Archive for March, 2009

Ubisoft gets a Rise out of RTS fans with R.U.S.E.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

A new IP blasts its way onto the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 courtesy of publisher Ubisoft and developer Eugen Systems (makers of critically-acclaimed Act of War: Direct Action). R.U.S.E. is RTS-styled and features a Core i7-optimized game engine for all you bleeding-edge PC tech owners out there. Similar in concept to Homeworld or Supreme [...]

Resistance 2 DLC & Patch Inbound Thursday March 26th
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Insomniac has announced that this Thursday, March 26th, there will be R2 DLC on the PS Store.  The DLC will be in the form of multiplayer skins and a map pack.  The Aftermath Map pack will cost you $5.99 and the multiplayer skins will cost you $0.99. The skins will include: Rachel Parker Another Female [...]

You’ve Got Cornish Yarg in Your LittleBigPlanet
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

That’s no typo. Cornish Yarg is the name Media Molecule has given the latest patch that is about to be unleashed on LittleBigPlanet.  Sam Bennett has confirmed an official announcement is forthcoming. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type [...]

Very First Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Trailer Revealed
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 Gamespot has scored the very first trailer for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2!  Although I am here to show the gorgeous game to you.  This trailer is from Tuesday when Tecmo did their GDC announcement at the Playstation Store in San Fransisco.  Check it out below and make sure to watch in [...]

A Glimpse of Noby Noby Boy’s Multiplayer Fun
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, promised an offline multiplayer mode for Noby Noby Boy in his last blog post. Little did we know that he would have a preview of the upcoming mode so soon. Takahashi will be on a panel at GDC to discuss his latest title. It’ll be interesting [...]

Ultimate RPG Collaboration from the Makers of Disgaea
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

NIS America, developers of the popular Disgaea series, have announced their new collaborative RPG, Cross Edge. The game is scheduled for release on May 24th for the PS3, and is being co-developed by Capcom, Nippon IchiSoftware, Idea Factory, Gust, and Namco Bandai.

PSP Review – Brave Story: New Traveler
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Brave Story: New Traveler is a traditional RPG title developed by Game Republic, the same team that brought us Folklore and the Genji series. While the team at Game Republic succeeded in making Brave Story accessible and easy to play, there are some crucial areas that were overlooked, unfortunately.

PS2 Review – MLB 09: The Show
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Another year, another baseball game for the PlayStation consoles. Does the 2009 edition of MLB 09 The Show improve upon last year’s addition enough to warrant another purchase?

PETA Joins Crusade Against Animal Violence in Call of Duty: World at War
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The lovely individuals at PETA have apparently joined the crusade against Call of Duty: World at War, just a mere five months after the game’s release.

Want to be the Bad Guy? inFamous Karma System Detailed
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Sucker Punch, developer of inFamous, has revealed additional details on the Karma system featured in their upcoming blockbuster title. “The interesting thing about all of this is the fact that Cole doesn’t have to use his powers for the good of all mankind — he can be as selfish as you want him to be. See, [...]

Upcoming 2K Boston Game “A huge surprise,” says Lead Bioshock Designer
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Ken Levine has moved from BioShock, for which he performed as Lead Designer, to his next big title. And apparently, this new title will be a huge surprise: “2K Boston is focused on our next project, which will probably come as a huge surprise to our audience and yet at the same time will make [...]

LightBox Interactive working on “Warhawk in Space”?
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

If you’ve been reading the latest news on PlayStation LifeStyle, then you probably caught the update stating that Dylan Jobe and others had left Incognito to form LightBox Interactive. And with that announcement comes a new one. According to Kotaku, Dylan Jobe and the folks at LightBox are creating a new title, deemed “Warhawk in [...]

Cross-Game Voice Chat & Voice Messaging Coming Soon to PSN
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

  In a post about the recently released Home ARG game, Cydoniax, the Community Manager of PlayStation Home, has confirmed that two highly requested features are in development. She confirms that Cross-Game Voice Chat, as well as Voice Messaging are currently in development and will be making their way onto a PlayStation 3 near you [...]

First-Ever Madden 10 Screenshot Goes All the Way
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

  Okay, so the phrase used is actually fight for every yard, but that’s not important. What is important is just how impressive this pigskin-simulator is shaping up, graphically. As Peter Moore says: We’re hitting the real sweet spot of development for this generation of consoles as the team is really hitting its stride in [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment Announces the Release of PhyreEngine™ 2.40
Monday, March 23rd, 2009

  SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES RELEASE of PHYREENGINE ™ 2.40 Game Engine provided with PLAYSTATION®3 Software Development Kit has been widely adopted by the game developer community since GDC 2008 San Francisco, March 23, 2009 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that PhyreEngine™ 2.40, the latest version of the popular games development framework, [...]