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The organisers of E3 Expo are restricting the number of media passes that will be given to online press this year based on site traffic. Any web journalists, bloggers, and podcasters that apply for press attendance will only receive a pass if their site achieves at least 8,000 monthly unique …

Registrations have opened for industry members to attend E3 2011 in Los Angeles. Exhibitors signed up so far include major platform holders Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, as well as big-name publishers including Activision, EA and Ubisoft. Registrations can be completed on the E3 website. ‘Qualified industry professionals’ who register before …

Codemasters insists that the imminent departure of its creative director Stuart Black (pictured) is not due to ”E3 fallout”. News site Eurogamer today revealed that Stuart Black is to quit Codemasters in October, claiming that his decision is the result of ‘post-E3 fallout’”. A spokesperson from the company told Develop: …

The 2010 E3 Game Critic Award winners have been revealed. Nintendo 3DS was unsurprisingly awarded the best of show award, while EA scooped four prizes for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Rock Band 3 and NBA Jam. Portal 2 also scored two wins, while Harmonix …

'It's a bit of a challenge to maintain that 3D experience,' says Sony games boss of handheld stereoscopic content

Was Microsoft’s Kinect a disappointment? Convention-hall wisdom already seems to suggest so. Certainly, the over-earnest plastic smiles slapped over its claim of being family-friendly – a claim backed only by a parade of HD Wii clones, and an iffy Star Wars pitch – marred any optimism for the scope and …

Some of the most unusual products ever to come from a third-party publisher were announced during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference. Its core titles were showcased alongside a highly experimental line-up of new peripherals, virtual platforms and products that integrate the console into real world experiences. Battle Tag, for example, is …

Though it’s far from an elegant solution, it looks as if penny-pinching gamers will be able to get the full PS3 Move experience for less than they once thought. Joystiq reports that Sony’s Anton Mikhailov has confirmed that users will be able to use a DualShock 3 controller instead of …

Organisers pleased with best event attendance in several years

It’s finally in sight. Gran Turismo 5 has a release date, albeit a US one. And with the shock news has come a tonne of new gameplay information. Polyphony Digital’s game will include over 1000 licensed cars and over 70 different circuits spread across 20 individual tracks. Licenses supported include …