Engadget & Joystiq live from Microsoft's E3 2008 keynote
We're here! The line is already mad long, but we must admit, it feels great to have E3 back at the convention center. 9:47 am PT: Alright! We're waiting in line for the MS press conference! We're feigning excitement through gratuitous use of exclamation points! 9:49 am PT: An MS representative a...
Engadget & Joystiq live from Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony E3 keynotes!
We know you're all dying to find out Engadget and Joystiq's annual joint-live coverage schedule for the Big Three keynotes, so here's what you need to know. It all starts later this morning with Microsoft's Xbox 360 press conference -- but you'll be waiting until Tuesday for the big N and Sony to ...
Sony's DualShock 3 is finally official: PS3 gets rumble
Kaz Hirai has come to the Tokyo Game Show bearing good news indeed: Sony's finally putting out a SIXAXIS with rumble, the DualShock 3. The controller will look exactly like the SIXAXIS, and is going to be hitting Japan this November, and North America and Europe in spring 2008. A few games in devel...
Engadget & Joystiq interview: Peter Moore, head of Xbox
We got another opportunity to catch up with our pal Peter Moore, the man at the top of the heap over at Microsof'ts Xbox division. We chatted it up about the usual stuff: games, Microsoft's E3 presence, the 360 warranty debacle, and what's up with all the special edition stuff Microsoft keeps pump...
Engadget & Joystiq interview: Kaz Hirai and Jack Tretton, Presidents, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., and America
We got a rare chance to sit down and talk shop with recently-named Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. President Kaz Hirai, and his US successor, Jack Tretton. These two had a lot to say, and we were more than happy to let them talk about where the PS3's going in terms of hardware, software, and ser...
The Engadget & Joystiq Interview: Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan
On the last day of E3 we got to sit down with Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo of America's Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Affairs. We still had a lot of questions for her to field after interviewing Miyamoto-san the day before, specifically regarding the naming of the Wii (yeah, we had to ask), wh...
The Engadget & Joystiq Interview: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto (again!)
When we found out Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to give us a second round to ask him about the latest in the world of Nintendo here at E3, I found that same inner-child fanboy Peter reminisced about when we last interviewed him start to emerge. Suddenly I wanted to play all those games I grew up on agai...
Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Nintendo's Wii E3 event
12:15 am - We're all seated and situated. The theater is huge with three mezzanines and 3,400 seat capacity. 12:17 am - We're sitting in the Kodak theater waiting for the press corps, VIPs, and assorted industry folk to file in, ever so slowly. Pictochat sessions are starting to fill up as people t...
Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Sony's PlayStation 3 E3 event
Still waiting in line. We are still making our way over, stay tuned ... 4:36 - The line is moving. According to EuroGamer, Hideo Kojima is "stuck in the queue." Should have something for ya soon ... 4:42 - We are sitting down, getting ready to go. 4:49 - Everyone's still filing into Stage 15 on the ...
Sony's PlayStation 3 event pre-game coverage!
Alright everybody, we're here live at Sony Pictures in Culver City for their big PlayStation 3 E3 event which will get underway in just another 45 minutes. Mainly it's just people kicking it outside right now having a stiff drink before they enter the theater to get the latest updates on the PS3's...
