Today's News:
1) Nintendo announces for a 2nd year in a row they will not be holding a traditional press conference during E3 and instead will hold a special "Nintendo Digital Event" on June 10th. Other announcements included the return of playable E3 demos at Best Buy, a special Super Smash Bros. Invitational to be held at Nokia's L.A. Live Theatre, and Nintendo Treehouse team to stream all the E3 games and Smash Bros tournament live.
http://www.screwattack.com/video/Reg...ences-12835271
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...onference.aspx
2) Update to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Xbox One delay news as it appears only the physical version of the game was delayed while the digital version is currently available on the Xbox Marketplace.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/xbox...g-spider-man-2
3) According to recent survey results from the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) around 59% of all Americans currently play video games with consoles as the main platform (68%). Other survey results included the average gaming age is around 31 years old and women being the bulk of the increases within age groups.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-esa-s...s-273936.phtml
4) Sony Online Entertainment announces they have merged all of their current game subscriptions plan into a new single all-access plan which will cost $14.99 per month and allows access to all games included.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-onli...n-273968.phtml
Another story that might be interesting but only pure speculation at the moment involves several Yotube channels and/or at least one major Youtube gaming network (Yogscast) have started to demand a share of game sales revenue from developers. The basis appears to revolve around them believing they deserve to be compensated better for all the "free press" they have provided for developers and the belief they are more important for public appeal than the actual gaming press.