Joystiq:
At a panel for his upcoming film Avatar, James Cameron announced that August 21st will be Avatar Day. The fake-ass holiday will see the debut of Avatar: The Game's first trailer, among other things.
James Cameron is hoping fans will be wowed by his upcoming 3-D epic Avatar. But don't expect him to reveal any secrets from his $240 million, computer-generated opus.
Watching things in 3D has never been that successful, has it? Whether it's cringing at a corny shark in Jaws 3D or playing Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy until developing a migraine, no one's quite cracked the technology yet. But, as our friends at OPM UK are finding out, that could well change with the release of James Cameron's Avatar. The game based on the sci-fi epic is being rendered in true 3D - without the need for dodgy red and ...
» Read More
Beef Jack writes: "If you missed Ubi Soft's E3 presentation just a few hours ago…consider yourself lucky. In addition to hackneyed celebrity appearances, tween charts, and prettied-up trailers featuring little to no gameplay, James Cameron graced the stage, spending a good 30 minutes verbally describing his complex, long thought-out narrative and mechanics describing the upcoming game adaption of his upcoming film, Avatar (which should come with a disclaimer that it is not, in fact, related to Avatar: The Last Airbender, which will be getting its own theatrical adaption titled "The Last Airbender". Not confusing at all, right?)."
Psinext are suggesting that Sony is may unveil news of the first stereoscopic games at their E3 2009 press conference.
IGN writes: "James Cameron glossed over a lot (most?) of the details about Avatar: The Game at Ubi's press conference tonight. Now, however, a press release was sent around that delved a little more into this mysterious game."
Console Monster writes: "Ubisoft has pledged to support its upcoming triple-A titles with a series of downloadable content, to keep things fresh and updated for gamers."
"Speaking to analysts earlier today, Ubisoft representatives said that several of their upcoming triple-A titles will be getting downloadable content.
GamingShogun.com writes: "Ubisoft released its full 2008-09 sales report today and within its six PDF pages is their games line-up for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. They include seven franchise games (including Ghost Recon 4), four licensed titles (including James Cameron's Avatar), three new IPs (including I am Alive), and some additional casual titles for the Nintendo Wii..."