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03.15.12
Ratchet & Clank Collection Preview (PlayStation 3)

Sony is no stranger to taking its PlayStation 2 classics and remastering them for PlayStation 3 collections, but it’s been a business practice that’s proven worthwhile.  Both of the God of War compilations (Collection and Origins Collection) are outstanding; Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are in a class by themselves; and this year’s Jak and Daxter Collection has been nothing short of marvelous.  Now Insomniac Games gets a turn, even though the company’s moved on to duo-console development, as three of its greatest PS2 efforts are being celebrated in a new collection.  And, yes, it’s Ratchet and Clank.

08.15.11
Gears of War Going 3D...In a Way

Like it or not, 3-D gaming is a trend that's pretty much here to stay, with several new titles supporting the format on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  Epic Games is the latest company to jump on the bandwagon, as they have announced that they will be adding 3-D support to its upcoming Gears of War 3, releasing for Xbox 360 next month.  But it may not be the full 1080p 3-D gaming that you'd expect...

07.08.11
Nintendo’s Wii U Console Includes Stereoscopic 3D Support

When Nintendo launches its first high definition video game console, Wii U, next year, game developers will be able to make stereoscopic 3D games for all three major consoles for the first time. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata confirmed that from a technology standpoint, gamers who connect Wii U to a 3D TV will be able to experience 3D gaming. However, Iwata said 3D gaming is not an area that Nintendo is focusing on in the console space.

05.31.11
Big Games of E3 2011: Could Sony’s Uncharted 3 Do for 3D Games What Avatar Did for Movies?
With Sony’s PlayStation Network back up, the game company is turning its attention to its big E3 press conference. Sony has an excellent line-up of games, but one that stands out from the crowd in the 3D realm is Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The game will be on display at Sony’s E3 booth and should be demonstrated at the press conference in 3D. Jesse Divnich, Vice President of Capital Research for Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR), believes this game could do for 3D gaming what Avatar did for 3D Hollywood movies.
05.10.11
Big Games of 2011: Sega Serves Up 3D Sports Action with Virtua Tennis 4
Sega has served tennis fans the latest iteration in its bestselling Virtua Tennis franchise for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Developed by the team behind the original smash hit, Virtua Tennis 4 will give players control of some of the top tennis talent on the planet in both revamped and brand-new gameplay modes. The developer talks about the new game in this exclusive video interview.
04.24.11
Big Games of 2011: The Big Guns Behind Insomniac Games’ Resistance 3
LOS ANGELES – Insomniac Games offered hands-on gameplay with the stereoscopic 3D version of Resistance 3 at a press event on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Lead designer Drew Murray was on hand to introduce some new weapons like the Bullseye, Auger, Rossmore and Marksman, and formidable Chimeran enemies (including a cloaked sniper) to media from around the globe. Murray talks about the new shooter, which is sure to be one of Sony’s big games of fall 2011, in this exclusive video interview.
04.23.11
Evolution Studios’ Matt Southern Explains How Hollywood Movies Influenced Motorstorm: Apocalypse
LIVERPOOL – Evolution Studios happens to be home to more than just the team that worked on the Motorstorm franchise of games. It also houses the top minds in Sony’s stereoscopic 3D department, where the next generation of 3D game technology is being developed. Matt Southern, game director at Evolution Studios, talks about Motorstorm: apocalypse – the first game designed from the ground up to take advantage of stereoscopic 3D – in this exclusive interview.
04.20.11
Big Games of 2011: Sony Pushes Virtual Reality with Stereo 3D and PlayStation Move SOCOM 4
Sony Computer Entertainment America has released one of its big games of 2011. SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs has been deployed in North America exclusively for PlayStation 3. The newest entry into the award-winning SOCOM franchise from development studio Zipper Interactive takes advantage of the latest PlayStation 3 functionality. With its over-the-top action, high production values, and an authentic military strategy and arsenal, SOCOM 4 delivers squad-based multiplayer alongside a robust single player campaign. Zipper Interactive discusses the launch of the new game in this exclusive video interview.
04.17.11
Canadian Government Goes 3D with New Gaming Initiative
Canada is going 3D. And not just with stereoscopic 3D broadcasts of NHL Stanley Cup Playoff hockey. The building blocks for the next generation of stereoscopic 3D gaming are being put in place in Canada through a series of government funding. The Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s (OMDC) Entertainment, and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund along with support from Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE) are providing over a half million dollars (Canadian) to launch Interactive Gaming Ontario 3D (iGO3D).
03.29.11
Hollywood Composer Michael Bross Scores Insomniac Games’ Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
Insomniac Games has enlisted Hollywood composer Michael Bross to craft the soundtrack to one of Sony’s big PlayStation 3 games of 2011-- Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One. Over four hours of original music will be featured in the stereoscopic 3D sequel, which introduces cooperative gameplay to the franchise. Bross, who has worked on films like The Black Dahlia and Ripper, was hired to bring a fresh perspective to the series while respecting the direction the franchise has taken with past titles.
03.01.11
GDC 2011: 3DVIA Turns the Virtual World into a Stereoscopic 3D Experience
SAN FRANCISCO, California --Dessault Systèmes used GDC 2011 to demonstrate that users of 3DVIA Scenes, a free online 3D publishing application, can share their creations in fully immersive stereoscopic 3D. With this update, over 230,000 3DVIA.com content creators can interact inside their applications online or through PC-connected TVs using anaglyph (red/blue), side-by-side, line-by-line or checkerboard-capable 3D glasses. 
02.15.11
EA Sports Tackles 3D Gaming with Madden NFL Football for Nintendo 3DS
RALEIGH, North Carolina – Although Super Bowl XLV is over and the Green Bay Packers are world champions, it’s never too early to get ready for some football. Electronic Arts’ North Carolina studio has finished its first Nintendo 3DS game, and the first EA Sports game for the new glasses-free 3D gaming portable.
01.08.11
CES 2011: Adobe Flash Goes Stereoscopic 3D with Rightware and Animated Media
Rightware, the leader in 3D user interface (UI) technology, and Animated Media Inc. (AMI), a technology company focused on creating Adobe Flash-compatible multimedia software products, announced a partnership that provides their customers with the best of both 3D and 2D UI development and design tools. Rightware’s Kanzi UI Solution provides rapid creation of visually rich 3D UIs with a high performance engine for embedded systems. The Kanzi UI Solution also supports stereoscopic 3D, multi-touch, gestures and physics, and porting to any smart platform that supports OpenGL ES 1.x or 2.0 is an easy and straightforward process.
04.28.10
Move Over Nintendo 3DS, Master Image Shows Off Auto-Stereoscopic 3D on Cell Phone

