Prince of Persia and Advent Rising. Jack Wall has composed a good number of games too including Splinter Cell and co-composed for Mass Effect.
If you haven’t heard about the program by now, VGL is a concert compiling music from many popular games including Halo, BioShock, World of Warcraft, Oblivion and even older arcade games like Tetris. A concert is going to be performed at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA Because this performance falls on a night of E3, special guests from Japan and Europe are expected to be at the concert.
Do I really need to say more? Yes, Tom and Jerry are getting an MMO developed by Typhoon Games. Sure, everyone loves that bickering pair but this just takes it too far. The famous cat and mouse have had multiple video games created about them in the past but how far can this MMO really go? We’ll just have to wait and
see.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
