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Fatal Inertia May EX Out A PlayStation 3 Release After All

Remember Koei's futuristic racer Fatal Inertia? It was the one-time PlayStation 3 "exclusive" that missed that console's launch, only to become an Xbox 360 "exclusive" by default, then re-announced for a release on Sony's console, with the Koei Canada team constantly reminding us of the problems it was having with Unreal Engine 3. Still doesn't ring a bell does it? Might have something to do with it being a middling racer, a poor man's WipEout that was met with a collective "meh."

Well, good news, PS3 owners! It's one step closer to arriving on the Kutaragi console-child, with the ESRB issuing a rating for Fatal Inertia EX this week. That EX means that it's getting the standard late PS3 port with (presumably) extra features that will probably then show up as downloadable content for the Xbox 360. Who's pumped for this whole dance again?! Whooo!

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7:20 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Michael McWhertor
1,495 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: @Patient: Awesome reference! Who really cares about this game? I wouldn't buy this if it was released on PSN for five bucks. more »

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Week in Games: Heavenly Sword Edition

This week has a nice choice of titles spread out over various systems (sans the PSP). I'm trying to get to Heavenly Sword tonight so I can see for myself what it's going to be like and I am anxious to check out Jam Sessions and Drawn to Life for the DS. I've avoided Oblivion for a while just because I'm afraid of getting sucked in, but the inclusion of all the expansions on one disc is intriguing. What to do, what to do?

Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Will Nariko and her moves rival Kratos?

Skate (X360)
Skate to your heart's content and see what life is like without Tony Hawk.

NHL 2K8 (PS3, X360, PS2)
All the fun of Hockey without the broken teeth.

NHL 08 (X360, PS3, PC, PS2)
Because we always need more hockey games.

Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power (PC)
Rule the planets in this sci-fi RTS.

.hack//G.U. vol. 3//Redemption (PS2)
The final game in the trilogy. The end of an era...

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Game of the Year Edition (X360, PC)
All of Oblivion including the two expansions in one tidy package.

Kengo: Legend of the 9 (X360)
You are a legendary samurai in feudal Japan doing the stuff a samurai does.

DiRT (PS3)
More racing action for your PS3.

Jam Sessions (DS)
Strum your blues away.

Drawn to Life (DS)
Draw your own character and put him through his paces.

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (WII, PS2)
Still guilty after all these years.

Fatal Inertia (X360)
Race in supersonic planes and kick some ass.

Ship Simulator 2008 (PC)
Imagine the fun of piloting your own oil rig!

6:00 PM on Sun Sep 9 2007
By fdemarco
2,586 views, 72 comments

Latest by dh4645: i never liked reviewers telling me how long the game is. they have so many games to play, they try and fly through as fast as possible to get it done so they can have intelligent things to say about the more »

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Fatal Intertia Demo Live

They could have just called it Dead Stop, but they had to go and get all fancy on us. A demo for Koei's take on the futuristic racer (read: Wipeout) genre is now up on Xbox Live Marketplace. Weighing in at a modest 380MB, the demo features three different race types in a canyon environment. I've already downloaded and screwed around a bit, and what I've seen isn't too shabby. Not as much of a sense of speed as I would like but certainly worth a look if you're a fan of the genre.

8:20 AM on Thu Aug 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,522 views, 38 comments

Latest by Player2: This demo has shown me to avoid this game. And those are the shortest tracks I think I've ever seen. The easy map is like a seven second lap, and it's just a circle. more »

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Fatal Inertia Returns to PS3

It's a been a strange path. Koei's futuristic racer Fatal Inertia was originally announced as a PS3 launch title. The game missed launch, and Koei later announced that it was going to miss the PLAYSTATION 3 altogether. Instead, the title would be appearing on the Xbox 360. Well! The game is back on the PS3, it seems. Koei Chief Operating Officer Kenji Matsubara took the stage at Sony's Japan press event PLAYSTATION PREMIERE 2007 and showed titles headed for the PS3: Ni - OH, BLADESTORM and Fatal Inertia. Not sure if an official announcement was made or if, you know, Fatal Inertia was just slipped back in. Here's hoping no one notices!
Fatal Inertia Back, It Seems [Famitsu]

11:00 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,676 views, 40 comments

Latest by VAMP: LOL this company pulled the game, now that the PS3 is showing that it has a great future it wants to put the game back on...psh, I never cared about this sh*t game anyway. more »

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Fatal Inertia Trailer

Koei has released new media of its Koei Canada developed racer Fatal Inertia, a game that was originally intended as a PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive, only to switch exclusivity camp to the Xbox 360. On the one hand, it's futuristic hovercar racing, about which I have a soft spot in my heart. On the other hand, it looks rather bland. Hopefully, I'll get my hands on it soon enough and weigh in with impressions to see how this game is shaping up.

