It looks like Sega won’t be making the trip to gamescom this year, as the company has just confirmed that they’ll be passing on the show again, just like they did back in 2010.
With games like Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 on the horizon, publisher Electronic Arts appears to be playing it safe with a stellar line up of sequels. Well, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau wants to assure gamers that they can expect plenty of new and unique content to come out of EA every year.
A new trailer for the PlayStation Vita version of Virtua Tennis 4 has been released and it shows off the many different ways that the game will use the handheld’s numerous hardware features. The game looks impressive and the Vita controls appear to only strengthen that. Don’t take our word though, see for yourself below.
Kojima Productions’ assistant producer Sean Eyestone has revealed footage of Metal Gear Solid 3 running in high-definition, and it certainly looks good.
Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture have been busy bees as of late, working on more games than we can count of a single hand. One of those such games, Sine Mora, has released its entire gamescom playable demo to the masses. Get ready for three gorgeous levels and screenshots below.
In a sea of sequels, Insomniac’s upcoming multiplatform title Overstrike looks to bring a breath of fresh air to the shooter genre. But will it be able to stand out from the pack of competing franchises that already have strong brand recognition? Developer Insomniac seems to think so.
The PlayStation Network is losing one of its unique exclusives as Lexis Numerique has announced that Amy will be releasing on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC this fall. While it might sting some to hear of the game going multiplatform, this is great for gamers of any platform as they will have a chance to play this interesting looking title. Check out the gamescom trailer and screenshots below.
Gamescom media just continues to roll on in and the latest batch is courtesy of Grasshopper Manufacture and its upcoming PSN/XBLA effort Black Knight Sword. This side-scrolling action game comes to us from the great Suda51 and comes in a puppet theater style presentation.
The PixelJunk series has a strong lineup of PSN games available that have been popular among critics and fans. The series is so successful that PixelJunk Monsters is branching out to social media platforms. The next game from Q-Games is PixelJunk: Sidescroller, which, as the name suggests, will be a side scrolling shooter.
After finally getting a glimpse of the Vita’s upcoming Resistance game subtitled Burning Skies, it is clear that the first-person shooter genre has a place on Sony’s handheld. Nihilistic, the development team currently working on the title, expressed their love for the hardware, claiming the transition from PS3 to PSV was incredibly smooth.
THQ has been kind enough to release a handful of new screenshots for fans of the Darksiders franchise to drool over. In the game you play as Death, the second Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Anyone remotely familiar with the title The Elder Scrolls should already be aware of the RPG’s ability to whisk players into a vast and dynamic world of lore, land, and loot. But of course, none of that would retain any value if players couldn’t traverse the terrain through the eyes of their one-of-a-kind character to pit fame or fear among the denizens of Skyrim.
DmC has had its fair share of obstacles so far, whether it be the decision to let Ninja Theory take over the reigns of the widely-loved series, the major and perplexing changes to Dante, or negative press about the visual style of the game. The team at Ninja Theory is well aware of these hurdles, and if anything welcomes them as potentially rewarding challenges. -
The time has finally come, tech gurus. Sony has released the official hardware specifications for the PlayStation Vita, and needless to say, this little piece of tech packs quite the punch.
Earlier this week, Sony unveiled their new budget-friendly model of the PlayStation Portable during their press conference at gamescom. Now, we’ve got a few more close-up images that will give you a better idea of what to expect from the low-cost handheld.
