Crytek’s Erik Cochonneau @ UCF’s FIEA

From/De: FIEA [Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy]

Crytek's Eric Cochonneau @ FIEA

Eric Cochonneau, lead artist and art director at Crytek will be demonstrating game art using the Crytek CryENGINE2, renowned for pushing the graphical envelope in video gaming technology. See the
technology that helped create games like Far Cry, Crysis and Crysis Warhead.

He will cover
• General asset creation with 3D Studio Max and Photoshop for CryENGINE2
• Shader implementation and environmental modeling in the Sandbox Editor
Tours of FIEA will be available anytime that day after 3 p.m.

When: November 10, 2008
4:30 – 6 p.m.

Where: UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA)
500 West Livingston Drive, Orlando FL 32801.

Contact: 407-823-2121 | info@fiea.ucf.edu | www.fiea.ucf.edu

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World | Animated Intro Video

Tales of Symphonia®: Dawn of the New World™ Animated Intro Video

November 7, 2008 – NAMCO BANDAI Games America today released the full animated intro video from Tales of Symphonia®: Dawn of the New World™ for Wii™. The newly released video introduces players to some of the new and familiar faces and settings they will encounter in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the smash-hit role-playing game Tales of Symphonia for Nintendo GameCube™.

Set in a world overrun with corruption and despair, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World debuts a major new gameplay system for the Tales series. The game allows players to capture more than 200 unique monsters that they face in battle, feeding and evolving them into new fearsome forms. Featuring a massive cast of new and returning playable characters, Dawn of the New World offers complete freedom in creating a custom party that best suits the needs of each fast-paced, real-time enemy conflict.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World for Wii will ship to stores nationwide on Tuesday, November 11. The game is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and will carry a suggested retail price of $39.99. For more information on the Tales series, please visit www.talesrpg.com.

EA @ BMO Capital Markets 16th Annual Interactive Entertainment Conference

EA’s President of EA SPORTS to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 16th Annual Interactive Entertainment Conference

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Peter Moore, President of EA SPORTS(TM), will present at the BMO Capital Markets 16th Annual Interactive Entertainment Conference on November 13, 2008 in New York, NY. During the course of this event, Electronic Arts may disclose material developments affecting its business and/or financial performance. An audio webcast will be available on Electronic Arts’ website at http://investor.ea.com through November 20, 2008.

Thursday, November 13, 2008
6:00 am PT / 9:00 am ET

http://investor.ea.com

Please note the presentation time is subject to change. Please contact the financial institution hosting the conference for additional details at http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/interactiveentertainment2008/default.aspx. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser’s address field.)

Take the Stage with SingStar and BUZZ!

From/De: SCEA

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will offer fans an opportunity to showcase their vocal talents and test their trivia skill during the PlayStation® “Take the Stage™” Tour. The twenty-one week national mall and college campus tour will kick-off November 7 at the Colorado Mills mall in Denver, Colorado and will showcase BUZZ!™ and SingStar® titles for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems.

Aspiring artists looking to rock the microphone can “Take the Stage with SingStar®” on the main platform and have a chance to win a recording session at the PlayStation Music Studios. The main stage will also feature “BUZZ!™ Breaks”, inviting interested participants up to engage in 15-minute rounds of trivia. “Backstage” from the main platform, 10 sampling kiosks will be present allowing all consumers to sample the BUZZ! and SingStar games.

The “Take the Stage with SingStar” contest will occur at all stops along the tour giving participants the opportunity to test their vocal ability with hit songs from SingStar Vol. 2 for the PS3 system and the SingStore™ including those from artists such as Weezer, Cyndi Lauper, Britney Spears, The Police, and more. Upon completion of their performance, onstage participants will be added to the online leaderboard, which will track all scores, nationwide, at http://www.takethestagetour.com. At the end of the tour, the contestant with the highest score across the country will win a trip for two to San Francisco for a recording session at the PlayStation Music Studios, in addition to a PS3 system and a copy of SingStar Vol. 2. There will be additional prizes for second and third place entrants.

Throughout each event day, the “Take the Stage” Tour will be hosting “BUZZ! Shopping Breaks”, giving trivia fans opportunities to win BUZZ! prizes by answering BUZZ! trivia questions on their cell phones. To enter, participants must text “BUZZ! Keywords” to a short-code to generate their trivia question. Participants will have a chance to win with three BUZZ! prize drawings taking place each day.

The “Take the Stage” Tour will hit twenty-one cities nationwide concluding March 29 at Arden Fair mall in Sacramento, California. For further details on the event and tour location information, go to http://www.takethestagetour.com.

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EA: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 – Mobile-to-Console Fun | Diversión de móvil a consola

EA Connects Mobile Phone and Console Platforms With Release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09

First EA Mobile Phone Title to Function Across Multiple Platforms

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With the launch of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09 for mobile phones, the EA Mobile™ division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today introduced the company’s first integration of a mobile phone game feature that can influence the console edition of the same title. The CONSOLE BOOST feature gives connected Xbox 360® and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems’ players a chance to improve their STAT BOOST and skill level when they play the mobile version of the game.

“We’re excited to bring mobile-to-console gameplay to our customers,” said Adam Sussman, VP Publishing Americas and Asia for EA Mobile. “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 features a CONSOLE BOOST which enables players to improve the skill level of their console character by playing the mobile game.”

How the CONSOLE BOOST works:

* The CONSOLE BOOST earned by playing the mobile game is stored in the registered customer’s EA account. Once the players apply the CONSOLE BOOST to their Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3 accounts they see an immediate increase in the skill levels of their athletes.
* The value of the CONSOLE BOOST upload varies depending on the skill level played on the mobile game (Amateur, Pro or Legend) and how well the user completes the series of challenges.
* Challenges can be played on any of the courses in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 mobile and there are varying requirements to complete the series of challenges.