Archive for April, 2008

Canadian prices to drop on PS Store

SCEA has announced that they will drop the prices for Canadians this Thursday the 1st of May.
“We are continually looking for ways to enhance the player experience on the PLAYSTATION®Network, and downloadable content through the PLAYSTATION Store is just one of our areas of focus,” said Grace Chen, Senior Manager for the PLAYSTATION Store. “We [...]


Wardevil PS3 video trailer

IGN have posted a video of Wardevil. Its not much but it is something to look at. Lets hope they show us some gameplay footage at the Playstation event next week on the 6th of May. Wardevil has a lot of potential and could be a massive game is the gameplay lives up to how good the graphics [...]


4 New Haze videos

Gametrailers.com have posted 4 new Haze videos. Haze is a Playstation 3 exclusive and will be available on the 20th of May in America and 23rd of May in Europe.
Join Mantel Corp. HD
“Join us, and fight the good fight with the finest weapons ever made.”

Expose the Truth HD
“Fight the lies and expose the truth.”

The Good [...]


Crytek games to appear on PS3 + other platform?

PC Play magazine has an English version with Cevat Yerli, the president of Crytek, known for developing the PC shooter, Crysis. One of the questions in the interview is the state of the PC gaming industry.
Yerli’s response was this:
“It is certainly. We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem [...]


2 new Far Cry 2 screenshots

The Official Ubisoft Blog has posted two new screenshots from their upcoming shooter Far Cry 2.
“We’ve made some leaps and bounds recently, so we wanted to take the opportunity to share a bit of the goodness with you. For you, we’ve taken a couple of shots in the game to show you the lighting that [...]


PSP might get Star Ocean remakes

Gamefly, an online retailer has listed two Star Ocean titles “Star Ocean: First Departure” and “Star Ocean: Second Evolution”. On the Gamefly’s website both titles are listed for a September the 30th release.
“Out of the blue Gamefly is listing both games with a placeholder September 30th release date. We’re probably not getting both PSP Star [...]


OXM: Star Ocean 4 is PS3 exclusive

The Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) features an interview with the Infinite Undiscovery director, Hiroshi Ogawa. There were a few questions asked but near the end there was one question that got answered…
“Infinite Undiscovery aside: what tri-Ace game is your favorite? What RPGs, outside of tri-Ace’s, did you really like?”
Ogawa replied with:
“Star Ocean 4 [tri-Ace’s upcoming PS3 RPG] [...]


Metal Gear Online is free, no need to pay

The new Metal Gear Online content is available to download, so you will be prompted to update your MGO. A lot of people have been worried about the last step of the Konami ID which says something about payment. The Official Playstation Blog has told everyone not to worry about this, you don’t need to [...]


2 new Saints Row 2 trailers

Gametrailers.com have posted two new trailers for Saints Row 2.
The Police: Protect and Serve
“The police are like the paparazzi - you can’t have a little fun without them showing up.”

Combat: Heavy Weapons
“There’s nothing more fun than shooting an enemy out of the sky and watching them spiral to earth.”

Saints Row 2 is due to be [...]


Screenshots of new Prince of Persia

Here are new screenshots of Prince of Persia. I found them on THIS site but it seems to be offline. I managed to grab the screenshots and realised the site is offline so made a new post with the screenshots so everyone can see. The screenshots are in french.
The new Prince of Persia is looking [...]


What would you do if a postman stole GTA IV?

3 members of UPS staff have been fired for stealing copies of Grand Theft Auto IV. Sources say the staff stole a copy for personal use.
“When we have a [big name release], we communicate it to operations and security teams. We have security in place at the facilities, and we make sure they understand to [...]


Tom Clancy’s Hawx Preview

The Official Playstation Magazine featured a Tom Clancy’s Hawx preview, Ubisoft’s attempt at creating an Ace Combat competitor.

There is some sort of drifting involved in Hawx, and drifting is the jet term for handbrake turns. So what does this mean? It means that you can skid the plane through the air, point it in the [...]


Eight Days now in full production

We spoke about what happened to Eight Days a few weeks ago and couldn’t really find any information on the game. Well now news has just come in that Eight Days is now in full production!
“A team of 63 is currently working on the game, which is expected to increase to around 120″
According to videogamer the Sony [...]


Prototype Deceive or Destroy Gameplay Video

Prototype an upcoming sandbox-style action game due to be released by the end of 2008, developed by Radical Entertainment. This game in one word looks amazing, you pretty much look invincible as you have superhuman speed, strength, and durability. Apparently there will be 750 “unique combinations” of powers to play with. Prototype is due to [...]


New Metal Gear Online content added

Metal Gear Online Beta has been updated to include a new map called Midtown Maelstrom. Midtown Maelstrom is basically Mercenaries vs Snake. If there are more than 12 players on the server one of them becomes Snake’s MKII. The person who is Snake is equiped with magazines, drumcan, octo camouflage, solid eye, scanning stick and [...]