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Gran Turismo Boss: I Want To Release GT5 ASAP
Gran Turismo PSP is coming out. That’s nice. Where the heck is Gran Turismo 5? And no, Grand Turismo 5 Prologue does not count. According to Gran Turismo honcho Kazunori Yamauchi, “I want to release it as fast as I can, but GT5 for us, when you talk about its status, it’s at a point…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
E3 Round-Up: Day Four
A light at the end of the tunnel! We’re at day four, let’s round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview: It’s The Early-Season Favourite Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Preview: There’s A Light Taste Hot Monkey Vengeance! BioWare Doesn’t Expect You To…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Is Working on a UMD Solution for PSP Go
One of the biggest hurdles to getting Playstation Portable owners to upgrade to the recently announced PSP Go is their existing library of UMD games which won’t work on the device. But don’t worry, Sony Computer Entertainment is hard at work on a solution. “We are looking into programs for owners who have previously purchased…
By Brian Crecente Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Remote Wizard Working On Project Natal
You remember Johnny Lee, right? Sure you do, he’s the man who can make magic happen with the Wii Remote. And it seems he’s bringing his skills to Microsoft’s Project Natal controller. While Lee is quick to say he doesn’t deserve credit for what we saw at E3, he does add, “The part I am…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
Venetica: E3 Pretty I Didn’t See
I was really excited to finally see DTP Entertainment‘s Venetica in action at this E3, but they didn’t show it to me, so here’s some screenshots. It’s probably my biggest disappointment of this E3. I’ve been following Venetica since the game was first announced. It’s an action role-playing game starring the daughter of death, Scarlett,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
The PSP Go Looks Familiar
We knew that we had seen the PSP Go before — back when Sony called it “Mylo”. The Mylo is a wireless device that can be used to browse the internet. Sales have hardly been amazing, so don’t think Sony’s decision to use a tweaked Mylo design for the PSP Go is lazy. Oh no,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009 - Uncategorized
First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art
At a developer’s roundtable the other day, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto showed a select group of people some concept art for a new Zelda game. That select group isn’t so select anymore. I don’t know about you, but that’s no Princess Zelda. Could it be, as so many are speculating, the living incarnation of the Master…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Cops Called Over Resident Evil Cosplay
Sometimes cosplay is a good thing. Sometimes it’s a bad thing — especially when it gets you arrested. That’s “Jay”, and he was cosplaying as special commando HUNK from Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise. Great costume! So great that the local authorities were altered when the gun-brandishing masked-HUNK walked into a store. A dozen police cars…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Brawl User Online Service Ending
When Nintendo’s Wii fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl launched in 2008, it was touted for its user-generated stage designs and replay data. That service, sadly, will soon cease. From the game’s official website: As of June 30th, 2009, the current service that accepts user-generated snapshots, stage designs, and replay data will no longer be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
FIFA 10 Preview: It’s The Early-Season Favourite
Despite being the world’s most popular sport, and also EA’s biggest-selling annual title, FIFA 10 was relegated to a small backroom presence at E3 while Madden was everywhere. Ah well. We played it anyway. What Is It? It’s FIFA. Previously the world’s second-best football game behind Konami’s Pro Evolution series, but since last year, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Preview: There’s A Light
E3 2009 marks the first time Konami let us get our hands on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Nintendo Wii, and while the hands-on were brief, they were definitely illuminating. What Is It? Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a retelling of the first game in Konami’s Silent Hill series. You’re still Harry Mason; you’re…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Taste Hot Monkey Vengeance!
Prepare to meet your frosty, carbonated maker in this E3 trailer for Telltale’s Tales of Monkey Island. Brings back memories, doesn’t it? That’s Dominic Armato voicing Guybrush there. He’s the original voice actor for the character, and it shows. Who else could pull off a line like, “Here comes Guybrush Threepwood’s glowing sword of hot…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
BioWare Doesn’t Expect You To Survive Mass Effect 2
If you don’t want to know anything about Mass Effect 2, don’t read more. But if you’re curious about just how dangerous this new game is…. Mass Effect 2 lead designer Casey Hudson walked E3 show attendees through a behind-closed-doors demo of his game today. He started spilling news about BioWare’s 2010 sci-fi sequel. First,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
New iPhone Will Include 3D Graphics Chip, Hits July
Next week at Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference the company will be unveiling its new iPhone, a device that will sport an improved 3D graphics chip, operate on a new, higher-speed network and hit mid-July, sources tell Kotaku. Our sources told us that the new iPhone will also tout much more robust Bluetooth support,…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Eyes On With Sony’s EyePet
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s EyePet is one of the increasing number of games that’s hard to go hands-on with. The augmented reality pet-simulation is played mostly by interacting with an adorable on-screen creature with little more than your hands. We sat in on a EyePet demo at E3 that showed off some of the game’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Jumpgate Multiplayer Preview: Shades Of Descent
We descended into the depths of a hollow space station to try out the player-versus-player combat in NetDevil’s Jumpgate Evolution. What Is It? What do you mean, what is it? It’s Jumpgate Evolution, the massively multiplayer online space shooter that’s so thick and rich you can play it with a joystick. Rather than sticking to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tetris Creator Skeptical of Project Natal
Alexey Pajitnov, the father of puzzle video games, like the idea of full motion controls, but thinks any such system faces major hurdles. “I am a little bit skeptical about (Project Natal),” he said. “I know how interfaces work and the reliability of this stuff is the key problem. You have to have 99.9 percent…
By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2009 - Uncategorized
Will Team Ninja Take The Slutty Route With Samus?
Was speaking with new Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi today, and got to thinking…Team Ninja are admirers of the female form. Team Ninja are now doing Metroid. So will Team Ninja be admiring Samus’ form? Oh come on. Don’t tell me you weren’t thinking it. The studio’s games, with or without former boss Tomonobu Itagaki,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009