Archive for March, 2011
March 9, 2011
As part of Sony’s Spring Fever Week, the company has included the winners of the recent PSN Gamers’ Choice Award, where gamers voted for their favorite titles. Also, Sony talks a little about NGP’s pricing strategy.
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Posted in Games, Industry, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony | 28 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 8, 2011
The big news to come out of the weekend is around a huge exploit on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 site that may have resulted in millions of dollars in theft. It is unclear what the damages are as Microsoft is currently looking into the situation.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Rumors, Xbox 360 | 36 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 8, 2011
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida answered some of the burning questions about the NGP recently. In a FAQ, Yoshida reveals some of the background information about NGP’s inception.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, PSP, Sony | 77 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 8, 2011
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg and Major Nelson have both teased that there will be ‘core’ Kinect games announced this year. The company also recently held an event to showcase some of the games for the Kinect.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Peripherals, Xbox 360 | 16 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 6, 2011
The majority of us have probably played a social game at one time or another. But are we contributing to a trend that will eventually lead to the end of the games industry as we know it?
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Posted in Games, Industry, Nintendo, Opinion, Social Gaming | 16 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
March 5, 2011
The big news today is around Bungie’s major announcement around its next game. It appears that the rumors are true as Bungie is working on an MMO. In addition, Remedy studio recently revealed why it took six years to make Alan Wake.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 9 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 4, 2011
As much as the media outlets want to turn the GDC into a three ring circus, the reality is that the event is a Game Developers Conference. In the spirit of development, Sony has announced some new tools that should get developers excited.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Peripherals, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony | 2 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 4, 2011
The multiplayer mode is definitely the crown jewel in Killzone 3. After extensive playthroughs and countless hours with the retail copy on public servers I have to say that Killzone 3 has one of the best online modes seen in recent memory.
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS3, Reviews, Sony | 179 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 3, 2011
This year at GDC Sony demonstrates some of the touted features of the NGP from its announcement event. The device has the capability to merge virtual objects into the real world. In addition EA reveals an extended gameplay trailer from Battlefield 3.
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Posted in Games, Industry, PSP, Sony | 143 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 3, 2011
Somehow GDC snuck up on us rather quietly this year but still managed to deliver some nice surprises. Insomniac took the time to unveil for the first time Resistance 3 multiplayer gameplay.
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Posted in Games, PlayStation 3, PS3, Sony | 23 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro