Last week, Eat Sleep Play’s David Jaffe broke gamers’ hearts when he announced that the latest installment in the Twisted Metal franchise wouldn’t be making it to store shelves in time for its originally planned October release. Instead, the title has been pushed to sometime in early 2012, forcing anxious gamers to wait several extra [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Jaffe Defends Twisted Metal 2012 Delay, Gamers “Deserve our Best”
Monday, August 8th, 2011Slow 3D TV Uptake isn’t a Concern for SCEE, Adding 3D is “not a Significant Overhead for us”
Sunday, August 7th, 2011While Sony has been pushing 3D technology over the past couple of years, consumers have been reluctant to adopt the new technology. Whether it’s because of the price or sheer lack of interest, Simon Benson, the senior development manager at SCEE isn’t worried about the lackluster adoption rate of 3D televisions. var _CI = _CI [...]
Sony Packs September Full of AAA PS3 Releases
Sunday, August 7th, 2011Last night while recording our podcast, we discussed this upcoming week’s notable PlayStation 3 releases… or lack thereof. That’s right, there isn’t any. It’s a stale week for PlayStation 3 gamers, at least at the retail level. But take this as the calm before the storm, as Sony has some of their heaviest hitters releasing [...]
Square Enix Profits Down 62%, Due to “a Quarter Without Major Title Releases”
Sunday, August 7th, 2011Times are tough for Japanese publisher Square Enix, as profits have plummeted 62% year-over-year while overall sales have fallen 25%. This financial data was collected over a three-month period, which ended June 30th. Square is certainly not pleased with these results, but believes they can be attributed to a lack of high-profile software.
Mass Effect 3 Will Be Played With Friends
Sunday, August 7th, 2011This has been confirmed via the latest issue of Xbox World 360 Magazine, which has a feature on the multiplayer mode to be featured in Mass Effect 3.
True Crime: Hong Kong Hitting the Streets Next Year
Saturday, August 6th, 2011True Crime: Hong Kong was canceled by Activision, and now picked up by Square Enix, to publish United Front’s game sometime next year.
Yoshinori Ono Wants to Develop a Marvel vs DC Dream Game Next
Saturday, August 6th, 2011Fighting game fans have been in luck the past couple years with memorable releases from the BlazBlue, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter series. In terms of the future, Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken has been garnering some very positive attention, and with a release in early 2012, many believe it’s the next big fighter to [...]
Resident Evil 6 Expected to Launch in 2012 According to OPM Rumor
Saturday, August 6th, 2011Ever since the supposed Comic-Con leak, rumors have been circulating the industry regarding Capcom’s Resident Evil 6. One sneaky individual snapped a photo during a supposed behind closed doors panel that indicated a Resident Evil 6 announcement at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Since then, a similar rumor has popped up in the Official PlayStation [...]
Incredibly Realistic Sad Face: Team Bondi Might be “Bankrupt”
Saturday, August 6th, 2011While L.A. Noire may have been a critical and commercial hit for publisher Rockstar, an elongated development and generally poor mismanagement has cost developer Team Bondi dearly. With allegations of horrendous work conditions and the dishonest practice of excluding developer’s names from the game’s credits, the developer has had a hard time finding a new [...]
New Dishonored Images Put a Face on the Stealth Gameplay
Saturday, August 6th, 2011Shortly after the arrival of Bethesda’s latest game, Brink, they announced a new title named Dishonored, this time falling under the stealth action adventure genre. Speaking of stealth, the game has been very subtle since its announcement a month ago, and although we’ve seen a single screenshot of its gameplay, there’s been little to go [...]
Nolan North to Voice the Penguin in Arkham City
Friday, August 5th, 2011It looks like voice acting superstar Nolan North will be lending his talents to Rocksteady as the voice of the Penguin. Most notably recognized for his work on the Uncharted series as Nathan Drake, North has been in a number of other games including Assassins Creed as Desmond Miles, Portal 2 as a Space Core [...]
The Past, Present and Future of 3D on PS3
Friday, August 5th, 2011We talk to Mick Hocking, Director of the Worldwide Studios 3D Team, about 3D.
Why HD Collections are Doing More Harm Than Good
Friday, August 5th, 2011High definition “collections” have been all the rage lately, with a plethora of developers “remastering” some of the most beloved games of generations past. There are a number of older titles that many gamers missed out on for whatever reason, and providing the consumer with the opportunity to experience the magic that they missed out [...]
Sony to “Probably” Announce Vita’s Release Date at TGS
Friday, August 5th, 2011While gamers outside of Japan already had their hopes crushed earlier this week when Sony revealed that the PlayStation Vita wouldn’t make it to Western retailers until 2012, a firm release date has yet to be confirmed. However, with Tokyo Game Show right around the corner, gamers can expect to get an official date soon.
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