E3

May 16, 2005 - id Software announced today that it is bringing QUAKE 4 to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Currently in development by Raven Software in cooperation with id Software, the game will be debuted at the E3 Expo in Activision's booth #1224 in the South Hall on May 18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

May 16, 2005--2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. , today announced their lineup for the 2005 E3 Expo in Los Angeles on May 18 - 20, 2005. 2K Games will feature a wide variety of games for the PC, PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in booth #968 in the South Hall, as well as additional titles that will be featured by ATI and Bethesda Softworks in their respective booths.

May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- THQ and its award winning development studio Relic Entertainment today announced The Outfit, an explosive squad-based action game for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Combining intense squad-based combat and easy to use strategic gameplay elements with the cinematic intensity of a blockbuster movie, The Outfit is a lethal combination of high action and strategy. Set within war ravaged Europe during World War II, the game takes players behind enemy lines, battling the Nazi War Machine through a variety of larger than life combat missions. Scheduled to release holiday 2005, the game will make its public debut at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) May 18-20 in THQ Booth #1046.

May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atari today revealed the details behind the Company's exciting product lineup that will be on display during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, May 18-20. The offerings span an impressive breadth of genres and content, and includes Test Drive Unlimited, the Company's previously unannounced title for next-generation console systems.

May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision announced today that the company is currently in development on three titles and working closely with id Software on a fourth game for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

May 12, 2005—Activision will showcase a blockbuster game line-up at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 18-20, 2005. The company's line-up includes titles based on popular entertainment brands like Marvel's Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, X-Men, as well as, Shrek, new installments in Activision's best-selling Tony Hawk and Call of Duty franchises, and innovative offerings from some of the industry's top development houses, id Software's QUAKE 4 and The Movies from Peter Molyneux's Lionhead Studios.

May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia and Jadestone today announced a new collectible on-line MMOG title, available only on the N-Gage platform. Set in our time, but tinged with ancient mystery, SPIRITS sees players fighting The CUT, a doomsday sect whose goal is to stop Earth's over population by triggering natural disasters and killing innocent people.

May 5, 2005 - SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, announced today that they will unveil eight new games for the Xbox video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, and the GameBoy Advance at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 18-20. SNK will be located in South Hall, Booth 646.

April 2005— iGames and LTB Audio Systems, the leading maker of True 5.1 Surround Sound headphones, today announced that they will be bringing the competitive spirit of game centers to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), May 17-20, with a host of special competitions. These events will include the Kornelia Challenge 2, an exclusive DOOM 3 tournament that will pit show-goers against Kornelia, a top-seeded PC gamer and the world’s #1 ranked female Quake player, in addition to exclusive competitions featuring VU Games’ FlatOut on PC and NovaLogic’s Delta Force: Black Hawk Down on Xbox.

May 2004 -- Traditionally the second halves of console life cycles are characterized by a sort of technological malaise. Game production slows and titles become less inspired as developers turn their thoughts and energies to their next systems. Read more