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A Killzone 2 fact sheet has been release. The fact sheet goes into great detail regarding the story line, key features including  highly atmospheric environments and Killzone 2’s unique visual style. The list goes on, click through to read the full press release.

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There will be a Warhawk update that will happen on the 20th of May, between 10AM and 12PM Pacific (1PM-7PM Eastern, 17:00-23:00 GMT).

The developers have been listening to the Warhawk community and acting upon feedback received by you.

The list of changes are as follow:-

• By popular demand, playlists which include the largest layouts now include only the largest layouts. They will no longer occasionally rotate into medium layouts.
• By popular demand, respawn times have been set to 3 seconds.
• By popular demand, Broken Mirror servers now offer dedicated CTF and ZNS games in place of the mixed playlists.
• Dogfight servers were added back to the list. They were inadvertently omitted before.
• All games’ time limits were reduced to 15 minutes, and ZNS score limit was reduced to 5000, to combat complaints of prolonged base camping.
• “NEWBIE” servers were changed to “Rookie” to bring the nomenclature in line with upcoming changes in v1.4.
• “Pro” servers were changed to “Expert” to more obviously indicate a skill level rather than a player type. Some players incorrectly identified “Pro” servers as tournament games, a la MLG or GGL.
• “Casual” servers are essentially the same as before, but the “Casual” designator has been dropped. We now refer to these internally as just “standard” servers, and they are listed without any special identifier.
• The rank cap on Rookie servers was increased to Wingman, since players were getting kicked out of these servers too quickly and finding themselves unprepared to play on standard servers.
• A rank cap was imposed on standard servers at Command Marshall. This is rank 15/19 so it should not affect a lot of players. The intention is to pull some of the most elite players out into their own category, somewhat narrowing the rank gap on these servers.
• Many Omega Dawn exclusive servers were removed due to lack of use.

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How good does Ghostbusters the game look? I’ll tell you, it looks brilliant although i’m a bit grown out of Ghostbusters but loved it when i was young. Ghostbusters should be released this fall and promises to replicate that seen in the movies. The graphics looks great and the gameplay looks fun. Be sure to check out this video.

Ghostbusters gameplay video

Did you know that DirectX 10 graphics are possible for consoles such as the Playstation 3?

Petter Sydow, VP of Development at Massive Entertainment, the team behind real time strategy World In Conflict spoke with VideoGamer.com and said that the team has managed to replicate some of the DirectX 10 effects seen in the PC version of World In Conflict.

Sydow mentioned:

“At this point we’ve managed to replicate some of the effects, but I don’t know what features will make it into the final release. Nearly all of our DX 10 features are possible to do on the consoles if you give it enough time and resources, so we’ll keep on working on them and see what happens.”

We will have to wait and see for some gameplay footage of World in Conflict on the Playstation 3. E3 is around the corner so maybe we will see something then.

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A new gameplay video of Project Origin has appeared. In this video you will winess a lot of action including gun fights in slow-motion. The game is looking great and this video is probably the best video that shows how good Project Origin looks.

Keep tuning back for more videos as we post them.

Project Origin May Combat Trailer

Activision have said that they will be launching Call of Duty 5 fall of 2008. Activision’s CEO has said Call of Duty 5 will be set in what he call a “new military theatre.”

COD5 is already in a playable state and apparently it is using the COD4 engine. not only that but the Playstation 2 will get the game too.

I think we will see something at E3 this year regarding gameplay and new features.

Here is a video interview with the producer of Battlefield: Bad Company Karl Magnus Troedsson. He explains how you can use the destructable enviroment as your tactical advantage. He also speaks about why he chose the modern day setting rather than a future setting. Battlefield Bad Company is coming out on the 27th of June in the U.S.

“Set in the modern day, you have to use your imagination to figure out how to give yourself a tactical advantage.”

Battlefield: Bad Company EA Spring Break 08: Producer Interview

Electronic Arts have released 5 new screenshots of their upcoming horror third person shooter Dead Space. Dead Space is due to be released sometime this year and promises to terrify us.

