DICE: Cell Processor is very powerful
It looks like the developers over at DICE are very happy with the Playstation 3’s hardware capabilities. Yesterday we posted about how DICE told PSU that the PS3 has not reached it’s limit and won’t reach it’s limit until the 10 year cycle Sony has put the machine on.
With that said, Sean Decker, DICE General Manager had a presentation this week and commented even further regarding the Playstation 3’s hardware. DICE, the people behind the upcoming first person shooter, Mirror’s Edge said that the Cell Processor has allowed the team to push the resolution of our textures much higher.
“thanks to the incredible processing power of the PS3″
Speaking with Videogamer.com, Decker said:
“The great thing about it is that there’s a lot of little things like, Faith there when she’s walking like this (points to Mirror’s Edge trailer showing Faith tightrope-walking across a beam), Sixaxis controls, super easy to implement and say, OK well just balance it and then you’ve got it there, as opposed to teaching a player to say, oh let’s push this button or that button.”
“The other thing is the Cell really allows us to push the resolution of our textures much higher and we’ve taken full advantage of that as well. So there’s a lot of little quirks to it that we really like and our engineers love as well as our designers,”
As mentioned before lets look at the Playstation 3 games now and then lets have another look in a year or two. i’m sure the more time the developer spends with the PS3 the better games will look.
Take a look at the Killzone 2 comparison to see why spending more time achieves results.
Source: VideoGamer.
GRID Gameplay Debut Video
For all you racing fans, here is something to look at, check out GRID. I downloaded the GRID demo from the Playstation Store and it’s pretty good, it’s kinda hard after playing Grand Turismo 5 Prologue because GRID is fast and handles different.
If you haven’t done so yet download the GRID demo from the Playstation Store and give it a try.
Check out the GRID screenshots we posted.
PS3 Theme: Blu-Ray
This is a Playstation 3 theme called Blu-Ray Theme and the Author of this theme is Evlyti.
If you don’t know how to install a theme on to your Playstation 3, click here for a step-by-step guide on how to install a Playstation 3 theme.
Click here to download PS3 theme.
I’ve just tried this theme and i like it a lot, looks wicked with nice icons and a good blue background to represent the Blu-Ray media.
Provided by: psu.
Socom Confrontation gameplay video
I downloaded a video of Socom Confrontation from http://www.hardgame2.com and submitted it to YouTube because you can’t stream it from their website. Confrontation looks very smooth, fluid and action packed. We have been posting a lot of Confrontation coverage recently because we believe this game deserves to be in every PS3. Take a look at the Socom Confrontation screenshots we posted yesterday.
Socom Confrontation gameplay video:
Peter Moore absolutely loves the PlayStation
Ex Microsoft employee Peter Moore has told PSU that he absolutely loves the PlayStation. When Moore made a move to Electronic Arts many feared that the Playstation 3 will receive bad quality games or should i say inferior games to that seen on the Xbox 360. I mean look at The Orange Box, it’s not the best optimised PS3 game.
The end result of that conspiracy may have looked evident after The Orange Box debacle, but has never truly been further from the truth as Moore has told us personally “I absolutely love the PlayStation.”
So now the Playstation fans don’t have to worry about any future EA ports, or releases under Moore because he loves us…. apparently.
My own opinion is that it was probably harder to port The Orange Box on the PS3 than the 360 but i can assure you that we will see much better ports in the future from EA when they get to grips with the PS3 if they haven’t done so already.
Metal Gear Retrospective Part One
Gametrailers.com have released their first video in the Metal Gear Retrospective series. In this video you will witness the very first Metal Gear game, Snake’s Revenge and MG2: Solid Snake. We illustrated how Metal Gear has changed over the years, take a look at it.
The video is very good, brings back memories of retro gaming!
Killzone 2 E3 2005 vs Playstation Day 2008
After browsing the Gametrailers.com forum i found a decent image that shows Killzone 2 from E3 2005 against Killzone 2 from Playstation Day 2008. The results are shockingly amazing, this is very, very close.
Take a look at the image:
If you take a good close look at the comparison you can see that Killzone 2 2008 has the clearer picture with far better colours and lighting effects. It just has an overall slicker look. I know what your going to say now… the E3 2005 looks better in motion…
Ok, maybe it does, because CG is meant to look better than actual engine video. Take a look at this comparison video where it compares Killzone 2 from E3 2005 against Killzone 2 from E3 2007. Please note that the video from E3 2007 is running in real time on the PS3.
The comparison is very close, you would need a magnifying glass to see any real difference.
Your thoughts?
Skies of Arcadia 2 rumors
Remember the role playing game Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast? The people over at SEGA ON, a fairly reliable Sega blog think a sequel is almost definite and will be revealed at this years Tokyo Games Show.
I’ve looked further into this rumor and n-europe say that this sega blog has got things correct in the past such as Sonic Unleashed rumors. Don’t get your hopes up though, nothingis confirmed as of yet. We will soon find out for sure though.
10 new Socom Confrontation screenshots
Socom Confrontation new Screenshot 08Here are 10 new screenshots of Socom Confrontation. I’ve been posting a lot of screenshots for this game because i think it deserves to be shown. Socom Confrontation looks brilliant, in fact i can’t wait to get my hands on this game, the maps look big and detailed with plenty of ways to go, you can see exactly what i mean by looking at these screenshots.
Check out some previous Socom Confrontation screenshots.
Check out Socom Confrontation gameplay video.
PS3 not reached it’s limit says DICE
Speaking with VideoGamer.com, Battlefield developer DICE believes that developers haven’t took the Playstation 3 to it’s limits yet. General manager of DICE Studio said that developers won’t push the system to it’s limits until the end of it’s life cycle.
“Oh no. I’ve been around for two different console cycles now, this is my third one, and it’s always the case that the first several years everybody’s exploring the bounds of it, and it’s not until several years down the road that you’re able to squeeze every drop out of it.”
“Look at games like God of War. On the PS2 it looks brilliant. Try and do that game at the beginning of the PS2, wow, you would have such a hard time doing that. And the same thing’s going to be true for this as well. Over the next several years on all the major platforms you’re going to see all the developers squeezing every little bit out of it. It’s going to be a while before you really push it to the edge.”
i have to admit God of War does look fantastic on the Playstation 2 and games that came out on the PS2 from launch don’t look anywhere near as good as what they can achieve with it now.
I can see the same thing happening for the Playstation 3, games in a few years time will look awesome.
Source: VideoGamer.com.