ADVISORY/GameSpot Reveals Most Popular Games of Day Three at Electronic Entertainment Expo.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY... E3Expo 2004 --(BUSINESS WIRE) GameSpot GameSpot video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein. (Nasdaq:CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. ) GameSpot "Hot List" Provides Insight into Games Garnering the Most Interest Among Males Ages 18-34
Who: GameSpot (Nasdaq:CNET), the leading source for
information about games, today announced the third and
final day of the E3 Hot List, an up-to-the-minute look at
the most popular video games, released at approximately
3:30 p.m. pacific time each day of the 2004 Electronic
Entertainment Expo.
What: The E3 Hot List is based on data from GameSpot Trax, the
industry's most advanced tool for monitoring specific,
real-time gaming trends and preferences. GameSpot Trax
pinpoints trends based on its analysis of the activities
of more than one million daily GameSpot Network visitors,
combined with editorial coverage from 350 online and
offline publications.
In addition to tracking current buzz and trends, GameSpot
Trax provides a window into the future of gaming, by
analyzing gamers' awareness, purchase consideration and
intent way before new products are introduced. With 200
companies actively using the service -- from game
publishers to industry analysts to retailers -- GameSpot
Trax has become the buzz scorecard for the Industry.
Details: According to GameSpot Trax, the five games that
received the most buzz during day two of E3 are:
#1 Metal Gear Acid: The top portable game on the Hot List
during the E3 show returns to number one on the last day.
Metal Gear Acid has been praised by GameSpot editors for
its sharp graphics and models. Publisher: Konami;
Platform: PlayStation Portable
#2: Super Mario 64x4 -- The latest version of Super Mario
64x4 allows the single-player mode of the N64 classic, as
well as new multiplayer mode with three other players.
Publisher: Nintendo; Platform: DS
#3: Half-Life 2: The sequel to one of the best, most
popular action games ever holds at number three on the
GameSpot Trax Hot List. Publisher: Vivendi Universal;
Platform: PC
#4: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas -- One of the most
highly anticipated games at E3, the latest Grand Theft
Auto moves to the number four spot on the last day of the
show. Publisher: Rockstar Games; Platform: PlayStation 2
#5: The Legend of Zelda (working title): Keeping its place
on the E3 Hot List, The Legend of Zelda remained an
attention getter among gamers for the duration of the
show. Publisher: Nintendo; Platform, GameCube
"Portable gaming has been a big focus for gamers here at E3 this year," said Ankarino Lara, director of GameSpot. "The fact that Metal Gear Acid Metal Gear Acid (rendered Metal Gear Ac!d; commonly abbreviated as MGA) is a video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan for the PlayStation Portable handheld game console. and Super Mario Mario (mär`yō), 1810–83, stage name of Giovanni Matteo, Cavaliere di Candia, Italian tenor. An officer of the Piedmontese guard, he went to Paris in 1836 and studied at the Paris Conservatory, making his debut (1838) at the Paris Opera 64x4 took the top two spots on the Hot List today really demonstrates how the competition between these two publishers in portable gaming is heating up. These year's E3 show has been packed with exciting announcements -- GameSpot has posted more than 1,000 movies of the PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. , DS, and the other major platforms on our site, so gamers can log on to see the action for themselves." About GameSpot: GameSpot (www.gamespot.com), which includes GameFAQs GameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey and has been owned by CNET Networks since May 2003. , Game Rankings Game Rankings is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. Similar services include Metacritic (also owned by CNET), GameStats, and Rotten Tomatoes. , GameSpot DLX DLX Deluxe DLX Direct Line Access DLX Deluxe Edition DLX Distribution List for Linux , and now Wireless Gaming Review, is the leading source for game information. GameSpot sites offer free access to tens of thousands of PC and video game reviews from expert editors, news stories, previews of the hottest upcoming games, game downloads, original broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). programming, video streams, strategy guides, and hints. |
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