Executive Producer Glen Schofield said:

“This team has worked on some tremendous properties but we have always wanted to work on something that was darker and creepier. We are all such huge fans of the horror and sci-fi genres; we wanted to create the most terrifying game we could, and keep the player on the edge of his seat the entire time.”

Click though for screenshots.

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Big name publishers are ready to show off their guns at E3 in LA. Activision and Vivendi have dropped out but every other big name in the publishing market is still involved in this years E3.

Entertainment Software Association has released the full list of exhibitors and looks like this:

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1UP Network; Akella; Atari Inc.; Bethesda Softworks; Capcom USA Inc.; Crave Entertainment; Codemasters; D3Publisher of America; Deep Silver; Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.; Electronic Arts; Eidos Interactive; Fox Interactive Media; Indie Games; Jagex, Ltd.; Konami Digital Entertainment America; LucasArts; Majesco Entertainment Company; Microsoft Corporation; Midway Games, Inc.; MTV Games;

N – Z

Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.; Natsume, Inc.; Nintendo of America Inc.; Novint Technologies, Inc.; Nyko Technologies; Rebellion; SEGA of America, Inc.; Serious Games Initiative; Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.; Sony Online Entertainment Inc.; Southpeak Interactive; Square Enix USA; Take-Two Interactive; Tecmo; THQ Inc.; Toshiba America Information Systems; Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.; Valve Software; and, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Entertainment Software Association are expecting more companies to sign on and attend E3.

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IGN have released a teaser trailer for EA Sports upcoming Tony Hawk rival, Skate 2. While the video doesn’t really show much its hardly a teaser but its something for all those Skate fans out there.

Skate 2 will be released sometime this year and plans to take on the next Tony Hawk game. The first Skate game beat the recent Tony Hawks and Skate has been the only real competitor to Tony Hawks.

Skate 2 Teaser Trailer.

So we was right in saying Metal Gear Solid 4 is not the last. In an interview with MTV, Ryan Payton comments:

“I think there’s been some misconceptions that this is the last ‘Metal Gear,’”

“This is really just the last chapter of the saga of the Solid Snake story.”

So basically the next Metal Gear game will not have Solid Snake and if it did it would be a prequel.

Read the full story over at MTV.

Project Origin is a game i’m currently waiting for because of its slow motion ability. Also the game will be creepy with tense moments just like the first game had (fear). Take a look at 2 gameplay videos of Project Origin we posted yesterday.

Click through to view the screenshots.

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An interview with Gran Turismo’s designer Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that all of the car manufacturers will make its way into Gran Turismo 5 including Porsche.

Here is a snippet of the interview:

“OPM:Which manufacturers do you still dream on including? Porche?

KY: I can’t really go into detail at this point, but by the time GT5 comes out I think we’ll have most – no, all of the major manufacturers.

OPM: SO, come on..Porsche?

KY:Probably.

Not only that but Yamauchi gave an update on the damage system that could be included in a future update for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue.

Yamauchi said:

“OPM: Exciting! So how are you getting on with damage modelling so far?

KY: It’s not actually difficult, but there are a lot of different factors, like how many cars are going to be able to race at the same time once we’ve included the damage. There’s going to have to be adjustments made – when you crash at over a certain speed there’s no way you can drive it anymore. So the level of damage applied to the car will be dampened so that you can still have fun.”

Its looking good so far for GT5.

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Below is a scary looking gameplay trailer of Siren: Blood Curse. The whole music and sound effects make this horror title look to be a freaky and scary one. There seem to be a lot of horror titles coming including this, Resident Evil 5 and Dead Space.

Siren: Blood Curse Sony Gamers’ Day 08: Trailer

“An American TV crew visits Japan and finds unspeakable horrors.”

MotorStorm Pacific Rift looks to set off road racing to a new level. With brand new features and updated graphics the developer has warned us that this is not just a sequel, its like a whole new game with a massive 16 tracks to race around on and new vehicles to race in including the monster truck.

MotorStorm Pacific Rift Sony Gamers’ Day 08: Interview

“Learn about all the new features as MotorStorm heads to the tropics!”