For
its other main announcements, Nintendo leant on a number of familiar characters and franchises in the form of Yoshi (working title) and Kirby (working title), as well as two Metroid games.
Not exact matches
The
main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines
announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the
other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).
There's a little more breadth and diversity to what Sony themselves are offering over the next six months, with Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Knack 2, Everybody's Golf and GT Sport due to arrive this year — oddly, only Uncharted got to take to the
main stage, the
others being relegated to trailers and release date
announcements during the pre-show.
As for # 2: The exact date will probably always be a mystery, but the
main factors are: - the historical pattern of earnings call dates (and
announcements of those dates) which you can look up for any given company - when the company's quarter ends - potentially some influence in how long it takes the company to close out their books for the quarter (some types of businesses would be faster than
others)- any special considerations for this particular quarter that affect reporting ability
The only thing significant to me about this
announcement is that it is still coming out this year for the PS3... I don't care about the 360 version at all if it won't have user generated content... that is the
main factor that has kept this, and several
other, PC shooters alive over the years... And it is extremely funny that TheMart hasn't really been around much since E3 started... I un-ignored his ass, as well as several
other of the usual fanboys, just to see what they would say for all this news... I didn't know which way the week would go... It just so happened that the way KZ2 and several
other announcements worked... it seems some of the MS fanboys have some explaining to do... as apposed to the normal routine of PS3 games not looking good, and Sony fanboys still digging holes for themselves...
The
main focus at the State Department conference today was President Obama's
announcement of a new set of marine protected ocean areas by the United States and more than 20
other nations.
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL Android flagships are expected to be the
main focus of the happening but Google is also said to be preparing an
announcement of a new first - party Chromebook in the form of the Pixelbook and possibly some
other offerings.