Archive for May 13th, 2008
May 13, 2008
Conspiracy Entertainment announced today that it has entered into a publishing agreement with Epicenter Studios, developer of Real Heroes: Firefighters (\”Real Heroes\”), the fire-fighting action game exclusively designed for the Nintendo Wii. According to the agreement, Conspiracy has the rights to market, sell and distribute Real Heroes in the US, Canada, Mexico and South America. Conspiracy expects to begin distribution in the 2nd Quarter of 2009.
May 13, 2008
It seems as though some people want the ultimate Wii Fit experience and have been snapping up Wii Fit incense and water sports bottle. Some have been suprised to find the items sold out especially when you consider that the incense costs 2000 Stars Points.
May 13, 2008
Activision today announced \”Pitfall: The Big Adventure\” for Wii is in development at Edge of Reality and will hit shelves this Fall. The game will feature over 60 levels and will of course use the Wii\’s motion sensing controls.
May 13, 2008
Hideo Kojima has said that recent comments printed in EDGE magazine stating he wasn\’t pleased with MGS 4 and the PS3 were taken out of context. The Edge article stated that he was disappointed with the graphics in Metal Gear Solid 4 and the limitations of the PS3\’s CPU. Kojima says because he is Japanese, he was just trying to be modest and he doesn\’t want to brag about the game or himself.
May 13, 2008
Sony Australia have said that a Microsoft press release that claimed the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV beat the PS3 version is completely wrong as they failed to take into account the 5000 GTA PS3 bundles that were sold in that week. Sony also say that at EB, the PS3 SKU outsold the Xbox 360 SKU.
May 13, 2008
PlayStation Home’s creative Director has said that in July they will be expanding the closed beta phase and allowing more people to gradually join it. They also again confirmed that the Open Beta would start in Novermber of this year.
May 13, 2008
The Official PlayStation UK Magazine has reviewed MGS 4 and given it 10/10. They say that the game shifts gears constantly, innovating again and again. There doesn\’t seem to be anything they dislike about the game, only that they can\’t give us any secret spoilers.
May 13, 2008
The official site of Dark Alex now has PS3 section logo under the familiar PSP section logo. Many are now hoping that we could one day see a custom firmware on the PS3. (Thanks to Xenogears V and misthero) Discuss: here
May 13, 2008
A video available on the PS Store called “What You Need” clearly shows a listing of TV channels. The channels shown that can be made out from the video include HBO, NBC, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, CBS, and MTV.
May 13, 2008
Rare have said that wee should not judge Banjo Kazooie 3 based on a few screens and that we should all \”wait until tomorrow because you\’ve not seen the half of it, and we have much more to tell you than what you\’ve seen.\” Hopefully Rare are talking about the rumored 360 motion controller that has been geared specifically for Banjo Kazooie 3 gameplay.
May 13, 2008
The Official PlayStation UK Magazine has printed a couple of juicy rumors. Uncharted 2 will apparently be set in the Jungles & temples in India. Also, Capcom is indeed working on a game called SpyBorgs, Capcom recently trademarked SpyBorgs and the domain spyborgs.com. Other rumors include: a Cloverfield game and Darkness sequel are in development and that there will be an Assassin\’s Creed movie.
May 13, 2008
Assault Heroes 2 will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, 14th May at 09.00 for 800 MS points. In the sequel, players can experience the full fury of war outside of the safety of their vehicle with even more intense on-foot gameplay, where increased firepower and the new “dodge roll” feature are necessary to survive. Players can choose to fight alone or battle with a friend using the enhanced two-player cooperative mode.
May 13, 2008
According to The Taiwan Economic News, the first 65 nm GPUs for Xbox 360 are leaving production lines. Xbox 360\’s using the 65 nm technology are expected to ship this August. Also there are rumors that a \”mid-cycle refresh of the Xbox 360\” should come in the fall of 2009. The Xbox 540, as it is being called, will use the Valhalla chip. The Vahalla chip is believed to be of a \”system-on-a-chip design\” allowing the console to fit into a slim case.
May 13, 2008
In a few weeks the railway adventure game, Ticket to Ride, will be released on XBLA. Based on the internationally renowned board game, Ticket to Ride challenges players to plan cross-country rail routes across North America and visit all the city stops in-between. Ticket to Ride will support play with up to five people on Xbox Live or four people on the same console and supports the Xbox LIVE Arcade Vision Camera for hours of family-friendly fun.
May 13, 2008
Last week, Activision announced that its best-selling Tony Hawk franchise is being redesigned from the ground up. Though the publisher did not say so explicitly, a big reason for the reboot was that the venerable series lost ground last year to a brand-new skateboarding game, Electronic Arts’ Skate. Skate outsold Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground both on the Xbox 360 (458,000 to 160,100 units to date) and PlayStation 3 (127,600 to 67,100 units to date). However, the latter game still won out overall (770,100 to 585,800 units), thanks to being on three more platforms: the PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and Wii.
Now, with Tony Hawk sitting out 2008 on all platforms but the DS, EA is looking to expand the Skate franchise by launching it onto two more platforms. Following weeks of rumors, EA finally confirmed that it is prepping Skate It, a new entry in the series “exclusively for the Wii and Nintendo DS.”
Skate It will take the original Skate’s twin-analog-stick control scheme and adapt it to the two new devices. The DS edition will use the stylus to “string together” tricks, whereas the Wii edition will turn the Wii Remote into a virtual skateboard responsive to real-world motions. In addition, the Wii version will also incorporate the Wii Balance Board that will be released with Wii Fit next week.
Skate It has not yet been rated or priced, and EA has given only a wide-open release window of “coming in 2008.”