Articles Archive for May 2009
Level-5 has released a sneak peak video for White Knight Chronicles, the RPG will be shown at E3. The video is after the break.
UK broadsheet The Guardian may have leaked confirmation of a content partnership between Microsoft and Sky to allow TV access through Xbox 360 in the UK. Reports say that the Sky Player will work like the BBC’s own iPlayer, offering video on demand and live TV, this according to a screenshot of the Guardian’s story taken before it was pulled. The story is backed up by a tweet from the BBC’s technology correspondent who says he was at a Microsoft event “where the firm is unveiling a TV content partner.”
According to Jake Osuwah, a Sony PR spokemen, a new update for the PS3 will be release soon. Sources speculate that it will likely arrive some time during E3 or a short time after, as VidZone is coming soon. He doesn’t mention if it is a firmware update, or something that will be in a PS Store update.
DJ Hero will ship with more than 100 individual tracks – including music from Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beck, Beastie Boys and N.E.R.D. – Activision said today.
Activision has announced the first-person shooter Wolfenstein will hit store shelves near you August 4th. Wolfenstein will put you the player behind the gun of American soldier BJ Blazkowicz as he battles a horde of the horrific Nazis, as well as actual supernatural savage beasts.
According to the website Ars Technica, don’t expect the PS3 Slim to be announce at E3!A “very well-informed mole” and a mole with a excellent track record says that there won’t be a PS3 Slim announcement next week at E3, and that the console hit store shelves until late summer or early fall.
More No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle info has come out today via Famitsu. The game was briefly tease at last year’s Tokyo Game Show. This week’s Famitsu revealed a few more details on the game. In Desperate Struggle, Travis learns the art of dual beam katana wielding.
Killzone 2 made a big splash on the PS3 as the premiere FPS on the console and stratify most of it’s owners, it couldn’t please everyone. Most of the complains were that the controls felt “sluggish” and “heavy”, these was really the main reason that some people hated the game. Guerilla games is about to release a new patch to will include the “High Precision” control scheme.
The gaming studio GRIN sort of exploded onto the scene recently with new big name titles such as Wanted, Bionic Commando and Terminator Salvation all releasing within a couple of months of each other. Kotaku is reporting that various sources have indicated to them that the company has let go of more than 100 staff members. The company seems to be facing several budget problems.
After the maga flop that was Lair , Factor 5 hasn’t walk the prettiest path. As Joystiq pointed out, things have gotten so bad that the company’s North American division was shut down not too long ago. Also new reports say that along with the loss of the studio came the loss of the games it was working on. The game appears to be a sci-fi game and sources say that it was a PS3 exclusive.
