LittleBigPlanet has been one of the success stories of the PS3. Here is a game that doesn’t sound very special but has managed to sell in great numbers and gain huge critical praise along the way. Which means news of a Game Of The Year edition and the possibility of LittleBigPlanet 2 will no doubt please a lot of people.
Mass Effect 2 is the epic science fiction RPG set to come out in 2010 that continues the story of Shepard. The game looks like its shaping up quite nicely with tweaks to the combat and exploration. The developers at Bioware recently revealed a shocking twist to one of the potential endings in a new dev diary from Bioware.
Most of the advertisements surrounding Modern Warfare 2 up to this point have indicated that the Call of Duty title will be dropped from the sequel. However, several months later, Activision has confirmed that the publisher will bring back the title for the game.
The Wii Vitality Sensor is a new Nintendo peripheral which measures your pulse for God knows whatever reason. Since it was announced, no one has really understood what the point of it is going to be. But fear not, as Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime is here to help us understand. Sort of.
The debate has raged the past year around the exclusivity deal between Microsoft and Bioware for the Mass Effect franchise. Since Bioware has been swallowed up by the giant publisher, EA, questions around Mass Effect’s exclusivity have become a hot topic. The PR boss of Bioware recently fanned the flames a bit more with an interesting revelation.
Almost everybody agrees that the Playstation is priced too highly to really compete with the Xbox 360 and Wii in the middle of a recession. Everybody, that is, except Sony itself, which continues to stick its head in the sand and hope sales will pick up without any price cut. And Sony CEO Howard Stringer is refusing to be bullied on this matter.
In today’s video game news round up, a Remedy rep hints that the PC version of Alan Wake could be coming out after the Xbox 360 version. In addition, Alan Wake may be getting a massive makeover. Also, the super PS3 bundle is currently available at Best Buy now.
Demon’s Soul is coming to North America for the PS3 and it’s just as hard as the Asian version. The game is notorious for being challenging and rewarding at the same time. Atlus will be publishing two versions of the hack-n-slash RPG in the U.S. The deluxe edition just might be worth the money as it comes with a decent amount of gear for a low price.
If you still believe that gaming is a niche hobby for those of us up on our technology, proud to be called geeks, and happy to pull all-nighters playing a particular title, then what rock have you been living under? The videogame landscape is now a violent shade of casual, with new gamers of all ages, sexes and races popping up every day.
With the release of SOCOM: Confrontation, fans of the franchise are starting to look towards the future of the series. With Zipper Int. working feverishly on MAG, there has been some question as to if SOCOM 4 even exists. However, gamers may have forgotten that Sony already confirmed that Zipper Int. will be developing SOCOM 4 a couple years ago.
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