The Playstation Blog reports that a new Firmware is due to hit your machines soon. The notice reports that this is to bring stability to some PS3 titles. One has to wonder if maybe all the reported problems with GTA IV may not have been fixed by their patch? If this fixes any remaining issues, […]
Now that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has finally been completed, Kojima is looking forward to creating new videogame series as well as continuing existing ones, such as Zone of the Enders.
The fast-paced mecha fighting series for the PlayStation 2 launched in Spring 2001, and was met with average reception at best. It is widely considered to be one of the PS2’s most underrated games, and has gained its own cult-fanbase across the world.
In an interview with PSM UK, Kojima stated that he “would like to say that Zone of the Enders is quite near the priority list… [after MGS4] it might be good to change to outer space or robots or things like that for a change”
Black Box’s next generation skateboarding game, Skate, is getting a spin-off game which is heading to the Wii and DS. It is titled Skate It. The game will still use the core of the original game’s engine, but developed from that point on for the Wii. It sports 480p, widescreen, support the Wii Balance Board and will have a few multi-player modes alongside it’s in depth single-player career mode. The game will be released sometime in 2008. EA is expected to officially announce the game next week.
IGN had the chance to interviewScott Blackwood who is the executive producer of Skate It and ask him a few questions about the game.
New scans of Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One have sufurfaced. In them are character artworks as well as some a few snippets of the gameplay and cutscenes in the upcoming DS title. An interview is also included. If we can find it translated, we’ll be sure to post it up here for your consumption.
It’s nothing major, but here are three new screenshots of Kung Fu Panda - the videogame based on the Dreamworks animation film with the same name.
In Kung Fu Panda, player will embark on an epic action-packed adventure, in which they master the art of Kung Fu fighting styles. The game features 13 legendary levels from the movie, and players must work hard to become the Dragon Warrior and defeat the ultimate villain.
Square Enix has been in a website launching mood lately. Sigma Harmonics is next on the list and, as usual, it’s not complete. So far we have a character page with some nice art work for each character and some battle system information. Two wallpapers are also available for download as well. And as usual, some lovely background music to play while you click around.
Square Enix is slowly running out of games that lack websites. Do you think we could would see any Final Fantasy XIII sites pop up any time soon?
The first scans with images from the next installment of Prince of Persia surfaced the Web earlier this week, revealing a new art style for the series.
It seems Ubisoft is attempting to mix several different styles, with influences from Assassin’s Creed and a more serious take on cel-shading (Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy).
Well it certainly looks intriguing, now we have to wait for some HQ screenshots to show up. Keep an eye on the official website for some new media.
EA today announced that it will release a demo of the hugely anticipated (as well as long-awaited) title Spore this summer.
Players will be able to test the Spore Creature Creator, designing their very own life form using 25% of the body parts included in the full game, and afterwards upload it to YouTube using an integrated feature.
“We are thrilled to finally be putting the creative tools of Spore into the hands of players around the world,” said creator Will Wright.
“The amazing creations players design this summer will help populate the game universe we all enter when Spore ships this September, so in a sense, the Spore Creature Creator is the birth of Spore.”
The latest UK software charts are in, and I don’t think it will surprise anyone that Wii Fit is firmly seated on leading throne.
Following closely behind is Mario Kart Wii, which is enjoying spectacular sales numbers, along with the ever-popular Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue.
Today Ubisoft has announced a brand new Prince of Persia game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC which is stated for release this holiday season. And not only that, Ubisoft is proclaiming that this game will “rejuvenate the action-adventure genre” with a “new breed of gameplay”. Ubisoft Montreal will be developing the new Prince of Persia game. This is the same studio that created the mega-hit Assassin’s Creed and the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time trilogy for the last generation systems. The DS will get it’s own rendition of the game with exclusive content.
Square Enix has launched the official website for it’s new DS horror title, Nanashi no Geemu. It is in Japanese, but if you want a glimpse of what the game has in store visuals and sounds go, you can poke around.
Pictures will pop up, eerie noises will sound off and some pretty cool synth music will start to play if you idle on the front page. One of the pages also has a little teaser trailer (fourth page from the left). It is in Flash, so we can’t embed it yet.
An interactive Flash demo for the game is on the third page. You can click the text at the bottom left and a DS will pop up with a stylus you control with your mouse. Click the touch screen and see what happens.
World Destruction will be getting an accompanying anime series and manga this summer to go along with the launch of the DS game, Anime News Network reports. The anime will be produced by animation powerhouse Production I.G., and the main characters will be voiced by some big names in the Japanese voice acting arena such as Maaya Sakamoto (Aeris from Advent Children) and Mamoru Miyano (Light from Death Note).
Taking into consideration the caliber of the talent behind both the game and the anime, I would expect World Destruction to be a top notch franchise.
Agatec today announced that LOL - its “hilarious multiplayer title for the Nintendo DS” will in fact not be available in disc form at retailers, but can instead be purchased online.
“We love LOL, and think it’s a completely unique game, however we think it’ll be tough to sell into the retailers. So we decided to release it exclusively online. Hopefully it catches some attention like Electroplankton did.” said Hiro Fukuoka, producer at Agetec.
In even more Famitsu news, the magazine has published three new scans containing screenshots and some non-translated details from SEGA’s upcoming RPG for the DS.
With the game’s scenario written by Masato Kato (FFVII, Chrono Cross, Xenogears), and a score by famed composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears, Chrono Chross), I have high expectations for this game.
In more Famitsu-related news, Square Enix has announced a new horror title for the DS, called Geemu no Nanatsu (which means The Game With No Name.)
While there’s not a whole lot of information on the game right now, it apparently mimics the DS menu, and sends you unexpected messages that will scare the crap out of you, similar to Eternal Darkness.
Publisher Aksys Games today announced that the Sonic Powered developed title From The Abyss will be released in North America this fall, for the Nintendo DS.
From The Abyss lets players experience the world of Rubenhaut, a massive land which is randomly generated at the beginning of every journey.
An analyst has raised his 2008 estimates for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 hardware sales, in addition to his software growth expectations.
Colin Sebastian and Lazard Capital Markets raised the 2008 US Wii sales estimations from 6.5 million to 8.5 million, with PS3 sales from 4.5 million to 4.7 million.
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