4:40 PM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,900 views, 69 comments

Latest by kryo: Looks very last gen. Put in 4p splitscreen with a decent fps and it's worth considering, though. more »

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Exclusives Sony Dropped The Ball On

Exclusives. They're important and these days, they're rare. Game|Life's Chris Kohler does a nice job of rounding up games that could've been PS3 exclusives, but ultimately ended up on the Xbox 360 because of boneheaded moves by Sony brass. Let's dive in:

Grand Theft Auto IV — ...Take Two had wanted to continue its long-standing practice of giving Sony a lengthy timed exclusivity on the game, but they didn't want it.
Newsweek says that former Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi's "radio silence" on the issue left Sony's American execs without the authority to make deals, and nothing happened. Same with...
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9:00 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
20,317 views, 156 comments

Latest by Toad: missed the bashcraft weekly spin? I'm behind on my reading more »

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SCEA Prez: "We Don't Buy Exclusivity"

With a recent batch of exclusives that were traditionally on the PlayStation family of platforms making for greener Xbox 360 pastures—Fatal Inertia, Beautiful Katamari, Ace Combat 6, Devil May Cry 4, et al.—some might wonder how Microsoft is pulling it off. The answer? Money and lots of it. From the funding of development to co-marketing dollars to advances on future episodic content, it may be costing Microsoft a pretty penny to secure titles from the Sony stable. How will SCEA counter? We're not... sure. But according to SCEA president Jack Tretton, we can sleep soundly knowing that Sony will never lower themselves to outright paying for exclusivity like some kind of desperate john. More »

2:40 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By Michael McWhertor
9,353 views, 224 comments

Latest by bradonis: That was a huge mistake from that PR guy to publically admit that they are basically doomed as a consequence of not being able to compete financially with Microsoft gamewise. Basically submitting to the fact that they wont go the more »

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Fatal Inertia Now Xbox 360-Only In Bizarro World Mix Up

Koei revealed the release date today for its futuristic racer Fatal Inertia for the Xbox 360, with a PLAYSTATION 3 ship date conspicuously absent. While the 360 SKU will ship this September 11, according to the Koei reps we contacted for clarification, the PS3 version has been "delayed indefinitely." More »

3:20 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Michael McWhertor
8,852 views, 76 comments

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Koei Delays PS3 Euro Launch Titles

Backstory: It's been a rough road for Koei's Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War. Originally both titles were PS3 exclusives, but they've run into snags and now will hit the Xbox 360 sometime this year. More »

3:22 AM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
70 views, 4 comments

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PS3 Loses Two Exclusives, 360 Snags Koei Titles

Well, Mike called it. As of the Tokyo Game Show, both Koei titles Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War were PS3 exclusives. But the games ran into probs and were delayed, with the futuristic SIXAXIS-tilt-controlled racer Fatal Inertia missing the PS3 launch. More »

8:22 AM on Wed Nov 22 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,409 views, 38 comments

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TGS06: Koei Having Issues With PS3 Middleware, Fatal Inertia To Miss Launch

I just got out of a group interview with the producers of Koei's Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War where they told the group that the company's first racing game wouldn't make the November Japanese launch. Citing problems with the Unreal Engine 3.0, the group was actively working to remedy their development delays to ship the former launch title before the end of '06. More »

10:15 PM on Fri Sep 22 2006
By Michael McWhertor
473 views, 9 comments

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KOEI Bulking Up Canadian Studio.

KOEI announced plans Tuesday night to pump-up the staffing of their Toronto studio. KOEI Canado, which is currently working on PS3 launch-title Fatal Inertia, currently has 30 artists, programmers, designers and support staff. More »

11:00 AM on Wed Oct 26 2005
By Brian Crecente
67 views, Comment