Sony is holding its pre-TGS 2011 press conference right now from Japan. This press conference is focusing on the PlayStation Vita. It has just been revealed that the PlayStation Vita will be available in Japan on December 17, 2011. The prices for the Wi-Fi and 3G models for the Vita haven’t changed. Sony is only talking about the Japanese release for the Vita. Dates for North America and Europe are still unknown.

On September 13, 2011, Nintendo will be holding a press conference from Tokyo, Japan. The event will also be streamed to the internet on Ustream. We expect Nintendo to talk about some upcoming 3DS games. What’s particularly interesting about this event is that it’s being billed as a “Nintendo 3DS new product announcement conference.”

Videogames could prevent someone from doing hard time. Conversely, they can also be used to sink someones alibi. This is what a security consultant named Brandon Nesbit is going to talk about during the DEFCON security conference on August 1, 2010. Nesbit will be explaining how consoles such as the PS3 and the PC can be used to help investigators who are looking to close a case.

The increasingly busy lives of gamers has never been more apparent than now. We find ourselves playing games in shorter bursts than we used to. Sure we’ll always make time to spend 100 hours in a single game, but we need something different inbetween. This is why mobile gaming has gotten so popular. They’re easy to download, cheap to buy and only take up a fraction of our time. Products such as the iPhone and iPad have shown that traditional handheld consoles are entering a highly competitive market. It’s believed that mobile platforms will eventually overtake consoles in every department including graphics.

For those who wanted to attend the E3 conference center in person can now visit the center virtually on Home to see the latest updates and interviews, watch trailers for upcoming games and snag all the exclusive freebies from outfits to furniture by simply watching the trailers and visiting the VIP area every day.

The next space to make its way to Home soon is the upcoming Playground featuring a street in downtown Brooklyn, New York. There’s also a space dedicated to the 2010 Fifa World Cup called FevaArena Stadium and two new Disgaea 3 Spaces. Also look for a big ol’ list of stuff to buy to pamper your avatar…

Not many attendees were impressed with this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). During an interview held Thursday, (July 17, 2008) Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s senior managing director and general manager of entertainment analysis and the development division, told MSNBC that even though many fans of long running Nintendo franchise games such as Mario, Zelda or even StarFox were upset he felt that E3 was no longer a place for those types of game.

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The 1up network has just announced the lineup of speakers for the 11th annual Electronic Gaming Summit, to be held May 19-21, 2008 in Napa, California. The event is oriented towards executives and industry leaders, with a focus on networking and sharing ideas about the business and culture of videogames.

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During the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention held September 14, 2007, Electronic Arts’ chief executive officer, John Riccitiello, stood up for the gaming industry after ITV’s executive chairman, Michael Grade, attacked the industry calling it a “moral vacuum.”

“Those acts of violence [shown in games] exist in a moral vacuum, whereas in films and television, it is set in a moral context, with real consequences, such as pain,” argued Grade.

Riccitiello, who attended the conference as a guest speaker, returned the volley by claiming that…

Women in Games International announced the details of their next conference “She Got Game.” The conference, taking place September 8, 2007, in Austin, TX, will focus on industry trends to diversify the talent pool of gaming and how it will impact the future of gaming.

One of the main keynote speakers for this conference is Dona C. Bailey, the creator of popular 80′s videogame Centipede and one of the few female game programmers of that time in the game industry. Bailey, currently a professor at the University of Arkansas, will be discussing how women can…