Archive for April, 2008
Ubisoft show Tom Clancy’s HAWX for the first time
Ubisoft are famous for their massive Tom Clancy series. They have secured the rights to all of the Tom Clancy properties and they are already showing us what they have in the pipe line for aerial combat lovers.
If your a PS3 owner and want to play some Ace Combat (which will probably come out for [...]
new details on Resistance 2
Ted Price, head of Insomniac speaks about PS3’s upcoming sequel, Resistance 2 in Sydney, Australia.
Ted Price started things off by saying that there was a “lack of unification” between the single and multiplayer modes in the first Resistance, Fall of Man. Resistance 2 will have a far more unified design in both gameplay terms and aesthetics, settings and [...]
No Playstation Store update this week
If you haven’t noticed yet, there was no and is no Playstation Store update. The Store is still open for business but no new content. The official Playstation Blog has released some new screenshots of the new revamped design.
Grace Chen, Senior Manager, PLAYSTATION Store says:
Just a reminder that there’s no PLAYSTATION Store update today, but [...]
Gran Turismo PSP is set for 2009
Wondering if Gran Turismo will make it for the PSP? Wonder no further. Gran Turismo PSP is set to be released sometime in 2009. Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi told VideoGamer.com yesterday that the real driving simulator will arrive on the Playstation Portable.
Yamauchi states:
“We’re hoping to have it out by next year, during next year,” [...]
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to feature car damage
IGN has stated that GT5 Prologue is to feature damage to cars as early as this Autumn. Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed that Prologue will finally implement damage for the first time in the racing series as a downloadable upgrade.
Yamauchi goes on to say:
maybe by Fall we’ll be able to implement it
IGN will have a full [...]
Various Haze gameplay videos/footage
Gametrailers.com have released some new gameplay videos for the upcoming PS3 exclusive shooter, Haze. Do you think the game will feel like Halo or Gears of War? Judging by these videos, it does. The below videos make Haze look really good and is currently on my pre-order list.
Take a look at the videos:
Haze Co-Op Fusebox Gameplay
Haze [...]
Console Sale Figures week ending 29/03/2008
With the release of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue in Europe, has PS3 hardware sales increased? Let’s take a look.
For the week ending 29/03/2008 the sale figures according to VGChartz.com looked like this:-
The overall console sale figures now look like this:-
Consoles
Wii
5.71M Japan
10.09M America
7.46M Others
Xbox 360
0.60M Japan
11.38M America
6.01M Others
Playstation 3
2.04M Japan
4.47M America
4.92M Others
Playstation 3 sales have increased [...]
GTAIV passes BBFC ratings without cuts
Rockstar has had trouble in the past with the British Board of Film Classification’s. Games such as Manhunt 2 has been banned by the BBFC in the past and failed to make a release.
Grand Theft Auto IV has passed BBFC ratings with any cuts and got an 18-rating for strong violence, very strong language, and [...]
Home beta coming soon for the public
Playstation Network senior director, Susan Panico states in the latest Playstation offical magazine:
We’ll be opening up the Home Beta to the public very soon and hope to see you there.
i just got the may issue and the last page has an article from susan panico senior director of the playstation network. At the end of [...]
New Playstation Store won’t be region locked
The new Playstation Store won’t be region locked according to Sony. There will be no changes in the way the store operates, just a revamped design, faster load times and a new interface. So if you have multiple master accounts to access region specific stores to download content that’s not available on your own store, you [...]
New Metal Gear Solid 4 screenshots
I found some new MGS4 screenshots worth showing to you. While the quality aren’t great when enlarged but worth a gander if your looking for new screenshots for this stealth game.
Here they are(click to enlarge):
These screenshots are from jeuxvideo.fr. There is some new information on the game but it’s in French. Here’s some translation:
all cutscenes are [...]
Warhawk Update v1.3 is now available
Earlier today i mentioned that the Warhawk servers will be down but you will be able to download the update. Well, the servers have now gone down and when you try to play Warhawk you will be prompted to download the new Warhawk 1.3 update. Once you have downloaded the 1.3 update, you will be [...]
Warhawk v1.3 Patch Release details and server info
Another Warhawk patch is on the way, 1.3. The patch is going live during a scheduled maintenance on April 2nd 10:00 GMT that will last until around 16:00 GMT.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Servers will be down for roll-out of the Warhawk™ v1.3 client-side patch and a concurrent server-side update. Servers will be unavailable Wednesday, April 2nd, between 3AM and 9AM Pacific [...]
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sells 1 million in just 6 days
Capcom recently told the gaming industry that Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sold 1 million units in the first 6 days of release. On the first day of release, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sold a cool 670,000 units and has become the fastest selling game in the series.
Making it the fastest selling game in the series, [...]
Assassin’s Creed meets Metal Gear Solid 4 in Assassin’s Solid
This is one hell of a good video of in-game footage from Metal Gear Solid 4… but wait… isn’t that Altair from Assassin’s Creed? Watch the video and see for your self:
Funny isn’t it. I think Altair’s costume will be unlockable in Metal Gear Solid 4. It’s a funny April Fools joke from Konami and [...]
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