This year's E3 was as big and bombastic as ever. A giant, 18-foot robot from EA's (Electronic Arts) upcoming Titanfall stands ominously in the lobby; Activision erected a semi-circle of giant, trailer-spewing screens around an open forum, welcoming the masses into its fold like the loving arms of St ... More >>
As the E3 Expo opened at the Convention Center this week, bringing geeks far and wide to see the latest in video games and gaming hardware, a new study says players have skills other than eating Cheetos and repelling real-life love interests. According to a summary of research from Duke University' ... More >>
Geeks rejoice. It might not be Comic-Con, but it's the "largest annual conference that the city hosts," according to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. And the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo is staying in town for another three years (through summer 2015), despite some chatter that conventions wou ... More >>
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Inside every marketing firm's boardroom and quadruple co-sponsored tech networking event are people squawking endlessly about the very thing that Freddie Wong does effortlessly: Tapping into the gamer-savvy market, blah blah, making your content "clickable," ... More >>
Looking to play some games that haven't hit the market yet? This weekend, you'll have your chance when fourth annual IndieCade, the conference and festival for independent games, takes over Culver City. Though the conference opened on Thursday, IndieCade's public events take place on Saturday and Su ... More >>
What do you do when you come into possession of a copy of Gears of War 3 and your taste in games is decidedly more Super Mario Brothers? You find someone with an Xbox 360 who is down to play and can, hopefully, show you the ropes. I'm not a gamer. I like what I played as a child-- arcade sta ... More >>
Shannon CottrellAlex AhadSee more photos from Anime Expo 2011 in Shannon Cottrell's photo galleries "Anime Expo 2011: Day One, Friday," "Anime Expo 2011: Day Two, Saturday," "Anime Expo at Night: Hatsune Miku in Concert, Tune in Tokyo at Club Nokia" and "Anime Expo 2011: Day Three, Sunday." ... More >>
Sega Read more in "Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 20, Joins Nintendo's Mario for London 2012 Olympics Video Game." June 23 marks the 20th anniversary of Sega's beloved mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Beginning today, gamers can download demos of Sonic Generations, the anniversary game, via Xbox ... More >>
Shannon CottrellPlaying Skullgirls with Arcade-in-a-Box controllers"We are now missing the classic arcade style games," says Tak Fujii, producer of Konami's forthcoming Frogger 3D game. It was a sentiment that we heard a lot at E3 last week. Game developers, who are arguably the biggest fans ... More >>
Reverge LabsSkullgirls For more on Skullgirls, see "Skullgirls: Screenshots from the Next Big Fighting Game." Check out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Over the course of E3, th ... More >>
Haunted Temple StudiosScreen shot of Skulls of the ShogunCheck out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." It's not all about big-name companies like Activision, EA and Capcom at E3. Mu ... More >>
Shannon CottrellCheck out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Inside Atari's E3 BoothAt E3 it's easy to get swept away by the new. The three-day show, centered around games that hav ... More >>
Shannon CottrellSonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary partyCheck out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Inside the E3 booth for Sonic Generations, the 20th anniversary Sonic the He ... More >>
dissizit.comOG Slick canvas created for Gears of War 3 What do MOCA's "Art in the Streets" and Gears of War 3 have in common? OG Slick. Slick, the L.A.-based street artist who has been painting for, he estimates, about 25 years and is part of MOCA's current show, designed the 2010 Gears of W ... More >>
Shannon CottrellSee more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day 1" and "E3 2011: Day 2," and read more about Video Games Live in Liz Ohanesian's post, "Video Games Live: The E3 Event That's Open to the Public." Video Games Live, which performed its 200th show at Nokia Theatre ... More >>
Shannon Cottrell If there was one spot in the Los Angeles Convention Center's South Hall that drew constant crowds on the first day of E3, it was Activision. The game company's temporary headquarters were unadorned in comparison to some of the whimsical booths that surround it, but they had w ... More >>
Marcin Wichary, Creative Commons via WikipediaTommy Tallarico playing Video Games Live in 2009Today is the first day of E3, the annual event where video game companies unveil their latest products. There's a lot of hype surrounding the three-day show, but, unfortunately most people won't be a ... More >>
Caesar SebastianRavers at EDC.A study commissioned by a controversial rave promoter claims that its troubled Electric Daisy Carnival last summer "boosted economic output in Los Angeles by almost $42 million" and had a bigger economic impact on L.A. than the NBA All Star game. The study, cond ... More >>
Tuesday morning, we headed downtown for E3 prepared to check out the video game industry's newest offerings. There was one problem, though. We couldn't get badges.
ABC7Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck on Wednesday warned outsiders not to come to the Staples Center area during and after Thursday's final game in the team's championship series against the Boston Celtics. Outsiders without business at Staples would be sto ... More >>
While dodging countless people paid to look like something out of Final Fantasy, LAWeekly.com took it one step further (as we are wont to do) and searched long and hard for E3 attendees that inadvertently looked like some of our favorite gaming characters. Here's what we found: Agent 47, after fou ... More >>
Alexia TsotsisThose of us who remember the '80s (um, not me) might recall Sony introducing the first CD player in 1982. We've all come a long way since then, and nowhere was this more evident than at E3 Expo this week. West Coast Sound's "three is a trend" alarm went off when we realized that the pl ... More >>
Today a group of religious protesters gathered outside the E3 Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center to rally against the EA-helmed game Dante's Inferno. The protesters' message was simple: Play Dante's Inferno and go to Hell. Check out the photograph below of our favorite sign bearing the slogan ... More >>