LOS ANGELES – Beating Nintendo and its upcoming Nintendo 3DS to the punch, Los Angeles-based Master Image, the second largest 3D digital cinema technology company, showed off its auto-stereoscopic 3D technology at the 3D Gaming Summit on a Hitachi Wooo mobile phone. The phone has been shipping in Japan and has already become the number one mobile phone there with a few hundred thousand devices sold since its introduction. Master Image’s auto-stereoscopic technology allows users to see 3D without the use of the typical 3D polarized or anaglyph red and blue glasses. The device will play movies and games in 3D.

03.23.10
Nintendo Goes Stereoscopic 3D with Launch of Nintendo 3DS Portable

Nintendo of Japan has surprised the videogame industry by announcing a brand new portable gaming device, the Nintendo 3DS (working title), which will allow gamers to play stereoscopic 3D games without wearing 3D glasses. The new gaming system will debut at the E3 show in Los Angeles June 15th and will ship in Japan during Nintendo’s next fiscal year, which ends March 2011.

03.11.10
GDC 2010: Epic's Unreal Engine 3 Goes Stereoscopic 3D

SAN FRANCISCO -- NVIDIA and Epic Games announced the addition of NVIDIA 3D Vision technology support to Unreal Engine 3. Today’s announcement means that licensees of the world’s most successful game engine will be able to take full advantage of integrated 3D Vision technology support and offer an unprecedented level of immersion in their upcoming games.  Epic’s popular Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free version of Unreal Engine 3, will also benefit from the addition of 3D Vision support, bringing a theater-quality 3D development platform to the more than 200,000 current users worldwide.

03.01.10
Crytek to Showcase Stereoscopic 3D Game Technology at GDC 2010

Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is proud to announce the presentation of CryENGINE3 in stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) at this year’s GDC expo in San Francisco (11–13 March). For the very first time, developers can experience the highly topical S-3D trend built with Crytek’s latest development solution.

01.29.10
Ubisoft Adds RealD to James Cameron's Avatar: The Game

RealD, the world's leading 3D technology provider for cinema and professional applications, announced that Ubisoft, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing), has licensed and integrated the company's proprietary stereoscopic RealD Format into James Cameron's Avatar: The Game.  The RealD Format allows for a seamless direct connection between Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and 3D-enabled TVs with integrated RealD technology for an unsurpassed 3D gaming experience.