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PD: Gran Turismo 5 Date to Be Announced Soon

Posted in PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios with tags , , , , on June 28, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

gt5Kazunori Yamauchi of Polyphony Digital has said to AutoWeek magazine (via GT Planet) that a release date for Gran Turismo 5 is incoming and will be announced soon.

Specfically soon? How does Tokyo Games Show sound? Thats what we’re hearing. And as GT Planet points out, they announced the release date for GT5: Prologue at TGS 07. Question now is this, when is the release? Well, if your being honest, 2010 we think. But Yamauchi has being hinting quite alot that they can release the game at any stage, and there has been rumor of a release for before Christmas, December 1st infact.

We look forward to the news with berated breath.

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Marvel vs Capcom 2 Out in July

Posted in PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , , , , , on June 27, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

marvel-vs-capcom-2Capcom’s confirmed that Marvel vs Capcom 2 wont be seeing the light of day until late July according to .

MvC2 is not actually coming out on June 29, sorry guys. Not sure where that rumor came from, but it’s going to be closer to the end of July.

So any chance of it coming in the final two days of June for PS3 and 360 are now gone. Nerr!

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1vs100 Beta to Go Free This Weekend

Posted in Xbox 360, Xbox Live with tags , , , on June 26, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

xbox-360Microsoft’s confirmed that anybody living in the US (or for that extent, anyone with a US gamertag) who has a Xbox Liver Silver account will be able to play 1vs100 this weekend for free, alongside them Gold members.

Offer starts today, ends Sunday. Catch our impressions of 1vs100 from the Canadian beta here. If we’re asked a question though during the beta this weekend which says “Which legendary figure died this week” with a choice of Michael Jackson, Ed McMahon or Bob the dog from Neighbours, we’re gonna say Bob the dog from Neighbours.

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Hands on Preview: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Posted in PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios with tags , , , , on June 26, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

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Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Also on: N/A (Exclusive to PS3)
Console Played on: PLAYSTATION 3
Release Date: Fall 2009
Age Rating: TBC

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Square Enix Refuse to Comment on Future on PS3 Last Remnant

Posted in PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on June 25, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

The Last RemnantAny PS3 owners still looking to The Last Remnant for an RPG fix from Square Enix before Final Fantasy XIII? Wed’d hold your breath, it looks like Square are still 50-50 on a PS3 release.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada didnt say at the companys investors meeting that the game was officially canned, but they were looking at pros and cons of releasing the game for releasing it on the PS3 due to the game not doing as well as hoped.

The game was released worldwide in November for the Xbox 360 with an April release this year on disc and Steam on the PC.

More at IGN.

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BioWare Doctors to Head Up New EA RPG Division

Posted in EA with tags , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

Mass Effect 3EA’s announced a brand new RPG and MMO division for the group, which will be headed up by BioWare founder Ray Muzuka with BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk being Group Creative Director, or GCD for short.

It comes as Warhammer Online developer Mythic announced that studio boss Mark Jacobs had left the studio which led to the new division. However, EA have confirmed that neither BioWare or Mythic will be changing their names nor merging, they just run under the same division in the company.

More info from Mythic.

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PS3 Motion Controller to Be Detailed More at Develop

Posted in PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios with tags , , , , on June 25, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

ps3VG247 has confirmation of a keynote from SCEE’s Kish Hirani at Develop 2009, which will show alot more of the PS3 motion controller which was revealed at E3 earlier this month.

He’ll be talking about the controller as well as also talk about advanced graphical techniques for the PS3 library from past and upcoming PS3 titles, we’d hedge a bet Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 are bets.

More through the link.

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Website for Agent Goes Live, Nothing There Basically

Posted in PlayStation 3, Rockstar Games with tags , , , on June 25, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

AgentRockstar’s put online the teaser website for Agent, the brand new PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive from Dan and Houser that should be due next year. Although, the site is bare as all it shows is the logo for the game, ratings and that kind of thing with a “coming soon” underneath.

Meanwhile, Take Two president Ben Feder has been speaking to Eurogamer about the game, stating that the game will be “very fresh for gamers”.

It’s a completely different storyline, there is completely different character development. It’s a game about espionage, set in the 1970s. GTA is obviously more about an urban experience, a typically rags to riches experience. Very, very different storylines, very different character development. It’s going to be very fresh for gamers.

Well, there you go then.

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MEGATON!: id Software Bought by Zenimax

Posted in Bethesda with tags , , , , , on June 24, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

idParent company of Bethesda, Zenimax has just announced that they have accuried the developer of Quake and Doom, id Software. id figureheads John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead will stay on in their roles as Technical Director and CEO of the developer.

Zenimax CEO Robert Altman said on the takeover that they “consider id Software to be among the finest game studios in the world, with extraordinary design, artistic and technical capabilities.”

We, along with many others, consider id Software to be among the finest game studios in the world, with extraordinary design, artistic and technical capabilities. They have demonstrated, repeatedly, that rare ability to create franchise properties that are critical and commercial successes. Our intention is to make sure id Software will continue to do what they do best – make AAA games. Our role will be to provide publisher support through Bethesda Softworks and give id Software the resources it needs to grow and expand

Hollenshead said on the deal that it was “a unique opportunity to team with a smart, sophisticated publisher like Bethesda.”

This was a unique opportunity to team with a smart, sophisticated publisher like Bethesda Softworks where the interests of the studio and the publisher will be fully aligned in the development and marketing of our titles.  In addition, we will now have financial and business resources to support the future growth of id Software, a huge advantage which will result in more and even better games for our fans

And as for Carmack, he stated that the deal put id in a “wonderful position”.

This puts id Software in a wonderful position going forward. We will now be able to grow and extend all of our franchises under one roof, leveraging our capabilities across multiple teams while enabling forward looking research to be done in the service of all of them.  We will be bigger and stronger, as we recruit the best talent to help us build the landmark games of the future.  As trite as it may be for me to say that I am extremely pleased and excited about this deal, I am.

The PR confirms that the development for any games in production will not be affected by the takeover, along with any publishing deals. Which means Rage will still be published by EA.

Press release is after the jump.

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End of Eternity – New Scans

Posted in Famitsu, Magazine Scans, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , , on June 24, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

end-of-eternityNew scans have emerged out of Famitsu of SEGA’s upcoming RPG colab with tri-Ace, End of Eternity.

Catch the scans after the jump. It’s out in the West as Resonnance of Fate for PS3 and 360 next year.

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