Yesterday I assisted to the 3 E3 main press conferences by Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.
Lately I haven’t been such an active video game player as I used to be some months ago, but now I’m feeling that during this year and the next one I’ll come to my roots
Microsoft XBox 360
From Microsoft, as a XBox 360 owner I was glad to hear that XBox Live will have integration with Facebook and Twitter, my two main social networks. For gold membership owners will get full access to Last.FM through their XBox 360 systems.
But the best of all, that really got me crazy was Project Natal. My friend Marco wrote a post on his blog about it and it has 2 MUST SEE videos.
Nintendo
The news about Nintendo DS weren’t that appealing to me, since I don’t own a Nintendo DS, but it’s obvious that Nintendo is targeting young women with several games meant to them. The focus in user generated content is a great initiative. It doesn’t apply only to Nintendo DS applications but also video games with user generated levels.
As a Wii owner I really must buy Wii Sports Resort with Wii Motion Plus that is coming to stores in July.
As a fan of one of the best games I’ve ever played (if not the best) I was glad to ear that a Super Mario Galaxy sequel is coming. You can watch the trailer at GameTrailers.com
Nintendo also announced Wii Vitality Sensor which can read your vital signs and find out whether you’re anxious or focused, etc. I’m not really convinced, but I’ll wait and see.
Sony Entertainment
I own a PSP 3000, and I won’t buy PSP Go, but a new handheld video game console it’s always good news for gamers. And I didn’t pay attention to Playstation 2 and 3 news…
A equipa PizzaShoot continua o intrincado processo de desenvolvimento de um jogo de elevado nível!
Temos disponível mais um vídeo. Desta vez demonstramos com é possível ligar acessórios wireless da Xbox 360 ao PC através do Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows. Demonstramos também como utilizar o Input Reporter (disponível no XNA Creators Club) para testar o input não só do gamepad wireless, como também da guitarra que acompanha o Guitar Hero 3! Isto porque a guitarra não passa de um comando com uma disposição diferente dos botões (e com um acelerómetro mapeado nos triggers do comando normal).
Os developers de jogos em XNA ficam então com um leque de possibilidades ainda mais abrangente.
Although the video is in Portuguese, I want to leave the main message to all the potential worldwide readers of this blog. If you connect your Xbox 360 guitar to your PC (a wireless or wired guitar) you can use it as a X-Box 360 gamepad. Use Input Reporter to find out the correspondence between each device buttons. Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows it the accessory that you need to connect Xbox 360 wireless accessories to your PC.
I spent 500 wii points (valued in about 5 €) to get a web browser on my Wii. It is powered by Opera and it works pretty well. Nevertheless I hope that Nintendo releases a small keyboard like the X-box 360 keyboard. It is pretty hard to type using the Wiimote (and tiring too).
While testing the browser capabilities, I went to a website that I knew that had a lot of flash clips. I was glad to found out that Miniclip.com has support for Nintendo Wii! When you access this website using a Wii, you see a list of games compatible with your console. You’re are able to play them using your Wiimote. Pretty great!
I look forward to see WiiWare working! It is coming soon. My Wii Shop is already updated to support it.
