Archive for June, 2008
Kojima Signed Gun Metal PS3 on eBay
Wow, here’s a one to keep your eye on. A signed Gun Metal Playstation 3 on eBay that has a starting price of $5,000,00!
Whether it will sell or not is beyond me. Keep your eye on it and see what it sells for, it currently has around 4 days until the auction ends.
ONE OF A [...]
Pictures of the MGS4 Gun Metal PS3
A user on the Official Playstation forums posted some pictures of his Gun Metal Playstation, the one you get bundled with Metal Gear Solid 4 (limited edition). That thread is now locked so you can’t view them there.
Looks pretty nice to be honest, take a look.
So if you haven’t got a PS3 and looking to [...]
Break apart motion PS3 controller
Remember that PS3mote thing we mentioned? Well we think this is more information on that.
According to gamesindustry.biz, Sony Computer Entertainment is working on a new controller for the Playstation 3. This new controller is supposed to feature a break apart aspect to it for example, it will break into two separate units, each of which [...]
COD5: World at War has to redefine WWII genre
According to Senior producer Noah Heller, Call of Duty 5 has to redefine the World War II genre and be the best shooter out there. If COD5 is as good as COD4 if not better then it has a really good chance at being the ‘best’ out there.
“The game built great fertile ground for us [...]
Metal Gear Solid 4 sells 300,000 units in Japan
Looks like Metal Gear Solid 4 is off to a flying start by selling 300,000 units in Japan.
130,000 copies of the Normal Edition were sold and 170,000 copies of the Limited Edition were sold. Looks like more people wanted the Limited Edition. These figures do not include the PS3+MGS4 bundle.
Looking good for Metal Gear and [...]
Console Sale Figures week ending 07/06/2008
For the week ending 7tht of June 2008 the sale figures according to VGChartz.com looks like this:-
The overall console sale figures now look like this:-
Consoles
Wii
6.22M Japan
12.02M America
9.18M Others
Total: 27.42M
Xbox 360
0.61M Japan
11.66M America
6.85M Others
Total: 19.13M
Playstation 3
2.13M Japan
4.99M America
6.14M Others
Total: 13.26M
Handhelds
Nintendo DS
22.88M Japan
23.19M America
27.50M Others
Total: 73.56M
Playstation Portable
9.64M Japan
12.79M America
12.89M Others
Total: 35.32M
(these sales figures are courtesy of [...]
MGS4 is just the beginning
The beginning of what? Sony’s VP of product marketing, Scott Steiner has said that Metal Gear Solid 4 is just the beginning of a rush of triple-A PS3-exclusives.
Steinberg reminds us of whats to come:
“This is only the beginning of an ongoing software avalanche for PS3 that includes titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SOCOM: Confrontation, MotorStorm Pacific [...]
BioShock gets a PS3 release date
Yes thats right, BioShock now has a release date and that release date is currrently November the 4th 2008, just in time for xmas.
The news comes from PSU and goes on to say that the PS3 version will include “new content” and “new features.”
Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K says:
“Since BioShock for Xbox 360 and Games [...]
E3 2008 Press Conference times
E3 is around the corner and i bet your looking forwards to it. The big three, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have announced their times for the press conferences at the show. The conference times are as follows:
July 14, 2008 at 10:30 AM PST - Microsoft Press Conference
July 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM PST - Nintendo [...]
13 screenshots of Legendary
Previously known as Legendary: The Box and Pandora now named just Legendary. Legendary is a first pershon shooter developed by Spark Unlimited and published by Gamecock Media Group is set to be released quarter 3 of 2008.
During gameplay you are attacked by both Human and Monsters in modern day New York City as well as [...]
Top Spin 3 has gone gold
2K Sports have announced that their realistic tennis game, Top Spin 3 has now gone gold and is ready to ship. It is due out on the 23rd of June in America and 20th of June in Europe.
Click through for full press release.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames gameplay video
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and is developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The shooter is due out on the 31st of August 2008. Mercenaries 2 is to include destructible environments that will enhance gameplay and will of course include online and offline multiplayer [...]
The Battlefield: Bad Company maps
So have you played the demo of Battlefield: Bad Company? No? Its available on the Playstation Store, go ahead and try it out, its pretty good.
For those that have played it and are getting it when the game comes out in a week or 2, here’s the list of maps that will be included in [...]
Playstation Network cards available?
Remember when we mentioned the Playstation Network cards? A user on the Gametrailers.com forum called ManaKnight has apparently bought a Playstation Network card and seen them in his local Meijer. ManaKnight bought the $20 Playstation Network card and took some pictures which are below.
And here’s the shot when he got home.
“It said on the card, [...]
Old franchises we want to see on the Playstation 3
So what does the Playstation 3 need? Don’t get me wrong the PS3 has a very strong line up this year with games like Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet being released and Metal Gear Solid 4 just released.
But what extra games would be good to see on the PS3? Lets bring back some old franchises.
In no [...]
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