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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Looks This Good, This Stylish
I had a blast playing Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, partially because of its great looks. This post is topped with an image from the PSP game’s interactive cutscenes, but gameplay and a render of Battle Dress Snake hide below.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 24, 2009 -
Guild Wars 2 Art Book Now On Sale
You know that splendid and poignant Guild Wars 2 art book NCsoft was handing out at PAX? Now it can be yours for a price! It’s just like getting it for free, only with money! We’ve learned how big a focus ArenaNet was putting on the art for Guild Wars 2 during our annual pilgrimage…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 -
Scene It? Brings Twilight’s Sparkle Pony Vampires To The Wii
Konami takes the Scene It? franchise in a decidedly darkly romantic direction with Scene It? Twilight for the Nintendo Wii, based on the ridiculously popular “vampire” movie. There’s just no escaping Twilight. It’s in the supermarkets, video stores, and books stores. It’s in the food we eat, and the women we date. To survive as…
By Mike Fahey Published September 24, 2009 -
Sony Drops PSP-3000 Price Tag
Today at Sony’s Japanese, the company announced a price drop for its PSP-3000 — the PlayStation Portable will now cost ¥16,800 (US$185) in The Land of the Rising Sun, starting October 1. Keep in mind, in the US, the PSP-3000 is $169 in the US, while the PSPgo is $249. In Japan, the PSP-3000 is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 24, 2009 -
But Will There Be No More No More Heroes?
“I originally didn’t want to make another No More Heroes,” says game designer Goichi Suda. The game was supposed to be a one off dealio, but when the title did well, sequels do happen. “It’s not just that,” Suda explains. “I wanted to revisit Travis Touchdown. I wanted to write the continuation of his story.”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 24, 2009 -
Splinter Cell Conviction Coming February 23
Ubisoft announced at the Tokyo Game Show today that Splinter Cell Conviction will be out on both Xbox 360 and PC early next year. As the headline says, that exact date is February 23. To celebrate, Ubi released the video below, which I like, because it features the lost art of shooting another man in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
TGS Round-Up: Day 1
If you’re in the Americas, or even Europe, the Tokyo Game Show‘s timing isn’t exactly convenient. So you may have missed some of the news coming out of the show’s first day. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Microsoft Announce Natal Partners: Everyone Plus Kojima Sony’s TGS Keynote Liveblog Nintendo Announces Official Wii Price Cut…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Preview: Competitors, Take Notes
The 30 minutes I spent playing Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on the first day of the Tokyo Game Show left me with the best first impression I’ve ever had of a game on the PlayStation Portable. I may have rolled my eyes when Konami’s Hideo Kojima started telling the press this past summer that…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 24, 2009 -
Sony Giving Away Free PSP Games To PSPgo Upgraders
Sony’s mysterious goodwill program for PlayStation Portable owners saddled with UMD collections will be rewarded, should they choose to upgrade to a PSPgo. In Europe, at least, Sony will be giving away three free games to new PSPgo investors. PSPgo buyers will be given three free games from a list of seventeen PlayStation Portable titles.…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 24, 2009 -
Forza 3 Getting Ferrari DLC
Yesterday we ran a trailer for the PS3’s Gran Turismo 5, showing of the new Ferrari 458 Italia. In the interests of platform parity, you should know the car is also to be found in the 360’s Forza 3. Problem being, while Polyphony Digital are still working on GT5 – meaning they can just throw…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
Get A Good Look At Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller
Ever since it was first announced, Sony’s motion controller has been kept out of the public eye. No product renders, no press shots, and its always shown with someone’s hand covering most of it. But not today. No, here’s a good, proper look at the thing itself. Lights, buttons, PS button, the works. Not so…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
Some New Last Guardian Footage
Click to view Sony ran a mini-press conference earlier today, just for White Knight Chronicles and Last Guardian. During that event, some new Last Guardian footage was shown. Here it is! It’s at the end, past the Team Ico retrospective, but then, that’s worth watching in its own right.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
White Knight Chronicles 2 Revealed
Level 5 took to the stage during Sony’s TGS press conference this afternoon to take the wraps off a sequel to PS3 RPG White Knight Chronicles 2. It’s called White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness, which you may already know if you’ve laid eyes on this week’s copy of Famitsu. No real info…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
It’s PSPgo Accessory Time (It’s What Was In The Box)
Like the last PSP, the PSPgo needs accessories. And accessories it has, with the full range of PSPgo peripherals, cases and add-ons on show at the Tokyo Game Show. There’s a Bluetooth stereo headset adapter, a converter cable…thing (so you can use older PSP accessories on the PSPgo), a cradle, AV cables and in-ear headset.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Tank Box Has Arrived
As seen at Konami’s booth at the Tokyo Game Show.
By Michael McWhertor Published September 24, 2009 -
Square-Enix: The Next Gaming Innovation Will Be Billing
The next breakthrough in games will involve how you pay for what you play, the president of Square-Enix said today. Yoichi Wada made the declaration during the traditional state of the industry Tokyo Game Show kick-off panel here in Tokyo. “What’s going to be important for the next five years is not going to be…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 24, 2009 -
First Look At The Final Fantasy XIII PlayStation 3
Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has, at a Tokyo Game Show press conference earlier today, given us our first look at the previously-announced special, FFXIII-themed limited edition of the PlayStation 3. The FFXIII PS3 will be a pinkish white (or a whitish pink!), carries a “Lightning” theme with FFXIII branding and will be a…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009 -
Listen In On Kojima, Inafune, More Talking Project Natal
As promised, Microsoft are about to begin a panel discussion on Project Natal with several noted developers, including Hideo Kojima and Capcom’s Keiji Inafune. You’re here, we’re liveblogging, you may as well see what they’ve got to say. Click to viewXbox 360 Developer Liveblog
By Luke Plunkett Published September 24, 2009