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Nintendo 3DS coming soon

The Nintendo 3DS is an upcoming portable game console by Nintendo, which can produce "3D effects without the need for any special glasses", a process called autostereoscopy.Scheduled to launch in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, the portable will succeed the Nintendo DS series of handhelds,which primarily shares the handheld console market with Sony's PSP (PlayStation Portable). The Nintendo 3DS will feature backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software.

Announcing the device on March 23, 2010, Nintendo officially unveiled the device at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)on June 15,with the company inviting attendees to play with the console. According to industry analysts, the timing of Nintendo's original announcement, which had drawn attention away from the launch of the company's still-new Nintendo DSi XL handheld, was likely intended to preempt impending news leaksabout the product by the Japanese press. The official release date for Japan was announced in a press conference on September 29th. It will be released in Japan on February 26th, 2011 for 25,000 yen. The system will be available in either Aqua Blue or Cosmo Black.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops in 3-D

As if the gun-toting action in “Call of Duty: Black Ops” wasn’t expected to feel real enough in high definition, Activision Blizzard Inc. announced Tuesday that the latest entry in its successful first-person-shooter video game franchise would be released in 3-D, yet another addition to the 3-D revolution’s growing arsenal.

Mark Lamia, studio head at developer Treyarch, said “Black Ops” would be available in 3-D as an option for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC editions of the game when it is released Nov. 9. He said the game would be the same if played in 2-D or 3-D and that no content was created especially for the 3-D version, though it looks much more immersive.

“When you’re looking at the game in 3-D, the space you’re looking at feels real,” said Lamia. “When I’ve got a weapon, and I’m painting a red dot on an enemy target, I’m painting a red dot on an enemy target. When I’m aiming down the sights, I’m aiming down the sights. When someone’s down the corridor, it feels like somebody’s down that corridor — for real.”
“Black Ops,” the seventh installment in the “Call of Duty” shoot-’em-up saga, will take aim at the Cold War, thrusting players into a time-hopping adventure that involves military cover-ups and shoot-outs in locales such as Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cuba and Russia. The game will also include extensive online multiplayer and cooperative “zombie” modes.
“We haven’t actually changed any art in the game as a result of 3-D,” Lamia said. “It’s the same high-quality, high-fidelity art in both experiences. It’s all engineering that’s gone into that. I think people are going to be shocked when they see it because they’re going to think that we crafted art or experiences for 3-D because it looks so good in 3-D.”
The gaming medium is well suited to be displayed in 3-D because most modern games are already created in three virtual dimensions, unlike many films and TV shows that must either be film

ed with special cameras or converted to 3-D. At this early stage, however, many gamers have yet to adopt the in-your-face technology because it requires a 3-D TV and glasses.

Only a handful of games, such as Ubisoft’s “Avatar: The Game” and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s “Batman: Arkham Asylum,” are available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in 3-D, while hundreds of games, including Electronic Arts’ “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” and Capcom’s “Resident Evil 5,” can be played on a PC in 3-D with the right equipment.

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