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Batch of projects from premium publishers; 'Monkey Island' mastermind returns
LEAP INTO THE VOID: In May, video gamers usually turn their attention toward Los Angeles, site of the industry's biggest annual trade show. But this year, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has been downsized and moved to July and those of us who have gotten used to a pre-Memorial Day trip to California are left twiddling our thumbs.
To fill the void, a number of high-profile publishers have been holding events around the world to hype forthcoming games. Microsoft, for example, gave journalists in several cities the chance to play the long-awaited "Halo 3." Square Enix held a party in Tokyo to introduce a pile of new "Final Fantasy" spinoffs as well as thank heavens an entirely new role-playing title, "The Last Remnant."
BEST. GAME. EVER? Electronic Arts, the biggest independent game publisher in the world, led its summer preview with a glimpse at "The Simpsons," its first crack at a game featuring America's favorite family. Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa will all be playable characters in an adventure that finds them trapped in video-game parodies like "Grand Theft Scratchy" and "Medal of Homer."
EA also showed off some new "Sims" titles designed for Nintendo's Wii and DS, but the company's biggest news was bad news. Will Wright's "Spore" one of the most ambitious and eagerly anticipated games ever has been delayed until 2008. The news caused EA's stock prices to skid, but the company deserves credit for not forcing "Spore" out the door before its time.
LUCKY PENNY: Old-school gamers remember Ron Gilbert: He was the designer of a series of late '80s PC classics, including "Maniac Mansion" and "The Secret of Monkey Island." For much of the last 15 years he's been working on kids' software, but he's finally returning to entertain grown-ups again.
The project is "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness," based on the popular Web comic. "I have always found their comic so funny and biting," said Gilbert. "When I first heard they were making a game ... I knew immediately I wanted to be involved."
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