Archive for July, 2008

Afrika release date: August 28 2008

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has update the Afrika website and displays a rather nice screenshot from the game with a release date on it. Afrika will be released in Japan on the 28th of August 2008.
No word on the American release, and its not even being released in Europe at all. Hopefully that will change [...]


Sony wants to sell 150m PS3’s

Kaz Hirai, chief executive of the Playstation Business has set a massive target of achieving sales of 150m for the Playstation 3. The Playstation, Launched in 1994 reached 102m units and the Playstation 2 has now passed the 140m mark in its 9th year on sale.
Hirai told the Financial Times in an interview that this [...]


Earn money from LittleBigPlanet

What to earn a bit of cash after playing LittleBigPlanet? Well now you can because according to to David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, its planned.
Reeves says:
“What we’re trying to do with LittleBigPlanet is almost iTunes meets eBay in the sense that once an individual or a developer has qualified by producing certain [...]


LittleBigPlanet boss battle gameplay video

Did you know that you can have boss fights in LittleBigPlanet? Yes its true. You can set up boss battles in your levels. This adds more fun to the game and is sure to add a hell of a lot more immersion and interactivity.
Throw down with a little big bad guy.
LittleBigPlanet E3 2008: Boss Battle


12 announcements at Liepzig?

Sony’s David Reeves has promised that they have a whopping 12 announcements to make at Leipzig, far more than E3.
It looks like Sony were waiting to see what happened at E3 before they unleash their big guns and by the sounds of things they will unleash everything they have next month in Leipzig and then [...]


RE5: No shooting while running

From what we’ve seen in the trailers and videos from E3, you can’t shoot while running in Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 4 has this same problem and quite a lot of people complained about it. The stop and shoot mechanic is back.
We contacted Capcom regarding this issue and they sent a quick response back:
“At [...]


Massive Action Game (MAG) details

Kotaku has managed to get information on Sony’s Massive Action Game. Here’s some snippets from the article that caught my eye:
“They gave us six options for taglines at the end,” said Orange, who could only remember four: MAG: Shadow War; MAG: Zero; MAG: Global Assault and MAG: Final Hour.
Sounds like these are classed and depending [...]


Resistance 2 multiplayer gameplay video from E3

Here’s a video of Resistance 2, the multiplayer side of things.
Sony demonstrates Resistance 2 Multiplayer at the E3 Media & Business Summit.

According to the video, the online play had no slowdown or lag, support items included a healing circle to recover health, a map of the imeddiate area is available in the upper-right corner [...]


Limited USB connectivity in new 80GB PS3

The new 80GB Playstation 3 model, announced at E3 is believd to have limited USB connectivity and no backwards compatibility with Playstation 2 games.
The 80GB will come with the same feature set as the pared down model. So limited USB connectivity and no backwards compatibility with PS2 games.
This means that there will be no USB [...]


2K Games: BioShock to have 5 minute install

The Playstation 3 version of BioShock is believed to have a long install prior to playing the game. The BBFC has recently rated the upcoming first person shooter and has listed a file called; 00:05:24:00 BIOSHOCK PS INSTALL VID FINAL.BIK.
DarkZero believes this indicates that the install time is 24 minutes long. I believe this is [...]


Far Cry 2 gameplay video

Platformnation.com has posted a new video of Far Cry 2 that was recorded on camera.
Some in-game video that showcases Far Cry 2’s gameplay. I did get a decent amount of time on this game and I was honestly pretty impressed. I feel that if you are a fan of the first Far Cry you will [...]


Secret Sony game is not MAG

When Darren Waters, BBC Blogger, spoke about a secret game Sony had shown him. Darren wasn’t allowed to speak about this game at all. Darren thought this game would be shown at E3 2008 and you know what, it wasn’t.
If the footage I was shown truly is “in game”, as told to me by the [...]


New Final Fantasy Exclusive for the PS3?

If you listen to the latest 1UP Yours E3 2008 podcast you will notice that it has some rather interesting rumors on an unannounced Final Fantasy game for the Playstation 3. Listen to the podcast, towards the end of the cast, Shane mentions that he has been speaking to some people from Square Enix, who [...]


E3 2008 awards

G4TV.com has compiled a video with a bunch of awards for games at E3. The following Playstation games won awards; Resistance 2 won Game of Show award and LittleBigPlanet won it all by winning THE game of the show.
Here’s the videos.


E3 2008: Tomb Raider: Underworld trailer

Tomb Raider: Underworld, Lara Croft’s next game and is the eighthin the Tomb Raider series.
Lara Croft, the world famous Brit is back in a new HD adventure.
Tomb Raider: Underworld E3 2008: Exclusive Trailer

Tomb Raider Underworld

Tomb Raider Underworld Screenshots.27 Photos