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- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
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Author: John Scalzo
Take-Two CEO hints at Grand Theft Auto V in 2012
He probably didn’t mean to, but Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick just confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V will ship sometime between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.
During the company’s quarterly financial briefing, the executive had this to say: “While it is still very early to discuss fiscal 2013, we have a very strong pipeline of titles in development and currently expect to achieve substantial earnings growth, including Non-GAAP earnings per share in excess of $2.00.”
This bit of Wall Street speak may not have the words “grand”, “theft” or “auto” anywhere in it, but the earnings per share number speaks volumes. You see, the last time Take-Two could claim earnings per share in excess of $2.00 was back in 2008, right after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV.
You can play games with journalists, but you don’t mess with the SEC. Consider GTA5 in 2012 as good as confirmed.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Grand Theft Auto V
EA unveils E3 2011 lineup; includes multiple unannounced projects
Electronic Arts has caught the E3 fever and the only cure is an hour-long show on Spike TV!
Geoff Keighley of GameTrailers TV will host “Gamechangers: EA 2011 Preview,” a live broadcast of EA’s 2011 E3 press conference. The photogenic game journalist will be joined by EA CEO John Riccitiello and several of the publisher’s development teams to unveil their E3 lineup:
- Experience an explosive, never-before-seen demo of Battlefield 3
- Travel across the galaxy for a look at Commander Shepard’s final voyage in Mass Effect 3
- Hit the pitch for a first look at FIFA Soccer 12
- Discover what’s new in Madden NFL 12
- Shred the mountains in the world premiere look at SSX
- Experience the high-speed thrills of Need For Speed: The Run
- Star Wars: The Old Republic and multiple “unannounced projects” will also be revealed during the broadcast
Gamechangers will air live on Spike TV on Monday, June 6 at 3:30 PM (Eastern Time).
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Tagged 3DS, Battlefield 3, E3 2011, FIFA Soccer 12, Madden NFL 12, Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed: The Run, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, SSX, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Wii, Xbox 360
Sony’s E3 2011 showcase to include at least four surprises
Sony has launched their official E3 2011 website with the tagline “It Just Keeps Getting Better.” While most people expect Sony to be in damage control mode at this year’s expo, the console-maker does have a pretty stellar lineup of stuff planned for the big show:
- The Next Generation Portable (NGP)
- Infamous 2 (PS3)
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
- Resistance 3
- Twisted Metal (PS3)
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3)
Sony also plans to surprise gamers with at least four additional announcements. We can only speculate what they might be but the publisher has plenty of other games in the pipeline including the recently announced Starhawk, The Last Guardian, the Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection and Sly 4.
It could be all of them. It could be none of them. We’ll find out for sure on Monday, June 6.
Posted in News, PS3, Vita
Tagged E3 2011, InFamous 2, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3, Twisted Metal, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Finally! Scorpion vs Sub-Zero in episode 7 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Scorpion versus Sub-Zero in Kevin Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Ian Anthony Dale returns as Hanzo Hasashi in this two-part vignette that’ll be concluded next week. Also be on the lookout for Quan Chi and another appearance by Shang Tsung.
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 revealed in first full-length trailer
As promised, Activision and Infinity Ward have unveiled the first full-length trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The trailer confirms the game’s November 8th release date and shows World War III raging across America, England, France and Germany.
It is, in a word, epic. We’ll no doubt learn more about the third Modern Warfare game at E3.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Double Fine discusses Trenched in developer diary
We haven’t heard much about Trenched since it was announced back in March. Today, Double Fine broke their silence about the alternate history World War I game in the developer diary seen above.
Sharing a virtual beer with the viewer, Project Lead Brad Muir and several other members of the Trenched team discuss the Xbox Live Arcade game’s origins and their hopes for its future.
Puzzle Quest added to DSi Shop today
As is their Monday custom, Nintendo has announced the latest downloadable games for the DSi and Wii today.
Leading today’s pack is a DSi Shop version of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. The puzzle/RPG hybrid joined by 3D Twist & Match, another puzzler; and 99Bullets, a retro-tinged overhead shooter.
The Wii Shop received one game today, the Pipe Dreams-like Overflow. What? I’m the only person that remembers Pipe Dreams? Sounds about right.
More information on all four of these games can be found after the break. (more…)
Weekly Warp-Up: Apocalypse Then
No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
So the world didn’t end on May 21, 2011. Which means that a crazy loon with a radio program is really just a crazy loon and not someone who knows when the world is going to end. Man, I’ll bet nobody saw that coming.
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It’s a good thing the world didn’t end as the 2011 E3 Expo is just a little over two weeks away. We’ve begun to prepare for the big show by compiling a list of every game we expect to appear at the convention in our What To Expect From E3 2011 guide. Then we played Nostradamus and made a Warp Zoned Wish List of our 11 Predictions For E3 11. If even half of those predictions come true, it’s going to be an amazing expo.
Finally, I continue to obsess over the Mortal Kombat reboot by delving into The Hidden (and Not So Hidden) Secrets of Mortal Kombat. Australian conquests! “Klassic” costumes! Princess Leia! It’s all there on the disc and it’s all awesome!
Hit the jump for the rest of the Weekly Warp-Up. (more…)
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