July 28
Unknown Sony Exclusives
E3 has been and gone. A lot of Playstation 3 owners think that Sony still has games up its sleeve and don’t want to let us know what they are.
Diggingtheweb.com has come up with a great article of identifying those exclusives or at least generating ideas of what we could see in the coming events.
The ones are find interesting are:
SCE London Studio – You are looking at Sony’s biggest internal development studio with 250+ employees sitting in air conditioned 7 story building for the past 3 years. The only thing they have released was SingStar which is a low-budget, non-program intensive game (It’s still a good game), but can you imagine 250 dudes sitting in a building for 3 years trying to make something but hasn’t produced any results? With Get Away and Eight Days canned, this team must be doing something that they are not telling us.
Hideo Kojima’s next project – will it be multiplatform? Will the success of MGS4 keep Hideo faithful to the PS3 in its darkest hours? We’ll find out.
Team Ico – Ok, we know it’s coming, but we have yet to see anything other than that one full page Famitsu ad and some funky high def screenshot of a dungeon looking stage. More detail in TGS please!!
SCE Studio Cambridge – Acquired in 1997, the last game the maker of MediEvil released was licensed property of 24: The Game for the PS2 in March of 2006. It’s been a while since we heard anything from a team of 90 employees. What is up guys? Where are my games?
Head over to Diggingtheweb.com and read more.
Resident Evil: Degeneration is the first upcoming CG animation movie based on the Resident Evil series. The film will be set 7 years ahead from Raccoon City and will feature a brand new storyline. Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield are the lead characters.
Resident Evil: Degeneration will be released on Blu-Ray later this year.
Here’s a developer walkthrough for Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online. Jeff Rubenstein, Social Media Manager managed to video and record Jens Andersen, Creative Director to give you the lowdown on the game.
If you’re planning on attending Comic-Con between now and Sunday, feel free to go drop by the SOE booth (#4319) to go hands on with DCUO.
Here’s some DC vs MK action.
Comic-Con ‘08: DC vs MK “Catwoman vs Shang Tsung” Gameplay.
Here’s some new footage from Comic Con 08 of Ubisoft’s next addition in the Prince of Persia series.
Off-screen footage of the new Prince of Persia.
For those of you waiting for DICE Studios free running game, Mirror’s Edge, the story is going to be told in a unique 2D animation style.
“There is a linear story. The storytelling is done through a unique 2D animation style, we wanted there to be a real contrast between the storytelling and the videogame so that you really take notice of the story, because we feel that the story is a very important part of the game.”
It will be similar to this trailer:
On the edge of this city, you find out who you really are.
July 27
Poll – 26-07-2008Forgot to mention that we put up a new poll yesterday.
The new Weekly Poll is here – Do you think Final Fantasy VII will get a remake?
If you haven’t cast your vote yet, get voting! You can see the poll on the right hand side of the site.
The poll changes on a weekly basis with the new poll added every Saturday so make sure you check back to cast your vote!
Comic Con 2008 has happened and a horde of new gameplay videos have appeared. Silent Hill: Homecoming, Konami’s next entry for the Silent Hill series. Check this scary video out!
Pray your batteries don’t die, and whatever you do don’t call for a nurse.
Silent Hill: Homecoming Comic-Con 08: Grim and Gritty Cam Gameplay
The Metal Gear Online patch/update version 1.11 is now available. However, Metal Gear Online rewards shop isn’t up yet.
Here’s the full details on the update.
07/25/2008 MGO Client Updated to Ver.1.11
Updates for all versions
(GENE EXPANSION enabled or otherwise)* Changes to the scoring system:
Points will now be awarded for Scanning and Assists in TEAM SNEAKING and RESCUE Missions.* Improvements for Voice Chat:
Improved sound quality.
* However, please note that without a quality line, there may be no noticeable improvements.* Bug Fixes:
The count for the number of times a player falls for a trap will resume as the previopus problems have now been fixed
The collision detection has been corrected for the iron doors in the “Groznyi Grad” map where previously players could shoot through them.
* “SURVIVAL” restarted.“Survival” mode which had been temporarily disabled since 18/07/2008 07:00 (BST) has been restarted. They will be held on weekends between Fridays and Sundays.
To take part, players need to enter a team where the maximum capacity is 6.* Finally, we would like to inform you that problems involving players not being correctly displayed will be fixed with the next update to the game. We would like to apologize for any confusion and inconveniences this may cause in the meantime.
July 26
8 Killzone 2 screenshotsHere’s 8 new Killzone 2 screenshots from E3 2008. Killzone 2 will be released Feb 2009 and promises to be a massive hit.
8 Killzone 2 screenshots
The Playstation 3 version of Namco Bandai’s fighting em up, Soul Calibur 4 doesn’t support trophies. It has an in-game achievement system called required honor. Basically when you unlock something, it will pop up on the screen notifying you that you’ve unlocked what you’ve just achieved. To view the achievement you need to head over to the meseum at the battle records.
Also, there is no support for custom in-game music.
July 26
First Skate 2 detailsFor all those skateboarding fans and Skate 2 fans here’s the first details on EA Sport’s upcoming game. The following is taken from EGM’s September issue.
- Takes place five years after the original game, after the city’s been hit by an unknown disaster and had to be rebuilt.
- Includes an option to play as a female character.
- This time around with a character editor, inspired by the one featured in the Tiger Woods series.
- With an ability to jump off the skateboard and move away any objects that might be in your way, thus opening further roads and trails.
- The frightened passersby jumping out of your way as you ride.
- Teleporting yourself to a previously marked location without the troublesome loading times.
- Renewed camera including another third-person perspective.
- Will make use of EA’s own web for uploading home-made videos.
- Supposed to run at full 60 frames per second.
The game is set to be released in time for xmas.
How frightening can Siren Blood Curse get? This Japanese advert for the game is shocking. Check it out!
Look closely.
The Playstation 3 version of Soul Calibur 4 doesn’t have a rumble option for the DualShock 3 controller. A TalkPlaystation.com member has sent in an email to say that he got the game early (breaking the street date) and simply told us that he looked in every possible menu when he realised there is no rumble in the game. Apparently an update was released on Friday and that didn’t add rumble support either.
Lets hope Namco Bandai will add rumble support in a future update or something.
Soul Calibur IV Screenshots.
15 Photos
As you know, the Playstation 3 version of Alone in the Dark has been delayed. The horror title has been delayed until November 2008. Translated from xgn.nl:
Today, Atari announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Alone in the Dark until november this year will be in stores.
Although the game even earlier on October 31 this year would appear, was announced today by Atari that the game until november will be placed in stores. A specific date is unfortunately not yet.
This means that the game nearly five months later than the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC versions will appear. Perhaps the first Atari wants many mistakes that we still aantroffen in the Xbox 360 version to remove, for a perfect game for PS3 owners to put on the shelves.
These may also be that the extra content that was already announced in april, yet standard in the PS3 version will sit down and at this time still must be tested and expanded.
We will come back around november. Until that time, you can visit our gamepagina or imagery as videos and screenshots of Alone in the Dark. In doing so interested on our Xbox 360 review can read or view.
Could the PS3 version be treated with extra content?
