March 13, 2010
There is a rumor going around that Insomniac Games, a studio that has been historically PS3 exclusive will be going multiplatform. Considering the fact that Insomniac Games is an independent developer, this is completely feasible.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Rumors, Sony, Xbox 360 | 59 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 13, 2010
Recently Square Enix and major U.K. retail chain, HMV partnered up to hold a massive launch even for Final Fantasy XIII in London. Thousands of die-hard Final Fantasy fans showed up dressed up in costumes to win some swag. However, things started getting ugly when the Xbox 360 came out.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 48 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 13, 2010
There’s another Guitar Hero on the way, titled, rather unsurprisingly, Guitar Hero 6. No, you haven’t missed the Activision press release. Instead, the news comes from Gene Simmons, who reckons he is “the voice of Guitar Hero 6.”
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Posted in Games, Industry, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3, Rumors, Wii, Xbox 360 | 10 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
March 13, 2010
God Of War III is one of, if not the, most impressive games released so far this generation. But is the PS3 exclusive pushing the Sony machine to the absolute limits of its capabilities? No, according to Santa Monica Studio. In fact, God Of War III doesn’t even use half of the power of the console.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3 | 48 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
March 12, 2010
The February NPD numbers are out for the U.S. and the sales figures look good for the most part. From the home console front, the Xbox 360 surprisingly took the number one spot with the Nintendo Wii taking a small dive.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Industry, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, PS3, PSP, PlayStation 3, Sales Figures, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360, playstation 2 | 98 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 12, 2010
During GDC, Peter Molyneux gave a very nice power point presentation of the goals behind the ambitious Fable III. He may have provided too much information when he stated that the Fable franchise will die if it does not grow.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 39 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 11, 2010
Sony announced SOCOM 4 last week to much fanfare. This week the Zipper Interactive developed title was demonstrated on stage during the Sony’s GDC press conference. This is the first time the gameplay has been shown and it’s looking pretty good.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony | 39 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 11, 2010
The big news of the day is around Sony’s press conference today at GDC. As speculated, Sony made a big splash about its motion controllers rumored to be called the ‘Arc.’ However, surprisingly Sony instead revealed that the new motion controllers will be called the Playstation Move.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Industry, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony | 67 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 9, 2010
Zombie games may seem like a dime-a-dozen nowadays, but if you look hard enough there are some real gems out there. That is what Halfbrick studio hopes to bring with Age of Zombies for the PSP and PS3.
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Posted in Games, PS3, PlayStation 3, Reviews, Sony | 71 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
March 9, 2010
Assassin’s Creed II utilizes the new digital rights management system that needs to communicate with a server to authenticate the game. Ubisoft’s controversial new DRM for the PC backfired on the company after it was heavily attacked yesterday.
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Posted in Games, Industry | 191 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro