Ubisoft has posted a developer diary for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands that focuses on the Wii version of the action/adventure title.
Posted over on Eurogamer Germany, in it, the devs talk about how it was built specifically from the ground up for Wii.
It looks rather nice, and if you are more interested in the PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 version, a video for that was released on March 8.
The game is slated for May 18 and 20 in the US and Europe, respectively, and the Wii version will ship with the original Prince of Persia game.
PC’ers will have to wait until June.
Source: VG247
Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing has been detailed on GameTrailers TV, especially the part where the cast from the original Left 4 Dead meets up with the new cast.
Unfortunately, if you wish to remain pure and virginal, don’t look below the break as it may spoil it for you.
According to GTTV, the tagline for the The Passing is “Nobody Survives Forever” – meaning that one of the original survivors didn’t make it and will be excluded from The Passing.
Valve announced an update to the original game earlier in the year, stating that it would go live after The Passing is released. In it, it tells the story of how our heroes met up with the new ones and now it looks as though it will also tell the story of how this particular character met his or her demise.
The character that bites the dust has yet to be announced, and now that we know this, the title makes much more sense.
It’s all rather sad really. We’ve grown attached to all of ‘em.
You can watch it for yourself through here.
Thanks, BigDownload.
Source: VG247
BioWare’s Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk revealed to UGO at GDC that due to the universe, lore, and narrative in Dragon Age, there are “infinite” possibilities for expansions and DLC.
Speaking with Tracy John, the doctors explained how the development team is exploring things that will be “fun and different” for fans.
“We have some cool stuff for both ME and DAO that we’re exploring that’ll be fun and different for the fans, and yet in a familiar setting at the same time,” said Muzyka.
“Both Dragon Age and Mass Effect are franchises so they have different strategies and different kinds of story arcs but we plan on continuing to make games and worlds and expanding on those worlds in both franchises.
“Both in different ways, but we want to continue to provide content to fans, whether that be separate games or new adventures that have very different kinds of gameplay. So we have some cool stuff for both of them that we’re exploring that’ll be fun and different for the fans, and yet in a familiar setting at the same time”.
“In the case of Dragon Age, it’s exciting because there’s this whole timeline and geography,” added Zeschuk. “So with Mass Effect, we’re constantly thinking about the trilogy. But with Dragon Age, it’s more open and you can put more all over the place. Seventeen… Sixty-six? Infinite! Infinite games for the Dragon Age universe!”
Awakening hit Xbox Live this week, and the doctors told us at GDC that more DLC was on the way for it as well as Mass Effect 2.
Source: VG247
You haven’t eaten lunch for a whole year. You’ve sold organs you didn’t even know you had. On the rare occasion that you venture out to a restaurant, your meals are more spit than food because you’ve become notorious for never-ever tipping.
But all of that’s ok! Because now you can afford a fancy-shmancy “next-generation” game console. Your life’s back on track, it’s all uphill from here, and… hold on. “Sold out”?!
This is bad. Real bad. But don’t panic. Everything will be all right. Just ask GameStop’s Executive VP of Merchandising Tony Bartel. Tell ‘em, Tony!
“Obviously it’s a question we ask the platform holders constantly,” Bartel said of recent PS3 and Wii shortages. “I can tell you that we do anticipate we will be in this situation, at least with the PlayStation 3, for another couple months unfortunately because we could sell a lot more hardware than what we have on both the PS3 and Wii platform.”
“We do believe the Wii will come into stock quicker than the PS3, so we do anticipate that those shortages should abate sometime before the next couple months,” he added. “But I don’t have clarity as to why there is a shortage other than because of the unprecedented hardware demand in December, and I think we are still scrambling to catch up from the surge that occurred.”
Wait a minute. That’s not reassuring at all! Tony, why can’t you be more like SCEA comms boss Patrick Seybold, who told us the PS3 shortages would only last a just-vague-enough-to-be-reassuring “bit longer”?
Really, the nerve of some people. Telling the truth? It’s sickening, is what it is.
Thanks, IGN.
Source: VG247
David Cage has told IndustryGamers that trying out the online space is something Quantic Dream would like to sink its teeth into.
Chatting about Heavy Rain and where he plans to go from there, Cage said that there still many stories he would like to tell, but his version of online has nothing to do with World of Warcraft.
“Well, we have definitely discovered something with Heavy Rain, and the market has responded very positively to it, so we want to continue to investigate what it takes to create experiences based on interactive storytelling and emotions for an adult audience,” he said. “I want to write better stories and make them even more interactive with more consequences and tell different types of stories.
“I want to go further. And there are also many interesting changes awaiting us regarding the online space. So this is something we are going to explore in the very near future.
“With each project I try to answer one of several questions. And my goal is that by the end of the project I got my answers. But you know, I’m not going to do online like World of Warcraft.
“I think Heavy Rain is really an important moment for Quantic Dream definitely and maybe other people in the industry. So we’ll try to bring to multiplayer experiences the same change that Heavy Rain was to single-player”.
The Taxidermist DLC for Heavy Rain up next for players on April 1 with even more on the way.
Source: VG247
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIII has become the fastest-selling title in the series in the UK since its release last week.
No official figures were given by the firm, but it had already become the fastest selling title released this year.
It’s shipped 5 million units worldwide, with the series as a whole shipping 96 million since its first game over 20 years ago.
“Its great to see FINAL FANTASY XIII hitting the top of the UK charts and setting the pace as the fastest selling game of the year,” said UK Marketing Director, Jon Brooke.
“With high profile TV spots playing out beyond Easter and branded buses still travelling the country Im positive this title is only going to get bigger and bigger.”
The RPG released last week on PS3 and 360.
PR below.
FINAL FANTASY XIII
Fastest selling title in the franchise history in the UK
London 19 March 2010 Square Enix Europe are pleased to announce that FINAL FANTASY XIII has become the fastest selling title in the FINAL FANTASY franchise history in the UK and also the fastest selling UK game of 2010 so far*.
The news comes on the heels of the announcement last week that the sell-in shipment of the game has exceeded the five million unit milestone worldwide. Cumulative global shipments of the FINAL FANTASY series have now reached 96 million units since the first game was launched over two decades ago.
The latest part in the multi-award winning FINAL FANTASY series was released on 9 March 2010 in the UK for the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system as well as the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system by Microsoft.
Its great to see FINAL FANTASY XIII hitting the top of the UK charts and setting the pace as the fastest selling game of the year, said Jon Brooke, UK Marketing Director. With high profile TV spots playing out beyond Easter and branded buses still travelling the country Im positive this title is only going to get bigger and bigger.
The FINAL FANTASY series stands out thanks to its ongoing evolution. Only the best creative ideas, the best graphics standards and the best gameplay systems, which are available at the time when a new part in the series is developed, are included in the game. This tradition has been continued in FINAL FANTASY XIII.
FINAL FANTASY XIII is also the fastest and biggest selling console game in Germany in 2010 source: Media Control GFK International and the best selling console game in France in 2010 so far source: GFK France.
For more information on FINAL FANTASY XIII, visit the official website at www.finalfantasy13game.com.
* Fastest selling UK All Formats game in 2010 source: GFK Chart-track
Source: VG247
We’re running out of things to say on PSP running out as the hardware winner week-after-week in Japan. But it’s topped the billing once again.
The handheld came with 39k of sales, while Wii sold 31k and PS3 came third with 26k. Nothing groundbreaking, just PSP repeating in our mind every Friday.
The full list is below. Last week’s data is here.
PSP – 39,125
Wii – 31,460
PS3 – 26,481
DSi LL – 21,604
DSi – 13,581
DS Lite – 3,920
Xbox 360 – 2,668
PS2 – 1,825
PSPgo – 1,191
Source: VG247
The PlayStation Home update this week is rather massive, and includes some goodies pertaining to Twisted Metal, inFamous, Resistance and more.
There’s loads going on, and here is a quick look.
nDreams wildly-popular Musicality personal space will be available in the Estates store come Thursday, March 18. The Musicality personal spaces allows up to four people at a time to take control of an array of keyboards, drums, guitar, and a DJ console and perform music live in front of their friends.
Available this week is a the addition of a tropical retreat beach house.
New Resistance, inFAMOUS, and Twisted Metal ornaments and costumes -from a Sweet Tooth costume to a Daedalus statue to a full Alden get-up.
Tonight from 6:00pm 7:00pm PT 9:00pm-10:00pm EST in PlayStation Homes Theater 8, there will be a special meet-and-greet with Doc and Luge from the exclusive PlayStation Network reality show The Tester.
This week there’s a PlayStation.Blog Meetup in the PlayStation Home Theater on Thursday night from 5:00pm 7:00pm PT 8:00pm 10:00pm EST to watch an exclusive PlayStation Move video with the PlayStation Home and Blog community.
GlassWalls is heading up the Home Community Volunteer program, which is now accepting new candidates.
There you have it.
More information on all the above can be found over on the US PS Blog.
Source: VG247
Got Dragon Age: Origins? Have £30 to burn? Get new expansion Awakening, part of this week’s PS Store update for Europe.
This is the only to get the expansion to the BioWare RPG: no retail release if you own the PS3 edition for Europe.
As well as that, you also have the Exotic car pack for Need for Speed: Shift for £7.99, while if you’re still a bit drunk from yesterday, we highly recommend you buy Lady Gaga stuff from Rock Band, especially the version by Cartman from South Park.
There’s some new Dante’s Inferno content there as well for £2.39. So go nuts.
Find the rest of the update and PSP stuff over at the EU PS Blog.
Source: VG247
Killzone 2 was at one point, before Uncharted 2 and God of War III came running in, PS3’s tour de force as far as graphics went.
But developer Guerrilla Games insists it isn’t done with the pushing the console to its limits.
Speaking in the latest issue of Edge, the studio’s managing head Herman Hulst said the developer can still improve.
“Were satisfied that we demonstrated the potential of the hardware,” he said.
“But we realise that further optimisations are always possible and that we havent hit the limit yet.”
Since the release of Killzone 2 last February, Guerrilla’s released three map packs for the title. But more recently, rampant speculation has been ripe with rumours it’s currently developing Killzone 3 for a release next April.
Let’s hope its good, eh?
Thanks, TSA.
Source: VG247
March 18
F1 2010 gets new shots
Codemasters has released some new shots of F1 2010.
Get some virtual Force India in your life after the break.
The game got its formal reveal yesterday at a press event in London yesterday. We were invited to go, but we had a clashing of events. And when we say “clashing”, we mean getting drunk on St. Pats. Oh well.
The racer also got its first development diary yesterday. Go watch it here, it’s awesome.
F1 2010 is out this September for PS3, 360 and PC.
Source: VG247
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has said that his decision to develop Vanquish for PS3 first was because he wanted to make sure it was not a shoddy port.
Speaking with PSM3, Mikami said that once the team figures out how to make the game for PS3, it will move onto Xbox 360 next.
“The team knows less about making games for PS3 than Xbox 360, so we thought the sensible thing to do was to make the game on PS3 first then move it over to Xbox,” he said.
“If we can get Vanquish to a certain standard on PS3, we can make Xbox the same.”
Mikami revealed this morning that hes to form a new studio in Tokyo after the release of Vanquish.
Via CVG.
Source: VG247
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